Texas § GV.411.557 - PLANNING FOR PHYSICAL PROTECTION OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE

§ GV.411.557. PLANNING FOR PHYSICAL PROTECTION OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE

PLANNING FOR PHYSICAL PROTECTION OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. (a) The division shall coordinate multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional, and public-private efforts to protect the critical infrastructure in this state from criminal actors and organizations. Within the 16 critical infrastructure sectors identified by National Security Memorandum on Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience (NSM-22) issued by the president of the United States, the division shall prioritize the division's efforts in ensuring the physical protection of critical infrastructure in the following sectors: (1) energy; (2) communications; (3) transportation systems; and (4) water and wastewater systems. (b) With respect to potential threats to the critical infrastructure in this state, the division may analyze and assess collected intelligence to produce information bulletins and other similar reports considered advisable. (c) The division shall develop a system to identify and categorize critical infrastructure in this state for the purpose of facilitating initiatives to protect the critical infrastructure from criminal actors and organizations, including for facilitating any risk assessment of critical infrastructure assets or systems in this state and identifying any dependency or interdependency among those assets or systems. (d) The division shall conduct exercises to enhance public-private coordination in protecting the critical infrastructure of this state from criminal actors and organizations. (e) During any disaster, as that term is defined by Section 418.004 , the division shall provide support to the state operations center described by Section 418.041 (e). Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 959 (S.B. 36 ), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.