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Committee:	House Culture, Recreation, and Tourism
Title:	Interim Report
Subjects:	Aquaculture \| Battleship Texas \| Gun safety \| Historic preservation \| Historical Commission, Texas \| Historical monuments \| Hunting \| Oysters \| Parks and Wildlife, Texas Department of \| Shootings \| Tax incentives \|
Library Call Number:	L1836.86 R245
Session:	86th R.S. (2019)
Online version:	View report [27 pages File size: 1,295 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Monitor the agencies and programs under the Committee's jurisdiction and oversee the implementation of relevant legislation passed by the 86th Legislature. Conduct active oversight of all associated rulemaking and other governmental actions taken to ensure intended legislative outcome of all legislation, including the following: HB 1300 and HB 2321, which relate to the regulation of oyster harvesting and to cultivated oyster mariculture. Monitor the implementation of the cultivated oyster mariculture program, the implementation of increased penalties related to the regulation of oyster harvesting, and the effectiveness of these state laws as related to the protection, conservation, and sustainability of oysters in Texas coastal waters. HB 1422, which is the Texas Historical Commission (THC) sunset legislation. Monitor the implementation and transfer of certain historical sites from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) to the THC, including any additional land acquired by the TPWD and the appropriate coordination with local entities. SB 1511, which requires the TPWD to contract with a nonprofit organization for the operation and maintenance of the Battleship "Texas." Monitor the efforts to restore the Battleship "Texas" consistent with state law and historic preservation guidelines.
2.	Evaluate the status of the historical marker application process and the production of cast metal historical markers in the state as overseen by the THC. Examine options for future state historical markers, including technology such as laser etching and durable materials other than metal.
3.	Study the effectiveness of hunter education courses with regard to hunters and firearm safety in the state. Explore additional firearm safety resources and their potential use by the TPWD to reduce accidental shootings.
4.	Review the effectiveness of the State Historic Preservation Tax Credit on preserving historic structures and revitalizing Texas communities since the tax credit became effective.
5.	Monitor the State Auditor's review of agencies and programs under the Committee's jurisdiction. The Chair shall seek input and periodic briefings on completed audits for the 2019 and 2020 fiscal years and bring forth pertinent issues for full committee consideration.
Committee:	House House Administration
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	House Committee on House Administration, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 2008 : a report to the House of Representatives, 81st Texas Legislature
Subjects:	Energy conservation \| Historical monuments \| Proxy voting \| Public officials' security details \| Rules of the Texas House of Representatives \| Texas State Capitol \| Texas State Capitol grounds \| Voting systems \| Water conservation \|
Library Call Number:	L1836.80 AD65h
Session:	80th R.S. (2007)
Online version:	View report [14 pages File size: 710 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Study and make recommendations with assistance from the State Energy Conservation Office on ways to conserve electricity and water at the Texas State Capitol.
2.	Review potential sites for monuments on the Texas State Capitol grounds.
3.	Make recommendations for additional security measures within the Texas State Capitol, the Capitol Extension, and the Texas House Chamber.
4.	Study and make recommendations for alternative voting devices in the Texas House Chamber.
Committee:	House State, Federal, and International Relations
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	House Committee on State, Federal and International Relations, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 1996 : a report to the House of Representatives, 75th Texas Legislature.
Subjects:	Education Agency, Texas \| Historic preservation \| Historical Commission, Texas \| Historical monuments \| Internet \| Libraries and librarians \| Library & Archives Commission, Texas State \| School libraries and librarians \| Texas State Cemetery \| TexShare \|
Library Call Number:	L1836.74 st30
Session:	74th R.S. (1995)
Online version:	View report [34 pages File size: 2,283 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Study how the Legislature can encourage the development of a comprehensive plan for coordinating and integrating networking and resource sharing for all types of libraries, including any action necessary to empower an agency or entity to coordinate the separate plans or develop a new comprehensive plan and the coordination of buying power.
2.	Study a simplified procedure for listing on the State Register of Historic Places; assess whether simpler procedures are desirable.
3.	Review the standards governing eligibility for burial in the State Cemetery.
4.	Study the feasibility of constructing and operating a motion picture sound state facility in Texas.
Committee:	House Housing of Artifacts Found Off Padre Island
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	A report to the House of Representatives of the 62nd Legislature / by the House Interim Study Committee on the Housing of Artifacts found off Padre Island.
Subjects:	Historic preservation \| Historical monuments \| Museums \| Ships and shipping \|
Library Call Number:	L1836.61 H817
Session:	61st R.S. (1969)
Online version:	View report [72 pages File size: 2,691 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Work with the eventual custodian of the Spanish treasure in arranging for its display appropriately near the site where the discovery was made, either in the existing museum in Corpus Christi, Texas, or in a new museum established at the site of the discovery on land which has already been tendered to the State of Texas as a gift for this purpose.
2.	The Committee shall also direct that markers be placed at the actual site of the sunken ships, so that tourists visiting the museum may see them and the area will become second only to the Alamo as a tourist attraction.
Supporting documents
Committee:	House Housing of Artifacts Found Off Padre Island
Title:	Transcript, Museum for Spanish Treasure Committee [January 9, 1970]
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.61 H817M 1/70
Session:	61st R.S. (1969)
Online version:	View document [25 pages File size: 62,123 kb]

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