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Senate OKs critical-infrastructure emergency-map requirement and grant program; TDEM given authority
Summary
The Texas Senate passed a committee substitute for House Bill 43 41 to require emergency response maps for certain critical infrastructure and to create a grant program; authority to manage the program was assigned to the Texas Division of Emergency Management.
The Texas Senate passed the committee substitute for House Bill 43 41, a measure that requires specified critical infrastructure facilities to supply standardized emergency response maps to public safety agencies and creates a grant program to assist facilities in complying.
Senator King, who sponsored the measure on the floor, said the maps would include building layouts, utility shutoffs and locations of…
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