S.B. No. 986

	AN ACT
	relating to contract management standards and information for
	contracts related to emergency management.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 2262, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 2262.056 to read as follows:
	Sec. 2262.056.  STANDARDS FOR CONTRACTS RELATED TO EMERGENCY
	MANAGEMENT. (a)  The comptroller shall update the contract
	management guide to include contract management standards and
	information for contracts related to emergency management.
	(b)  The comptroller shall develop the standards described
	by Subsection (a) in consultation with the Texas Division of
	Emergency Management, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Texas
	A&M Engineering Extension Service, and local governmental
	entities.
	(c)  The guide must include:
	(1)  preferred contracting standards;
	(2)  information on contracts for services that may be
	necessary to respond to a natural disaster or to construct, repair,
	or rebuild property or infrastructure after a natural disaster,
	including clearing debris and providing information management
	services and construction services; and
	(3)  advice on preparing for a natural disaster,
	including procedures to assist a state agency with contracting for
	services described by Subdivision (2) before a natural disaster
	occurs.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 986 passed the Senate on
	April 17, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 986 passed the House on
	May 22, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, two
	present not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	Approved:
	______________________________
	Date
	______________________________
	Governor