| TO: | Honorable Royce West, Chair, Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations |
| FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | SB1228 by Gallegos (Relating to temporary housing and emergency shelters provided by a political subdivision for disaster victims.), As Introduced |
The fiscal impact to the state cannot be determined due to the unknown size, duration, and location of any future disaster.
The bill requires that the state reimburse a city or county that provides temporary housing or emergency shelters during an emergency or disaster declared by the Governor. The bill provides reimbursable costs are all expenses, including lost revenue, associated with the use of public facilities for temporary housing or emergency shelters, and salaries and benefits of city/county personnel performing duties associated with the evacuation of persons during an emergency or disaster.
Currently, during a federally declared disaster, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reimburses local entities for costs associated with the operation of emergency shelters, including overtime for government employees, shelter security, food, water, and basic medical care. However, FEMA does not reimburse for regular-time salaries or lost revenue for facilities used as emergency shelters.
Currently, there are no comprehensive estimates of lost revenues and regular-time salary costs associated with previous disasters for cities and counties in
The number and amount of distributions to an eligible local government from resources available to the state would depend on the amount of available funds, the number of declared disasters in the state in any given fiscal year, and the number of applications for assistance made to the state.
| Source Agencies: | 405 Department of Public Safety, 301 Office of the Governor, 701 Central Education Agency
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| LBB Staff: | JOB, DB, KJG, ES, MS, SMi
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