Texas § GV.411.556 - HOMELAND SECURITY PLANNING AND PREPAREDNESS

§ GV.411.556. HOMELAND SECURITY PLANNING AND PREPAREDNESS

HOMELAND SECURITY PLANNING AND PREPAREDNESS. (a) The division shall, in collaboration with any other person who by law performs similar duties: (1) regularly develop a comprehensive homeland security strategic plan for this state; (2) plan and facilitate homeland security exercises in coordination with the Texas Division of Emergency Management and other state agencies, federal agencies, local governments, and any participating private organizations; (3) develop operational and tactical plans for significant law enforcement emergencies or contingencies, including assisting each department region with developing plans specific to the needs of that region; (4) conduct assessments of: (A) the risks and hazards posed to this state by criminal actors and organizations; and (B) the capabilities of state and local stakeholders to respond to the occurrence of those risks and hazards, including by coordinating the annual completion by state agencies and local governments of the following federal assessments: (i) the Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment; and (ii) the Stakeholder Preparedness Review; (5) establish programs for regular outreach to and information sharing among public and private organizations regarding threats by criminal actors and organizations, including: (A) coordinating the Bomb-Making Materials Awareness Program and similar programs; and (B) ensuring private industry organizations are aware of: (i) criminal threats to critical infrastructure, such as espionage and sabotage operations; (ii) best practices for protecting critical infrastructure from criminal actors and organizations; and (iii) available law enforcement resources to assist in protecting critical infrastructure from criminal actors and organizations and responding to those threats; and (6) assist state agencies and local governments in complying with restrictions under federal law on commerce with certain entities, including any entity: (A) listed in Supplement No. 4 to 15 C.F.R. Part 744; (B) identified as a Chinese military company by the United States Secretary of Defense in accordance with Section 1260H of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Pub. L. 116-283); or (C) restricted under any similar sanction program under federal law. (b) The division shall develop any additional assessment for risks and hazards posed by criminal actors and organizations the division considers necessary and include in the strategic plan required by Subsection (a)(1) recommendations to mitigate those risks and hazards. (c) The division may administer, or assist the department in administering, an internship program for students and other interested persons to participate in the operations of the division, or the department, as appropriate. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 959 (S.B. 36 ), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.