BILL ANALYSIS

C.S.H.B. 1932

By: Thierry

County Affairs

Committee Report (Substituted)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

It has been suggested that counties would greatly benefit from developing a comprehensive disaster debris management plan as an addendum to their emergency management plan. C.S.H.B. 1932 seeks to help counties more effectively and efficiently facilitate the removal, management, collection, and disposal of debris generated from a catastrophic natural disaster by requiring an emergency management program maintained by a county, or in which a county participates, to provide for catastrophic debris management.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.

ANALYSIS

C.S.H.B. 1932 amends the Government Code to require an emergency management program maintained by a county, or in which a county participates, to provide for catastrophic debris management not later than January 1, 2020.

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2019.

COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE

While C.S.H.B. 1932 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following summarizes the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.

The substitute imposes a January 1, 2020, deadline for each applicable emergency management program to provide for catastrophic debris management.