85R3527 JCG-D     By: Menéndez S.B. No. 572       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a feasibility study and report by the Texas Division of   Emergency Management regarding the use of United States Postal   Service employees, resources, and assets during a declared   disaster.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 418, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 418.053 to read as follows:          Sec. 418.053.  STUDY REGARDING AGREEMENT WITH UNITED STATES   POSTAL SERVICE. (a) The division shall conduct a study to examine   the feasibility of establishing an agreement with the United States   Postal Service regarding the use of employees, resources, and   assets within the postal service during a state of disaster to:                (1)  identify residential or commercial structures   that have been damaged;                (2)  identify persons who reside in a damaged area and   the medical or physical needs of those persons;                (3)  help assess the damage to neighborhoods or   communities; and                (4)  assist in any other activity that the division   determines to be necessary in responding to the disaster.          (b)  Not later than November 1, 2019, the division shall:                (1)  complete the study;                (2)  report the results of the study to the lieutenant   governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the   standing committees of the house and the senate with jurisdiction   over public safety matters; and                (3)  post the results of the study on the division's   Internet website.          (c)  This section expires December 31, 2021.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.