By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 986
(Phelan)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to contract management standards and information for
contracts related to emergency management.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 2262, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 2262.056 to read as follows:
Sec. 2262.056. STANDARDS FOR CONTRACTS RELATED TO EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT. (a) The comptroller shall update the contract
management guide to include contract management standards and
information for contracts related to emergency management.
(b) The comptroller shall develop the standards described
by Subsection (a) in consultation with the Texas Division of
Emergency Management, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Texas
A&M Engineering Extension Service, and local governmental
entities.
(c) The guide must include:
(1) preferred contracting standards;
(2) information on contracts for services that may be
necessary to respond to a natural disaster or to construct, repair,
or rebuild property or infrastructure after a natural disaster,
including clearing debris and providing information management
services and construction services; and
(3) advice on preparing for a natural disaster,
including procedures to assist a state agency with contracting for
services described by Subdivision (2) before a natural disaster
occurs.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.