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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a task force to expedite permitting and funding |
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following certain disasters. |
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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 418.054 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 418.054. PERMITTING TASK FORCE. (a) The division |
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shall form a task force with representatives from the General Land |
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Office, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Parks and |
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Wildlife Department, and Texas Historical Commission to be |
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activated if a state of disaster is declared under Section 418.014 |
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because of weather conditions to expedite: |
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(1) environmental permitting; and |
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(2) access to funds from federal disaster relief |
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programs following the disaster. |
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(b) The task force formed under this section shall establish |
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procedures for expediting the evaluation of environmental permits |
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during disaster recovery in order for local entities to demonstrate |
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compliance with regulations and access federal disaster relief |
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programs and funding. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |