Tex. Government Code § 418.044

This is the official text of Tex. Government Code § 418.044, part of Texas’s Government Code — covers the structure and operation of Texas state and local government.

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§ 418.044. ASSISTANCE IN DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL PLANS.

Official statutory text

(a) The division shall take an integral part in the development and revision of local and interjurisdictional emergency management plans. For that purpose, the division shall employ or otherwise secure the services of professional and technical personnel capable of providing expert assistance to political subdivisions and emergency management agencies. Those personnel shall consult with the subdivisions and agencies on a regularly scheduled basis and shall make field reviews of the areas, circumstances, and conditions to which particular local and interjurisdictional emergency management plans apply and may suggest revisions.

(b) The division shall encourage local and interjurisdictional agencies to seek advice from local government, business, labor, industry, agriculture, civic organizations, volunteer organizations, and community leaders.

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