Tex. Gov't Code § 418.106 · Subchapter E. LOCAL AND INTERJURISDICTIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
LOCAL AND INTERJURISDICTIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Each local and interjurisdictional agency shall prepare and keep current an emergency management plan for its area providing for disaster mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.
(b) The plan must provide for:
(1) wage, price, and rent controls and other economic stabilization methods in the event of a disaster; and
(2) curfews, blockades, and limitations on utility use in an area affected by a disaster, rules governing entrance to and exit from the affected area, and other security measures.
(c) The local or interjurisdictional emergency management agency shall prepare in written form and distribute to all appropriate officials a clear and complete statement of the disaster responsibilities of all local agencies and officials and of the disaster channels of assistance.
(d) Each local or interjurisdictional agency shall conduct at least one public meeting each calendar year to exchange information about its emergency management plan. Each agency shall provide written notice of the date, time, and location of the meeting, not later than the fifth day before the meeting, to the pipeline safety section of the gas services division of the Railroad Commission of Texas.
(e) An emergency management plan of an agency is excepted from the requirements of Subsection (d) if:
(1) the emergency management plan contains sensitive information relating to critical infrastructures or facilities; and
(2) the safety or security of those infrastructures or facilities could be jeopardized by disclosure of the emergency management plan.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 992, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 557, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.418.htm
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