By: Phillips (Senate Sponsor - Garcia) H.B. No. 2827
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2015;
May 6, 2015, read first time and referred to Subcommittee on Border
Security; May 18, 2015, reported favorably to Committee on Veteran
Affairs and Military Installations; May 21, 2015, reported
favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 21, 2015,
sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the definition of homeland security activity.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 421.001(3), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(3) "Homeland security activity" means any activity
related to the prevention or discovery of, response to, or recovery
from:
(A) a terrorist attack; [,]
(B) a natural or man-made disaster; [,]
(C) a hostile military or paramilitary action; [,
or]
(D) an extraordinary law enforcement emergency;
or
(E) a fire or medical emergency requiring
resources beyond the capabilities of a local jurisdiction.
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, 2015.
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