Bill Text: TX HB3615 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a task force to expedite permitting and funding following certain disasters.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-18 - Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety [HB3615 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3615-Introduced.html
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| By: Murphy | H.B. No. 3615 | |
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| relating to a task force to expedite permitting and funding | ||
| following certain disasters. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 418, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 418.054 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 418.054. PERMITTING TASK FORCE. (a) The division | ||
| shall form a task force with representatives from the General Land | ||
| Office, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Parks and | ||
| Wildlife Department, and Texas Historical Commission to be | ||
| activated if a state of disaster is declared under Section 418.014 | ||
| because of weather conditions to expedite: | ||
| (1) environmental permitting; and | ||
| (2) access to funds from federal disaster relief | ||
| programs following the disaster. | ||
| (b) The task force formed under this section shall establish | ||
| procedures for expediting the evaluation of environmental permits | ||
| during disaster recovery in order for local entities to demonstrate | ||
| compliance with regulations and access federal disaster relief | ||
| programs and funding. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
