Lots of activity in Austin; I have included some newly filed bills below. Below you will find a listing of Emergency Management related bills as of February 17, 2011:
HB 614 - (Hopson) Relating to allowing health care providers to provide services across state lines in catastrophic circumstances
HB 805 – (Callegari) Relating the requirement that certain water service providers ensure emergency operations during an extended power outage
HB 993 – (Rodriguez, E.) Relating to the closure of a road or highway by certain firefighters
HB 1030 – (Miller) Relating to the powers and duties of certain emergency services districts
HB 1075 – (Anderson) Relating to the consolidation of certain alert system into a single statewide alert system and to the addition of other factors that will prompt an alert under the consolidated system
HB 1092 – (Christian) Relating to the exemption from certain construction requirements for volunteer fire departments in certain counties
HB 1147 – (Smith) Relating to notice by a governmental entity regarding certain geospatial data products
HB 1174 – (Workman) Relating to the expiration of a county burn ban
HB 1217 – (Miles) Relating to a residential tenant’s right to vacate a dwelling and avoid liability for rent following the declaration of a state of disaster; providing a civil penalty
HB 1319 – (Laubenberg) Relating to the calculation and reporting of water usage and conservation by municipalities and water utilities
HB 1354 – (Davis, S.) Relating to liability of certain certified municipal inspector for services rendered during an emergency or disaster
SB 389 – (Williams) Relating to emergency preparedness during an extended power outage of a water service provider with at lease 250 connections
SB 418 - (Williams) Relating to the carrying of concealed handguns by certain persons attending a school board meeting
SB 432 - (Jackson) Relating to the penalty for failure to make a timely installment payment of ad valorem taxes on property in a disaster area
SB 617 – (Rodriguez) Relating a manifest system to record the transportation of certain liquid wastes
For a PDF listing the above bills: billreport 2-17-11
If you know of other bills that I may have missed, please leave me a comment and let me know! Thanks to those of you who have contacted me and made suggestions.
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