TO: | Honorable John Carona, Chair, Senate Committee on Transportation & Homeland Security |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB1556 by Ortiz, Jr. (Relating to local public health and public safety alerts.), As Engrossed |
The bill would add Government Code, Section 418.190, Local Public Health and Public Safety Alerts, which would require the Division of Emergency Management and the Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to develop a system for municipalities and counties to issue local public health and public safety alerts through an existing system of dynamic message signs. The bill would take effect on September 1, 2009.
This analysis assumes, for both the Department of Public Safety and TxDOT, the provisions in the bill could be absorbed within current appropriations.
Source Agencies: | 405 Department of Public Safety, 601 Department of Transportation
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LBB Staff: | JOB, KJG, GG, LG, KK
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