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Committee: | House County Affairs | |
Title: | Interim Report | |
Library Catalog Title: | House Committee on County Affairs, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 2008 : a report to the House of Representatives, 81st Texas Legislature | |
Subjects: | Border security | County government | County jails | Criminal Justice, Texas Department of | Extraterritorial jurisdiction | Fireworks | Municipal government | Municipal jails | Undocumented immigrants | | |
Library Call Number: | L1836.80 C832 | |
Session: | 80th R.S. (2007) | |
Online version: | View report [41 pages File size: 3,936 kb] | |
Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
1. | Study the issues surrounding the sale, use, and regulation of fireworks in urbanized, unincorporated parts of the county. | |
2. | Examine county procurement statutes to identify areas for increasing efficiency without sacrificing internal controls. | |
3. | Study policies and procedures related to illegal immigration and border security of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, county probation departments, and local and county jail facilities, and make recommendations to improve coordination with international, federal, state, and local authorities. (Joint Interim Charge with the House Committee on Corrections.) | |
4. | Examine recent attempts by municipalities to exert regulatory authority beyond city limits and extraterritorial jurisdiction. Evaluate the current relationship between and possible conflicts related to regulatory authority expressly given to state agencies by the legislature and regulatory authority delegated to home-rule municipalities. (Joint Interim Charge with the House Committee on Land and Resource Management.) | |
5. | Monitor the agencies and programs under the committee's jurisdiction. | |
Committee: | House County Affairs | |
Title: | Interim Report | |
Library Catalog Title: | House Committee on County Affairs, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 2006 : a report to the House of Representatives, 80th Texas Legislature | |
Subjects: | County constables | County government | County jails | County treasurers | Fireworks | Inspector of hides and animals | Jail Standards, Texas Commission on | Land use regulations | Surveyors and surveying | | |
Library Call Number: | L1836.79 C832 | |
Session: | 79th R.S. (2005) | |
Online version: | View report [68 pages File size: 11,008 kb] | |
Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
1. | Examine the advisability and probable impacts of creating a system of graduated ordinance-making authorities for counties with populations over one million based on population densities and unique geographic and environmental needs. | |
2. | Consider whether clarification or revision is needed to state statutes related to dormancy of office provisions and the abolition of local Constitutional offices. | |
3. | Review the penalties and enforcement challenges related to public safety and the sale of fireworks. | |
4. | Study cost drivers of county government functions. | |
5. | Monitor the agencies and programs under the committee's jurisdiction. |
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