Bill Text: TX HB3326 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the development of an extreme weather adaptation plan by certain entities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-15 - Referred to State Affairs [HB3326 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3326-Introduced.html
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| By: Goodwin | H.B. No. 3326 | |
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| relating to the development of an extreme weather adaptation plan | ||
| by certain entities. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subtitle G, Title 5, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Chapter 428 to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 428. EXTREME WEATHER ADAPTATION PLAN | ||
| Sec. 428.001. PARTICIPATING ENTITIES. Not later than | ||
| September 1 of each even-numbered year, each of the following | ||
| entities shall publish an extreme weather adaptation plan that will | ||
| assess the entity's role with respect to drought, flooding, and | ||
| other extreme weather conditions: | ||
| (1) the Department of Agriculture; | ||
| (2) the independent organization certified under | ||
| Section 39.151, Utilities Code; | ||
| (3) the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; | ||
| (4) the General Land Office; | ||
| (5) the Health and Human Services Commission; | ||
| (6) the Texas Department of Housing and Community | ||
| Affairs; | ||
| (7) the Texas Department of Insurance; | ||
| (8) the Parks and Wildlife Department; | ||
| (9) the Department of Public Safety of the State of | ||
| Texas; | ||
| (10) the Public Utility Commission of Texas; | ||
| (11) the office of the comptroller; | ||
| (12) the Texas Department of Transportation; | ||
| (13) the Texas A&M Forest Service; and | ||
| (14) the Texas Water Development Board. | ||
| Sec. 428.002. PLAN. (a) For the purposes of this chapter, | ||
| an extreme weather adaptation plan is a strategy to identify, | ||
| minimize, and adequately prepare for the effects of drought, | ||
| flooding, and other extreme weather conditions on the social, | ||
| economic, and ecological systems of this state and to manage the | ||
| risks associated with extreme weather conditions. A plan under | ||
| this section must be based on current research-based environmental | ||
| science that identifies the likely impacts on this state from | ||
| increased drought, flooding, and other extreme weather conditions. | ||
| (b) Each extreme weather adaptation plan must include: | ||
| (1) an extreme weather vulnerability assessment; | ||
| (2) a review of existing programs in the context of | ||
| anticipated increased occurrences of extreme weather conditions; | ||
| (3) specific steps necessary for the entity to fulfill | ||
| its mission during extreme weather conditions; | ||
| (4) an analysis of the effects implementing the steps | ||
| identified under Subdivision (3) would have on the entity's budget | ||
| during the next 2, 5, and 10 years; | ||
| (5) potential sources of funding to support the | ||
| entity's efforts to adapt to extreme weather conditions; and | ||
| (6) a statewide strategy to monitor the continuing | ||
| effects of extreme weather conditions. | ||
| (c) In developing an extreme weather adaptation plan, each | ||
| entity subject to this section shall: | ||
| (1) consider the most current assessment reports | ||
| created by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; | ||
| (2) consult with the Houston Advanced Research Center; | ||
| and | ||
| (3) consult with the Office of the Texas State | ||
| Climatologist in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences, College of | ||
| Geosciences, Texas A&M University. | ||
| (d) Not later than September 1 of each even-numbered year, | ||
| each entity subject to this section shall post the entity's extreme | ||
| weather adaptation plan on a publicly accessible Internet website | ||
| and electronically submit a copy of the plan to: | ||
| (1) the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of | ||
| the house of representatives; | ||
| (2) the presiding officer of each standing committee | ||
| or subcommittee of the legislature with primary jurisdiction over | ||
| environmental matters; and | ||
| (3) the executive director of the Texas Commission on | ||
| Environmental Quality. | ||
| (e) Each extreme weather adaptation plan is subject to audit | ||
| by the state auditor in accordance with Chapter 321, Government | ||
| Code. | ||
| 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, 2023. | ||
