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| 5 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 6 | | relating to requiring training for certain emergency management |
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| 8 | 7 | | coordinators. |
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| 9 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Sections 418.005(a), (b), (c), and (e), |
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| 11 | 10 | | Government Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 11 | | (a) This section applies only to: |
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| 13 | 12 | | (1) an elected law enforcement officer or county |
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| 14 | 13 | | judge, or an appointed public officer of the state or of a political |
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| 15 | 14 | | subdivision, who has management or supervisory responsibilities |
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| 16 | 15 | | and: |
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| 17 | 16 | | (A) [(1)] whose position description, job |
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| 18 | 17 | | duties, or assignment includes emergency management |
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| 19 | 18 | | responsibilities; or |
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| 20 | 19 | | (B) [(2)] who plays a role in emergency |
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| 21 | 20 | | preparedness, response, or recovery; and |
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| 22 | 21 | | (2) an emergency management coordinator designated |
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| 23 | 22 | | under Section 418.1015(c) by the emergency management director of a |
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| 24 | 23 | | county with a population of 500,000 or more. |
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| 25 | 24 | | (b) Each person described by Subsection (a) shall complete a |
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| 26 | 25 | | course of training provided or approved by the division of not less |
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| 27 | 26 | | than three hours regarding the responsibilities of state and local |
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| 28 | 27 | | governments under this chapter not later than the 180th day after |
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| 29 | 28 | | the date the person: |
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| 30 | 29 | | (1) takes the oath of office, if the person is required |
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| 31 | 30 | | to take an oath of office to assume the person's duties as a public |
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| 32 | 31 | | officer; [or] |
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| 33 | 32 | | (2) otherwise assumes responsibilities as a public |
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| 34 | 33 | | officer, if the person is not required to take an oath of office to |
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| 35 | 34 | | assume the person's duties; or |
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| 36 | 35 | | (3) is designated as an emergency management |
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| 37 | 36 | | coordinator under Section 418.1015(c). |
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| 38 | 37 | | (c) The division shall develop and provide a training course |
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| 39 | 38 | | related to the emergency management responsibilities of |
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| 40 | 39 | | state-level officers and a training course related to the emergency |
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| 41 | 40 | | management responsibilities of officers and emergency management |
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| 42 | 41 | | coordinators of political subdivisions. The division shall ensure |
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| 43 | 42 | | that the training courses satisfy the requirements of Subsection |
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| 44 | 43 | | (b). |
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| 45 | 44 | | (e) The division or other entity providing the training |
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| 46 | 45 | | shall provide a certificate of course completion to a person |
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| 47 | 46 | | [public officers] who completes [complete] the training required by |
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| 48 | 47 | | this section. A person [public officer] who completes the training |
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| 49 | 48 | | required by this section shall maintain and make available for |
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| 50 | 49 | | public inspection the record of the person's [public officer's] |
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| 51 | 50 | | completion of the training. |
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| 52 | 51 | | SECTION 2. Not later than March 1, 2020, each person who is |
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| 53 | 52 | | required to complete a course of training under Section 418.005, |
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| 54 | 53 | | Government Code, as amended by this Act, must complete the |
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| 55 | 54 | | training. |
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| 56 | 55 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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