S.B. No. 1598
AN ACT
relating to the composition of the Homeland Security Council.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 421.021(a), Government Code, as amended
by Chapters 93 (S.B. 686), 616 (S.B. 1393), and 1217 (S.B. 1536),
Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted
and amended to read as follows:
(a) The Homeland Security Council is composed of the
governor or the governor's designee, the speaker of the house of
representatives or the speaker's designee, the lieutenant governor
or the lieutenant governor's designee, and one representative of
each of the following entities, appointed by the single statewide
elected or appointed governing officer, administrative head, or
chair, as appropriate, of the entity:
(1) Department of Agriculture;
(2) office of the attorney general;
(3) General Land Office;
(4) Public Utility Commission of Texas;
(5) Department of State Health Services;
(6) Department of Information Resources;
(7) Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas;
(8) Texas Division of Emergency Management;
(9) Texas Military Department;
(10) Texas Commission on Environmental Quality;
(11) Railroad Commission of Texas;
(12) Texas Military Preparedness Commission;
(13) Texas Department of Transportation;
(14) Commission on State Emergency Communications;
(15) Office of State-Federal Relations;
(16) secretary of state;
(17) the committee of the senate having jurisdiction
over veterans affairs [Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs and
Military Installations];
(18) [(17)] the committee of the senate having
jurisdiction over homeland security [Senate Committee on
Agriculture, Rural Affairs and Homeland Security];
(19) the committee of the house of representatives
having jurisdiction over veterans affairs [House Committee on
Defense and Veterans' Affairs];
(20) [(18)] the committee of the house of
representatives having jurisdiction over homeland security [House
Committee on Homeland Security and Public Safety];
(21) Texas Animal Health Commission;
(22) Texas Commission on Law Enforcement;
(23) state fire marshal's office;
(24) Texas Education Agency;
(25) Texas Commission on Fire Protection;
(26) Parks and Wildlife Department;
(27) Texas A&M Forest Service; and
(28) Texas Water Development Board.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1598 passed the Senate on
April 3, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1598 passed the House on
May 9, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 2, two present
not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor