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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 a study of the disaster preparedness for certain state |
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| 8 | 7 | | military installations. |
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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. Subchapter D, Chapter 437, Government Code, is |
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| 11 | 10 | | amended by adding Section 437.164 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 11 | | Sec. 437.164. DISASTER PREPAREDNESS STUDY. (a) The |
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| 13 | 12 | | department shall study the following facilities of the Texas |
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| 14 | 13 | | military forces to determine the facility's preparedness for |
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| 15 | 14 | | natural disasters, including hurricanes, tornadoes, severe storms, |
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| 16 | 15 | | floods, and extreme weather events: |
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| 17 | 16 | | (1) Camp Bowie; |
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| 18 | 17 | | (2) Camp Maxey; |
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| 19 | 18 | | (3) Camp Swift; |
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| 20 | 19 | | (4) Fort Wolters; |
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| 21 | 20 | | (5) Camp Mabry; and |
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| 22 | 21 | | (6) the facilities located at Austin-Bergstrom |
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| 23 | 22 | | International Airport. |
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| 24 | 23 | | (b) The department shall identify enhancements to each |
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| 25 | 24 | | facility necessary to improve the installation's disaster |
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| 26 | 25 | | preparedness. |
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| 27 | 26 | | (c) Not later than December 1, 2022, the department shall |
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| 28 | 27 | | report its findings and any recommendations to the legislature. |
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| 29 | 28 | | (d) This section expires September 1, 2023. |
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| 30 | 29 | | SECTION 2. The Texas Military Department is required to |
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| 31 | 30 | | implement a provision of this Act only if the legislature |
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| 32 | 31 | | appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If the |
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| 33 | 32 | | legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that |
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| 34 | 33 | | purpose, the Texas Military Department may, but is not required to, |
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| 35 | 34 | | implement a provision of this Act using other appropriations |
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| 36 | 35 | | available for that purpose. |
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| 37 | 36 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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