| 1 | | - | H.B. No. 2345 |
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| 1 | + | By: Walle, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa) H.B. No. 2345 |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 11, 2019; |
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| 3 | + | April 17, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Water & |
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| 4 | + | Rural Affairs; May 19, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable |
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| 5 | + | Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; |
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| 6 | + | May 19, 2019, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 8 | + | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2345 By: RodrÃguez |
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| 4 | 12 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 13 | | relating to the creation of the Institute for a Disaster Resilient |
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| 6 | 14 | | Texas. |
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| 7 | 15 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 16 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 86, Education Code, is |
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| 9 | 17 | | amended by adding Section 86.82 to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 18 | | Sec. 86.82. INSTITUTE FOR A DISASTER RESILIENT TEXAS. (a) |
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| 11 | 19 | | In this section, "institute" means the Institute for a Disaster |
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| 12 | 20 | | Resilient Texas. |
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| 13 | 21 | | (b) The Institute for a Disaster Resilient Texas is a |
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| 14 | 22 | | component of Texas A&M University. |
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| 15 | 23 | | (c) The institute is under the management and direction of |
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| 16 | 24 | | the board. |
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| 17 | 25 | | (d) The institute shall: |
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| 18 | 26 | | (1) develop data analytics tools to support disaster |
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| 19 | 27 | | planning, mitigation, response, and recovery by the state, its |
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| 20 | 28 | | political subdivisions, and the public; |
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| 21 | 29 | | (2) create and maintain web-based analytical and |
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| 22 | 30 | | visual tools to communicate disaster risks and ways to reduce those |
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| 23 | 31 | | risks, including tools that work on the level of individual parcels |
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| 24 | 32 | | of land; |
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| 25 | 33 | | (3) provide evidence-based information and solutions |
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| 26 | 34 | | to aid in the formation of state and local partnerships to support |
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| 27 | 35 | | disaster planning, mitigation, response, and recovery; |
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| 28 | 36 | | (4) collect, display, and communicate comprehensive |
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| 29 | 37 | | flood-related information, including applicable updated inundation |
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| 30 | 38 | | maps, for use by decision-makers and the public; and |
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| 31 | 39 | | (5) collaborate with institutions of higher |
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| 32 | 40 | | education, as that term is defined by Section 61.003, state |
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| 33 | 41 | | agencies, local governments, and other political subdivisions to |
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| 34 | 42 | | accomplish the purposes of this section. |
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| 35 | 43 | | (e) The institute may employ personnel, including experts |
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| 36 | 44 | | in planning, engineering, hydrology, ecology, and economics. |
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| 37 | 45 | | (f) The institute may accept a gift or grant from any public |
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| 38 | 46 | | or private source for the benefit of the institute. |
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| 39 | 47 | | SECTION 2. The Institute for a Disaster Resilient Texas is |
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| 40 | 48 | | required to implement a provision of this Act only if the |
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| 41 | 49 | | legislature appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If |
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| 42 | 50 | | the legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that |
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| 43 | 51 | | purpose, the institute may, but is not required to, implement a |
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| 44 | 52 | | provision of this Act using other appropriations available for that |
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| 45 | 53 | | purpose. |
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| 46 | 54 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 47 | 55 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 48 | 56 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 49 | 57 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 50 | 58 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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| 51 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 52 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 53 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 2345 was passed by the House on April |
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| 54 | | - | 11, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 1, 2 present, not |
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| 55 | | - | voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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| 56 | | - | No. 2345 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 128, Nays 11, |
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| 57 | | - | 2 present, not voting. |
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| 58 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 59 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 60 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 2345 was passed by the Senate, with |
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| 61 | | - | amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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| 62 | | - | 0. |
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| 63 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 64 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 65 | | - | APPROVED: __________________ |
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| 66 | | - | Date |
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| 67 | | - | __________________ |
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| 68 | | - | Governor |
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