DISASTER PREPARATION CONTRACTS.
Tex. GOV'T Code § 418.0544.
in effect(a) The division, in consultation with other state agencies the division considers appropriate, shall develop a plan to assist political subdivisions of this state with executing contracts for services that political subdivisions are likely to need following a disaster. The plan must include:
(1) training on the benefits to a political subdivision from executing disaster preparation contracts in advance of a disaster;
(2) recommendations on the services political subdivisions are likely to need following a disaster, including debris management and infrastructure repair; and
(3) assistance to political subdivisions with finding persons capable of providing the services described by Subdivision (2) and executing contracts with those persons in advance of a disaster.
(b) The division shall consult with the comptroller regarding including a contract for services a political subdivision is likely to need following a disaster, including debris management and infrastructure repair, on the schedule of multiple award contracts developed under Subchapter I , Chapter 2155 , or as part of another cooperative purchasing program administered by the comptroller.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 945 (H.B. 7 ), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.
Redesignated from Government Code, Section 418.054 by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 915 (H.B. 3607 ), Sec. 21.001(16), eff. September 1, 2021.