85R3527 JCG-D
By: Menéndez S.B. No. 572
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a feasibility study and report by the Texas Division of
Emergency Management regarding the use of United States Postal
Service employees, resources, and assets during a declared
disaster.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 418, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 418.053 to read as follows:
Sec. 418.053. STUDY REGARDING AGREEMENT WITH UNITED STATES
POSTAL SERVICE. (a) The division shall conduct a study to examine
the feasibility of establishing an agreement with the United States
Postal Service regarding the use of employees, resources, and
assets within the postal service during a state of disaster to:
(1) identify residential or commercial structures
that have been damaged;
(2) identify persons who reside in a damaged area and
the medical or physical needs of those persons;
(3) help assess the damage to neighborhoods or
communities; and
(4) assist in any other activity that the division
determines to be necessary in responding to the disaster.
(b) Not later than November 1, 2019, the division shall:
(1) complete the study;
(2) report the results of the study to the lieutenant
governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the
standing committees of the house and the senate with jurisdiction
over public safety matters; and
(3) post the results of the study on the division's
Internet website.
(c) This section expires December 31, 2021.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.