| 1 | 1 | | 86R3293 JCG-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Menéndez S.B. No. 220 |
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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 a feasibility study and report by the Texas Division of |
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| 8 | 8 | | Emergency Management regarding the use of United States Postal |
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| 9 | 9 | | Service employees, resources, and assets during a declared |
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| 10 | 10 | | disaster. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 418, Government Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended by adding Section 418.054 to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 418.054. STUDY REGARDING AGREEMENT WITH UNITED STATES |
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| 15 | 15 | | POSTAL SERVICE DURING STATE OF DISASTER. (a) The division shall |
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| 16 | 16 | | conduct a study to examine the feasibility of establishing an |
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| 17 | 17 | | agreement with the United States Postal Service regarding the use |
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| 18 | 18 | | of employees, resources, and assets within the postal service |
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| 19 | 19 | | during a state of disaster to: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (1) identify residential or commercial structures |
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| 21 | 21 | | that have been damaged; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (2) identify persons who reside in a damaged area and |
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| 23 | 23 | | the medical or physical needs of those persons; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (3) help assess the damage to neighborhoods or |
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| 25 | 25 | | communities; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | (4) assist in any other activity that the division |
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| 27 | 27 | | determines to be necessary in responding to the disaster. |
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| 28 | 28 | | (b) Not later than November 1, 2021, the division shall: |
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| 29 | 29 | | (1) complete the study; |
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| 30 | 30 | | (2) report the results of the study to the lieutenant |
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| 31 | 31 | | governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the |
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| 32 | 32 | | standing committees of the house and the senate with jurisdiction |
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| 33 | 33 | | over public safety matters; and |
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| 34 | 34 | | (3) post the results of the study on the division's |
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| 35 | 35 | | Internet website. |
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| 36 | 36 | | (c) This section expires December 31, 2023. |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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