H.B.�No.�1326
AN ACT
relating to a plan to replenish the food supplies of food banks or
food pantries following a disaster.
�������BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
�������SECTION�1.��Section 418.042(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
�������(a)��The division shall prepare and keep current a
comprehensive state emergency management plan.��The plan may
include:
�������������(1)��provisions for prevention and minimization of
injury and damage caused by disaster;
�������������(2)��provisions for prompt and effective response to
disaster;
�������������(3)��provisions for emergency relief;
�������������(4)��provisions for energy emergencies;
�������������(5)��identification of areas particularly vulnerable
to disasters;
�������������(6)��recommendations for zoning, building
restrictions, and other land-use controls, safety measures for
securing mobile homes or other nonpermanent or semipermanent
structures, and other preventive and preparedness measures
designed to eliminate or reduce disasters or their impact;
�������������(7)��provisions for assistance to local officials in
designing local emergency management plans;
�������������(8)��authorization and procedures for the erection or
other construction of temporary works designed to protect against
or mitigate danger, damage, or loss from flood, fire, or other
disaster;
�������������(9)��preparation and distribution to the appropriate
state and local officials of state catalogs of federal, state, and
private assistance programs;
�������������(10)��organization of manpower and channels of
assistance;
�������������(11)��coordination of federal, state, and local
emergency management activities;
�������������(12)��coordination of the state emergency management
plan with the emergency management plans of the federal government;
�������������(13)��coordination of federal and state energy
emergency plans;
�������������(14)��provisions for education and training of local
officials on activation of the Emergency Alert System established
under 47 C.F.R. Part 11; [and]
�������������(15)��provisions for quickly replenishing the food
supplies of area food banks or food pantries following a disaster;
and
�������������(16)��other necessary matters relating to disasters.
�������SECTION�2.��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, 2009.
______________________________ ______________________________
���President of the Senate Speaker of the House�����
�������I certify that H.B. No. 1326 was passed by the House on May
15, 2009, by the following vote:��Yeas 139, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House���
�������I certify that H.B. No. 1326 was passed by the Senate on May
27, 2009, by the following vote:��Yeas 31, Nays 0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate����
APPROVED:��_____________________
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�����������������Governor�������