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15 Document(s) [ Subject: Tropical storms ]
Committee: | House Agriculture and Livestock | |
Title: | Interim Report | |
Subjects: | Agriculture | Agriculture, Texas Department of | Animal Health Commission, Texas | Bees | Disaster relief | Economic impact | Exotic species | Hemp | Hurricane Harvey | Invasive species | Liens | Monarch butterflies | Natural disasters | Rural economic development | Tropical storms | | |
Library Call Number: | L1836.85 Ag86 | |
Session: | 85th R.S. (2017) | |
Online version: | View report [49 pages] | |
Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
1. | Review the Texas Department of Agriculture's and the Texas Animal Health Commission's role in the response to Hurricane Harvey. Examine the short-term and long-term economic and agricultural impacts to producers in the agriculture and livestock industries in Texas as a result of Harvey. Identify ways to mitigate the impact and prevent substantial losses from Harvey and future natural disasters. | |
2. | Study the Texas olive and olive oil industry. Provide suggestions to improve, promote, and standardize the industry. Examine current policy related to the industry and examine factors such as research, marketing, labeling, standards, data collection, and the necessity of creating a commodity board or similar type of organization. | |
3. | Review the Texas Department of Agriculture's Seed Certification Program and related areas. Consider any benefits or drawbacks to privatizing the program through a nonprofit crop improvement association. | |
4. | Study the effects of declining migratory species, such as the monarch butterfly, as well as native and domesticated bee populations on agricultural production and its economic impact on the state. Identify possible causes of the population changes and monitor national trends. Make recommendations on how to improve and promote monarch butterfly and bee populations and habitats in the state. (Joint charge with the House Committee on Culture, Recreation & Tourism) | |
5. | Identify methods for the early detection of exotic invasive organisms that could threaten the production of agricultural crops, such as cotton, in Texas. | |
6. | Consider the feasibility of developing and implementing a central filing system to be used for the filing of all financing statements that cover farm products being sold and purchased in this state that are subject to an agricultural lien. | |
7. | Evaluate the uses of industrial hemp and the economic feasibility of developing an industrial hemp market under existing or future state and federal regulations. Examine the processing and manufacturing process requirements of multiple bi-products, including feed, food, fiber, cosmetics, supplements, and building materials. | |
8. | Monitor the agencies and programs under the Committee’s jurisdiction and oversee the implementation of relevant legislation passed by the 85th Legislature. | |
Committee: | House Human Services | |
Title: | Interim Report | |
Subjects: | Adoption | Assisted living facilities | Child abuse | Child abuse prevention | Child Protective Services | Early childhood intervention | Emergency management | Family preservation | Foster care | Hurricane Harvey | Long-term care | Managed care | Medicaid | Medicaid program management | Mentally ill persons | Natural disasters | Nursing homes | Pharmaceutical industry | Prescription drugs | State supported living centers | Substance abuse | Tropical storms | | |
Library Call Number: | L1836.85 H88 | |
Session: | 85th R.S. (2017) | |
Online version: | View report [50 pages] | |
Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
1. | Study the impact of Hurricane Harvey and the response to the storm on individuals living in long-term care facilities, assisted living facilities, state supported living centers, licensed community group homes, and children in the foster care system. Identify and recommend necessary solutions to ensure appropriate disaster-related protocols are in place to keep vulnerable Texans protected. Also, identify any challenges state agencies experienced in responding to the storm or during recovery efforts. | |
2. | Review the history and any future roll-out of Medicaid Managed Care in Texas. Determine the impact managed care has had on the quality and cost of care. In the review, determine: initiatives that managed care organizations (MCOs) have implemented to improve quality of care; whether access to care and network adequacy contractual requirements are sufficient; and whether MCOs have improved the coordination of care. Also determine provider and Medicaid participants’ satisfaction within STAR, STAR Health, Star Kids, and STAR+Plus managed care programs. In addition, review the Health and Human Services Commission's (HHSC) oversight of managed care organizations, and make recommendations for any needed improvement. | |
3. | Examine the survey process for nursing facilities to determine any duplication of government regulations. Consider recommendations to reduce duplication while ensuring patient safety is preserved. | |
4. | Review the availability of prevention and early intervention programs and determine their effectiveness in reducing maltreatment of children. In addition, review services available to children emancipating out of foster care, as well as services available to families post-adoption. Determine if current services are adequately providing for children's needs and meeting the objectives of the programs. While reviewing possible system improvements for children, follow the work of the Supreme Court of Texas Children's Commissions' Statewide Collaborative of Trauma-Informed Care to determine how trauma-informed care impacts outcomes for children. | |
5. | Analyze the prevalence of children involved with Child Protective Services (CPS) who have a mental illness and/or a substance use disorder. In addition, analyze the prevalence of children involved with CPS due to their guardian's substance abuse or because of an untreated mental illness. Identify methods to strengthen CPS processes and services, including efforts for family preservation; increasing the number of appropriate placements designed for children with high needs; and ensuring Texas Medicaid is providing access to appropriate and effective behavioral health services. (Joint charge with the House Committee on Public Health) | |
6. | Monitor the HHSC's implementation of Rider 219 in Article II of the General Appropriations Act related to prescription drug benefit administration in Medicaid. Analyze the role of pharmacy benefit managers in Texas Medicaid. | |
7. | Monitor the agencies and programs under the Committee’s jurisdiction and oversee the implementation of relevant legislation passed by the 85th Legislature. In conducting this oversight, the committee will also closely monitor the implementation of H.B. 4 (85R), H.B. 5 (85R), H.B. 7 (85R), and S.B. 11 (85R). | |
Committee: | Joint Coastal Barrier System | |
Title: | Interim Report | |
Subjects: | Coastal protection | Tropical storms | | |
Library Call Number: | L1836.83 C631 | |
Session: | 83rd R.S. (2013) | |
Online version: | View report [16 pages] | |
Charge: | This report should address the charge below. | |
1. | Study the effectiveness of the implementation of the changes in law made by HB 3459, 83 R.S. Study the feasibility and desirability of creating and maintaining a coastal barrier system in this state and of authorizing coastal property owners to grant easements to governmental entities to construct and maintain stabilized dunes. | |
Committee: | House Land and Resource Management | |
Title: | Interim Report | |
Subjects: | Coastal protection | Extraterritorial jurisdiction | General Land Office, Texas | Municipal annexation | Municipalities | Population growth | School Land Board | Tropical storms | Zoning | | |
Library Call Number: | L1836.83 L229 | |
Session: | 83rd R.S. (2013) | |
Online version: | View report [66 pages] | |
Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
1. | Examine population growth in Texas cities and the impact the growth has had on housing, available land resources, city centers, businesses, and the state's economy. Evaluate Texas's preparedness to respond to future growth and ensure economic stability. (Joint charge with the House Committee on Urban Affairs) | |
2. | Study the effectiveness of the implementation of HB 3459, 83rd R.S. and examine the feasibility and desirability of creating and maintaining a coastal barrier system. | |
3. | Study current regulatory authority available to municipalities in their extraterritorial jurisdiction. Examine how citizens are involved in the zoning process, and make necessary recommendations to ensure a proper balance between development activities, municipal regulations, and the effect zoning decisions have on Texas citizens. | |
4. | Examine opportunities to improve the resiliency of the Texas coast to withstand tropical storms. Study strategies to incentivize and encourage hazard mitigation, and consider the current state of building codes and how they might more effectively protect property and reduce losses. Examine the proper role of insurance in protecting the Texas coast. Coordinate as necessary with the joint interim committee created by HB 3459, 83rd R.S.. (Joint charge with the House Committee on Insurance) | |
5. | Conduct legislative oversight and monitoring of the agencies and programs under the committee’s jurisdiction and the implementation of relevant legislation passed by the 83rd Legislature. In conducting this oversight, the committee should: a. consider any reforms to state agencies to make them more responsive to Texas taxpayers and citizens; b. identify issues regarding the agency or its governance that may be appropriate to investigate, improve, remedy, or eliminate; c. determine whether an agency is operating in a transparent and efficient manner; and d. identify opportunities to streamline programs and services while maintaining the mission of the agency and its programs. | |
Committee: | Senate Finance | |
Title: | Interim Report | |
Library Catalog Title: | Interim charge recommendations to the 82nd Legislature | |
Subjects: | Affordable housing | Aging and Disability Services, Texas Department of | Border security | Business taxes | Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas | Disaster relief | Economic stabilization | Federal aid | Highway finance | Hospitals | Mineral rights | Nursing education | Prepaid tuition plans | Property tax exemptions | Property taxes | Rural health care | State budgets | Tax and expenditure limits | Tax appraisals | Tax incentives | Tax revenue | Tobacco taxes | Traffic | Transportation, Texas Department of | Tropical storms | University finance | University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston | | |
Library Call Number: | L1836.81 F49 | |
Session: | 81st R.S. (2009) | |
Online version: | View report [158 pages File size: 7,366 kb] | |
Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
1. | Review and make recommendations regarding existing and future public debt at all levels of government in Texas, including independent school districts, cities, other local governments and the Texas Guaranteed Tuition Plan. | |
2. | Study the impact of recent hurricanes for which a federal disaster declaration was issued on local economies. Examine the basis for the distribution of federal dollars for hurricane cleanup across the state. Review past methods of distribution, including those involving the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs and the Office of Rural Community Affairs. Develop policy and statutory recommendations to ensure that the system of distribution is effective to address needs of the various regions of the state in the event of future disasters. Provide effective budget oversight of state agencies that received appropriations as a result of hurricane damage. Examine the rebuilding of University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and the collection and proper deposit of federal reimbursements. | |
3. | Review the effect that Texas Business Tax credits, such as a research and development credit, have on economic development in Texas. Determine whether the costs of various tax credits would be adequately offset by the net increase in state sales tax and other revenues and jobs produced by each credit. Focus on businesses relocating to or from the State of Texas, the impact on the tax base, employment, and the overall economic condition of the state. | |
4. | Identify and evaluate potential improvements to the property tax system. Consider and make recommendations relating to the following:
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5. | Examine the Texas Tomorrow Fund and its impact on institutions of higher education. Assess current and future costs, the ability of institutions to absorb the costs, and make recommendations for ensuring a sound fiscal approach to managing the fund for the future. | |
6. | Study the impact of changing the constitutional and statutory spending limit based on the sum of the rate of population growth and the rate of inflation. Examine what past biennial spending limits would have been, and what the next biennium's limit might be, under a new definition. Consider the impact of exempting growth from federally mandated programs. | |
7. | Study and make recommendations regarding formula funding and its impact on the cost of attendance and methods of financing higher education institutions, including funding differences for pharmacy and nursing programs; research funding; performance funding; and funding for institutions that face capacity student enrollment. Specifically address the following:
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8. | Review the capacity of rural hospitals, rural hospital infrastructure, and the statewide impact of services provided by rural hospitals. Make recommendations for funding options to help communities that do not have adequate resources to replace aging infrastructure and consider the creation ofa rural hospital infrastructure support program similar to the courthouse preservations fund. | |
9. | Examine transportation funding concepts contained in legislation considered during the 81 st Legislature, Regular and Special Sessions. Analyze options and make recommendations relating to historical funding strategies, including prioritization of existing revenues, as well as alternative state and local transportation funding concepts. (Joint charge with Senate Transportation and Homeland Security Committee)
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10. | Monitor the implementation of legislation addressed by the Senate Committee on Finance, 81 st Legislature, Regular and Called Sessions, and make recommendations for any legislation needed to improve, enhance, and/or complete implementation. Specifically, monitor the following:
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Committee: | Senate Transportation and Homeland Security | |
Title: | Interim Report | |
Library Catalog Title: | The Senate Committee on Transportation and Homeland Security interim report to the 82nd Legislature. | |
Subjects: | Air quality | Driver licenses | Driver Responsibility Program | Drug trafficking | Drug-related crimes | Emergency management | Environmental permits | Environmental protection | Gangs | Highway finance | Homeland security | Metropolitan Planning Organizations | Outsourcing | Regional mobility authorities | Semi-trailer trucks | Tax increment reinvestment zones | Toll roads | Traffic | Transportation | Transportation, Texas Department of | Tropical storms | Uninsured motorists | Vehicle pollution | | |
Library Call Number: | L1836.81 In5hs | |
Session: | 81st R.S. (2009) | |
Online version: | View report [56 pages File size: 2,085 kb] | |
Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
1. | Recommend ways to maximize the contribution of alternative transportation modes and evaluate what impacts they have on congestion and air quality. Identify statutory barriers to reducing transportation's impact on air quality and preventing any restrictions on or loss of federal funds due to air quality. Study the incidence of fraudulent automotive emissions certifications in the state and recommend changes in enforcement which will increase the effectiveness of state emissions regulation and assist in attainment of federal air quality standards. | |
2. | Review and make recommendations relating to the Texas Department of Transportation's organizational structure and working relationship with local governments, Metropolitan Planning Organizations, Regional Tolling Authorities and Regional Mobility Authorities. | |
3. | Recommend improvements to homeland security, including the state's infrastructure and housing recovery operations. Make recommendations for incorporating best practices and addressing any gaps in existing procedures, and disaster preparation and response, including volunteer involvement, evacuation and sheltering and trauma care, and communications interoperability. | |
4. | Examine the public policy implications of Comprehensive Development Agreements (CDAs) and recommend whether they should be reauthorized to construct specific roadways. | |
5. | Explore the policy implications of transportation reinvestment zones funded by state sales and use taxes as an alternative to public financing of transportation projects. | |
6. | Examine transportation funding concepts contained in legislation considered during the 81st Legislature, Regular and Special Sessions. Analyze options and make recommendations relating to historical funding strategies including prioritization of existing revenues, as well as alternative state and local transportation funding concepts. (Joint charge with Senate Finance Committee)
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7. | Study and make recommendations to expedite the environmental review process for transportation projects. | |
8. | Evaluate the Texas Department of Transportation's policy for permitting overweight vehicles and recommend ways to ensure overweight vehicles do not cause significant damage to the State's roadways and bridges. Examine the limited operation hours and staffing of highway weight stations across the state and consider whether expanded operations or other alternatives would improve compliance with weight restrictions. | |
9. | Review the 100 most congested roadway segments and determine if alternative congestion relief modes have been identified to relieve segments in areas where the addition of lanes is not possible. For example, review whether TxDOT and MPOs consider instituting park & rides and encouraging employee flex times to relieve congested roadway segments. | |
10. | Evaluate outsourcing at the Texas Department of Transportation, including, but not limited to, engineering services and aerial mapping. | |
11. | Review the possible increase in number of unlicensed and uninsured drivers resulting from license suspensions or indigence resulting drivers' inability to pay Driver Responsibility surcharges in light of new Department of Public Safety rules. | |
12. | Study and make recommendations for legislation to inform Texans about best practices for hurricane preparation, response, and recovery, including information about basic state operations and pre-designated locations for PODs (Points of Distribution) across the state. Establish procedures and penalties for noncompliance by local jurisdictions that hinder response and recovery efforts. | |
13. | Monitor the implementation of legislation addressed by the Senate Committee on Transportation & Homeland Security, 81st Legislature, Regular and Called Sessions, and make recommendations for any legislation needed to improve, enhance, and/or complete implementation.
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Committee: | Senate Business and Commerce | |
Title: | Interim Report - Developing Building Codes for Coastal Properties | |
Library Catalog Title: | Developing building codes for coastal properties : interim report to the 81st Texas Legislature | |
Subjects: | Building codes | Gulf Coast | Tropical storms | | |
Library Call Number: | L1836.80 B963c | |
Session: | 80th R.S. (2007) | |
Online version: | View report [115 pages File size: 27,859 kb] | |
Charge: | This report should address the charge below. | |
1. | Study the advantages and disadvantages of developing a building code specific to coastal properties in order to mitigate hurricane damage. Focus on avoiding catastrophic losses of property during a major storm. Specifically, consider Florida's building code, which applies to the designation of Enhanced Hurricane Protection Areas (EHPAs) that meet specific criteria to provide shelter and protection for up to eight hours following a catastrophic event. | |
Committee: | Senate Natural Resources | |
Title: | Interim Report - Analysis of State Natural Disaster Efforts | |
Library Catalog Title: | The Senate Interim Committee on Natural Resources interim report to the 78th Legislature : analysis of state natural disaster efforts. | |
Subjects: | Emergency Management, Texas Division of | Flooding | Land use regulations | Liability | Natural disasters | Population growth | Property rights | Tropical storms | | |
Library Call Number: | L1836.77 n219d | |
Session: | 77th R.S. (2001) | |
Online version: | View report [114 pages File size: 1,394 kb] | |
Charge: | This report should address the charge below. | |
1. | Study and evaluate the state's ability to respond to natural disasters, such as hurricanes, tropical storms, coastal flooding and flooding along the state's river basins; assess the extent to which population growth and land use along the coast and the river basins has increased the state's vulnerability to such hazards. The Committee shall make recommendations on the state's flood mitigation program and state coordination with the federal government and political subdivisions of the state. | |
Committee: | House Insurance | |
Title: | Interim report | |
Library Catalog Title: | Interim report of the Insurance Committee, Texas House of Representatives, 68th Legislature. | |
Subjects: | Consumer protection | Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act | Fire prevention | Firefighters | Health insurance | Insurance industry | Insurance rates | Property insurance | Rural issues | State buildings | State mandates | Texas Catastrophic Property Insurance Association | Tropical storms | Vehicle insurance | | |
Library Call Number: | L1836.68 in7 | |
Session: | 68th R.S. (1983) | |
Online version: | View report [255 pages File size: 7,620 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 16. | |
2. | To monitor the study being conducted by the State Board of insurance pursuant to HCR 213, 68th R.S., relating to the advantages and disadvantages of the various forms of property/casualty rate making and policy form implementation. | |
3. | To study mandated coverages in the health insurance field and recommend a coherent policy of state mandated coverages. Examine effects of mandated coverages on rates and premiums as well as the impact of utilization and adverse selection when coverages are mandated. | |
4. | To study advantages and disadvantages of alternative methods of marketing and underwriting uninsured and underinsured motorists coverage currently found in other states and their possible application in Texas, including proposals by which underinsured motorists coverage could be offered without the requirement that benefits be reduced by the amount of the other party's liability coverage. | |
5. | To study the fire record credit system as it currently affects the costs of every fire and commercial multiperil insurance policy in this state; to determine whether the provision of debits or credits based on fire loss experience has had its desired effect of enhancing fire prevention and protection; and to determine whether these desired goals could be achieved in a more equitable or less administratively burdensome manner. | |
6. | To conduct a study to determine if current Texas law regulating unfair and deceptive trade practices in the business of insurance achieves its desired goals of enhancing consumer protection and full disclosure of insurance information without unfairly punishing persons involved in the business of insurance for innocent acts, and to conduct a survey of other state laws to ascertain the advantages and disadvantages of other states' attempts to provide fair and effective consumer protection in the business of insurance. | |
7. | To study advantages and disadvantages of support for volunteer fire departments through a surcharge on insurance premiums in rural areas. | |
8. | To study advantages and disadvantages of a state self-insurance program to provide funds to replace state property and buildings in case of fire or other disasters. | |
9. | To study the impact of Hurricane Alicia on the insurance industry in Texas. Consider the issues of solvency, prices, and availability of windstorm insurance in the storm area. Also study the effectiveness of operation of the Texas Catastrophe Property Insurance Association. | |
Committee: | Joint Texas Coastal and Marine Council | |
Title: | Interim Report - Hurricane resistant building standards and natural hazards | |
Library Catalog Title: | Hurricane resistant building standards and natural hazards. | |
Subjects: | Building codes | Natural disasters | Tropical storms | | |
Library Call Number: | M300.5 h942 | |
Session: | 64th R.S. (1975) | |
Online version: | View report [18 pages File size: 1,328 kb] | |
Charge: | This report should address the charge below. | |
1. | Develop model minimum building standards for high-risk areas along the Texas coast that are particularly susceptible to damage by hurricanes and other natural processes. The principal responsibility for development of such model minimum standards shall rest with the Texas Coastal and Marine Council in cooperation with the Texas Engineering Extension Service, the Division of Disaster Emergency Services and the Bureau of Economic Geology; in performing the duties called for in this Resolution, the responsible agencies shall cooperate and coordinate with local governments, other state agencies, federal agencies, educational institutions, building groups, and any other appropriate persons; agencies and political subdivisions of the state are directed to cooperate with, and upon the request of the council, shall furnish, within the limits of their respective facilities, such data reports, and other information as may be required to fulfill the purposes of this Resolution. The responsible agencies shall consider: (a) the nature and extent of natural processes and forces associated with hurricanes including, but not limited to , wind surge tides, scour, and aftermath flooding; (b) the degree of exposure and susceptibility to destructive forces; (c) the structure and foundation design and construction practices that reduce vulnerability; (d) the levels of acceptable risks associated with protection of lives and mitigation of property damages; (e) the impact on insurance availability and cost; (f) the economic and financial implications; (g) the enforcement aspects; (h) the current activities which may increase the risk to life and property from natural forces and hazards; (i) the esthetic and environmental considerations; and (j) any other matters the responsible agencies deem appropriate. | |
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Committee: | Joint Texas Coastal and Marine Council | |
Title: | Model minimum hurricane resistant building standards for the Texas Gulf Coast | |
Library Catalog Title: | Model minimum hurricane resistant building standards for the Texas Gulf Coast. | |
Library Call Number: | M300.5 m72 | |
Session: | 64th R.S. (1975) | |
Committee: | Joint Texas Coastal and Marine Council | |
Title: | Pictoral atlas of Texas coastal hazards | |
Library Catalog Title: | Pictoral atlas of Texas coastal hazards. | |
Library Call Number: | M300.8 p589 | |
Session: | 64th R.S. (1975) | |
Committee: | Senate Aransas Pass Hurricane Damage | |
Title: | Report | |
Library Catalog Title: | Special Committee Report | |
Subjects: | Port Aransas, Texas | Tropical storms | | |
Library Call Number: | S.J. of Tex., 43rd Leg., 1st C.S. 82 (1933) | |
Session: | 43rd R.S. (1933) | |
Online version: | View report [3 pages File size: 91 kb] | |
Charge: | This report should address the charge below. | |
1. | Go to Aransas Pass to assess damage caused by hurricane of September 4-5, 1933. * | |
Committee: | Senate Rio Grande Valley Hurricane Damage | |
Title: | Report | |
Library Catalog Title: | Special Committee Report | |
Subjects: | Rio Grande Valley | Tropical storms | | |
Library Call Number: | S.J. of Tex., 43rd Leg., 1st C.S. 125 (1933) | |
Session: | 43rd R.S. (1933) | |
Online version: | View report [3 pages File size: 146 kb] | |
Charge: | This report should address the charge below. | |
1. | Go to the Rio Grande Valley counties of Hidalgo, Cameron, and Willacy and to Aransas Pass to assess damage caused by hurricane of September 4-5, 1933. * | |
Committee: | Joint Visit Storm Stricken District of Texas Coast | |
Title: | Report | |
Library Catalog Title: | Report of special legislative committee. | |
Subjects: | Disaster relief | Tropical storms | | |
Library Call Number: | S.J. of Tex., 27th Leg., R.S. 482 (1901) | |
Session: | 27th R.S. (1901) | |
Online version: | View report [45 pages File size: 3,247 kb] | |
Charge: | This report should address the charge below. | |
1. | Investigate into the condition of the people residing in the district damaged by the storm on September 8, 1900, and investigate the method and manner of relief funds received by various committees in said section. * |
* This represents an abstract of the report contents. Charge text is incomplete or unavailable.
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