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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a feasibility study and report by the Texas Division of |
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Emergency Management regarding the use of United States Postal |
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Service employees, resources, and assets during a declared |
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disaster. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 418, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 418.053 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 418.053. STUDY REGARDING AGREEMENT WITH UNITED STATES |
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POSTAL SERVICE. (a) The division shall conduct a study to examine |
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the feasibility of establishing an agreement with the United States |
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Postal Service regarding the use of employees, resources, and |
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assets within the postal service during a state of disaster to: |
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(1) identify residential or commercial structures |
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that have been damaged; |
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(2) identify persons who reside in a damaged area and |
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the medical or physical needs of those persons; |
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(3) help assess the damage to neighborhoods or |
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communities; and |
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(4) assist in any other activity that the division |
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determines to be necessary in responding to the disaster. |
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(b) Not later than November 1, 2019, the division shall: |
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(1) complete the study; |
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(2) report the results of the study to the lieutenant |
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governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the |
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standing committees of the house and the senate with jurisdiction |
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over public safety matters; and |
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(3) post the results of the study on the division's |
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Internet website. |
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(c) This section expires December 31, 2021. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |