89S11186 KJE-F
 
  By: Bonnen H.B. No. 3
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief
  and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those
  appropriations.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  TRUSTEED PROGRAMS WITHIN THE OFFICE OF THE
  GOVERNOR: FEMA MATCH AND DISASTER FUNDS. The amount of
  $200,000,000 is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund
  to the Trusteed Programs within the Office of the Governor for the
  two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act to be
  used:
               (1)  to match federal money received related to
  disaster response, relief, and recovery; and
               (2)  for the disaster needs of this state in a manner
  consistent with Strategy A.1.1, Disaster Funds, as listed in
  Chapter 1170 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), and Chapter 1185
  (S.B. 1), Acts of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025 (the
  General Appropriations Act).
         SECTION 2.  TRUSTEED PROGRAMS WITHIN THE OFFICE OF THE
  GOVERNOR: LOCAL GRANTS. The amount of $50,000,000 is appropriated
  from the economic stabilization fund to the Trusteed Programs
  within the Office of the Governor for the two-year period beginning
  on the effective date of this Act to be used for the purpose of
  making grants to assist counties, municipalities, or other local
  governments operating within Bandera, Bexar, Burnet, Caldwell,
  Coke, Comal, Concho, Edwards, Gillespie, Hamilton, Kendall, Kerr,
  Kimble, Kinney, Lampasas, Llano, Mason, Maverick, McCulloch,
  Menard, Real, Reeves, San Saba, Schleicher, Sutton, Tom Green,
  Travis, Uvalde, or Williamson County, as provided by the governor's
  declaration of disaster on July 4, 2025, regarding a heavy rainfall
  and flooding event and the subsequent amendments to that
  declaration, in establishing and implementing a system of flood
  warning sirens and rain gauges and purchasing other related
  equipment.
         SECTION 3.  TRUSTEED PROGRAMS WITHIN THE OFFICE OF THE
  GOVERNOR: METEOROLOGICAL FORECASTING. The amount of $24,000,000 is
  appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the Trusteed
  Programs within the Office of the Governor for the two-year period
  beginning on the effective date of this Act to be used for the
  purpose of providing disaster preparedness grants to improve
  meteorological forecasting, enhance weather intelligence and
  forecasting accuracy, and improve flood management and timeliness
  of flood warnings in the Texas Hill Country through high resolution
  integrated weather solutions.
         SECTION 4.  CONTINGENT APPROPRIATIONS: INTEROPERABLE
  EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS.  (a)  Contingent on the enactment of H.B.
  2 or similar legislation of the 89th Legislature, 1st Called
  Session, 2025, relating to the creation and operation of the Texas
  Interoperability Council and a grant program administered by the
  council, the amount of $50,000,000 is appropriated from the
  economic stabilization fund to the Texas Interoperability Council
  for use by the council during the two-year period beginning on the
  effective date of this Act to implement the provisions of that
  legislation.
         (b)  Contingent on the failure to enact H.B. 2 or similar
  legislation of the 89th Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2025,
  relating to the creation and operation of the Texas
  Interoperability Council and a grant program administered by the
  council:
               (1)  the amount of $50,000,000 is appropriated from the
  economic stabilization fund to the comptroller of public accounts
  for immediate deposit to the emergency radio infrastructure account
  number 5153; and
               (2)  the amount of $50,000,000 is appropriated from the
  emergency radio infrastructure account number 5153 to the Trusteed
  Programs Within the Office of the Governor to be used during the
  two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the
  governor's interoperable radio communications program in
  accordance with Subchapter F, Chapter 421, Government Code.
         SECTION 5.  LIMITATION, REPORTING, AND TRANSFER PROVISIONS
  OF GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACTS APPLY. Unless explicitly stated
  otherwise, the provisions relating to limitations, reporting, or
  transfer of Chapter 1170 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 88th Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), and Chapter
  1185 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025
  (the General Appropriations Act), apply to the appropriations made
  by this Act.
         SECTION 6.  EFFECTIVE DATE. (a) Subject to Subsection (b) of
  this section, this Act takes effect immediately.
         (b)  This Act takes effect only if it receives a vote of
  two-thirds of the members present in each house of the legislature,
  as provided by Section 49-g(m), Article III, Texas Constitution.