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of the Texas Board
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Antonio- Dr. Bryant
aclng Ron J. Anderson, M.D.
ce chairman of the Texas Board of
R. White IV, M.D., 2401 South
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pursuant to Executive Order
o H. Hinojosa, P.O. Box 2066,
e. Texas 78520, (512) 548-2570
erson. 101 East Randolmill Road.
5, klington, Texas 7601 1, (817)
Dechard. 4204 Tallowood Drive,
Texas 78731, (512) 345-1550
Mike Baggett, 1700 Dallas Building, alla as,
Texas 75201, (214) 745-5303
Ralph Cousins, National Conference of
Christians and Jews, 4319 Oak Lawn,
Dallas, Texas 75219, (214) 526-6745
Mary Lou Parsons, Box 6351, Odessa, Texas
79767, (915) 366-6640
Robert Hsueh, 117 East Main Street, Suite
200, Richardson, Texas 75081, (214)
644-5151
LaNeil Wright, 3513 Drexel Drive, Dallas,
Texas 75205, (214) 528-2787
Ron Malouf, 944 South Lamar. Dallas,
Texas 75202, (214) 565-0126
Jack Hammond, 908 B Bellas Artes, El
Paso, Texas 79912, (915) 779-8041
Madge Zuloaga, 21 15 North Peidras, El
Paso, Texas 79930, (915) 564-1013
Alfred Nelms, Sr., 2240 Ridgeview, Fort
Worth, Texas 761 19, (817) 534-3424 home,
and (817) 877-2720 work
James Henderson, 1401 East Beach
Boulevard, Galveston Island, Texas 77550,
(409) 762-7077
Helen Chang, 10723 Braesbayou Drive,
Houston; Texas 77071, (713) 771-3587 home,
and (713) 799-6191 work
Arno Krebs, 1301 McKinney, 51st Floor,
Houston, Texas 77010, (713) 651-5151
Col. Jim Novy, 9302 Northbend, San Antonio, Texas 78239, (5 12) 653-3176
Umstaddt, 3000 Wade Avenue,
Texas 78703, (512) 453-5595 home,
Al Zimmennan, 1990 Post Oak Boulevard,
14th Floor, Houston, Texas 77056-3814,
(71 3) 552-1234
Harber, 1041 East Blanco Road,
Texas 78006, (5 12) 249-2142 and
9-9524
Sam Houston IV, 711 Dominion, Katy,
Texas 77450, (713) 5784493 home, and (713)
699-5555 work
809 South Port, Corpus C b t i ,
5, (512) 883-8631 and (512)
Rep. Ron Givens, Capitol Station, Room
GSGA, Austin, Texas 78711, (512) 463-0542
work
Paul Rush, 120 St. Dennis, San Antonio,
Texas 78209, (5 12) 220-4333
Martha Morriss, 2924 Pine Street, Texarkana, Texas 75503, (214) 792-6371
Gaylord Hughie, Jr., 114 East Second Street,
Tyler, Texas 75701, (214) 581-3792
Betty Gee, 3405 Glenwood, Wichita Falls,
Texas 76308, (817) 691-0044
Nick Woodall, 316 South Goliad, Suite 207,
Rockwall, Texas 75087, (214) 722-1441
Hope Lochridge, State Bar of Texas, P.O.
Box 12487. 'Austin.. Texas 7871 1, (512)
463-1388
Tipton Ross, P.O. Box 33055, KerrviIle,
Texas 78029, (512) 257-4010 work, (512)
8%-1761 home
Elaine Shults, 2802 Bonham, Amarillo,
Texas 79109, (806) 353-6756
Issued in Austin, Texas. on April 14, 1987.
William P. Clements, Jr.
Governor of Texas
TRD-8703294
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Executive Order
RELATING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; REORGANIZING THE EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT COUNCIL; REAPPOINTING THE DIRECTOR OF THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC SAFETY AS DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OF THE
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR; TAKING RELATED ACTION PERTAINING TO EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AND DISASTER PREVENTION AND RELIEF; AND REPEALING EXECUTIVE ORDER
MW-12 AND AMENDING TO CORRECT TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of Texas has heretofore enacted the Texas Disaster Act of 1975, Article
6889-7, Texas Revised Civil Statutes, to:
(1) Reduce vulnerability of people and communities of this State to damage, injury, and loss of life, and property resulting from natural or man-made catastrophes, riots, or hostile military, or paramilitary action; and
(2) Prepare for prompt and efficient rescue, care and treatment of persons victimized or threatened by disaster;
(3) Provide a setting conducive to the rapid, and orderly restoration, and rehabilitation of persons affected
(5) Authorize and provide for cooperation in disaster prevention, preparedness response and recovery;
(6) Authorize and provide for coordination of activities relating to disaster prevention, preparedness, response
and recovery by agencies and officers of this state, and similar state local, interstate, federal-state, and foreign
activities in which the state and its political subdivisions may participate;
(7) Provide an emergency management system embodying all aspects of predisaster preparedness and postdisaster response;
(8) Assist in the prevention of disasters caused or aggravated by inadequate planning for and regulation of
public and private facilities and land use; and
(9) To provide the authority and mechanism to respond to an energy emergency; and,
WHEREAS, under Section 5(c), Texas Disaster Act of 1975, Article 6889-7, Texas Revised Civil Statutes, the Governor
is expressly authorized to establish by executive order an EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL composed
of the heads of state agencies, boards, and commissions, and representatives of organized volunteer groups to advise and assist him in all matters relating to disaster preparedness, emergency services, energy emergencies, and
disaster recovery; and,
WHEREAS, FURTHER UNDER SECTION qa), Texas Disaster Act of 1975, Article 6889-7, Texas Revised Civil
Statutes, a DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT is established in the Office of the Governor and the
Director of the DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT is to be appointed by and serve at the pleasure
of the Governor; and
WHEREAS, with the aid and assistance of the EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL AND DIVISION
OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, the Governor may recommend that cities, counties, and other political subdivisions of the state undertake appropriate emergency management programs and assist and cooperate with those
developed at the state level;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, W i P. Clements. Jr., Governor of Texas, under the authority vested in me, do hereby
create and establish the EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL, to be composed of the Chief Executive Officers of the following state agencies, boards, commissions, and volunteer groups:
Adjutant General's Department
Texas Aeronautics Commission
Texas Department of Agriculture
Texas Air Control Board
Texas Attorney General's Office
State Auditor
The Banlring Department of Texas
Comptroller of Public Accounts
State Purchasing and General Services Commission
Texas Education Agency
Texas Employment Commission
Texas Department of Health
State Department of Highways and Public Transportation
General Land Office
State Board of Insurance
Texas Economic Development Commission
Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
Texas P a r k and Wildlife Department
Texas Department of Public Safety
Public Utility Commission
Texas Department of Human Semces
Railroad Commission of Texas
Texas Water Commission
Texas Forest Service
Governor's Division of Emergency Management
Texas Department of Community Affairs
American Red Cross
Texas Engineering Extension Service
The specific duties and responsibilitiesof each member of this group shall be as designated in the State Emergency
Management Plan and Annexes thereto. Each member of fie group may designate a member of his staff to represent him on the COUNCIL.
I further hereby designate the Director of the Texas Department of Public Safety to serve as Chainnan of the
COUNCIL and as Director of the DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT of the Governors Office. He
shall be my designated agent to exercise the powers granted to me under the Texas Disaster Act of 1975 in the
administration and supervision of the Act including, but not limited to, the power to accept from the federal government, or any public or private agency or jndiyidual, any offer of services, equipment, supplies, materials, or funds
a gifts, grants, or loans for the purposes of civil defense or disaster relief and may dispense such gifts, grants,
or loans for the purposes of civil defense or disaster relief and may dispense such gifts, grants, or loans for the
Purposes for which they are made without further authorization other than as contained herein. He shall establish
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operations areas to be known as Disaster Districts which shall correspond to the boundaries of the Texas
Highway Patrol Districts and Sub-Ditricts and shall arrange for each Disaster District to be composed of represen-
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tatives of the state agencies, boards and commissions having membership on the COUNCIL. The Highway Patrol
ammanding Officer of each Highway Patrol District or Sub-District shall serve as Chairman of the Met Disaster
sicommittee and report to the Director on matters relating to disasters and emergencies. The Ch-an
shall be
assisted by the COUNCIL representatives assigned to that DISTRICT wh'o shall provide guidance, counsel and
administrative support as may be required.
The COUNCIL is hereby authorized to issue such directives as may be necessary to effectuate the purpose of the
T e F Disaster Act of 1975, as amended, and iS further authorized and empowered to exercise the specific powers
, enumerated in the Act.
;
Further, in accordance with Section 8, Texas Disaster Act of 1975, Article 6889-7, Texas Revised Civil Statutes,
I hereby designate the Mayor of each municipal corporation and the County Judge of each county in the state
as the Emergency Management Director for each such political subdivision. The Mayor and County Judge may
each delegate this authority to an Emergency Management Coordinator who shall serve as assistant to the presiding
officer of the political subdivision for emergency management purposes when so designated.
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By the authority vested in me under Section 8(d), Texas Disaster Act of 1975. Article 6889-7, Texas Revised Civil
Statutes, I further hereby authorize each political subdivision of the state to establish in the county in which they
are sited, interjurisdictional agencies by intergovernmentalagreement, supported as needed by local Ordinance or
Commissioners, Court Resolution, in cooperation and coordination with the DIVISION OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT of the Governor's Office. In compliance with Section 8(f), Article 6889-7, Texas Revised Civil
Statutes the presiding officer of each political subdivision shall promptly notify the DIVISION OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT of the manner in which it is providing or securing an emergency management program and the
person designated to head that program.
This Executive Order repeals Executive Order MW-12 dated October 12, 1983. It shall be effective immediately
and shall remain in effect until modified, amended or rescinded by me.
&en under my hand this ninth day of March, 1987
Issued in Austin, Texas, on March 9, 1987.
TRD-8703295
William P. Clementr, Jr.
Governor of Texas