Relating to critical infrastructure facility emergency response maps and the critical infrastructure emergency response map grant program, the official text

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.

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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.

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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.

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Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: __________________

Date

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Governor