Bill Text: TX SB285 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to information, outreach, and other actions regarding hurricane preparedness and mitigation.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/19 [SB285 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB285-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 285 |
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relating to information, outreach, and other actions regarding | ||
hurricane preparedness and mitigation. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 418, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Sections 418.127, 418.128, and 418.129 to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 418.127. HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS. The governor shall | ||
issue a proclamation each year before hurricane season instructing: | ||
(1) individuals, including residential and commercial | ||
property owners, to prepare their property and communities for the | ||
upcoming hurricane season; | ||
(2) state agencies to review and update their | ||
hurricane preparedness plans; and | ||
(3) the following entities, to the extent practicable, | ||
to conduct community outreach and education activities on hurricane | ||
preparedness between May 25 and May 31 of each year: | ||
(A) municipalities and counties; | ||
(B) the division; | ||
(C) the Texas Education Agency; | ||
(D) the office of the comptroller; | ||
(E) the Texas Department of Insurance; and | ||
(F) the Department of State Health Services. | ||
Sec. 418.128. STATE AGENCY HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS. | ||
(a) Not later than the 30th day after the date the governor issues | ||
a proclamation under Section 418.127, the governor, in consultation | ||
with the division and each appropriate state agency as determined | ||
by the governor, shall publish on the office of the governor's | ||
Internet website a report on the preparedness of state agencies for | ||
hurricane response. The report must include: | ||
(1) a list of each state agency involved in this | ||
state's response to a hurricane; | ||
(2) contact information for each state agency in the | ||
event of a hurricane, including the name, e-mail address, and | ||
telephone number of the officer or employee who manages the state | ||
agency's response to a hurricane; and | ||
(3) whether the officer or employee under Subdivision | ||
(2) has completed the emergency management training course | ||
described by Section 418.005. | ||
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, the governor may, by | ||
executive order, take any action necessary to ensure each state | ||
agency listed under Subsection (a)(1) is able to respond to a | ||
hurricane. An executive order issued under this subsection must be | ||
published in the Texas Register and expires on the last day of the | ||
first regular session of the legislature to convene after the date | ||
the order is issued unless the governor specifies an earlier | ||
expiration date in the order. | ||
(c) In this section, "response" includes any activity | ||
related to the prevention or discovery of, response to, or recovery | ||
from a hurricane. | ||
Sec. 418.129. HOUSING ASSISTANCE INFORMATION. The General | ||
Land Office shall conduct a public information campaign each year | ||
before and during hurricane season to provide local officials and | ||
the public with information regarding housing assistance that may | ||
be available under state and federal law in the event of a major | ||
hurricane or flooding event, including information about types of | ||
assistance unavailable under that law. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 285 passed the Senate on | ||
April 4, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that | ||
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 21, 2019, by the | ||
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 285 passed the House, with | ||
amendment, on May 14, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 139, | ||
Nays 2, two present not voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |