H.R. No. 2963
R E S O L U T I O N
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of
Texas, 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, That House Rule 13,
Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13,
Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to
resolve the differences on House Bill 4102 (the disaster
contingency fund and relief for school districts located in a
disaster area), to consider and take action on the following
matter:
House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(1), is suspended to permit the
committee to change text not in disagreement in SECTION 1 of the
bill, in Section 418.073(c), Government Code, to read as follows:
(c) A state or [agency,] local government[, or other
eligible] entity that participates in disaster preparation or
disaster recovery may request and receive funding from the disaster
contingency fund to pay for[:
[(1) extraordinary] costs incurred by the state or
local government entity in preparing for or recovering from
[implementing preventive measures taken before or during an
emergency; and
[(2) costs incurred in repairing damage suffered
during] a disaster [for which:
[(A) the presiding officer of a municipal or
county government has declared a local state of disaster for
affected areas within the jurisdiction of the municipality or
county; and
[(B) the governor has also declared a state of
disaster for the affected county or counties].
Explanation: This change is necessary to maintain the ability
of a state or local government entity to receive reimbursement from
the disaster contingency fund for costs incurred by the entity in
preparing for disasters.
Eiland
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 2963 was adopted by the House on May
31, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House