Bill Text: TX HB4067 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a wet debris work group.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-14 - Referred to Water & Rural Affairs [HB4067 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4067-Engrossed.html
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| By: Murr | H.B. No. 4067 | |
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| relating to the creation of a wet debris work group. | ||
| 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. WET DEBRIS WORK GROUP. (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Wet debris" means natural or man-made debris | ||
| located in bodies of water, including lakes, rivers, streams, bays, | ||
| wetlands, and tidal areas, that results from a disaster. | ||
| (2) "Work group" means the wet debris work group | ||
| established under this section. | ||
| (b) The wet debris work group is established and consists of | ||
| at least 13 but not more than 21 representatives of local, state, | ||
| and federal governmental entities and private entities who are | ||
| appointed by the governor from a list submitted by the lieutenant | ||
| governor and speaker of the house of representatives. The governor | ||
| shall, to the extent possible, appoint to the work group | ||
| representatives of: | ||
| (1) the division; | ||
| (2) the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; | ||
| (3) the Texas Department of Transportation; | ||
| (4) the General Land Office; | ||
| (5) the Texas Historical Commission; | ||
| (6) the Federal Emergency Management Agency; | ||
| (7) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric | ||
| Administration; | ||
| (8) the United States Army Corps of Engineers; | ||
| (9) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; and | ||
| (10) local governments. | ||
| (c) A representative of the division appointed to the work | ||
| group shall serve as presiding officer of the work group. | ||
| (d) The work group shall conduct a study to: | ||
| (1) identify: | ||
| (A) wet debris removal categories for bodies of | ||
| water in the state and the applicable laws for each category; | ||
| (B) current jurisdictions of local, state, | ||
| federal, and private entities responsible for wet debris removal, | ||
| including any concurrent, joint, or overlapping roles and | ||
| responsibilities of those entities; | ||
| (C) funding sources applicable to each wet debris | ||
| removal category; and | ||
| (D) issues that impede wet debris removal; and | ||
| (2) provide recommendations for: | ||
| (A) minimizing impediments to wet debris | ||
| removal; | ||
| (B) clarifying local, state, federal, and | ||
| private entities' roles and responsibilities for wet debris | ||
| removal; and | ||
| (C) educating interested persons on the results | ||
| of the study described by this subsection. | ||
| (e) Not later than November 1, 2020, the work group shall | ||
| submit a report containing the results of the study described by | ||
| Subsection (d) to each member of the legislature. | ||
| (f) The work group is abolished and this section expires | ||
| January 1, 2021. | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than November 1, 2019, the governor | ||
| shall appoint members to the wet debris work group as required by | ||
| Section 418.054, Government Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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, 2019. | ||
