BILL ANALYSIS S.B. 854 By: Nelson Appropriations Committee Report (Unamended) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE According to interested parties, the Texas Division of Emergency Management occasionally utilizes persons outside the division to respond to disasters and other emergency situations and incidents. The goal of S.B. 854 is to support first responders by authorizing the division to use appropriated funds to pay for food and beverages for those persons under certain circumstances. CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. ANALYSIS S.B. 854 amends the Government Code to extend the authority of the Texas Division of Emergency Management to use appropriated funds to purchase food and beverages for division personnel who are activated to provide services in response to a disaster and unable to leave or required to remain at their assignment areas due to the disaster to include any person who is activated to provide services in response to an emergency situation, an incident, or a disaster and unable to leave or required to remain at the person's assignment area due to the emergency situation, incident, or disaster. EFFECTIVE DATE On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2017.
BILL ANALYSIS
# BILL ANALYSIS
S.B. 854
By: Nelson
Appropriations
Committee Report (Unamended)
S.B. 854
By: Nelson
Appropriations
Committee Report (Unamended)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE According to interested parties, the Texas Division of Emergency Management occasionally utilizes persons outside the division to respond to disasters and other emergency situations and incidents. The goal of S.B. 854 is to support first responders by authorizing the division to use appropriated funds to pay for food and beverages for those persons under certain circumstances.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
ANALYSIS S.B. 854 amends the Government Code to extend the authority of the Texas Division of Emergency Management to use appropriated funds to purchase food and beverages for division personnel who are activated to provide services in response to a disaster and unable to leave or required to remain at their assignment areas due to the disaster to include any person who is activated to provide services in response to an emergency situation, an incident, or a disaster and unable to leave or required to remain at the person's assignment area due to the emergency situation, incident, or disaster.
EFFECTIVE DATE On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2017.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
According to interested parties, the Texas Division of Emergency Management occasionally utilizes persons outside the division to respond to disasters and other emergency situations and incidents. The goal of S.B. 854 is to support first responders by authorizing the division to use appropriated funds to pay for food and beverages for those persons under certain circumstances.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
ANALYSIS
S.B. 854 amends the Government Code to extend the authority of the Texas Division of Emergency Management to use appropriated funds to purchase food and beverages for division personnel who are activated to provide services in response to a disaster and unable to leave or required to remain at their assignment areas due to the disaster to include any person who is activated to provide services in response to an emergency situation, an incident, or a disaster and unable to leave or required to remain at the person's assignment area due to the emergency situation, incident, or disaster.
EFFECTIVE DATE
On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2017.