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Committee: Joint Natural Resource Public Interest Counsel, Interim
Title: Interim Report
Library Catalog Title: The Joint Interim Committee on the Office of Natural Resource Public Interest Counsel report to the 78th Legislature.
Subjects: Office of Public Interest Counsel |
Library Call Number: L1836.77 n217pic
Session: 77th R.S. (2001)
Online version: View report [18 pages  File size: 1,753 kb]
Charge: This report should address the charge below.
1. A joint interim study shall be conducted by a joint committee consisting of five members of the Senate appointed by the Lieutenant Governor and five members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House. The Committee shall study and report to the 78th Legislature on the issues associated with establishing an Office of Natural Resource Public Interest Counsel. The issues addresses shall include: (1) the authority of the office of public interest counsel, including the authority to appeal decisions of the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission; (2) resources needed to carry out the functions of the office; and (3) the relationship of the office to other public assistance efforts in the agency and the need for an agency ombudsman.
Committee: House Insurance
Title: Interim report
Library Catalog Title: Committee on Insurance, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 1992 : a report to the House of Representatives, 73rd Legislature.
Subjects: Age discrimination | Americans with Disabilities Act | Automobile insurance | Credit insurance | Dentists | Health insurance | Insurance industry | Insurance, Texas Department of | Medically uninsured | Office of Public Interest Counsel | Senior citizens | Texas Catastrophic Property Insurance Association | Uninsured motorists | Workers' compensation |
Library Call Number: L1836.72 in7
Session: 72nd R.S. (1991)
Online version: View report [63 pages  File size: 2,598 kb]
Charges: This report should address the charges below.
1. Carry out budget and oversight responsibilities for all agencies, boards, and commissions listed in Rule 3, Section 18. A. Monitor and oversee documentation of salary increases. B. Verify the number and status of outcomes and outputs as identified in the Appropriations Bill (HB 1, 72nd Legislature, 1st Called Session). C. Review agencies' existing performance standards and determine whether new standards are needed.
2. Monitor and coordinate with the Texas Health Policy Task Force as it relates to accessible and affordable health care insurance.
3. Study no-fault auto insurance.
4. Study the impact on current Texas insurance policies of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
5. Study supervision, conservation, and liquidation of insurers.
6. Study cancellation of personal auto insurance of the elderly.
7. Study modifications of rate regulation in Texas concerning auto and fire allied lines.
8. Study establishment and regulation of dental referral plans.
9. Study credit life and credit accident and health regulation.
10. Review the operation of the Texas Catastrophe Property Insurance Association *

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

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