80R9823 ATP-D

By: Hancock, et al. H.B. No. 1471

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1471:

By: Merritt C.S.H.B. No. 1471

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to resource sharing among certain political subdivisions, including regional planning commissions, during a disaster.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 418, Government Code, is amended by adding Sections 418.111 and 418.112 to read as follows:

Sec. 418.111. EXPEDITED RESOURCE SHARING. (a) In this section, "local entity" means a political subdivision or regional planning commission.

(b) A local entity may share its resources with another local entity as authorized by the sharing entity's presiding officer, regardless of the process required for sharing resources under an emergency management plan or program or local law, if:

(1) the governor has declared a state of disaster as provided by Section 418.014 in an area located wholly or partly in the boundaries of the local entity with which the resources are shared; or

(2) the presiding officers of both local entities enter into an agreement to share the resources.

Sec. 418.112. COVERAGE FOR BORROWED EQUIPMENT. (a) A political subdivision that borrows equipment or other property from another political subdivision as authorized by this subchapter shall obtain, if requested by the lending political subdivision, appropriate coverage for the borrowed property for the period during which the property is borrowed.

(b) In this section, "appropriate coverage" means:

(1) insurance coverage obtained as a rider or endorsement to an insurance policy or through a separate insurance policy; or

(2) property coverage obtained through an interlocal agreement.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2007.