Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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2	2	By: Martinez H.B. No. 2090
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to establishment of the disaster identification system for
10	10	a declared state of disaster.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 418.004, Government Code, is amended by
13	13	adding Subdivision (3-a) to read as follows:
14	14	(3-a) "Illuminated display" means a device capable of
15	15	displaying a flashing light and a continuous light in either the
16	16	color white or the colors blue, green, red, and yellow.
17	17	SECTION 2. Section 418.015(a), Government Code, is amended
18	18	to read as follows:
19	19	(a) An executive order or proclamation declaring a state of
20	20	disaster:
21	21	(1) activates the disaster recovery and
22	22	rehabilitation aspects of the state emergency management plan
23	23	applicable to the area subject to the declaration; [and]
24	24	(2) authorizes the deployment and use of any forces to
25	25	which the plan applies and the use or distribution of any supplies,
26	26	equipment, and materials or facilities assembled, stockpiled, or
27	27	arranged to be made available under this chapter or other law
28	28	relating to disasters; and
29	29	(3) activates for the area subject to the declaration
30	30	the disaster identification system described by Section 418.0151.
31	31	SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 418, Government Code, is
32	32	amended by adding Section 418.0151 to read as follows:
33	33	Sec. 418.0151. DISASTER IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM. (a) In an
34	34	area subject to a state of disaster declaration, a person may elect
35	35	to participate in the disaster identification system activated for
36	36	the area. The system must authorize the use of an illuminated
37	37	display to communicate with disaster relief personnel.
38	38	(b) A person participating in the disaster identification
39	39	system shall:
40	40	(1) affix to each individual and domesticated animal
41	41	in the person's household an illuminated display of the following
42	42	colors:
43	43	(A) for a monochromatic illuminated display,
44	44	white for each individual and animal; or
45	45	(B) for a multicolored illuminated display:
46	46	(i) blue for each individual 18 years of age
47	47	or older;
48	48	(ii) green for each individual with a
49	49	disability;
50	50	(iii) red for each individual younger than
51	51	18 years of age; and
52	52	(iv) yellow for each animal; and
53	53	(2) signal to disaster relief personnel responding to
54	54	the area after the disaster with:
55	55	(A) a continuous light on the illuminated display
56	56	of each individual in the household who does not need medical
57	57	assistance; or
58	58	(B) a flashing light on the display of each
59	59	individual in the household who needs medical assistance.
60	60	(c) Disaster relief personnel may patrol the designated
61	61	disaster area by air or ground at night to locate individuals or
62	62	animals with activated illuminated displays.
63	63	SECTION 4. Section 418.042(a), Government Code, is amended
64	64	to read as follows:
65	65	(a) The division shall prepare and keep current a
66	66	comprehensive state emergency management plan. The plan may
67	67	include:
68	68	(1) provisions for prevention and minimization of
69	69	injury and damage caused by disaster;
70	70	(2) provisions for prompt and effective response to
71	71	disaster;
72	72	(3) provisions for emergency relief;
73	73	(4) provisions for energy emergencies;
74	74	(5) identification of areas particularly vulnerable
75	75	to disasters;
76	76	(6) recommendations for zoning, building
77	77	restrictions, and other land-use controls, safety measures for
78	78	securing mobile homes or other nonpermanent or semipermanent
79	79	structures, and other preventive and preparedness measures
80	80	designed to eliminate or reduce disasters or their impact;
81	81	(7) provisions for assistance to local officials in
82	82	designing local emergency management plans;
83	83	(8) authorization and procedures for the erection or
84	84	other construction of temporary works designed to protect against
85	85	or mitigate danger, damage, or loss from flood, fire, or other
86	86	disaster;
87	87	(9) preparation and distribution to the appropriate
88	88	state and local officials of state catalogs of federal, state, and
89	89	private assistance programs;
90	90	(10) organization of manpower and channels of
91	91	assistance;
92	92	(11) coordination of federal, state, and local
93	93	emergency management activities;
94	94	(12) coordination of the state emergency management
95	95	plan with the emergency management plans of the federal government;
96	96	(13) coordination of federal and state energy
97	97	emergency plans;
98	98	(14) provisions for providing information to local
99	99	officials on activation of the Emergency Alert System established
100	100	under 47 C.F.R. Part 11;
101	101	(15) a database of public facilities that may be used
102	102	under Section 418.017 to shelter individuals during a disaster,
103	103	including air-conditioned facilities for shelter during an extreme
104	104	heat disaster and fortified structures for shelter during a wind
105	105	disaster;
106	106	(16) provisions for quickly replenishing the food
107	107	supplies of area food banks or food pantries following a disaster;
108	108	(17) provisions for protecting public health;
109	109	(18) provisions for the use of the disaster
110	110	identification system described by Section 418.0151; and
111	111	(19) [(18)] other necessary matters relating to
112	112	disasters.
113	113	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.