Amend CSHB 4409 (Senate committee report) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered section to the bill and 
renumbering subsequent sections of the bill as appropriate:
	SECTION ____.  Section 418.018, Government Code, is amended 
by adding Subsections (d), (e), and (f) to read as follows:
	(d)  The division, in cooperation with the Department of 
Public Safety, shall create a task force to study and develop 
uniform reentry procedures for essential personnel entering a 
disaster area or a stricken or threatened area that has been 
evacuated.  The task force shall submit a written report on the 
procedures developed by the task force to the governor.  The 
procedures must:
		(1)  authorize the orderly reentry of essential 
personnel according to the critical functions provided by the 
personnel in restoring normal operations to the area following an 
evacuation;
		(2)  prioritize the order of reentry for the essential 
personnel, including emergency responders, search and rescue 
personnel, infrastructure and utility repair personnel, official 
damage assessment personnel, health care providers, and businesses 
essential to the return of residents; and 
		(3)  establish methods to authenticate the identity of 
the personnel authorized to reenter the area.
	(e)  The task force created under Subsection (d) must include 
representatives of:
		(1)  the office of the governor;                                       
		(2)  the Department of Public Safety;                                  
		(3)  emergency responders;                                             
		(4)  search and rescue personnel;                                      
		(5)  infrastructure and utility repair personnel;                      
		(6)  official damage assessment personnel;                             
		(7)  health care providers;                                            
		(8)  the Texas Oil and Gas Association;                                
		(9)  county judges and mayors; and                                     
		(10)  businesses essential to the return of residents.                 
	(f)  Based on the report and procedures developed by the task 
force created under Subsection (d) and in cooperation with the 
Department of Public Safety, the division shall establish uniform 
reentry procedures for essential personnel entering a disaster area 
or a stricken or threatened area that has been evacuated.  The 
procedures adopted under this section may not diminish the 
authority of local emergency management officials to adopt 
appropriate reentry provisions in a local plan or to make decisions 
on the timing and implementation of reentry activities.
	SECTION 2.  The division of emergency management in the 
office of the governor, in cooperation with the Department of 
Public Safety of the State of Texas, shall:
		(1)  appoint members to the task force created under 
Subsection (d), Section 418.018, Government Code, as added by this 
Act; and 
		(2)  based on the report and procedures developed by 
the task force, adopt uniform reentry procedures for essential 
personnel as required by Subsection (f), Section 418.018, 
Government Code, as added by this Act.