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19 Document(s) [ Subject: Real%20estate%20development ]

Committee:	Senate Intergovernmental Relations
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Interim report, 78th Legislature / Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations.
Subjects:	Building codes | Construction codes | County development districts | County government | Emergency medical services | Fire prevention | Foreclosures | Homeowners' associations | Real estate development | Special taxing districts | Water districts |
Library Call Number:	L1836.77 l786
Session:	77th R.S. (2001)
Online version:	View report [231 pages  File size: 3,203 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Study the appropriateness of foreclosure and other powers granted to property owners' associations to enforce convenants.
2.	Examine current state law regarding the purposes, authority and duties of all special districts, including county development districts and fresh water supply districts. The Committee shall examine procedures by which districts are created and board members are selected, the authority to tax and issue bonds, and annexation and condemnation powers. The Committee shall assess the need for safeguards and accountability measures.
3.	Study the power of county officials to regulate growth and development in unincorporated areas, including housing development, subdivision regulation, water, and general health, welfare and safety. The Committee shall study county ordinance authority and shall assess the effects of HB 1445, 77th R.S., HB 3172, 77th R.S., and SB 873, 77th R.S..
4.	Study the availability and delivrey of fire prevention and emergency medical services across the state. The Committee shall assess variances in service delivery and make recommendations to improve services.
Committee:	Senate Intergovernmental Relations
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Interim report, 77th Legislature / Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations.
Subjects:	Affordable housing | Building codes | Competitive bidding | Councils of government | County government | Criminal Justice, Texas Department of | Design/build process | Housing and Community Affairs, Texas Department of | Municipal annexation | Municipalities | Real estate development | State government contracts | Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation | Transportation, Texas Department of |
Library Call Number:	L1836.76 l786
Session:	76th R.S. (1999)
Online version:	View report [262 pages  File size: 7,243 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Evaluate the potential benefits offered through the "design-build" form of bidding, which allows engineers, architects, and builders to form teams and bid on state projects in contrast to the current method which mandates that each entity bid separately. The Committee shall compare the State of Texas practices to other states and to the private sector and evaluate the "design-build" option as it relates to buildings, roads, and other publicly funded projects.
2.	Study the funding and expenditures of Councils of Government (COGs) and examine the changing relationship between COGs and the state and federal governments since 1982. The Committee shall monitor the compliance by COGS regarding publication of financial statements, as referenced in the General Appropriations Bill, HB 1, 76th R.S..
3.	Review the statutory authority granted to local governments to regulate the development of residential subdivisions. The Committee shall identify conflicting provisions and make recommendations to clarify existing statutes.
4.	Monitor the implementation of SB 89, 76th R.S. relating to municipal annexation.
5.	Examine the powers, functions and programs administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) and the Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation (TSAHC). The committee's report will assess the methodology used in allocating the various housing funds and resources, including the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program and the Housing Trust Fund, and the compliance by the agency with that methodology, and address whether the programs administered by TDHCA and the TSAHC meet the affordable housing demands of targeted population groups throughout the State of Texas.
Committee:	House Land and Resource Management
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	House Committee on Land and Resource Management, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 2000 : a report to the House of Representatives, 77th Texas Legislature.
Subjects:	Building codes | Coastal erosion | Coastal protection | County government | Eminent domain | Highway beautification | Municipal annexation | Municipalities | Real estate development | Zoning |
Library Call Number:	L1836.76 l229
Session:	76th R.S. (1999)
Online version:	View report [100 pages  File size: 367 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Study the ability of counties to provide for appropriate growth and development in unincorporated areas while balancing private property rights.
2.	Conduct a survey of cities and towns sufficient to establish a factual basis for the committee's consideration of matters such as annexation, condemnation and development.
3.	Study the regulation of billboards placed along highways.
4.	Conduct active oversight of the agencies under the committee's jurisdiction. Monitor actions taken under HB 1704, 76th R.S., SB 710, 76th R.S., and SB 1690, 76th R.S..
Committee:	Senate Annexation, Interim
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	Interim report 76th Legislature.
Subjects:	Extraterritorial jurisdiction | Municipal annexation | Municipal utility districts | Municipalities | Property taxes | Real estate development |
Library Call Number:	L1836.75 an76
Session:	75th R.S. (1997)
Online version:	View report [89 pages  File size: 3,057 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Identify areas of concern and offer recommendations for legislative action, if necessary, regarding extraterritorial jurisdiction and municipal annexation, including the use of strategic partnerships, interlocal agreements and other means to promote regional cooperation.
2.	Determine the degree to which county and school district property tax bases are affected by municipal annexation and how annexation influences the provision of local infrastructure.
3.	Review the powers and duties of municipal utility districts and make recommendations for legislative action, if needed.
Committee:	House Land and Resource Management
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	House Committee on Land and Resource Management, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 1998 : a report to the House of Representatives, 76th Texas Legislature.
Subjects:	Beaches | Coastal erosion | Coastal protection | County government | Eminent domain | Land use regulations | Municipal annexation | Municipalities | Real estate development | Supreme Court arguments and decisions, Texas | Zoning |
Library Call Number:	L1836.75 l229
Session:	75th R.S. (1997)
Online version:	View report [190 pages  File size: 9,206 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Conduct active oversight of agencies under the committee's jurisdiction.
2.	Study the condemnation and eminent domain powers of local governments in light of Schmidt and Westgate decisions of the Supreme Court. Consider whether restrictions should be placed on eminent domain powers used expressly for economic development purposes.
3.	Review local and state funding mechanisms to support mitigation of coastal erosion.
4.	Actively monitor activities and developments relating to annexation and inter-local agreements in lieu of annexation, including the proceedings of the Senate Interim Committee on Annexation.
5.	Evaluate options for state policy regarding county subdivision platting authority in light of the 1995 Elgin bank v. Travis County decision.
6.	Monitor the reactions of local governments to the inadvertent repeal of SB 1704, 74th R.S..
Committee:	Senate International Relations, Trade and Technology
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	Committee interim report : a report to the 75th Legislature.
Subjects:	Affordable housing | Attorney General of Texas | Border economy | Border environment | Border health | Border issues | Border transportation | Colonias | Consumer credit and debt | Contracts for deed | Housing and Community Affairs, Texas Department of | International trade | Mortgages | North American Free Trade Agreement | Private activity bonds | Real estate development | Sewer service | Wastewater management | Water Development Board, Texas | Water supplies |
Library Call Number:	L1836.74 in9
Session:	74th R.S. (1995)
Online version:	View report [173 pages  File size: 11,680 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Monitor the enforcement of HB 1001, 74th R.S., the colonias bill, and identify any provisions that need to be clarified or strengthened.
2.	Assess the progress of the Texas Water Development Board's "economically distressed areas program" with regards to the number of applications received and the number of water and waste water projects actually implemented in the colonias.
3.	Assess the effect of NAFTA on Texas' infrastructure including transportation, housing, education and the environment, with special attention to its impact along the Texas/Mexico border.
4.	Monitor implementation of, and make recommendations for any needed changes in, legislation passed by the 74th Legislature to address the problems of colonias, specifically SB 336, 74th R.S., SB 1509, 74th R.S., and HB 2726, 74th R.S..
5.	Study and make recommendations regarding methods and programs to expand international trade, with particular focus on the use of technology.
Committee:	House Environmental Regulation
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	Committee on Environmental Regulation, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 1994 : a report to the House of Representatives, 74th Texas Legislature.
Subjects:	Air pollution | Air quality | Environmental permits | Ground level ozone | Nonattainment areas | Racial discrimination | Real estate development | Solid waste disposal | State agency mandated reports | Zoning |
Library Call Number:	L1836.73 en89
Session:	73rd R.S. (1993)
Online version:	View report [82 pages  File size: 4,772 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Examine the opportunities and impediments to creating special solid waste management districts to provide services to rural communities.
2.	Study preventive measures available to state and local governments that can maintain or enhance air quality conditions in those metropolitan areas in Texas presently meeting the national ambient air quality standards.
3.	Study the state's requirements for the siting of environmentally sensitive facilities and make recommendations to address associated land use compatibility concerns.
4.	Conduct active oversight of agencies under the committee's jurisdiction, including a study of mandated reports to the legislature and legislative agencies. The study should consist of a review of the legislative reporting requirements of all agencies to identify areas where reporting obligations could be streamlined and agency accountability improved. The committee shall make specific recommendations about the continuation, modification or elimination of required legislative reports.
Committee:	House Natural Resources
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	Committee on Natural Resources, Texas House of Representatives interim report 1990 : a report to the House of Representatives, 72nd Texas Legislature.
Subjects:	Border health | Colonias | Drinking water | Outdoor recreation | Property rights | Real estate development | Rio Grande River | Rio Grande Valley | Rivers | Statutory revision | Wastewater management | Water Commission, Texas | Water districts | Water planning | Water rights | Water supplies |
Library Call Number:	L1836.71 n219h
Session:	71st R.S. (1989)
Online version:	View report [33 pages  File size: 1,633 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	To study the transfer of water rights from irrigation districts to municipalities in South Texas.
2.	To study the categories, powers and duties of water and wastewater districts created under the Texas Water Code or by other statutes, including the procedures for the creation of such districts.
3.	To study the relationships and coordination between the Texas Water Commission and local water authorities, including the effect of the current institutional structure on the achievement of water policy goals.
4.	To study current efforts to provide and finance water and wastewater services to the colonias.
5.	To study the rights of property owners along rivers and streams.
6.	To study the recodification of the Texas Water Codes.
Committee:	House County Affairs
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	Interim report to the 71st Texas Legislature / Committee on County Affairs, Texas House of Representatives.
Subjects:	Appraisal districts | Bail | County budgets | County government | County treasurers | Indigent health care | Jail Standards, Texas Commission on | Real estate development | State mandates | Tax assessor-collectors |
Library Call Number:	L1836.70 c832
Session:	70th R.S. (1987)
Online version:	View report [16 pages  File size: 622 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	To monitor all activities and have budget oversight responsibilities for those agencies, boards and commissions as listed in Rule 3, Section 6.
2.	To study the current funding sources of Texas county government in light of comparative studies on the funding of county governments nationwide. Make recommendations on adequacy of current revenue to meet current and future county responsibilities including the infrastructure needs of county programs.
3.	To study the need for ordinance making power for county government to protect the health and welfare of citizens living in unincorporated areas.
4.	To study and evaluate the county indigent health programs resulting from the Indigent Health Care and Treatment Act and develop recommendations for any necessary revisions. (Joint study with House Committee on Public Health).
5.	To study the possible consolidation of tax collection efforts under one entity and project the fiscal impact of such programs.
6.	To study the abolishment of the office of county treasurer and the transfer of the treasurer's duties to auditor's office.
7.	To study the reorganization of county government to allow for the abolition of unnecessary offices on a local option basis.
8.	To study the impact of state programs and expenditures mandated by the state for counties.
9.	To study the development of a County Fiscal Responsibility Act to insure all funds linked to county government are under the purview of the commissioner's court.
10.	To study the operation of county bail bond boards.
11.	To study the need for citizen representation on boards.
Committee:	Senate Municipal Utility Districts, Special
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	Interim report to the 71st Legislature / Special Committee on Municipal Utility Districts.
Subjects:	Bankruptcy | Bond issues | Municipal utility districts | Real estate development | Special taxing districts |
Library Call Number:	L1836.70 m925
Session:	70th R.S. (1987)
Online version:	View report [26 pages  File size: 973 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Study the potential for defaults among county municipal utility districts.
2.	Assess the social and economic impact of the districts that have defaulted or are in danger of default, including the impact on residents of the district with respect to cost of services, tax burden, homestead protection, rights and powers of bondholders, and liability of officers of districts.
3.	Assess the impact on developers or owners of undeveloped land in the districts with respect to status of liens, involvement of lenders and financial institutions, and liability to residents and bondholders.
4.	Survey the financial position of municipal utility districts with respect to the effects of declining real estate valuations, the existence and collateral of interest and sinking funds, the cost of those costs upon residents, and the effects of those costs upon residents.
5.	Develop a projection of future trends based on information gathered from all the diverse interests involved in the issue and ascertain what action, if any, should be taken by the state to avoid the adverse effects resulting from default by utility districts.
Supporting documents
Committee:	Senate Municipal Utility Districts, Special
Title:	SR 256, 70th Leg.
Library Call Number:	SR 256
Session:	70th R.S. (1987)
Online version:	View document [3 pages  File size: 720 kb]
Committee:	House Urban Affairs
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	To the Speaker and members of the Texas House of Representatives, 69th Legislature ; report of / the Committee on Urban Affairs, Texas House of Representatives, 68th Legislature.
Subjects:	Crime prevention | Criminal justice | Emergency medical services | Extraterritorial jurisdiction | Fines | Firefighters | Flooding | Indigent health care | Municipal annexation | Municipalities | Municipally-owned utilities | Real estate development |
Library Call Number:	L1836.68 ur1
Session:	68th R.S. (1983)
Online version:	View report [56 pages  File size: 1,640 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	To conduct a study on urban flooding.
2.	To study payments by municipally-owned utilities in lieu of taxes.
3.	To examine minimum staffing requirements for fire protection and emergency medical service in cities.
4.	In cooperation with the Committee on County Affairs and the House-Senate Joint Committee of Indigent Health Care, study the payment of medical care provided to indigents at publicly-funded hospitals.
5.	To investigate whether Texas cities and those residing within the cities' extraterritorial jurisdiction are being adequately and fairly treated by present annexation laws.
6.	To study the possibility of empowering judges optionally to direct small percentages of fines to fund programs such as Crime Stoppers and TIPS, currently funded by voluntary contributions.
Committee:	House Intergovernmental Affairs
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	To the speaker and members of the Texas House of Representatives, 66th Legislature : report of the / Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, Texas House of Representatives, 65th Legislature.
Subjects:	Community Affairs, Texas Department of | Councils of government | Counties | County government | Land use regulations | Municipal annexation | Municipalities | Public retirement systems | Real estate development | Social Security | Urban sprawl |
Library Call Number:	L1836.65 in8a
Session:	65th R.S. (1977)
Online version:	View report [90 pages  File size: 2,452 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Oversight responsibility of agency expenditures and related transactions. This function shall encompass a review and monitoring of all appropriations-related actions of those agencies assigned to this Committee for appropriative purposes during the 65th Regular Session of the Legislature, to wit: Department of Community Affairs.
2.	A study of urban development in general, to include urban sprawl and its effect; annexation policies of cities and the problems and effects caused thereby; and the emerging administrative problems of urban areas, including methods of financing improvements and urban blight and renovation.
3.	A study local government structures, including powers and resources and demands thereupon with recommendations as to any necessary legislative action to provide flexibility and uniformity of operation.
4.	A study of intra-state regions and special districts to include a report on the trends towards metropolitan area governments, and recommendations as to any necessary legislative action to control or redirect the direction of regional councils of government.
5.	A study of the methodology, effect of and financial ramifications of the State electing to withdraw participation in the social security system of state employees.
Committee:	House Intergovernmental Affairs
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Texas land resources, problems and possibilities : a report to the 64th Legislature / by the House of Representatives, Intergovernmental Affairs Committee.
Subjects:	Land use regulations | Real estate development | Urban sprawl |
Library Call Number:	L1836.63 l229
Session:	63rd R.S. (1973)
Online version:	View report [106 pages  File size: 6,844 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Study land management issues in Texas, including the problems of development in unincorporated areas, the need for land use regulations in unincorporated areas, the loss of agricultural land, and the need for environmental protection. Consider the role of the state in land use planning, and study alternative approaches used in other states. *
Supporting documents
Committee:	House Intergovernmental Affairs
Title:	Subcommittee Appointments
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1801.9 IN75 63
Session:	63rd R.S. (1973)
Online version:	View document [15 pages]
Committee:	House Intergovernmental Affairs
Title:	Councils of government in Texas : a staff report prepared for the Subcommittee on Urban Affairs, Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, House of Representatives, sixty-third Texas Legislature.
Library Catalog Title:	Councils of government in Texas : a staff report prepared for the Subcommittee on Urban Affairs, Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, House of Representatives, sixty-third Texas Legislature.
Library Call Number:	L1836.63 ur1
Session:	63rd R.S. (1973)
Committee:	House Water Supply and Waste Disposal in Metropolitan Areas, Interim
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Water supply and waste disposal in Texas urban areas : a report / by the House Interim Committee on Water Supply and Waste Disposal in Metropolitan Areas.
Subjects:	Municipal utility districts | Real estate development | Sewer service | Water districts | Water supplies |
Library Call Number:	L1836.63 w298
Session:	63rd R.S. (1973)
Online version:	View report [100 pages  File size: 4,354 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Study the use of regional and area-wide systems and special districts to supply water service and drainage facilities and to provide sewage and waste disposal outside and within metropolitan areas and to examine the effect of existing legislation enacted by previous legislatures to determine the effectiveness of the laws in dealing with the know problems and to develop a uniform plan or policy for use fo these systems and districts.
Supporting documents
Committee:	House Water Supply and Waste Disposal in Metropolitan Areas, Interim
Title:	Water supply and waste disposal in metropolitan areas.
Library Catalog Title:	Water supply and waste disposal in metropolitan areas.
Library Call Number:	L1836.63 w2982
Session:	63rd R.S. (1973)
Committee:	House Water Supply and Waste Disposal in Metropolitan Areas, Interim
Title:	Testimony of Rep. Carlos F. Truan before the House Special Interim Committee on Water Supply and Waste Disposal in Metropolitan Areas
Library Catalog Title:	Testimony of Rep. Carlos F. Truan before the House Special Interim Committee on Water Supply and Waste Disposal in Metropolitan Areas.
Library Call Number:	L1836.63 w298t
Session:	63rd R.S. (1973)
Online version:	View document [30 pages]

* This represents an abstract of the report contents. Charge text is incomplete or unavailable.

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