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SECTION 1. Section 418.043,
Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 418.043. OTHER POWERS
AND DUTIES. The division shall:
(1) determine requirements
of the state and its political subdivisions for food, clothing, and other
necessities in event of a disaster;
(2) procure and position
supplies, medicines, materials, and equipment;
(3) adopt standards and
requirements for local and interjurisdictional emergency management plans;
(4) periodically review
local and interjurisdictional emergency management plans;
(5) coordinate deployment of
mobile support units;
(6) establish and operate
training programs and programs of public information or assist political
subdivisions and emergency management agencies to establish and operate the
programs;
(7) make surveys of public
and private industries, resources, and facilities in the state that are
necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter;
(8) plan and make
arrangements for the availability and use of any private facilities,
services, and property and provide for payment for use under terms and
conditions agreed on if the facilities are used and payment is necessary;
(9) establish a register of
persons with types of training and skills important in disaster mitigation,
preparedness, response, and recovery;
(10) establish a register of
mobile and construction equipment and temporary housing available for use
in a disaster;
(11) assist political
subdivisions in developing plans for the humane evacuation, transport, and
temporary sheltering of service animals and household pets in a disaster;
(12) prepare, for issuance
by the governor, executive orders and regulations necessary or appropriate
in coping with disasters;
(13) cooperate with the
federal government and any public or private agency or entity in achieving
any purpose of this chapter and in implementing programs for disaster
mitigation, preparation, response, and recovery;
(14) develop a plan to raise
public awareness and expand the capability of the information and referral
network under Section 531.0312;
(15) improve the integration
of volunteer groups, including faith-based organizations, into emergency
management plans;
(16) cooperate with the
Federal Emergency Management Agency to create uniform guidelines for
acceptable home repairs following disasters and promote public awareness of
the guidelines;
(17) cooperate with state
agencies to:
(A) encourage the public to
participate in volunteer emergency response teams and organizations that
respond to disasters; and
(B) provide information on
those programs in state disaster preparedness and educational materials and
on Internet websites;
(18) establish a liability
awareness program for volunteers, including medical professionals;
(19) define
"individuals with special needs" in the context of a disaster;
(20) establish and
operate a search and rescue task force in each field response region
established by the division to assist in search, rescue, and recovery
efforts before, during, and after a natural or man-made disaster; and
(21) [(20)] do
other things necessary, incidental, or appropriate for the implementation
of this chapter.
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SECTION 1. Section 418.043,
Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 418.043. OTHER POWERS
AND DUTIES. The division shall:
(1) determine requirements
of the state and its political subdivisions for food, clothing, and other
necessities in event of a disaster;
(2) procure and position
supplies, medicines, materials, and equipment;
(3) adopt standards and
requirements for local and interjurisdictional emergency management plans;
(4) periodically review
local and interjurisdictional emergency management plans;
(5) coordinate deployment of
mobile support units;
(6) establish and operate
training programs and programs of public information or assist political
subdivisions and emergency management agencies to establish and operate the
programs;
(7) make surveys of public
and private industries, resources, and facilities in the state that are
necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter;
(8) plan and make
arrangements for the availability and use of any private facilities,
services, and property and provide for payment for use under terms and
conditions agreed on if the facilities are used and payment is necessary;
(9) establish a register of
persons with types of training and skills important in disaster mitigation,
preparedness, response, and recovery;
(10) establish a register of
mobile and construction equipment and temporary housing available for use
in a disaster;
(11) assist political
subdivisions in developing plans for the humane evacuation, transport, and
temporary sheltering of service animals and household pets in a disaster;
(12) prepare, for issuance
by the governor, executive orders and regulations necessary or appropriate
in coping with disasters;
(13) cooperate with the
federal government and any public or private agency or entity in achieving
any purpose of this chapter and in implementing programs for disaster
mitigation, preparation, response, and recovery;
(14) develop a plan to raise
public awareness and expand the capability of the information and referral
network under Section 531.0312;
(15) improve the integration
of volunteer groups, including faith-based organizations, into emergency
management plans;
(16) cooperate with the
Federal Emergency Management Agency to create uniform guidelines for
acceptable home repairs following disasters and promote public awareness of
the guidelines;
(17) cooperate with state
agencies to:
(A) encourage the public to
participate in volunteer emergency response teams and organizations that
respond to disasters; and
(B) provide information on
those programs in state disaster preparedness and educational materials and
on Internet websites;
(18) establish a liability
awareness program for volunteers, including medical professionals;
(19) define
"individuals with special needs" in the context of a disaster;
(20) establish and
operate, subject to the availability of
funds, a search and rescue task force in each field response region
established by the division to assist in search, rescue, and recovery
efforts before, during, and after a natural or man-made disaster; and
(21) [(20)] do
other things necessary, incidental, or appropriate for the implementation
of this chapter.
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