Tex. Gov't Code § 418.0544 · Subchapter C. TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
DISASTER PREPARATION CONTRACTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The division, in consultation with other state agencies the division considers appropriate, shall develop a plan to assist political subdivisions of this state with executing contracts for services that political subdivisions are likely to need following a disaster. The plan must include:
(1) training on the benefits to a political subdivision from executing disaster preparation contracts in advance of a disaster;
(2) recommendations on the services political subdivisions are likely to need following a disaster, including debris management and infrastructure repair; and
(3) assistance to political subdivisions with finding persons capable of providing the services described by Subdivision (2) and executing contracts with those persons in advance of a disaster.
(b) The division shall consult with the comptroller regarding including a contract for services a political subdivision is likely to need following a disaster, including debris management and infrastructure repair, on the schedule of multiple award contracts developed under Subchapter I, Chapter 2155, or as part of another cooperative purchasing program administered by the comptroller.
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History
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 945 (H.B. 7), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.
Redesignated from Government Code, Section 418.054 by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 915 (H.B. 3607), Sec. 21.001(16), eff. September 1, 2021.
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