Bill Text: TX SB541 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the designation of an emergency management planner by state agencies.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-21 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB541 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB541-Introduced.html

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86R4455 JCG-D
By: Alvarado S.B. No. 541

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of an emergency management planner by
state agencies.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 418, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 418.0055 to read as follows:
Sec. 418.0055. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNER; TRAINING
REQUIRED. (a) In this section, "state agency" has the meaning
assigned by Section 411.0251.
(b) Each state agency shall designate a full-time employee
of the agency to serve as emergency management planner for the
agency.
(c) An emergency management planner designated by a state
agency shall:
(1) prepare and keep current an emergency management
plan for the agency; and
(2) annually complete the training prescribed by the
division under this section.
(d) The division shall develop and provide a training course
related to emergency management planning. The division shall
provide a certificate of completion to a person who completes the
training course required by this section.
(e) A person who completes the training required by this
section is exempt from the training required under Section 418.005,
if applicable.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.