87R10827 JCG-D
By: Raymond, Guillen H.B. No. 4450
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to training on emergency management for members of the
emergency management council and state emergency response
commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 418, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 418.0055 to read as follows:
Sec. 418.0055. TRAINING FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL
AND STATE EMERGENCY RESPONSE COMMISSION. (a) In this section:
(1) "Emergency management council" means the council
established by the governor under Section 418.013.
(2) "State emergency response commission" means the
commission appointed by the governor in accordance with the federal
Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 (42
U.S.C. Section 11001(a)).
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), each member of the
emergency management council shall complete a training course on
emergency management of at least 16 hours every two years.
(c) Each member of the state emergency response commission
shall complete a training course on emergency management of at
least 40 hours every two years. A member of the commission who
completes the training required by this subsection and who is a
member of the emergency management council is not required to
complete the training required by Subsection (b).
(d) A person shall complete the training required by this
section:
(1) not later than the first anniversary of the date
the person was appointed to the emergency management council or
state emergency response commission for the initial training
course; and
(2) not later than each second anniversary of the
deadline date provided by Subdivision (1) for each subsequent
training course.
(e) The division shall develop the minimum curriculum
standards for the training courses required by this section. The
division shall administer the training courses or approve training
courses that meet the minimum curriculum standards established
under this subsection.
SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2022, each person
serving on the emergency management council or state emergency
response commission on the effective date of this Act shall
complete the training required by Section 418.0055, Government
Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.