87R10848 MTB-D
 
  By: Beckley H.B. No. 3154
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the issuance of a wireless emergency alert after a
  statewide disaster declaration.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter H, Chapter 418, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 418.1925 to read as follows:
         Sec. 418.1925.  WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERTS. As soon as
  possible after the governor declares a statewide state of disaster,
  the Department of Public Safety shall request that the Federal
  Emergency Management Agency notify residents of this state of the
  disaster by issuing a wireless emergency alert to their mobile
  devices.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.