Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1	1	By: E. Johnson of Dallas H.B. No. 100
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4	4	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
5	5	AN ACT
6	6	relating to information on projected changes in weather and water
7	7	availability in strategic plans of certain state agencies.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Section 2056.002(b), Government Code, is amended
10	10	to read as follows:
11	11	(b) The Legislative Budget Board and the division of the
12	12	governor's office responsible for budget and policy [Governor's
13	13	Office of Budget, Policy, and Planning] shall determine the
14	14	elements required to be included in each agency's strategic plan.
15	15	Unless modified by the Legislative Budget Board and the division
16	16	[Governor's Office of Budget, Policy, and Planning], and except as
17	17	provided by Subsection (c), a plan must include:
18	18	(1) a statement of the mission and goals of the state
19	19	agency;
20	20	(2) a description of the indicators developed under
21	21	this chapter and used to measure the output and outcome of the
22	22	agency;
23	23	(3) identification of the groups of people served by
24	24	the agency, including those having service priorities, or other
25	25	service measures established by law, and estimates of changes in
26	26	those groups expected during the term of the plan;
27	27	(4) an analysis of the use of the agency's resources to
28	28	meet the agency's needs, including future needs, and an estimate of
29	29	additional resources that may be necessary to meet future needs;
30	30	(5) an analysis of expected changes in the services
31	31	provided by the agency because of changes in state or federal law;
32	32	(6) a description of the means and strategies for
33	33	meeting the agency's needs, including future needs, and achieving
34	34	the goals established under Section 2056.006 for each area of state
35	35	government for which the agency provides services;
36	36	(7) a description of the capital improvement needs of
37	37	the agency during the term of the plan and a statement, if
38	38	appropriate, of the priority of those needs;
39	39	(8) identification of each geographic region of this
40	40	state, including the Texas-Louisiana border region and the
41	41	Texas-Mexico border region, served by the agency, and if
42	42	appropriate the agency's means and strategies for serving each
43	43	region;
44	44	(9) a description of the training of the agency's
45	45	contract managers under Section 2262.053;
46	46	(10) an analysis of the agency's expected expenditures
47	47	that relate to federally owned or operated military installations
48	48	or facilities, or communities where a federally owned or operated
49	49	military installation or facility is located;
50	50	(11) an analysis of the strategic use of information
51	51	resources as provided by the instructions prepared under Section
52	52	2054.095; [and]
53	53	(12) for the Department of Agriculture, Texas
54	54	Commission on Environmental Quality, General Land Office, Texas
55	55	Department of Housing and Community Affairs, Texas Department of
56	56	Insurance, Parks and Wildlife Department, Department of Public
57	57	Safety, Public Utility Commission of Texas, office of the
58	58	comptroller, Texas A&M Forest Service, and Texas Water Development
59	59	Board:
60	60	(A) an analysis of expected changes, including
61	61	adverse impacts, in the services provided by the agency because of
62	62	projected changes in weather, water availability, and climate
63	63	variability, as determined by the Texas state climatologist's
64	64	report under Section 2056.005(c);
65	65	(B) for each period described in Section
66	66	2056.005(c), a description of the means and strategies for meeting
67	67	the agency's needs and managing the risks associated with the
68	68	projected changes in weather, water availability, and climate
69	69	variability as determined by the report; and
70	70	(C) for the means and strategies described by
71	71	Paragraph (B):
72	72	(i) identification of any financial
73	73	resources that will be needed to carry out those means and
74	74	strategies; and
75	75	(ii) an analysis of partnerships and
76	76	cooperation between the agency and other state, local, and federal
77	77	governmental entities that will be needed to carry out those means
78	78	and strategies; and
79	79	(13) other information that may be required.
80	80	SECTION 2. Section 2056.005, Government Code, is amended by
81	81	adding Subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f) to read as follows:
82	82	(c) Not later than February 1 of each even-numbered year,
83	83	the Texas state climatologist shall provide to the Legislative
84	84	Budget Board, for use in the strategic planning of a state agency
85	85	listed in Section 2056.002(b)(12), a report on projected changes in
86	86	weather, water availability, and climate variability across the
87	87	state for a period of:
88	88	(1) five years beginning with the next odd-numbered
89	89	year; and
90	90	(2) at least 20 years and not longer than 50 years
91	91	beginning with the next odd-numbered year.
92	92	(d) The report under Subsection (c) may include:
93	93	(1) projections of precipitation;
94	94	(2) projections of temperature;
95	95	(3) projections of stream flow in Texas rivers;
96	96	(4) projections of evaporation rates;
97	97	(5) projections of soil moisture rates;
98	98	(6) projections of sea level changes;
99	99	(7) projections of coastal storm intensity;
100	100	(8) projections of inland and coastal flood intensity;
101	101	(9) likely ranges of variability for all projections;
102	102	(10) any estimations of the likelihood of the
103	103	forecasts, as considered appropriate by the Texas state
104	104	climatologist; and
105	105	(11) any additional factors that are considered useful
106	106	for state agency strategic planning by the Texas state
107	107	climatologist.
108	108	(e) The Texas state climatologist may use a forecast created
109	109	outside of the office of the state climatologist if the forecast is
110	110	considered suitable by the climatologist for the requirements of
111	111	the report.
112	112	(f) Not later than March 1 of each even-numbered year, the
113	113	Legislative Budget Board shall distribute the report provided under
114	114	Subsection (c) to the state agencies listed in Section
115	115	2056.002(b)(12) for use in each agency's strategic planning.
116	116	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019
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