By David A. Diaz - Legislative Media
A House measure which seeks to designate the Mid-Valley Airport in Weslaco as disaster relief headquarters for the Rio Grande Valley has been scheduled for a public hearing in Austin on Wednesday April 8.
The hearing which will be held by the House Committee on Defense and Veterans Affairs will feature House Bill 848 by Rep. Armando Mando Martnez D-Weslaco. HB 848 is among 15 legislative measures set for public testimony before that House panel on April 8.
The House panel will start its meeting on all the measures at 8 a.m. in Room E-206 in the Capitol Extension a four-level underground complex which is located on the north side of the Capitol in Austin.
The proposed measures would require the governor to select the Mid-Valley Airport in Weslaco as the state headquarters for providing disaster relief in the Rio Grande Valley following the governors declaration of a state of disaster in an area within the Rio Grande Valley.
Martnez is wasting little time to publicly champion his hometowns airport as the best choice for the Valley as both hurricane season approaches over the horizon and the nations attention is beginning to focus on drug-related violence in Mexico.
Also for Weslaco if Martnez House Bill 848 makes it through the legislative process it could help enhance Weslacos growing reputation as the Valleys Homeland Security City.
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