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89R12746 SCF-D
By: McLaughlin
H.B. No. 4341
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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) "Department" means the Department of Public Safety
of the State of Texas.
(2) "Fund" means the critical infrastructure
emergency response map fund created under Section 424.154.
(3) "Grant program" means the critical infrastructure
emergency response map grant program established under Section
424.153.
(4) "Public safety agency" and "public safety
answering point" have the meanings assigned by Section 771.001,
Health and Safety Code.
Sec. 424.152. EMERGENCY RESPONSE MAP AND TOUR. (a) Each
critical infrastructure facility shall provide to the department
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 department, 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 may only provide an
emergency response map to the department 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 may not provide or
make available to the public an emergency response map.
Sec. 424.153. CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE EMERGENCY RESPONSE
MAP GRANT PROGRAM. (a) The department shall establish and
administer a grant program to provide mapping services for critical
infrastructure facilities to develop emergency response maps
required under Section 424.152.
(b) A grant awarded under this section may only be used to
obtain mapping services for a critical infrastructure facility to
provide the emergency response map required under Section 424.152.
(c) A mapping service provider who is a recipient of grant
money shall provide an emergency response map to the critical
infrastructure facility, the department, and appropriate public
safety agencies and may only charge a fee for the initial production
cost for the map.
(d) The department 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 department may award a grant under the grant program
only in accordance with a contract between the department and a
grant recipient. The contract must include provisions under which
the department is granted sufficient control to ensure the public
purpose of providing emergency response mapping services to
critical infrastructure facilities is accomplished and the state
receives a return benefit.
Sec. 424.154. 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 department.
(b) The fund consists of:
(1) legislative appropriations of money to the
department 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 department for the fund.
(c) Money in the fund may be appropriated only to the
department to administer the grant program and award grants under
Section 424.153.
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas
shall establish the grant program required under Section 424.153,
Government Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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