Bill Text: TX HB1861 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the continuation and functions of the Commission on State Emergency Communications.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB1861 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB1861-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1861 |
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relating to the continuation and functions of the Commission on | ||
State Emergency Communications. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 771.032, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 771.032. APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT. The Commission on | ||
State Emergency Communications is subject to Chapter 325, | ||
Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence | ||
as provided by that chapter, the commission is abolished and this | ||
chapter expires September 1, 2023 [ |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 771, Health and Safety | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 771.040 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 771.040. NEGOTIATED RULEMAKING AND ALTERNATIVE | ||
DISPUTE RESOLUTION. (a) The commission shall develop and | ||
implement a policy to encourage the use of: | ||
(1) negotiated rulemaking procedures under Chapter | ||
2008, Government Code, for the adoption of commission rules; and | ||
(2) appropriate alternative dispute resolution | ||
procedures under Chapter 2009, Government Code, to assist in the | ||
resolution of internal and external disputes under the commission's | ||
jurisdiction. | ||
(b) The commission's procedures relating to alternative | ||
dispute resolution must conform, to the extent possible, to any | ||
model guidelines issued by the State Office of Administrative | ||
Hearings for the use of alternative dispute resolution by state | ||
agencies. | ||
(c) The commission shall: | ||
(1) coordinate the implementation of the policy | ||
adopted under Subsection (a); | ||
(2) provide training as needed to implement the | ||
procedures for negotiated rulemaking or alternative dispute | ||
resolution; and | ||
(3) collect data concerning the effectiveness of those | ||
procedures. | ||
SECTION 3. Subchapter C, Chapter 771, Health and Safety | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 771.0511 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 771.0511. EMERGENCY SERVICES INTERNET PROTOCOL | ||
NETWORK; EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) In this | ||
section: | ||
(1) "Advisory committee" means the Emergency | ||
Communications Advisory Committee. | ||
(2) "State-level emergency services Internet Protocol | ||
network" means a private Internet Protocol network or Virtual | ||
Private Network that: | ||
(A) is used for communications between and among | ||
public safety answering points and other entities that support or | ||
are supported by public safety answering points in providing | ||
emergency call handling and response; and | ||
(B) will be a part of the Texas Next Generation | ||
Emergency Communications System. | ||
(b) The commission, with the assistance of an advisory | ||
committee, may coordinate the development, implementation, and | ||
management of an interconnected, state-level emergency services | ||
Internet Protocol network. | ||
(c) If the commission acts under Subsection (b), the | ||
commission shall establish policy and oversee agency involvement in | ||
the development and implementation of the interconnected, | ||
state-level emergency services Internet Protocol network. | ||
(d) If the commission acts under Subsection (b), the | ||
commission shall appoint an advisory committee. The advisory | ||
committee must include at least: | ||
(1) one representative from a regional planning | ||
commission; | ||
(2) one representative from an emergency | ||
communication district, as that term is defined by Section | ||
771.001(3)(A); and | ||
(3) one representative from an emergency | ||
communication district, as that term is defined by Section | ||
771.001(3)(B). | ||
(e) In appointing members of an advisory committee, the | ||
commission shall consult with regional planning commissions and | ||
emergency communication districts throughout the state. The | ||
commission shall ensure that each member of the advisory committee | ||
has appropriate training, experience, and knowledge in 9-1-1 | ||
systems and network management to assist in the implementation and | ||
operation of a complex network. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1861 was passed by the House on April | ||
15, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1861 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
17, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |