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5 Document(s) [ Subject: Workplace safety ]

• Committee:

  House Business and Industry, 81st R.S. (2009)

  Title:

  Interim Report

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Employment | Homeowners' associations | Liability | Manufacturing | Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund | Unemployment taxes | Workers' compensation | Workplace safety |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.81 B964

  Description:

  [83 pages  File size: 10,965 kb]

  Charges:

  1. Examine Title 11 of the Texas Property Code to determine if the various independent statutes are sufficient to protect the interest of homeowners and homeowners associations. Consider whether Title 11 should be consolidated with other laws.
  2. Study and report on third-party liability issues involving workers' compensation, including the frequency and success rates of third party litigation, the relationship, if any, between third-party litigation and jobsite safety, the adequacy of compensation and reimbursement to workers, and the economic costs of third-party litigation and equitable and contractual subrogation in construction activities. Joint Interim Charge with House Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence
  3. Review the Unemployment Compensation Fund and its impact on business taxpayers to determine whether changes may be made to stabilize the fund in times of economic contraction without imposing an undue economic burden on businesses. Determine whether modernizations should be implemented to make the fund more efficient and effective. Joint Interim Charge with House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, and Workforce
  4. Examine ways to increase the creation of jobs in the Texas manufacturing industry.
  5. Monitor the agencies and programs under the committee's jurisdiction.

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• Committee:

  House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence, 81st R.S. (2009)

  Title:

  Interim Report

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Alternative dispute resolution | Attorneys | Campaign finance and expenditure reports | Campaign finance reform | Human trafficking | Judicial campaigns | Lawsuits | Legal malpractice | Liability | Supreme Court arguments and decisions, U.S. | Workers' compensation | Workplace safety |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.81 J898

  Description:

  [32 pages  File size: 360 kb]

  Charges:

  1. Study current barratry laws in Texas and make recommendations as to their adequacy in protecting citizens from unscrupulous behavior.
  2. Study and make recommendations regarding the use of arbitration in Texas and the effect such practices have on state jurisprudence.
  3. Review the burden of proof and damage calculation models for certain causes of action to determine appropriate applicability in Texas law.
  4. Study and report on third-party liability issues involving workers' compensation, including the frequency and success rates of third party litigation, the relationship, if any, between third-party litigation and jobsite safety, the adequacy of compensation and reimbursement to workers, and the economic costs of third-party litigation and equitable and contractual subrogation in construction activities. Joint Interim Charge with House Committee on Business and Industry
  5. Study the human and sex trafficking problem in Texas. Make recommendations on best practices in the areas of investigation, prosecution, and tracking of the victims of these crimes. Study whether victims of these crimes are allowed to adequately recover from their attackers in a civil cause of action. Joint Interim Charge with House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence
  6. Review the Texas campaign finance law in judicial races in light of the recent United States Supreme Court decision Caperton v. Massey. Joint Interim Charge with House Committee on Elections
  7. Monitor the agencies and programs under the committee's jurisdiction.

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• Committee:

  House Business and Commerce Subcommittee on Construction Trench Safety, 69th R.S. (1985)

  Title:

  Interim Report

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Construction industry | Workplace safety |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.69 c766

  Description:

  [18 pages  File size: 511 kb]

  Charges:

  1. Examine the safety standards for construction employees working in trenches.

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• Committee:

  Joint Industrial and Occupational Safety Commission, 55th R.S. (1957)

  Title:

  Interim Report

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Workplace safety |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.55 IN2

  Description:

  [136 pages  File size: 8,559 kb]

  Charges:

  1. Conduct a thorough study of the number, severity and causes and places of occurrence of occupational injuries sustained annually in this state; their monetary costs to employees and employers and to the general public; and ways and means by which the state can improve its functions in the field of industrial and occupational safety.

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• Committee:

  Joint Industrial and Occupational Safety Commission, 55th R.S. (1957)

  Title:

  Minutes, October 27, 1958; Appendix A, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 100; Appendix B, Safety Study Outline Adopted by the Study Commission, March 10, 1958; Appendix C, Summary of Conclusions, October 21, 1958; and Appendix D, Recapitulation of Safety Study Data Gathered by the Commission

  Document type:

  Supporting document

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.55 IN2M

  Description:

  [146 pages  File size: 279,114 kb]

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