By: West S.B. No. 171

(In the Senate - Filed January 9, 2013; January 29, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture, Rural Affairs, and Homeland Security; April 16, 2013, rereferred to Committee on Intergovernmental Relations; April 29, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 29, 2013, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the establishment of a workgroup to study the use by state agencies of a uniform application form following disasters.

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

SECTION 1. Section 418.013, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:

(e) The chief of the division shall establish a workgroup of appropriate emergency management council members, local government officials, and nonprofit organizations to determine if a uniform application form for assistance following a disaster may be developed for use by state agencies and by persons requesting assistance from state agencies. The workgroup shall report its findings, including recommendations for any necessary statutory changes, to the legislature before September 1, 2014. This subsection expires September 1, 2014.

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, 2013.

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