| 1 | 1 | | 2019S0275-1 02/25/19 |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Flynn H.B. No. 3885 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the composition of the Homeland Security Council. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 421.021(a), Government Code, as amended |
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| 10 | 10 | | by Chapters 93 (S.B. 686), 616 (S.B. 1393), and 1217 (S.B. 1536), |
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| 11 | 11 | | Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted |
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| 12 | 12 | | and amended to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (a) The Homeland Security Council is composed of the |
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| 14 | 14 | | governor or the governor's designee, the speaker of the house of |
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| 15 | 15 | | representatives or the speaker's designee, the lieutenant governor |
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| 16 | 16 | | or the lieutenant governor's designee, and one representative of |
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| 17 | 17 | | each of the following entities, appointed by the single statewide |
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| 18 | 18 | | elected or appointed governing officer, administrative head, or |
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| 19 | 19 | | chair, as appropriate, of the entity: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (1) Department of Agriculture; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) office of the attorney general; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (3) General Land Office; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (4) Public Utility Commission of Texas; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (5) Department of State Health Services; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (6) Department of Information Resources; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (7) Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas; |
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| 27 | 27 | | (8) Texas Division of Emergency Management; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (9) Texas Military Department; |
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| 29 | 29 | | (10) Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; |
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| 30 | 30 | | (11) Railroad Commission of Texas; |
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| 31 | 31 | | (12) Texas Military Preparedness Commission; |
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| 32 | 32 | | (13) Texas Department of Transportation; |
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| 33 | 33 | | (14) Commission on State Emergency Communications; |
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| 34 | 34 | | (15) Office of State-Federal Relations; |
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| 35 | 35 | | (16) secretary of state; |
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| 36 | 36 | | (17) Senate Committee on Veteran [Veterans] Affairs |
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| 37 | 37 | | and Border Security [Military Installations]; |
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| 38 | 38 | | (18) [(17)] the committee of the senate having |
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| 39 | 39 | | jurisdiction over homeland security [Senate Committee on |
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| 40 | 40 | | Agriculture, Rural Affairs and Homeland Security]; |
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| 41 | 41 | | (19) House Committee on Defense and Veterans' Affairs; |
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| 42 | 42 | | (20) [(18)] the committee of the house of |
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| 43 | 43 | | representatives having jurisdiction over homeland security [House |
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| 44 | 44 | | Committee on Homeland Security and Public Safety]; |
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| 45 | 45 | | (21) Texas Animal Health Commission; |
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| 46 | 46 | | (22) Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer |
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| 47 | 47 | | Standards and Education; |
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| 48 | 48 | | (23) state fire marshal's office; |
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| 49 | 49 | | (24) Texas Education Agency; |
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| 50 | 50 | | (25) Texas Commission on Fire Protection; |
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| 51 | 51 | | (26) Parks and Wildlife Department; |
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| 52 | 52 | | (27) Texas A&M Forest Service; [and] |
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| 53 | 53 | | (28) Texas Water Development Board; |
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| 54 | 54 | | (29) Health and Human Services Commission; |
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| 55 | 55 | | (30) State Office of Risk Management; |
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| 56 | 56 | | (31) Texas School Safety Center; and |
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| 57 | 57 | | (32) Texas Department of Criminal Justice. |
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| 58 | 58 | | SECTION 2. Not later than the 90th day after the effective |
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| 59 | 59 | | date of this Act, the governing officer, administrative head, or |
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| 60 | 60 | | chair, as appropriate, of the Health and Human Services Commission, |
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| 61 | 61 | | State Office of Risk Management, Texas School Safety Center, and |
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| 62 | 62 | | Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall appoint a representative |
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| 63 | 63 | | to the Homeland Security Council, as required by Section |
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| 64 | 64 | | 421.021(a), Government Code, as amended by this Act. |
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| 65 | 65 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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