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| 2 | 2 | | By: Gallegos S.B. No. 340 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to temporary housing and emergency shelters provided by a |
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| 8 | 8 | | political subdivision for disaster victims. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 418.004, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | adding Subdivision (6-a) to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (6-a) "Public facility" has the meaning assigned by |
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| 13 | 13 | | Section 102, Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency |
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| 14 | 14 | | Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. Section 5122). |
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| 15 | 15 | | SECTION 2. Section 418.020, Government Code, is amended to |
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| 16 | 16 | | read as follows: |
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| 17 | 17 | | Sec. 418.020. TEMPORARY HOUSING AND EMERGENCY SHELTER. (a) |
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| 18 | 18 | | The governor may enter into purchase, lease, or other arrangements |
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| 19 | 19 | | with an agency of the United States for temporary housing units to |
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| 20 | 20 | | be occupied by disaster victims and may make units available to any |
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| 21 | 21 | | political subdivision. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (b) The governor may assist a political subdivision that is |
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| 23 | 23 | | the locus of temporary housing or emergency shelters for disaster |
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| 24 | 24 | | victims to acquire sites necessary for temporary housing or |
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| 25 | 25 | | emergency shelters and to do all things required to prepare the |
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| 26 | 26 | | sites to receive and use temporary housing units or emergency |
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| 27 | 27 | | shelters by: |
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| 28 | 28 | | (1) advancing or lending funds available to the |
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| 29 | 29 | | governor from any appropriation made by the legislature or from any |
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| 30 | 30 | | other source; |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2) allocating funds made available by a public or |
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| 32 | 32 | | private agency; or |
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| 33 | 33 | | (3) becoming a copartner with the political |
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| 34 | 34 | | subdivision for the execution and performance of any temporary |
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| 35 | 35 | | housing or emergency shelter project for disaster victims. |
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| 36 | 36 | | (c) Under regulations prescribed by the governor, the |
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| 37 | 37 | | governor may temporarily suspend or modify for a period of not more |
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| 38 | 38 | | than 60 days any public health, safety, zoning, intrastate |
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| 39 | 39 | | transportation, or other law or regulation if by proclamation the |
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| 40 | 40 | | governor considers the suspension or modification essential to |
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| 41 | 41 | | provide temporary housing or emergency shelter for disaster |
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| 42 | 42 | | victims. |
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| 43 | 43 | | (d) Any political subdivision may temporarily or |
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| 44 | 44 | | permanently acquire by lease, purchase, or other means sites |
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| 45 | 45 | | required for installation of temporary housing units or emergency |
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| 46 | 46 | | shelters for disaster victims and may enter into arrangements |
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| 47 | 47 | | necessary to prepare or equip the sites to use the housing units or |
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| 48 | 48 | | shelters, including arrangements for the purchase of temporary |
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| 49 | 49 | | housing units or shelters and the payment of transportation |
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| 50 | 50 | | charges. |
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| 51 | 51 | | (e) A political subdivision that is the locus of temporary |
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| 52 | 52 | | housing or emergency shelters for persons moved or evacuated by |
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| 53 | 53 | | recommendation or order of the governor shall be assisted by any |
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| 54 | 54 | | resource available to the state to ensure the political subdivision |
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| 55 | 55 | | receives an advance or reimbursement: |
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| 56 | 56 | | (1) of all expenses, including lost revenue, incurred |
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| 57 | 57 | | by the political subdivision associated with the use of public |
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| 58 | 58 | | facilities for temporary housing or emergency shelters; and |
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| 59 | 59 | | (2) of the amounts paid for salaries and benefits of |
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| 60 | 60 | | permanently employed, straight-time and regular-time personnel of |
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| 61 | 61 | | the political subdivision who perform duties associated with the |
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| 62 | 62 | | movement or evacuation of persons into, out of, or through the |
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| 63 | 63 | | political subdivision. |
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| 64 | 64 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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