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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the submission of personal contact information by |
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certain local government officials to the Texas Division of |
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Emergency Management and local 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. REQUIRED SUBMISSION OF PERSONAL CONTACT |
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INFORMATION. (a) Each city manager, mayor, county judge, and |
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director of a municipality's or county's local health department |
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shall submit to the division the person's personal contact |
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information to be used during a state of disaster declared under |
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this chapter or a public health disaster or emergency declared |
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under Chapter 81, Health and Safety Code. |
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(b) Information a person submits 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. REQUIRED SUBMISSION OF PERSONAL CONTACT |
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INFORMATION. (a) Each city manager, mayor, and county judge shall |
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submit to the local health department of the municipality or county |
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in which the person serves in that office the person's personal |
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contact information to be used during a state of disaster declared |
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under Section 418.014, Government Code, or a public health disaster |
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or emergency declared under Chapter 81. |
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(b) Information a person submits 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, 2024, 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 required by those |
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sections. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |