Bill Text: TX HB3577 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to disaster preparedness education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-22 - Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety [HB3577 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3577-Introduced.html
87R10942 MWC-D | ||
By: Guerra | H.B. No. 3577 |
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relating to disaster preparedness education. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 418, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 418.0556 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 418.0556. DISASTER PREPAREDNESS EDUCATION. (a) The | ||
division shall develop disaster preparedness educational materials | ||
that include instructions for preparing a disaster kit containing | ||
supplies most needed in a disaster or emergency, such as water, | ||
nonperishable food, medical supplies, flashlights, and other | ||
essential items, to assist families and businesses in adequately | ||
preparing for hurricanes, floods, fires, freezing temperatures, | ||
drought, and other potential disasters. | ||
(b) The division shall post on the division's Internet | ||
website and distribute to local governments and businesses the | ||
educational materials and instructions developed under Subsection | ||
(a). | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |