| 1 | 1 | | 89R16056 CXP-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Morales Shaw H.B. No. 5239 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to requiring certain governmental entities to allow |
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| 10 | 10 | | interested persons to comment on the proposed adoption or revision |
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| 11 | 11 | | of certain emergency management plans. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 418.042(b), Government Code, is amended |
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| 14 | 14 | | to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (b) In preparing and revising the state emergency |
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| 16 | 16 | | management plan, the division shall: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) seek the advice and assistance of local |
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| 18 | 18 | | government, business, labor, industry, agriculture, civic |
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| 19 | 19 | | organizations, volunteer organizations, and community leaders; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) give all interested persons, including persons |
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| 21 | 21 | | with disabilities, a reasonable opportunity to submit data, views, |
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| 22 | 22 | | or arguments about the plan or revision, orally or in writing, |
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| 23 | 23 | | unless the plan or revision contains sensitive information relating |
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| 24 | 24 | | to critical infrastructures or facilities; and |
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| 25 | 25 | | (3) consider fully all written and oral submissions |
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| 26 | 26 | | about the proposed plan or revision received under Subdivision (2). |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 2. Section 418.106, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 28 | 28 | | adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | (a-1) Before adopting or revising an emergency management |
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| 30 | 30 | | plan, a local or interjurisdictional agency, as applicable, shall |
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| 31 | 31 | | give all interested persons, including persons with disabilities, a |
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| 32 | 32 | | reasonable opportunity to submit data, views, or arguments about |
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| 33 | 33 | | the plan or revision, orally or in writing, and consider fully all |
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| 34 | 34 | | written and oral submissions about the proposed plan or revision. A |
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| 35 | 35 | | local or interjurisdictional agency is not required to comply with |
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| 36 | 36 | | the requirements of this subsection if the plan or revision |
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| 37 | 37 | | contains sensitive information described by Subsection (e). |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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