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1	1	81R3215 MCK-D
2	2	By: Edwards H.B. No. 1026
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to establishing legislative district emergency response
8	8	teams.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 11, Local Government Code, is
11	11	amended by adding Chapter 364 to read as follows:
12	12	CHAPTER 364. LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAMS
13	13	Sec. 364.001. LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT EMERGENCY RESPONSE
14	14	TEAMS. Each district from which a member of the state house of
15	15	representatives is elected may form a district emergency response
16	16	team to:
17	17	(1) increase the number of trained responders in the
18	18	district;
19	19	(2) coordinate information and planning among
20	20	district residents and local, state, and federal government
21	21	officials;
22	22	(3) coordinate distribution of aid during a disaster
23	23	or emergency; and
24	24	(4) serve as a source of information to the government
25	25	responders and the residents of the district.
26	26	Sec. 364.002. TEAM MEMBERSHIP. (a) Each district
27	27	emergency response team must include:
28	28	(1) at least two licensed amateur radio operators;
29	29	(2) at least three persons who have a medical
30	30	background; and
31	31	(3) at least two persons who have completed Federal
32	32	Emergency Management Agency Incident Command System training
33	33	classes 300 and 400.
34	34	(b) Each team member must complete Federal Emergency
35	35	Management Agency Incident Command System training classes 100,
36	36	200, 700, and 800A.
37	37	(c) A team for a district located within 100 miles of the
38	38	Gulf of Mexico must have at least 30 members between June 1 and
39	39	November 30.
40	40	Sec. 364.003. POWERS AND DUTIES OF TEAM. The district
41	41	emergency response team shall collaborate with the Federal
42	42	Emergency Management Agency, the office of the governor, and other
43	43	state and federal agencies to:
44	44	(1) develop an emergency operations plan for the
45	45	district;
46	46	(2) establish:
47	47	(A) strategically located neighborhood
48	48	distribution sites for the distribution of aid during a disaster or
49	49	emergency and notify residents of the district about the locations
50	50	of the distribution sites;
51	51	(B) communications centers in the district that
52	52	would work with existing emergency operations plans of the
53	53	municipality and county to relay information to district residents
54	54	during a disaster or emergency; and
55	55	(C) a medical triage transport staging site in
56	56	the district; and
57	57	(3) meet with the state representative and senator
58	58	from the district to review the emergency operations plan.
59	59	Sec. 364.004. EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN. (a) A district
60	60	emergency response team must file an emergency operations plan with
61	61	each municipality and county in which the district is located.
62	62	(b) The emergency operations plan must meet the Federal
63	63	Emergency Management Agency's guidelines for emergency operations
64	64	plans. The plan must be reviewed by an experienced neighborhood
65	65	responder before the team files the plan with the local
66	66	governmental entity.
67	67	(c) The team must consult with local essential businesses,
68	68	utility companies, and school districts in the development of the
69	69	emergency operations plan.
70	70	Sec. 364.005. COMMUNICATIONS CENTERS. Each communications
71	71	center must contain an amateur radio operator, radio equipment, and
72	72	wireless Internet access.
73	73	Sec. 364.006. MEDICAL TRIAGE TRANSPORT STAGING SITE. (a)
74	74	The medical triage transport staging site must:
75	75	(1) be equipped with a generator that has the capacity
76	76	to power medical apparatuses used for treating life-threatening
77	77	illnesses;
78	78	(2) house residents with medical conditions whose
79	79	health care treatment requires the use of electricity;
80	80	(3) include restroom facilities, showers, and a food
81	81	preparation location;
82	82	(4) have available an amateur radio operator;
83	83	(5) have equipment that has the capacity to produce
84	84	ice; and
85	85	(6) be located in an area that is not subject to
86	86	flooding during a category four hurricane.
87	87	(b) The district emergency response team shall notify the
88	88	municipality, county, state, and federal emergency management
89	89	organizations and each state and federal elected official
90	90	representing the district about the location of the medical triage
91	91	transport staging site.
92	92	(c) The team shall coordinate emergency plans with health
93	93	care providers in the district to ensure the delivery of health care
94	94	during a disaster or emergency.
95	95	Sec. 364.007. APPROPRIATIONS. Each district emergency
96	96	response team that complies with the requirements of this chapter
97	97	is eligible to receive money appropriated by the state.
98	98	Sec. 364.008. POWERS AND DUTIES OF COUNTY. The county in
99	99	which most of the district residents reside shall:
100	100	(1) administer the district emergency response team's
101	101	funds, including any money appropriated to the team by the state;
102	102	(2) make purchases for the team;
103	103	(3) provide the team with:
104	104	(A) two amateur radios;
105	105	(B) five wireless Internet stations;
106	106	(C) 12 cameras; and
107	107	(D) one generator to power the medical triage
108	108	area; and
109	109	(4) provide storage for the team's equipment.
110	110	Sec. 364.009. LEGISLATIVE LIAISON. The state
111	111	representative whose district creates a district emergency
112	112	response team shall serve as a liaison for the team. Each state
113	113	senator that represents the district may also serve as a liaison.
114	114	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
115	115	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
116	116	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
117	117	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
118	118	Act takes effect September 1, 2009.