By: Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Hughes) H.B. No. 3223
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2023;
May 5, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on State
Affairs; May 15, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 15, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the management of a declared state of disaster.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 418.113(d), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(d) The chair of the emergency management council [public
safety director of the Department of Public Safety of the State of
Texas] shall appoint a chair of each disaster district committee
based on the declared disaster and phase of disaster response in
accordance with the National Incident Management System guidelines
[commanding officer from the Texas Highway Patrol to serve as chair
of each disaster district committee]. The chair of each disaster
district committee shall:
(1) inform the chair of the emergency management
council [state Director of Homeland Security] on all matters
relating to disasters and emergencies as requested by the chair of
the emergency management council [state Director of Homeland
Security]; and
(2) inform the public safety director of the
Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas on all matters as
requested by the public safety director.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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