HB4341 - Relating to critical infrastructure facility emergency response maps and the critical infrastructure emergency response map grant program.

      H.B. No. 4341         AN ACT   relating to critical infrastructure facility emergency response   maps and the critical infrastructure emergency response map grant   program.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 424, Government Code, is amended by   adding Subchapter D to read as follows:   SUBCHAPTER D. EMERGENCY RESPONSE MAP AND GRANT PROGRAM           Sec. 424.151.  DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:                 (1)     "Division" means the Texas Division of Emergency   Management.                 (2)     "Fund" means the critical infrastructure   emergency response map fund created under Section 424.155.                 (3)     "Grant program" means the critical infrastructure   emergency response map grant program established under Section   424.154.                 (4)     "Public safety agency" and "public safety   answering point" have the meanings assigned by Section 771.001,   Health and Safety Code.           Sec.   424.152.     APPLICABILITY. (a)   This subchapter applies   only to a critical infrastructure facility that is:                 (1)     a public or private airport depicted in any   current aeronautical chart published by the Federal Aviation   Administration; or                 (2)     a military installation owned or operated by or   for this state or another governmental entity.           (b)     A critical infrastructure facility to which this   subchapter applies is required to comply with the requirements of   this subchapter only if the facility is awarded a grant under   Section 424.154.           Sec.   424.153.     EMERGENCY RESPONSE MAP AND TOUR. (a)   Each   critical infrastructure facility to which this subchapter applies   shall provide to the division and appropriate public safety   agencies:                 (1)     an accurate emergency response map of the facility   that is developed in accordance with the standards described by   Subsection (b); and                 (2)     an opportunity to tour the facility using the map   described by Subdivision (1) to verify the map's accuracy.           (b)  An emergency response map must:                 (1)  include:                       (A)     an accurate floor plan overlaid on current,   verified aerial imagery of the facility and its surrounding land   and a site-specific label for each building of the facility;                       (B)  a label for each:                             (i)  room;                             (ii)  named hallway; and                             (iii)     external door or stairwell number;   and                       (C)  the location of each:                             (i)  known hazard;                             (ii)  critical utility;                             (iii)  key box;                             (iv)  automated external defibrillator; and                             (v)  trauma kit;                 (2)     conform to, integrate with, and be accessible by   software used by the division, entities operating a local public   safety answering point, or appropriate public safety agencies   without imposing a fee or requiring the purchase of additional   software to access the map and associated data;                 (3)     be in a format capable of being printed, shared   electronically, or integrated into an interactive software   application; and                 (4)  be in a format easily modified or updated.           (c)     A critical infrastructure facility to which this   subchapter applies may only provide an emergency response map to   the division and appropriate public safety agencies for purposes of   developing a verified source of critical infrastructure mapping   data in this state and ensuring efficient emergency response for   the facility.           (d)     A critical infrastructure facility to which this   subchapter applies may not provide or make available to the public   an emergency response map.           Sec.   424.154.     CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE EMERGENCY RESPONSE   MAP GRANT PROGRAM. (a)   The division shall establish and administer   a grant program to provide mapping services for critical   infrastructure facilities to which this subchapter applies to   develop emergency response maps required under Section 424.153.           (b)     A grant awarded under this section may only be used to   obtain mapping services for a critical infrastructure facility to   which this subchapter applies to provide the emergency response map   required under Section 424.153.           (c)     A mapping service provider who is a recipient of grant   money shall provide an emergency response map to the critical   infrastructure facility, the division, and appropriate public   safety agencies and may only charge a fee for the initial production   cost for the map.           (d)     The division shall adopt rules to administer the grant   program established under this section, including eligibility   standards and procedures for applying for a grant under this   section.           (e)     The division may award a grant under the grant program   only in accordance with a contract between the division and a grant   recipient. The contract must include provisions under which the   division is granted sufficient control to ensure the public purpose   of providing emergency response mapping services to critical   infrastructure facilities to which this subchapter applies is   accomplished and the state receives a return benefit.           Sec.   424.155.     CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE EMERGENCY RESPONSE   MAP FUND.   (a)   The critical infrastructure emergency response map   fund is a dedicated account in the general revenue fund   administered by the division.           (b)  The fund consists of:                 (1)     legislative appropriations of money to the   division for deposit to the credit of the fund for purposes of this   subchapter;                 (2)     any revenue that by law is dedicated for deposit to   the fund;                 (3)     interest or other earnings on money credited to or   allocable to the fund; and                 (4)     gifts, grants, including federal grants, or   donations received by the division for the fund.           (c)     Money in the fund may be appropriated only to the   division to administer the grant program and award grants under   Section 424.154.          SECTION 2.  As soon as practicable after the effective date   of this Act, the Texas Division of Emergency Management shall   establish the grant program required under Section 424.154,   Government Code, as added by this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 4341 was passed by the House on May 2,   2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 135, Nays 0, 1 present, not   voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.   No. 4341 on May 28, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 132, Nays 1,   1 present, not voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House               I certify that H.B. No. 4341 was passed by the Senate, with   amendments, on May 22, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays   0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate      APPROVED: __________________                   Date                       __________________                 Governor