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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the statewide critical infrastructure protection |
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strategy. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 421.024, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 421.024. DUTIES. The council shall advise the |
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governor on: |
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(1) [the development and coordination of a statewide
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critical infrastructure protection strategy;
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[(2)] the implementation of the governor's homeland |
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security strategy by state and local agencies and provide specific |
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suggestions for helping those agencies implement the strategy; and |
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(2) [(3)] other matters related to the planning, |
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development, coordination, and implementation of initiatives to |
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promote the governor's homeland security strategy. |
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SECTION 2. Section 421.026, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 421.026. REPORT. The council shall annually submit to |
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the governor a report stating: |
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(1) [the council's progress in developing and
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coordinating a statewide critical infrastructure protection
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strategy;
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[(2)] the status and funding of state programs |
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designed to detect and deter homeland security emergencies, |
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including the status and funding of counterterrorism efforts; |
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(2) [(3)] recommendations on actions to reduce |
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threats to homeland security, including threats related to |
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terrorism; and |
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(3) [(4)] recommendations for improving the alert, |
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response, and recovery capabilities of state and local agencies. |
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SECTION 3. Section 421.045, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 421.045. DUTIES. Each permanent special advisory |
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committee created under this subchapter shall advise the governor |
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on: |
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(1) [the development and coordination of a statewide
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critical infrastructure protection strategy;
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[(2)] the implementation of the governor's homeland |
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security strategy by state and local agencies and provide specific |
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suggestions for helping those agencies implement the strategy; |
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(2) [(3)] specific priorities related to the |
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governor's homeland security strategy that the committee |
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determines to be of significant importance to the statewide |
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security of critical infrastructure; and |
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(3) [(4)] other matters related to the planning, |
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development, coordination, and implementation of initiatives to |
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promote the governor's homeland security strategy. |
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SECTION 4. 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, 2013. |