87R10395 KKR-D
By: Raymond H.B. No. 3266
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to personal contact information submitted by certain local
officials to the Texas Division of Emergency Management and local
health departments.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 418, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 418.059 to read as follows:
Sec. 418.059. PERSONAL CONTACT INFORMATION REQUIRED. (a)
Each city manager, mayor, county judge, and director of a
municipality's or county's local health department shall submit to
the division the person's contact information to be used during a
declared state of disaster or in other times of public emergency.
(b) Information submitted under this section is
confidential and exempt from disclosure under Chapter 552.
SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 121, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 121.035 to read as follows:
Sec. 121.035. PERSONAL CONTACT INFORMATION REQUIRED. (a)
Each city manager, mayor, and county judge shall submit to the local
health department of the municipality or county, as applicable, in
which the person serves as the city manager, mayor, or county judge,
the person's contact information to be used during a declared state
of disaster or in other times of public emergency.
(b) Information submitted under this section is
confidential and exempt from disclosure under Chapter 552,
Government Code.
SECTION 3. Not later than January 1, 2022, a person required
to submit information under Section 418.059, Government Code, as
added by this Act, or Section 121.035, Health and Safety Code, as
added by this Act, shall submit the information as required by those
sections.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.