| 1 | 1 | | By: Estes S.B. No. 1393 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (Pickett, Flynn) |
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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 homeland security strategy. |
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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. Subsections (a) and (c), Section 421.002, |
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| 10 | 10 | | Government Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (a) The governor shall direct homeland security in this |
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| 12 | 12 | | state and shall develop a statewide homeland security strategy that |
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| 13 | 13 | | improves the state's ability to: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) protect against [detect and deter threats to] |
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| 15 | 15 | | homeland security threats and hazards; |
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| 16 | 16 | | (2) respond to homeland security emergencies; [and] |
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| 17 | 17 | | (3) recover from homeland security emergencies; |
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| 18 | 18 | | (4) mitigate the loss of life and property by |
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| 19 | 19 | | lessening the impact of future disasters; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | (5) prevent significant criminal and terrorist |
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| 21 | 21 | | attacks. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (c) The governor's homeland security strategy must |
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| 23 | 23 | | complement and operate in coordination with [the] federal strategic |
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| 24 | 24 | | guidance on homeland security [strategy]. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 421.021, Government |
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| 26 | 26 | | Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 27 | 27 | | (a) The Homeland Security Council is composed of the |
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| 28 | 28 | | governor or the governor's designee, the speaker of the house of |
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| 29 | 29 | | representatives or the speaker's designee, the lieutenant governor |
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| 30 | 30 | | or the lieutenant governor's designee, and one representative of |
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| 31 | 31 | | each of the following entities, appointed by the single statewide |
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| 32 | 32 | | elected or appointed governing officer, administrative head, or |
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| 33 | 33 | | chair, as appropriate, of the entity: |
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| 34 | 34 | | (1) Department of Agriculture; |
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| 35 | 35 | | (2) office of the attorney general; |
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| 36 | 36 | | (3) General Land Office; |
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| 37 | 37 | | (4) Public Utility Commission of Texas; |
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| 38 | 38 | | (5) Department of State Health Services; |
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| 39 | 39 | | (6) Department of Information Resources; |
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| 40 | 40 | | (7) Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas; |
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| 41 | 41 | | (8) Texas Division of Emergency Management; |
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| 42 | 42 | | (9) adjutant general's department; |
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| 43 | 43 | | (10) Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; |
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| 44 | 44 | | (11) Railroad Commission of Texas; |
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| 45 | 45 | | (12) Texas [Strategic] Military Preparedness |
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| 46 | 46 | | [Planning] Commission; |
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| 47 | 47 | | (13) Texas Department of Transportation; |
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| 48 | 48 | | (14) Commission on State Emergency Communications; |
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| 49 | 49 | | (15) Office of State-Federal Relations; |
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| 50 | 50 | | (16) secretary of state; |
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| 51 | 51 | | (17) the committee of the senate having jurisdiction |
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| 52 | 52 | | over homeland security [Senate Committee on Transportation and |
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| 53 | 53 | | Homeland Security]; |
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| 54 | 54 | | (18) the committee of the house of representatives |
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| 55 | 55 | | having jurisdiction over homeland security [House Committee on |
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| 56 | 56 | | Defense and Veterans' Affairs]; |
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| 57 | 57 | | (19) Texas Animal Health Commission; |
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| 58 | 58 | | (20) Texas Association of Regional Councils; |
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| 59 | 59 | | (21) Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer |
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| 60 | 60 | | Standards and Education; |
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| 61 | 61 | | (22) state fire marshal's office; |
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| 62 | 62 | | (23) Texas Education Agency; |
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| 63 | 63 | | (24) Texas Commission on Fire Protection; |
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| 64 | 64 | | (25) Parks and Wildlife Department; |
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| 65 | 65 | | (26) Texas A&M Forest Service; and |
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| 66 | 66 | | (27) Texas Water Development Board. |
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| 67 | 67 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 68 | 68 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 69 | 69 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 70 | 70 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 71 | 71 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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