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Texas
TEXAS STATUTES AND CODES
GOVERNMENT CODE
TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH
SUBTITLE B. LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC PROTECTION
CHAPTER 418. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
SUBCHAPTER H. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Tex. Gov't Code § 418.177 (2003)
§ 418.177. Confidentiality of Certain Information Relating to Risk or Vulnerability Assessment
Information is confidential if the information:
(1) is collected, assembled, or maintained by or for a governmental entity
for the purpose of preventing, detecting, or investigating an act of terrorism
or related criminal activity; and
(2) relates to an assessment by or for a governmental entity, or an assessment
that is maintained by a governmental entity, of the risk or vulnerability
of persons or property, including critical infrastructure, to an act of terrorism
or related criminal activity.
§ 418.181. Confidentiality of Certain Information Relating to Critical Infrastructure
Those documents or portions of documents in the possession of a governmental
entity are confidential if they identify the technical details of particular
vulnerabilities of critical infrastructure to an act of terrorism.
GOVERNMENT CODE
TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH
SUBTITLE B. LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC PROTECTION CHAPTER 421. HOMELAND SECURITY
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Tex. Gov't Code § 421.002 (2003)
§ 421.002. Homeland Security Strategy
(a) The governor shall direct homeland security in this state and shall develop
a statewide homeland security strategy that improves the state's ability
to:
(1) detect and deter threats to homeland security;
(2) respond to homeland security emergencies; and
(3) recover from homeland security emergencies.
(b) The governor's homeland security strategy shall coordinate homeland security
activities among and between local, state, and federal agencies and
the private sector and must include specific plans for:
(1) intelligence gathering and analysis;
(2) information sharing;
(3) reducing the state's vulnerability to homeland security
emergencies;
(4) protecting critical infrastructure;
(5) protecting the state's international border, ports, and airports;
(6) detecting, deterring, and defending against terrorism, including
cyber-terrorism and biological, chemical, and nuclear terrorism;
(7) positioning equipment, technology, and personnel to improve the
state's ability to respond to a homeland security emergency;
(8) directing the Texas Infrastructure Protection Communications Center
and giving the center certain forms of authority to implement the
governor's homeland security strategy; and
(9) using technological resources to:
(A) facilitate the interoperability of government technological
resources, including data, networks, and applications;
(B) coordinate the warning and alert systems of state and local
agencies;
(C) incorporate multidisciplinary approaches to homeland security;
and
(D) improve the security of governmental and private sector
information technology and information resources.
(c) The governor's homeland security strategy must complement and operate
in coordination with the federal homeland security strategy.
GOVERNMENT CODE
TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH
SUBTITLE B. LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC PROTECTION
CHAPTER 421. HOMELAND SECURITY
SUBCHAPTER B. CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION COUNCIL
Tex. Gov't Code § 421.021 (2003)
§ 421.021. Membership
(a) The Critical Infrastructure Protection Council is composed of the governor
or the governor's designee and one representative of each of the following
entities, appointed by the single statewide elected or appointed governing
officer or administrative head of the entity:
(1) Department of Agriculture;
(2) office of the attorney general;
(3) General Land Office;
(4) Public Utility Commission of Texas;
(5) Texas Department of Health;
(6) Department of Information Resources;
(7) Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas;
(8) division of emergency management of the office of the governor;
(9) Texas National Guard;
(10) Texas Commission on Environmental Quality;
(11) Railroad Commission of Texas;
(12) Texas Strategic Military Planning Commission; and
(13) Texas Department of Transportation.
(b) To be eligible for appointment as a member of the council, a person must
be directly involved in the policies, programs, or funding activities of the
appointing agency, office, or division that are relevant to homeland security
or infrastructure protection.
(c) A member of the council serves at the will of the governor. At the request
of the governor, an appointing authority under this section shall appoint
a different member.
(d) An officer or employee of a state or local agency who serves as a member
of the council or a special advisory committee under this subchapter shall
perform the duties required by the council or special advisory committee as
an additional duty of the member's office or employment.