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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the composition of the Homeland Security Council. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 421.021(a), Government Code, as amended |
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by Chapters 93 (S.B. 686), 616 (S.B. 1393), and 1217 (S.B. 1536), |
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Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted |
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and amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The Homeland Security Council is composed of the |
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governor or the governor's designee, the speaker of the house of |
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representatives or the speaker's designee, the lieutenant governor |
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or the lieutenant governor's designee, and one representative of |
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each of the following entities, appointed by the single statewide |
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elected or appointed governing officer, administrative head, or |
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chair, as appropriate, of the entity: |
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(1) Department of Agriculture; |
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(2) office of the attorney general; |
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(3) General Land Office; |
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(4) Public Utility Commission of Texas; |
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(5) Department of State Health Services; |
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(6) Department of Information Resources; |
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(7) Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas; |
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(8) Texas Division of Emergency Management; |
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(9) Texas Military Department; |
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(10) Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; |
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(11) Railroad Commission of Texas; |
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(12) Texas Military Preparedness Commission; |
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(13) Texas Department of Transportation; |
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(14) Commission on State Emergency Communications; |
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(15) Office of State-Federal Relations; |
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(16) secretary of state; |
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(17) the committee of the senate having jurisdiction |
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over veterans affairs [Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs and |
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Military Installations]; |
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(18) [(17)] the committee of the senate having |
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jurisdiction over homeland security [Senate Committee on |
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Agriculture, Rural Affairs and Homeland Security]; |
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(19) the committee of the house of representatives |
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having jurisdiction over veterans affairs [House Committee on |
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Defense and Veterans' Affairs]; |
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(20) [(18)] the committee of the house of |
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representatives having jurisdiction over homeland security [House |
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Committee on Homeland Security and Public Safety]; |
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(21) Texas Animal Health Commission; |
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(22) Texas Commission on Law Enforcement; |
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(23) state fire marshal's office; |
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(24) Texas Education Agency; |
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(25) Texas Commission on Fire Protection; |
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(26) Parks and Wildlife Department; |
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(27) Texas A&M Forest Service; and |
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(28) Texas Water Development Board. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |