81R16634 JJT-F
By: Bonnen H.B. No. 2532
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to coordinating information regarding the location of
infrastructure to which the supply of electric service is critical
to the public health and safety or for emergency management
purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 418, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subchapter I to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER I. CRITICAL SERVICE INFRASTRUCTURE INFORMATION FOR
ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION EMERGENCY RESPONSE
Sec. 418.251. CRITICAL SERVICE INFRASTRUCTURE INFORMATION.
(a) To provide for rapid mitigation of disasters or emergencies
that result in widespread electric utility service outages, each
municipality and county shall provide the division with the
location of infrastructure in the municipality's or county's
jurisdiction that is critical to the public health or safety and
that requires electric utility service to adequately respond to or
to mitigate the effects of a disaster or emergency.
(b) A municipality or county shall file with the division
the critical infrastructure location information:
(1) annually;
(2) on a standardized form provided by the division to
be filed electronically or by mail; and
(3) by street address and by any other means of
identifying location the division requires.
(c) The division shall provide with the standardized form
information to assist a municipality or county in determining the
infrastructure in the municipality's or county's jurisdiction that
is critical to the public health or safety and that requires
electric utility service to adequately respond to or to mitigate
the effects of a disaster or emergency. The municipality or county
must rank the critical infrastructure identified on the form by
priority. The critical infrastructure identified must include:
(1) police and fire stations;
(2) relevant government buildings;
(3) sewage lift stations;
(4) water treatment facilities; and
(5) hospitals.
Sec. 418.252. DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION TO UTILITIES.
(a) The division shall provide to each electric utility that owns
electric transmission and distribution lines the critical
infrastructure location information for each municipality or
county served by the utility. The Public Utility Commission of
Texas shall assist the division in identifying the relevant
utilities and coordinating the delivery of the information.
(b) The division shall provide the information annually
under Subsection (a) not later than March 1.
Sec. 418.253. MAINTENANCE OF INFORMATION. (a) An electric
utility that receives the critical infrastructure location
information from the division shall:
(1) maintain the information to assist the utility
with efforts to restore electric utility service; and
(2) update the information annually with location
information as it is received from the division.
(b) The Public Utility Commission of Texas shall adopt rules
to ensure compliance with this section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.