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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to information on projected changes in weather, water |
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availability, and climate variability in strategic plans of state |
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agencies. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2056.002(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) The Legislative Budget Board and the Governor's Office |
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of Budget, Policy, and Planning shall determine the elements |
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required to be included in each agency's strategic plan. Unless |
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modified by the Legislative Budget Board and the Governor's Office |
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of Budget, Policy, and Planning, and except as provided by |
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Subsection (c), a plan must include: |
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(1) a statement of the mission and goals of the state |
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agency; |
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(2) a description of the indicators developed under |
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this chapter and used to measure the output and outcome of the |
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agency; |
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(3) identification of the groups of people served by |
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the agency, including those having service priorities, or other |
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service measures established by law, and estimates of changes in |
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those groups expected during the term of the plan; |
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(4) an analysis of the use of the agency's resources to |
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meet the agency's needs, including future needs, and an estimate of |
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additional resources that may be necessary to meet future needs; |
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(5) an analysis of expected changes in the services |
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provided by the agency because of changes in state or federal law; |
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(6) a description of the means and strategies for |
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meeting the agency's needs, including future needs, and achieving |
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the goals established under Section 2056.006 for each area of state |
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government for which the agency provides services; |
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(7) a description of the capital improvement needs of |
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the agency during the term of the plan and a statement, if |
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appropriate, of the priority of those needs; |
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(8) identification of each geographic region of this |
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state, including the Texas-Louisiana border region and the |
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Texas-Mexico border region, served by the agency, and if |
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appropriate the agency's means and strategies for serving each |
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region; |
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(9) a description of the training of the agency's |
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contract managers under Section 2262.053; |
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(10) an analysis of the agency's expected expenditures |
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that relate to federally owned or operated military installations |
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or facilities, or communities where a federally owned or operated |
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military installation or facility is located; |
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(11) an analysis of the strategic use of information |
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resources as provided by the instructions prepared under Section |
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2054.095; [and] |
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(12) an analysis of expected changes, including |
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adverse impacts, in the services provided by the agency because of |
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projected changes in weather, water availability, and climate |
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variability, as determined by the Texas state climatologist's |
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report under Section 2056.005(c); |
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(13) for each period described in Section 2056.005(c), |
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a description of the means and strategies for meeting the agency's |
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needs and managing the risks associated with the projected changes |
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in weather, water availability, and climate variability as |
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determined by the report; |
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(14) for the means and strategies described under |
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Subdivision (13): |
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(A) identification of any financial resources |
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that will be needed to carry out those means and strategies; and |
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(B) an analysis of partnerships and cooperation |
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between the agency and other state, local, and federal governmental |
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entities that will be needed to carry out those means and |
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strategies; and |
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(15) other information that may be required. |
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SECTION 2. Section 2056.005, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f) to read as follows: |
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(c) Not later than February 1 of each even-numbered year, |
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the Texas state climatologist shall provide to the Legislative |
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Budget Board for use in each state agency's strategic planning a |
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report on projected changes in weather, water availability, and |
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climate variability across the state for a period of: |
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(1) five years beginning with the next odd-numbered |
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year; and |
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(2) at least 20 years and not longer than 50 years |
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beginning with the next odd-numbered year. |
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(d) The report under Subsection (c) may include: |
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(1) projections of precipitation; |
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(2) projections of temperature; |
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(3) projections of stream flow in Texas rivers; |
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(4) projections of evaporation rates; |
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(5) projections of soil moisture rates; |
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(6) projections of sea level changes; |
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(7) projections of coastal storm intensity; |
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(8) projections of inland and coastal flood intensity; |
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(9) likely ranges of variability for all projections; |
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(10) any estimations of the likelihood of the |
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forecasts, as considered appropriate by the Texas state |
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climatologist; and |
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(11) any additional factors that are considered useful |
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for state agency strategic planning by the Texas state |
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climatologist. |
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(e) The Texas state climatologist may use a forecast created |
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outside of the office of the state climatologist if the forecast is |
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considered suitable by the climatologist for the requirements of |
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the report. |
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(f) Not later than March 1 of each even-numbered year, the |
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Legislative Budget Board shall distribute the report provided under |
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Subsection (c) to each state agency for use in the agency's |
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strategic planning. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |