Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1		-	H.B. No. 7
	1	+	By: Morrison, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Huffman) H.B. No. 7
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2019;
	3	+	April 25, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
	4	+	Business & Commerce; May 15, 2019, reported favorably by the
	5	+	following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 15, 2019, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	9	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	10		AN ACT
5	11		relating to disaster preparation for state agencies and political
6	12		subdivisions.
7	13		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	14		SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 418, Government Code, is
9	15		amended by adding Section 418.0155 to read as follows:
10	16		Sec. 418.0155. SUSPENSION LIST. (a) The governor's
11	17		office, using existing resources, shall compile and maintain a
12	18		comprehensive list of regulatory statutes and rules that may
13	19		require suspension during a disaster.
14	20		(b) On request by the governor's office, a state agency that
15	21		would be impacted by the suspension of a statute or rule on the list
16	22		compiled under Subsection (a) shall review the list for accuracy
17	23		and shall advise the governor's office regarding any statutes or
18	24		rules that should be added to the list.
19	25		SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 418, Government Code, is
20	26		amended by adding Section 418.054 to read as follows:
21	27		Sec. 418.054. DISASTER PREPARATION CONTRACTS. (a) The
22	28		division, in consultation with other state agencies the division
23	29		considers appropriate, shall develop a plan to assist political
24	30		subdivisions of this state with executing contracts for services
25	31		that political subdivisions are likely to need following a
26	32		disaster. The plan must include:
27	33		(1) training on the benefits to a political
28	34		subdivision from executing disaster preparation contracts in
29	35		advance of a disaster;
30	36		(2) recommendations on the services political
31	37		subdivisions are likely to need following a disaster, including
32	38		debris management and infrastructure repair; and
33	39		(3) assistance to political subdivisions with finding
34	40		persons capable of providing the services described by Subdivision
35	41		(2) and executing contracts with those persons in advance of a
36	42		disaster.
37	43		(b) The division shall consult with the comptroller
38	44		regarding including a contract for services a political subdivision
39	45		is likely to need following a disaster, including debris management
40	46		and infrastructure repair, on the schedule of multiple award
41	47		contracts developed under Subchapter I, Chapter 2155, or as part of
42	48		another cooperative purchasing program administered by the
43	49		comptroller.
44	50		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
45		-	______________________________ ______________________________
46		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
47		-	I certify that H.B. No. 7 was passed by the House on April 18,
48		-	2019, by the following vote: Yeas 131, Nays 0, 1 present, not
49		-	voting.
50		-	______________________________
51		-	Chief Clerk of the House
52		-	I certify that H.B. No. 7 was passed by the Senate on May 21,
53		-	2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
54		-	______________________________
55		-	Secretary of the Senate
56		-	APPROVED: _____________________
57		-	Date
58		-	_____________________
59		-	Governor
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