S.B. No. 1393

	AN ACT
	relating to homeland security strategy.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subsections (a) and (c), Section 421.002,
	Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The governor shall direct homeland security in this
	state and shall develop a statewide homeland security strategy that
	improves the state's ability to:
	(1)  protect against [detect and deter threats to]
	homeland security threats and hazards;
	(2)  respond to homeland security emergencies; [and]
	(3)  recover from homeland security emergencies;
	(4)  mitigate the loss of life and property by
	lessening the impact of future disasters; and
	(5)  prevent significant criminal and terrorist
	attacks.
	(c)  The governor's homeland security strategy must
	complement and operate in coordination with [the] federal strategic
	guidance on homeland security [strategy].
	SECTION 2.  Subsection (a), Section 421.021, Government
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The Homeland Security Council is composed of the
	governor or the governor's designee, the speaker of the house of
	representatives or the speaker's designee, the lieutenant governor
	or the lieutenant governor's designee, and one representative of
	each of the following entities, appointed by the single statewide
	elected or appointed governing officer, administrative head, or
	chair, as appropriate, of the entity:
	(1)  Department of Agriculture;
	(2)  office of the attorney general;
	(3)  General Land Office;
	(4)  Public Utility Commission of Texas;
	(5)  Department of State Health Services;
	(6)  Department of Information Resources;
	(7)  Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas;
	(8)  Texas Division of Emergency Management;
	(9)  adjutant general's department;
	(10)  Texas Commission on Environmental Quality;
	(11)  Railroad Commission of Texas;
	(12)  Texas [Strategic] Military Preparedness
	[Planning] Commission;
	(13)  Texas Department of Transportation;
	(14)  Commission on State Emergency Communications;
	(15)  Office of State-Federal Relations;
	(16)  secretary of state;
	(17)  the committee of the senate having jurisdiction
	over homeland security [Senate Committee on Transportation and
	Homeland Security];
	(18)  the committee of the house of representatives
	having jurisdiction over homeland security [House Committee on
	Defense and Veterans' Affairs];
	(19)  Texas Animal Health Commission;
	(20)  Texas Association of Regional Councils;
	(21)  Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer
	Standards and Education;
	(22)  state fire marshal's office;
	(23)  Texas Education Agency;
	(24)  Texas Commission on Fire Protection;
	(25)  Parks and Wildlife Department;
	(26)  Texas A&M Forest Service; and
	(27)  Texas Water Development Board.
	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, 2013.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1393 passed the Senate on
	April 11, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1393 passed the House on
	May 22, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 2, two
	present not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	Approved:
	______________________________
	Date
	______________________________
	Governor