Amend CSHB 4409 (Senate committee printing) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and 
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Section 2306.0521, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
	(c)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the department shall 
establish and maintain an emergency housing and disaster recovery 
division.  The division shall:
		(1)  develop a program to provide for the rapid 
deployment of temporary housing for homeowners affected by natural 
disasters;
		(2)  develop a program to quickly restore or replace 
permanent housing for homeowners affected by natural disasters;
		(3)  develop a program to quickly provide additional 
rental housing to areas affected by natural disasters;
		(4)  provide funding to nonprofit agencies that provide 
to homeowners affected by natural disasters counseling on 
refinancing options and financial assistance available through 
state and federal programs; and
		(5)  collaborate with the division of emergency 
management established under Chapter 418 and the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency to secure reimbursement for housing needs in 
areas affected by natural disasters.
	SECTION ____.  Section 2306.056, Government Code, is amended 
by adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows:
	(c)  If federal or state money, other than money appropriated 
to the department under a current services budget for the state 
fiscal biennium prepared for the state budgetary process is 
allocated to the department to address the results of a natural 
disaster, the board may appoint a committee composed of residents 
of the affected area.  The committee shall serve until 90 percent of 
the money allocated to the department to address the results of the 
natural disaster has been spent.  The committee shall advise the 
department and the emergency housing and disaster recovery division 
with regards to resource allocation.
	(d)  The department shall develop and implement policies 
that provide the public with a reasonable opportunity to appear 
periodically before a committee created under Subsection (c) and to 
speak on any issue under the jurisdiction of the emergency housing 
and disaster recovery division.