By: Lucio S.B. No. 2357
(In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2019; March 21, 2019, read
first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
Relations; April 25, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 1;
April 25, 2019, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2357 By: Lucio
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to issues affecting counties and other political
subdivisions of the state.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 418.005(a), (b), (c), and (e),
Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) This section applies only to:
(1) an elected law enforcement officer or county
judge, or an appointed public officer of the state or of a political
subdivision, who has management or supervisory responsibilities
and:
(A) [(1)] whose position description, job
duties, or assignment includes emergency management
responsibilities; or
(B) [(2)] who plays a role in emergency
preparedness, response, or recovery; and
(2) an emergency management coordinator designated
under Section 418.1015(c) by the emergency management director of a
county with a population of 500,000 or more.
(b) Each person described by Subsection (a) shall complete a
course of training provided or approved by the division of not less
than three hours regarding the responsibilities of state and local
governments under this chapter not later than the 180th day after
the date the person:
(1) takes the oath of office, if the person is required
to take an oath of office to assume the person's duties as a public
officer; [or]
(2) otherwise assumes responsibilities as a public
officer, if the person is not required to take an oath of office to
assume the person's duties; or
(3) is designated as an emergency management
coordinator under Section 418.1015(c).
(c) The division shall develop and provide a training course
related to the emergency management responsibilities of
state-level officers and a training course related to the emergency
management responsibilities of officers and emergency management
coordinators of political subdivisions. The division shall ensure
that the training courses satisfy the requirements of Subsection
(b).
(e) The division or other entity providing the training
shall provide a certificate of course completion to a person
[public officers] who completes [complete] the training required by
this section. A person [public officer] who completes the training
required by this section shall maintain and make available for
public inspection the record of the person's [public officer's]
completion of the training.
SECTION 2. Section 245.007(a), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) This section applies only to a building or facility that
is owned by a county with a population of 2.3 [3.3] million or more
and is located within the boundaries of another political
subdivision.
SECTION 3. Section 262.0225, Local Government Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to
read as follows:
(c) A county may receive bids or proposals under this
subchapter in hard-copy format or through electronic transmission.
Except as provided by Subsection (c-1), a [A] county shall accept
any bids or proposals submitted in hard-copy format.
(c-1) A commissioners court of a county may by order require
submission of bids or proposals under this subchapter through
electronic transmission.
SECTION 4. Section 391.0095(e), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(e) A commission shall send to the governor, the state
auditor, [the comptroller,] and the Legislative Budget Board a copy
of each report and audit required under this section or under
Section 391.009. The state auditor may review each audit and
report, subject to a risk assessment performed by the state auditor
and to the legislative audit committee's approval of including the
review in the audit plan under Section 321.013, Government Code. If
the state auditor reviews the audit or report, the state auditor
must be given access to working papers and other supporting
documentation that the state auditor determines is necessary to
perform the review. If the state auditor finds significant issues
involving the administration or operation of a commission or its
programs, the state auditor shall report its findings and related
recommendations to the legislative audit committee, the governor,
and the commission. The governor and the legislative audit
committee may direct the commission to prepare a corrective action
plan or other response to the state auditor's findings or
recommendations. The legislative audit committee may direct the
state auditor to perform any additional audit or investigative work
that the committee determines is necessary.
SECTION 5. Not later than March 1, 2020, each person who is
required to complete a course of training under Section 418.005,
Government Code, as amended by this Act, must complete the
training.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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