83R10239 CJC-F
By: Lucio S.B. No. 1549
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to pre-event disaster recovery program administration
contracts in certain counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 418, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 418.127 to read as follows:
Sec. 418.127. PRE-EVENT DISASTER RECOVERY PROGRAM
CONTRACTS. (a) The General Land Office shall enter into a
pre-event disaster recovery program administration contract with
each regional planning commission, council of governments, or
similar regional planning agency created under Chapter 391, Local
Government Code, whose membership includes at least one county that
borders the Gulf of Mexico.
(b) The General Land Office shall activate a contract
required by this section in a county that is designated as a
threatened area in:
(1) an executive order or proclamation declaring a
state of disaster issued by the governor; or
(2) a disaster declaration by the president of the
United States.
(c) Services obtained under a contract required under this
section may be paid for with money from the disaster contingency
fund under Section 418.073.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2013.