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| 1 | 1 | By: West S.B. No. 171 | |
| 2 | 2 | (Pickett) | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the establishment of a workgroup to study the use by | |
| 8 | 8 | state agencies of a uniform application form following disasters. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 418.013, Government Code, is amended by | |
| 11 | 11 | adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (e) The chief of the division shall establish a workgroup of | |
| 13 | 13 | appropriate emergency management council members, local government | |
| 14 | 14 | officials, and nonprofit organizations to determine if a uniform | |
| 15 | 15 | application form for assistance following a disaster may be | |
| 16 | 16 | developed for use by state agencies and by persons requesting | |
| 17 | 17 | assistance from state agencies. The workgroup shall report its | |
| 18 | 18 | findings, including recommendations for any necessary statutory | |
| 19 | 19 | changes, to the legislature before September 1, 2014. This | |
| 20 | 20 | subsection expires September 1, 2014. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 22 | 22 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 23 | 23 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 24 | 24 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |