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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to coordinating information regarding the location of |
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infrastructure to which the supply of electric service is critical |
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to the public health and safety or for emergency management |
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purposes. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 418, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subchapter I to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER I. CRITICAL SERVICE INFRASTRUCTURE INFORMATION FOR |
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ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION EMERGENCY RESPONSE |
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Sec. 418.251. CRITICAL SERVICE INFRASTRUCTURE INFORMATION. |
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(a) To provide for rapid mitigation of disasters or emergencies |
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that result in widespread electric utility service outages, each |
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municipality and county shall provide the division with the |
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location of infrastructure in the municipality's or county's |
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jurisdiction that is critical to the public health or safety and |
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that requires electric utility service to adequately respond to or |
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to mitigate the effects of a disaster or emergency. |
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(b) A municipality or county shall file with the division |
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the critical infrastructure location information: |
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(1) annually; |
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(2) on a standardized form provided by the division to |
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be filed electronically or by mail; and |
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(3) by street address and by any other means of |
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identifying location the division requires. |
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(c) The division shall provide with the standardized form |
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information to assist a municipality or county in determining the |
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infrastructure in the municipality's or county's jurisdiction that |
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is critical to the public health or safety and that requires |
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electric utility service to adequately respond to or to mitigate |
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the effects of a disaster or emergency. The municipality or county |
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must rank the critical infrastructure identified on the form by |
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priority. The critical infrastructure identified must include: |
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(1) police and fire stations; |
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(2) relevant government buildings; |
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(3) sewage lift stations; |
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(4) water treatment facilities; and |
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(5) hospitals. |
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Sec. 418.252. DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION TO UTILITIES. |
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(a) The division shall provide to each electric utility that owns |
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electric transmission and distribution lines the critical |
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infrastructure location information for each municipality or |
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county served by the utility. The Public Utility Commission of |
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Texas shall assist the division in identifying the relevant |
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utilities and coordinating the delivery of the information. |
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(b) The division shall provide the information annually |
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under Subsection (a) not later than March 1. |
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Sec. 418.253. MAINTENANCE OF INFORMATION. (a) An electric |
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utility that receives the critical infrastructure location |
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information from the division shall: |
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(1) maintain the information to assist the utility |
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with efforts to restore electric utility service; and |
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(2) update the information annually with location |
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information as it is received from the division. |
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(b) The Public Utility Commission of Texas shall adopt rules |
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to ensure compliance with this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |