TITLE: Relating to pre-event disaster recovery program administration contracts in certain counties.

SUMMARY: Relating to pre-event disaster recovery program administration contracts in certain counties.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to pre-event disaster recovery program administration contracts in certain counties. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 418, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 418.127 to read as follows: Sec. 418.127. PRE-EVENT DISASTER RECOVERY PROGRAM CONTRACTS. (a) The General Land Office shall enter into a pre-event disaster recovery program administration contract with each regional planning commission, council of governments, or similar regional planning agency created under Chapter 391, Local Government Code, whose membership includes at least one county that borders the Gulf of Mexico. (b) The General Land Office shall activate a contract required by this section in a county that is designated as a threatened area in: (1) an executive order or proclamation declaring a state of disaster issued by the governor; or (2) a disaster declaration by the president of the United States. (c) Services obtained under a contract required under this section may be paid for with money from the disaster contingency fund under Section 418.073. 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.