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AN ACT
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relating to the disaster contingency fund. |
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�������BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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�������SECTION�1.��Section 418.073, Government Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read |
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as follows: |
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�������(b)��[If the governor finds that the demands placed on funds
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regularly appropriated to state and local agencies are unreasonably
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great for coping with a particular disaster, the governor with the
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concurrence of the disaster emergency funding board may make funds
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available from the disaster contingency fund.] It is the intent of |
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the legislature that in responding to an emergency or disaster, the |
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first recourse of state and local agencies should be to the funds |
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regularly appropriated to those [state and local] agencies. |
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�������(c)��A state agency, local government, or other eligible |
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entity may request funding from the disaster contingency fund to |
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pay for: |
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�������������(1)��extraordinary costs incurred in implementing |
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preventive measures taken before or during an emergency; and |
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�������������(2)��costs incurred in repairing damage suffered during |
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a disaster for which: |
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�������������������(A)��the presiding officer of a municipal or |
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county government has declared a local state of disaster for |
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affected areas within the jurisdiction of the municipality or |
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county; and |
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�������������������(B)��the governor has also declared a state of |
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disaster for the affected county or counties. |
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�������(d)��The governor's division of emergency management shall |
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administer the disaster contingency fund and shall develop and |
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implement rules and procedures for providing emergency assistance |
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from the fund. |
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�������SECTION�2.��This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.��If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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______________________________ |
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���President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House����� |
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�������I certify that H.B. No. 2694 was passed by the House on May 7, |
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2007, by the following vote:��Yeas 138, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 2694 on May 23, 2007, by the following vote:��Yeas 141, Nays 0, |
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2 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House��� |
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�������I certify that H.B. No. 2694 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 21, 2007, by the following vote:��Yeas 31, Nays |
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0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate��� |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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�������� __________________ |
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��������������Governor������� |