HB2090 - Relating to establishment of the disaster identification system for a declared state of disaster.

  89R4332 JTZ-F     By: Martinez H.B. No. 2090       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to establishment of the disaster identification system for   a declared state of disaster.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 418.004, Government Code, is amended by   adding Subdivision (3-a) to read as follows:                 (3-a)     "Illuminated display" means a device capable of   displaying a flashing light and a continuous light in either the   color white or the colors blue, green, red, and yellow.          SECTION 2.  Section 418.015(a), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (a)  An executive order or proclamation declaring a state of   disaster:                (1)  activates the disaster recovery and   rehabilitation aspects of the state emergency management plan   applicable to the area subject to the declaration; [ and ]                (2)  authorizes the deployment and use of any forces to   which the plan applies and the use or distribution of any supplies,   equipment, and materials or facilities assembled, stockpiled, or   arranged to be made available under this chapter or other law   relating to disasters ; and                 (3)     activates for the area subject to the declaration   the disaster identification system described by Section 418.0151 .          SECTION 3.  Subchapter B, Chapter 418, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 418.0151 to read as follows:           Sec.   418.0151.     DISASTER IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM. (a) In an   area subject to a state of disaster declaration, a person may elect   to participate in the disaster identification system activated for   the area. The system must authorize the use of an illuminated   display to communicate with disaster relief personnel.           (b)     A person participating in the disaster identification   system shall:                 (1)     affix to each individual and domesticated animal   in the person's household an illuminated display of the following   colors:                       (A)     for a monochromatic illuminated display,   white for each individual and animal; or                       (B)  for a multicolored illuminated display:                             (i)     blue for each individual 18 years of age   or older;                             (ii)     green for each individual with a   disability;                             (iii)     red for each individual younger than   18 years of age; and                             (iv)  yellow for each animal; and                 (2)     signal to disaster relief personnel responding to   the area after the disaster with:                       (A)     a continuous light on the illuminated display   of each individual in the household who does not need medical   assistance; or                       (B)     a flashing light on the display of each   individual in the household who needs medical assistance.           (c)     Disaster relief personnel may patrol the designated   disaster area by air or ground at night to locate individuals or   animals with activated illuminated displays.          SECTION 4.  Section 418.042(a), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (a)  The division shall prepare and keep current a   comprehensive state emergency management plan. The plan may   include:                (1)  provisions for prevention and minimization of   injury and damage caused by disaster;                (2)  provisions for prompt and effective response to   disaster;                (3)  provisions for emergency relief;                (4)  provisions for energy emergencies;                (5)  identification of areas particularly vulnerable   to disasters;                (6)  recommendations for zoning, building   restrictions, and other land-use controls, safety measures for   securing mobile homes or other nonpermanent or semipermanent   structures, and other preventive and preparedness measures   designed to eliminate or reduce disasters or their impact;                (7)  provisions for assistance to local officials in   designing local emergency management plans;                (8)  authorization and procedures for the erection or   other construction of temporary works designed to protect against   or mitigate danger, damage, or loss from flood, fire, or other   disaster;                (9)  preparation and distribution to the appropriate   state and local officials of state catalogs of federal, state, and   private assistance programs;                (10)  organization of manpower and channels of   assistance;                (11)  coordination of federal, state, and local   emergency management activities;                (12)  coordination of the state emergency management   plan with the emergency management plans of the federal government;                (13)  coordination of federal and state energy   emergency plans;                (14)  provisions for providing information to local   officials on activation of the Emergency Alert System established   under 47 C.F.R. Part 11;                (15)  a database of public facilities that may be used   under Section 418.017 to shelter individuals during a disaster,   including air-conditioned facilities for shelter during an extreme   heat disaster and fortified structures for shelter during a wind   disaster;                (16)  provisions for quickly replenishing the food   supplies of area food banks or food pantries following a disaster;                (17)  provisions for protecting public health;                 (18)     provisions for the use of the disaster   identification system described by Section 418.0151; and                 (19)  [ (18) ]  other necessary matters relating to   disasters.          SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.