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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to resource sharing among certain political subdivisions, |
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including regional planning commissions, during a disaster. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 418, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Sections 418.111 and 418.112 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 418.111. EXPEDITED RESOURCE SHARING. (a) In this |
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section, "local entity" means a political subdivision or regional |
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planning commission. |
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(b) A local entity may share its resources with another |
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local entity as authorized by the sharing entity's presiding |
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officer, regardless of the process required for sharing resources |
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under an emergency management plan or program or local law, if: |
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(1) the governor has declared a state of disaster as |
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provided by Section 418.014 in an area located wholly or partly in |
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the boundaries of the local entity with which the resources are |
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shared; or |
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(2) the presiding officers of both local entities |
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enter into an agreement to share the resources. |
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Sec. 418.112. COVERAGE FOR BORROWED EQUIPMENT. A political |
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subdivision that borrows equipment or other insured property from |
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another political subdivision as authorized by this subchapter |
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shall obtain appropriate insurance coverage for the borrowed |
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property for the period during which the property is borrowed, as a |
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rider or endorsement to an insurance policy or through a separate |
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insurance policy. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |