By: West S.B. No. 171
(In the Senate - Filed January 9, 2013; January 29, 2013,
read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture, Rural
Affairs, and Homeland Security; April 16, 2013, rereferred to
Committee on Intergovernmental Relations; April 29, 2013, reported
favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 29, 2013,
sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the establishment of a workgroup to study the use by
state agencies of a uniform application form following disasters.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 418.013, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) The chief of the division shall establish a workgroup of
appropriate emergency management council members, local government
officials, and nonprofit organizations to determine if a uniform
application form for assistance following a disaster may be
developed for use by state agencies and by persons requesting
assistance from state agencies. The workgroup shall report its
findings, including recommendations for any necessary statutory
changes, to the legislature before September 1, 2014. This
subsection expires September 1, 2014.
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.
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