| 1 | 1 | | By: Carona S.B. No. 1462 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to the use of public facilities as emergency shelters |
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| 7 | 7 | | during disasters. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Subdivision (1), Section 418.004, Government |
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| 10 | 10 | | Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (1) "Disaster" means the occurrence or imminent threat |
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| 12 | 12 | | of widespread or severe damage, injury, or loss of life or property |
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| 13 | 13 | | resulting from any natural or man-made cause, including fire, |
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| 14 | 14 | | flood, earthquake, wind, storm, wave action, oil spill or other |
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| 15 | 15 | | water contamination, volcanic activity, epidemic, air |
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| 16 | 16 | | contamination, blight, drought, infestation, explosion, riot, |
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| 17 | 17 | | hostile military or paramilitary action, extreme heat, other public |
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| 18 | 18 | | calamity requiring emergency action, or energy emergency. |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 418.042, Government |
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| 20 | 20 | | Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (a) The division shall prepare and keep current a |
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| 22 | 22 | | comprehensive state emergency management plan. The plan may |
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| 23 | 23 | | include: |
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| 24 | 24 | | (1) provisions for prevention and minimization of |
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| 25 | 25 | | injury and damage caused by disaster; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2) provisions for prompt and effective response to |
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| 27 | 27 | | disaster; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (3) provisions for emergency relief; |
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| 29 | 29 | | (4) provisions for energy emergencies; |
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| 30 | 30 | | (5) identification of areas particularly vulnerable |
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| 31 | 31 | | to disasters; |
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| 32 | 32 | | (6) recommendations for zoning, building |
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| 33 | 33 | | restrictions, and other land-use controls, safety measures for |
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| 34 | 34 | | securing mobile homes or other nonpermanent or semipermanent |
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| 35 | 35 | | structures, and other preventive and preparedness measures |
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| 36 | 36 | | designed to eliminate or reduce disasters or their impact; |
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| 37 | 37 | | (7) provisions for assistance to local officials in |
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| 38 | 38 | | designing local emergency management plans; |
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| 39 | 39 | | (8) authorization and procedures for the erection or |
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| 40 | 40 | | other construction of temporary works designed to protect against |
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| 41 | 41 | | or mitigate danger, damage, or loss from flood, fire, or other |
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| 42 | 42 | | disaster; |
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| 43 | 43 | | (9) preparation and distribution to the appropriate |
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| 44 | 44 | | state and local officials of state catalogs of federal, state, and |
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| 45 | 45 | | private assistance programs; |
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| 46 | 46 | | (10) organization of manpower and channels of |
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| 47 | 47 | | assistance; |
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| 48 | 48 | | (11) coordination of federal, state, and local |
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| 49 | 49 | | emergency management activities; |
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| 50 | 50 | | (12) coordination of the state emergency management |
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| 51 | 51 | | plan with the emergency management plans of the federal government; |
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| 52 | 52 | | (13) coordination of federal and state energy |
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| 53 | 53 | | emergency plans; |
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| 54 | 54 | | (14) provisions for education and training of local |
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| 55 | 55 | | officials on activation of the Emergency Alert System established |
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| 56 | 56 | | under 47 C.F.R. Part 11; [and] |
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| 57 | 57 | | (15) a list of public facilities that may be used under |
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| 58 | 58 | | Section 418.017 to shelter individuals during a disaster, including |
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| 59 | 59 | | air-conditioned facilities for shelter during an extreme heat |
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| 60 | 60 | | disaster and fortified structures for shelter during a wind |
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| 61 | 61 | | disaster; and |
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| 62 | 62 | | (16) other necessary matters relating to disasters. |
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| 63 | 63 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 64 | 64 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 65 | 65 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 66 | 66 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 67 | 67 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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