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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to personal contact information submitted by certain local |
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officials to the Texas Division of Emergency Management and local |
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health departments. |
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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 418.059 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 418.059. PERSONAL CONTACT INFORMATION REQUIRED. (a) |
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Each city manager, mayor, county judge, and director of a |
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municipality's or county's local health department shall submit to |
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the division the person's contact information to be used during a |
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declared state of disaster or in other times of public emergency. |
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(b) Information submitted under this section is |
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confidential and exempt from disclosure under Chapter 552. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 121, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 121.035 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 121.035. PERSONAL CONTACT INFORMATION REQUIRED. (a) |
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Each city manager, mayor, and county judge shall submit to the local |
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health department of the municipality or county, as applicable, in |
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which the person serves as the city manager, mayor, or county judge, |
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the person's contact information to be used during a declared state |
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of disaster or in other times of public emergency. |
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(b) Information submitted under this section is |
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confidential and exempt from disclosure under Chapter 552, |
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Government Code. |
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SECTION 3. Not later than January 1, 2022, a person required |
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to submit information under Section 418.059, Government Code, as |
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added by this Act, or Section 121.035, Health and Safety Code, as |
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added by this Act, shall submit the information as required by those |
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sections. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |