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3 Document(s) [ Subject: Mergers and acquisitions ]
Committee: | House Business and Industry | |
Title: | Interim report | |
Library Catalog Title: | House Committee on Business and Industry, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 1998 : a report to the House of Representatives, 76th Texas Legislature. | |
Subjects: | Consumer protection | e-commerce | Employees | Employers | Employment | Internet | Mergers and acquisitions | Telemarketers | Texas Workers' Compensation Insurance Fund | Workers Compensation Commission, Texas | Workers' compensation | | |
Library Call Number: | L1836.75 b964 | |
Session: | 75th R.S. (1997) | |
Online version: | View report [67 pages File size: 3,139 kb] | |
Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
1. | Study the development of commerce on the internet to determine whether existing consumer protection laws are adequate to deal with the present and future issues that may arise. | |
2. | Review consumer protection issues as they pertain to telemarketing. Determine whether the registration of telemarketers may be necessary to provide adequate protection of the public. | |
3. | Study the issues surrounding "truth-in-hiring" legislation. Investigate the possibility of protecting both employees and employers when prospective employers request job references. | |
4. | Review the Texas Free Enterprise and Antitrust Act of 1983. Assess its adequacy in protecting the public interest when mergers and acquisitions occur. | |
5. | Review workers' compensation insurance carriers' payments and denials of medical benefits and supplemental income benefits. Determine whether carries' actions are reasonable and consistent with the overall design of the law. | |
Committee: | House Business and Commerce | |
Title: | Interim report | |
Library Catalog Title: | Interim studies / Business and Commerce Committee. | |
Subjects: | Commerce, Texas Department of | Construction industry | Economic development | General contractors | International trade | Job training programs | Liens | Mergers and acquisitions | Mexico | Privatization | Statutory revision | Tourism | Use taxes | Welfare | Welfare-to-work | | |
Library Call Number: | L1836.70 b964 | |
Session: | 70th R.S. (1987) | |
Online version: | View report [180 pages File size: 5,263 kb] | |
Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
1. | To monitor all activities and to have budget oversight responsibilities for those agencies, boards and commissions as listed in Rule 3, Section 3, including the new Department of Commerce and Strategic Policy Commission. | |
2. | To study the possible revision of Chapter 53, Texas Property Code (Mechanic's Liens). | |
3. | To study all issues relating to economic development and diversification through trade and commercial arrangements between business enterprises in Texas and those in Mexico and other Latin American nations. | |
4. | To study and monitor the effectiveness of the agency consolidations and creation of the Department of Commerce. | |
5. | To study and monitor the Department of Commerce's implementation of the requirements of Article 5 (Small Business Assistance), Article 6 (Business Permit Office), and Article 7 (State and Local Permits) in reducing unnecessary governmental regulatory delays that inhibit the economic development of the state. | |
6. | To study the cost/benefits and potential scope of private contracting for governmental services by the State. | |
7. | To study the effect and feasibility of state legislation governing hostile corporate takeovers of domestic corporations. | |
8. | To study methods by which the results of state recruiting programs of business and industry relocation efforts can be measured in terms of cost-benefit to Texas, including a survey of other states' methods of measuring effectiveness. | |
9. | To study the use of the Hotel-Motel Tax. | |
Committee: | ||
Title: | Interim report | |
Library Catalog Title: | Interim report to the 72nd Texas Legislature / Committee on Business & Commerce. | |
Subjects: | Business loans | Cable telecommunications providers | Job training programs | Mergers and acquisitions | Minority-owned/women-owned businesses | Persons with disabilities | Privatization | Small businesses | | |
Library Call Number: | L1836.71 b964 | |
Session: | () | |
Online version: | View report [38 pages File size: 1,908 kb] | |
Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
1. | To monitor all activities and to have budget oversight responsibilities for the agencies, boards and commissions as listed in Rule 3, Section 3. | |
2. | To study problems associated with the business climate of Texas' inner cities and identify potential solutions. | |
3. | To study trade practices and competition involving the transmission of cable television programming in Texas. | |
4. | To study the Job Training Partnership Act program (joint with the Government Organization Committee). | |
5. | To study competition practices between government entities and private enterprise. | |
6. | To study the implementation of HB 174, 71st Legislature, Regular Session, relating to the regulation of certain telephone services. | |
7. | To study the effect and feasibility of state legislation governing hostile corporate takeovers of domestic corporations. |
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