| |
| |
| |
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
relating to disaster preparation for state agencies and political |
|
|
subdivisions. |
|
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
|
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 418, Government Code, is |
|
|
amended by adding Section 418.0155 to read as follows: |
|
|
Sec. 418.0155. SUSPENSION LIST. (a) The governor's |
|
|
office, using existing resources, shall compile and maintain a |
|
|
comprehensive list of regulatory statutes and rules that may |
|
|
require suspension during a disaster. |
|
|
(b) On request by the governor's office, a state agency that |
|
|
would be impacted by the suspension of a statute or rule on the list |
|
|
compiled under Subsection (a) shall review the list for accuracy |
|
|
and shall advise the governor's office regarding any statutes or |
|
|
rules that should be added to the list. |
|
|
SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 418, Government Code, is |
|
|
amended by adding Section 418.054 to read as follows: |
|
|
Sec. 418.054. DISASTER PREPARATION CONTRACTS. (a) The |
|
|
division, in consultation with other state agencies the division |
|
|
considers appropriate, shall develop a plan to assist political |
|
|
subdivisions of this state with executing contracts for services |
|
|
that political subdivisions are likely to need following a |
|
|
disaster. The plan must include: |
|
|
(1) training on the benefits to a political |
|
|
subdivision from executing disaster preparation contracts in |
|
|
advance of a disaster; |
|
|
(2) recommendations on the services political |
|
|
subdivisions are likely to need following a disaster, including |
|
|
debris management and infrastructure repair; and |
|
|
(3) assistance to political subdivisions with finding |
|
|
persons capable of providing the services described by Subdivision |
|
|
(2) and executing contracts with those persons in advance of a |
|
|
disaster. |
|
|
(b) The division shall consult with the comptroller |
|
|
regarding including a contract for services a political subdivision |
|
|
is likely to need following a disaster, including debris management |
|
|
and infrastructure repair, on the schedule of multiple award |
|
|
contracts developed under Subchapter I, Chapter 2155, or as part of |
|
|
another cooperative purchasing program administered by the |
|
|
comptroller. |
|
|
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
| |
| |
| |
______________________________ |
______________________________ |
| |
President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
| |
| |
|
|
I certify that H.B. No. 7 was passed by the House on April 18, |
|
|
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 131, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
|
|
voting. |
|
|
|
|
|
______________________________ |
|
|
Chief Clerk of the House |
| |
| |
|
|
I certify that H.B. No. 7 was passed by the Senate on May 21, |
|
|
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
|
|
|
|
|
______________________________ |
|
|
Secretary of the Senate |
|
|
APPROVED: _____________________ |
|
|
Date |
|
|
|
|
|
_____________________ |
|
|
Governor |