Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1	1		By: Lucio S.B. No. 2357
2		-	(In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2019; March 21, 2019, read
3		-	first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
4		-	Relations; April 25, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable
5		-	Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 1;
6		-	April 25, 2019, sent to printer.)
7		-	Click here to see the committee vote
8		-	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2357 By: Lucio
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11	4		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
12	5		AN ACT
13	6		relating to issues affecting counties and other political
14	7		subdivisions of the state.
15	8		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
16	9		SECTION 1. Sections 418.005(a), (b), (c), and (e),
17	10		Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
18	11		(a) This section applies only to:
19	12		(1) an elected law enforcement officer or county
20	13		judge, or an appointed public officer of the state or of a political
21	14		subdivision, who has management or supervisory responsibilities
22	15		and:
23	16		(A) [(1)] whose position description, job
24	17		duties, or assignment includes emergency management
25	18		responsibilities; or
26	19		(B) [(2)] who plays a role in emergency
27	20		preparedness, response, or recovery; and
28	21		(2) an emergency management coordinator designated
29	22		under Section 418.1015(c) by the emergency management director of a
30	23		county with a population of 500,000 or more.
31	24		(b) Each person described by Subsection (a) shall complete a
32	25		course of training provided or approved by the division of not less
33	26		than three hours regarding the responsibilities of state and local
34	27		governments under this chapter not later than the 180th day after
35	28		the date the person:
36	29		(1) takes the oath of office, if the person is required
37	30		to take an oath of office to assume the person's duties as a public
38	31		officer; [or]
39	32		(2) otherwise assumes responsibilities as a public
40	33		officer, if the person is not required to take an oath of office to
41	34		assume the person's duties; or
42	35		(3) is designated as an emergency management
43	36		coordinator under Section 418.1015(c).
44	37		(c) The division shall develop and provide a training course
45	38		related to the emergency management responsibilities of
46	39		state-level officers and a training course related to the emergency
47	40		management responsibilities of officers and emergency management
48	41		coordinators of political subdivisions. The division shall ensure
49	42		that the training courses satisfy the requirements of Subsection
50	43		(b).
51	44		(e) The division or other entity providing the training
52	45		shall provide a certificate of course completion to a person
53	46		[public officers] who completes [complete] the training required by
54	47		this section. A person [public officer] who completes the training
55	48		required by this section shall maintain and make available for
56	49		public inspection the record of the person's [public officer's]
57	50		completion of the training.
58		-	SECTION 2. Section 245.007(a), Local Government Code, is
	51	+	SECTION 2. Section 418.102, Government Code, is amended by
	52	+	adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
	53	+	(a-1) An emergency management program required by
	54	+	Subsection (a) and maintained by a county, or in which a county
	55	+	participates, must provide for catastrophic debris management.
	56	+	SECTION 3. Section 245.007(a), Local Government Code, is
59	57		amended to read as follows:
60	58		(a) This section applies only to a building or facility that
61	59		is owned by a county with a population of 2.3 [3.3] million or more
62	60		and is located within the boundaries of another political
63	61		subdivision.
64		-	SECTION 3. Section 262.0225, Local Government Code, is
	62	+	SECTION 4. Section 262.0225, Local Government Code, is
65	63		amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to
66	64		read as follows:
67	65		(c) A county may receive bids or proposals under this
68	66		subchapter in hard-copy format or through electronic transmission.
69	67		Except as provided by Subsection (c-1), a [A] county shall accept
70	68		any bids or proposals submitted in hard-copy format.
71	69		(c-1) A commissioners court of a county may by order require
72	70		submission of bids or proposals under this subchapter through
73	71		electronic transmission.
74		-	SECTION 4. Section 391.0095(e), Local Government Code, is
	72	+	SECTION 5. Section 387.003(a-1), Local Government Code, is
	73	+	amended to read as follows:
	74	+	(a-1) A district may perform inside or outside [the
	75	+	following functions in] the district a function that benefits the
	76	+	district and that the county is authorized to perform, including:
	77	+	(1) the construction, maintenance, or improvement of
	78	+	roads or highways;
	79	+	(2) the provision of law enforcement and detention
	80	+	services;
	81	+	(3) the maintenance or improvement of libraries,
	82	+	museums, parks, or other recreational facilities;
	83	+	(4) the provision of services that benefit the public
	84	+	health or welfare, including the provision of firefighting and fire
	85	+	prevention services; or
	86	+	(5) the promotion of economic development and tourism.
	87	+	SECTION 6. Section 391.0095(e), Local Government Code, is
75	88		amended to read as follows:
76	89		(e) A commission shall send to the governor, the state
77	90		auditor, [the comptroller,] and the Legislative Budget Board a copy
78	91		of each report and audit required under this section or under
79	92		Section 391.009. The state auditor may review each audit and
80	93		report, subject to a risk assessment performed by the state auditor
81	94		and to the legislative audit committee's approval of including the
82	95		review in the audit plan under Section 321.013, Government Code. If
83	96		the state auditor reviews the audit or report, the state auditor
84	97		must be given access to working papers and other supporting
85	98		documentation that the state auditor determines is necessary to
86	99		perform the review. If the state auditor finds significant issues
87	100		involving the administration or operation of a commission or its
88	101		programs, the state auditor shall report its findings and related
89	102		recommendations to the legislative audit committee, the governor,
90	103		and the commission. The governor and the legislative audit
91	104		committee may direct the commission to prepare a corrective action
92	105		plan or other response to the state auditor's findings or
93	106		recommendations. The legislative audit committee may direct the
94	107		state auditor to perform any additional audit or investigative work
95	108		that the committee determines is necessary.
96		-	SECTION 5. Not later than March 1, 2020, each person who is
	109	+	SECTION 7. Not later than March 1, 2020, each person who is
97	110		required to complete a course of training under Section 418.005,
98	111		Government Code, as amended by this Act, must complete the
99	112		training.
100		-	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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	113	+	SECTION 8. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.