87R12288 JAM-D
By: Campos H.B. No. 2643
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the development of a plan for the provision of food and
water in an emergency to certain housing facilities operated by
public housing authorities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 392, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 392.068 to read as follows:
Sec. 392.068. PLAN FOR PROVISION OF NECESSITIES IN
EMERGENCY. (a) For each housing facility operated by a housing
authority in which at least 50 percent of the residents are elderly
or disabled individuals, the authority shall coordinate with a
local food bank to develop a plan for the provision of food and
water to the residents of the facility in the event of an emergency,
including a severe weather event.
(b) A plan developed under this section may include the
storage of water and nonperishable food items at a housing facility
described by Subsection (a).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.