86R24688 JCG-D
By: Davis of Harris H.B. No. 1294
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1294:
By: Huberty C.S.H.B. No. 1294
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring certain persons to receive emergency
management training.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 418.005, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) and adding Subsection
(a-1) to read as follows:
(a) This section applies only to an officer, employee, or
paid volunteer [elected law enforcement officer or county judge, or
an appointed public officer] of the state or of a political
subdivision[,] who has management or supervisory responsibilities
and:
(1) whose position description, job duties, or
assignment includes emergency management responsibilities; or
(2) who plays a role in emergency preparedness,
response, or recovery.
(a-1) For purposes of this section, a person is considered a
paid volunteer only if the person performs duties at an executive or
high-ranking management level.
(b) Each person described by Subsection (a) shall complete a
course of training provided or approved by the division of not less
than three hours regarding the responsibilities of state and local
governments under this chapter not later than the 180th day after
the date the person:
(1) takes the oath of office, if the person is required
to take an oath of office to assume the person's duties as a public
officer; or
(2) otherwise assumes responsibilities with the state
or a political subdivision [as a public officer], if the person is
not required to take an oath of office to assume the person's
duties.
(c) The division shall develop and provide a training course
related to the emergency management responsibilities of
state-level officers, employees, and paid volunteers and a training
course related to the emergency management responsibilities of
officers, employees, and paid volunteers of political
subdivisions. The division shall ensure that the training courses
satisfy the requirements of Subsection (b).
(e) The division or other entity providing the training
shall provide a certificate of course completion to a person
[public officers] who completes [complete] the training required by
this section. A person [public officer] who completes the training
required by this section shall maintain and make available for
public inspection the record of the person's [public officer's]
completion of the training.
SECTION 2. Not later than March 1, 2020, each person who is
required to complete a course of training under Section 418.005,
Government Code, as amended by this Act, must complete the
training.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.