TITLE: Relating to the issuance of a wireless emergency alert after a statewide disaster declaration.

SUMMARY: Relating to the issuance of a wireless emergency alert after a statewide disaster declaration.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the issuance of a wireless emergency alert after a statewide disaster declaration. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 418, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 418.1925 to read as follows: Sec. 418.1925. WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERTS. As soon as possible after the governor declares a statewide state of disaster, the Department of Public Safety shall request that the Federal Emergency Management Agency notify residents of this state of the disaster by issuing a wireless emergency alert to their mobile devices. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.