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13 Document(s) [ Subject: Attorney General of Texas ]

Committee: House Pensions, Investments, and Financial Services
Title: Interim Report
Subjects: Attorney General of Texas | Consumer credit and debt | Consumer Credit Commissioner, Office of | Consumer protection | Employees Retirement System of Texas | Investment of public funds | Pension liabilities | Private retirement systems | Public retirement systems | Small businesses | Teacher health insurance | Teacher Retirement System of Texas |
Library Call Number: L1836.86 P387
Session: 86th R.S. (2019)
Online version: View report [42 pages  File size: 2,254 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 1442, which is the sunset bill for the Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner (OCCC). The legislation contains provisions relating to the regulation of online lenders. Monitor the OCCC's rules regulating the online lending industry.
  • HB 2945, which relates to consumer protection against credit card skimmers. Monitor the Office of the Attorney General’s (OAG) rules, polices, and procedures regulating the payment terminals on motor fuel dispensers and credit card skimmer violations. Examine the process by which the OAG creates, manages, and utilizes the payment fraud fusion center.
  • SB 322, which relates to the evaluation and reporting of investment practices and performances of certain public retirement systems. Examine the process by which state agencies and public retirement systems collaborate on, plan, and implement the structure necessary to perform these evaluations.
  • SB 2224, which relates to requiring a public retirement system to adopt a written funding policy. Examine the process by which state agencies and public retirement systems collaborate on, plan, and implement the structure necessary to create sound and practical funding policies.
2. Monitor the Teacher Retirement System's (TRS) actions in implementing high deductible regional plans for certain school districts interested in providing alternatives to the current TRS Active Care options.
3. Study pension plan and personal retirement savings options for small businesses in order to be competitive with state and larger employers.
4. Review and evaluate the actuarial soundness of the Employees Retirement System and TRSpension funds. Examine the cost of and potential strategies for achieving and maintaining the actuarial soundness of the funds. Examine the effect the unfunded liabilities could have on the state's credit. Examine the state's investment policies and practices, including investment objectives, targets, disclosure policies, and transparency. (Joint charge with the House Committee on Appropriations)
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: Senate State Affairs
Title: Interim Report
Subjects: Abortion | Attorney General of Texas | Court costs and fees | Emergency communications | Emergency management | Evacuation routes | Fees | Freedom of religion | Freedom of speech | Gun control | Higher education | Human trafficking | Natural disasters | Penalties and sentences (Criminal justice) | Price gouging | Public retirement systems | Theft |
Library Call Number: L1836.85 ST29a
Session: 85th R.S. (2017)
Online version: View report [71 pages]
Charges: This report should address the charges below.
1. Review the interaction between federal, state, and local agencies in charge of responding to natural disasters. Examine emergency situation operations, including evacuation routes and procedures, and the efficient use of Disaster Recovery Centers. Make recommendations to ensure emergency management officials have the tools and authority necessary to promptly and appropriately respond to disaster areas and alert citizens to potential threats.
2. Study and make recommendations on the benefit of the state maintaining a single, web-based source of comprehensive information that outlines the State Emergency Operations during times of disaster.
3. Review the Attorney General's efforts related to price-gouging and identify existing issues with current law, if any, that could be remedied to further protect Texans during times of disaster.
4. Review laws related to looting crimes. Examine whether current penalties and enhancements are sufficient to deter looting crimes during a disaster.
5. Second Amendment: Review local ordinances imposed on sellers and venues that affect a person's rights under the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution. Examine state and local regulations and restrictions regarding the carrying of weapons during a natural disaster. Make recommendations on whether any legislation is needed to address the regulatory barriers to the full exercise of the Second Amendment rights of citizens.
6. Pensions: Examine and assess public pension systems in Texas. Specifically, review and assess (1) the different types of retirement plans; (2) the actuarial assumptions used by retirement systems to value their liabilities and the consequences of amending those assumptions; (3) retirement systems' investment practices and performance; and (4) the adequacy of financial disclosures including asset returns and fees. Make recommendations to ensure public pension system retirees' benefits are preserved and protected.
7. Attorney General Jurisdiction: Examine the Attorney General's jurisdiction on issues of alleged violations of state laws regarding abortion and multi -jurisdictional human trafficking cases. Make recommendations to ensure uniform enforcement across the state.
8. Court Fees: Examine the structure of court fees and make recommendations to ensure statutory filing fees and court costs are appropriate and justified. Provide reeommendations for proper agency oversight of fee collection.
9. Campus Free Speech: Ascertain any restrictions on Freedom of Speech rights that Texas students face in expressing their views on campus along with freedoms of the press, religion, and assembly. Recommend policy changes that protect First Amendment rights and enhance the free speech environment on campus.
10. Religious Liberty: Monitor the implementation of legislation that protects citizens' religious freedoms, including Senate Bill 24 (sermon safeguard) and House Bill 555 (religious liberty of county clerks), and make recommendations for any legislation needed to ensure that citizens' religious freedoms are not eroded by local ordinances or state or federal law.
11. Monitoring: Monitor the implementation of legislation addressed by the Senate Committee on State Affairs, 85th R.S., and make recommendations for any legislation needed to improve, enhance, and/ or complete implementation. Specifically, monitor the following: Implementation of Senate Bill 2190, relating to the public retirement systems of certain municipalities; • Implementation of House Bill 3158, relating to the retirement systems for and the provision of other benefits to police and firefighters in certain municipalities; • Implementation of House Bill 3976, relating to the administration of and benefits payable under the Texas Public School Retired Employees Group Benefits Act; and • Implementation of Senate Bill 16, relating to decreasing the fee for the issuance of a license to carry a handgun.
Committee: House Juvenile Justice and Family Issues
Title: Interim report
Library Catalog Title: House Committee on Juvenile Justice and Family Issues, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 2000 : a report to the House of Representatives, 77th Texas Legislature.
Subjects: Attorney General of Texas | Child custody | Child support | Community property | Criminal Justice Policy Council | Juvenile justice alternative education programs | Juvenile Probation Commission, Texas | Kidnapping | Progressive sanctions (Criminal justice) | Protective and Regulatory Services, Texas Department of | Visitation rights | Youth Commission, Texas |
Library Call Number: L1836.76 j987
Session: 76th R.S. (1999)
Online version: View report [60 pages  File size: 2,040 kb]
Charges: This report should address the charges below.
1. Review current laws relating to parental abduction.
2. Review the Texas community property system, including constitutional and statutory provisions in Title 1, Family Code.
3. Review child support visitation guidelines as required by the federal government.
4. Conduct active oversight of the agencies under the committee's jurisdiction, including the child support enforcement program and recent law changes affecting the Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services.
Committee: Joint Long-Term Care, Legislative Oversight
Title: Interim report
Library Catalog Title: Long Term Care Legislative Oversight Committee interim report.
Subjects: Attorney General of Texas | Human Services, Texas Department of | Long-term care | Long-term care insurance | Medicaid | Medical reimbursements | Nursing homes | Quality of care |
Library Call Number: L1836.75 l854r
Session: 75th R.S. (1997)
Online version: View report [81 pages  File size: 3,789 kb]
Charges: This report should address the charges below.
1. Identify significant problems in the nursing facility regulatory system and make recommendations for legislation action.
2. Analyze and monitor the effectiveness and efficiency of the nursing facility regulatory system of Texas and make recommendations for any necessary research or legislative action.
3. Review specific recommendations for legislation proposed by the Department of Human Services or the attorney General relating to nursing facility rules and regulations and other long-term care issues.
4. Analyze the continuum of care of long term services available to Texans and make recommendations for legislative action.
Committee: Senate International Relations, Trade and Technology
Title: Interim report
Library Catalog Title: Committee interim report : a report to the 75th Legislature.
Subjects: Affordable housing | Attorney General of Texas | Border economy | Border environment | Border health | Border issues | Border transportation | Colonias | Consumer credit and debt | Contracts for deed | Housing and Community Affairs, Texas Department of | International trade | Mortgages | North American Free Trade Agreement | Private activity bonds | Real estate development | Sewer service | Wastewater management | Water Development Board, Texas | Water supplies |
Library Call Number: L1836.74 in9
Session: 74th R.S. (1995)
Online version: View report [173 pages  File size: 11,680 kb]
Charges: This report should address the charges below.
1. Monitor the enforcement of HB 1001, 74th R.S., the colonias bill, and identify any provisions that need to be clarified or strengthened.
2. Assess the progress of the Texas Water Development Board's "economically distressed areas program" with regards to the number of applications received and the number of water and waste water projects actually implemented in the colonias.
3. Assess the effect of NAFTA on Texas' infrastructure including transportation, housing, education and the environment, with special attention to its impact along the Texas/Mexico border.
4. Monitor implementation of, and make recommendations for any needed changes in, legislation passed by the 74th Legislature to address the problems of colonias, specifically SB 336, 74th R.S., SB 1509, 74th R.S., and HB 2726, 74th R.S..
5. Study and make recommendations regarding methods and programs to expand international trade, with particular focus on the use of technology.
Committee: House Land and Resource Management
Title: Interim report
Library Catalog Title: Committee on Land and Resource Management, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 1996 : a report to the House of Representatives, 75th Texas Legislature.
Subjects: Attorney General of Texas | Beaches | Coastal erosion | Coastal protection | Eminent domain | General Land Office, Texas | Houseboats | Oil spills | Property rights |
Library Call Number: L1836.74 l229
Session: 74th R.S. (1995)
Online version: View report [202 pages  File size: 9,054 kb]
Charges: This report should address the charges below.
1. Monitor the implementation of SB 14, 74th R.S., (Private Real Property Rights Preservation Act) and study the effect of the Attorney General's takings impact assessment guidelines.
2. Conduct active oversight of agencies under the committee's jurisdiction including a monitoring of the effects of legislation on the Coastal Coordination Board, the Coastal Zone Management Act and on the development and implementation of the Coastal Management Program.
Committee: House Judiciary
Title: Interim report
Library Catalog Title: To the speaker and members of the Texas House of Representatives, 69th Legislature : report of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, state of Texas, 68th Legislature.
Subjects: Alternative dispute resolution | Attorney General of Texas | Damage awards | Divorce | Interest rates | Juvenile justice system | Law Examiners, Texas Board of | State Bar of Texas | Statutory revision |
Library Call Number: L1836.68 j898
Session: 68th R.S. (1983)
Online version: View report [115 pages  File size: 3,481 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 18.
2. To study the necessity and desirability of revising Title 3 of the Family Code to conform with the federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act.
3. To study the adversarial system of adjudicating divorce and related issues, and possible available alternatives to that system.
4. To study the organization, administration, and procedures of the Office of the Attorney General.
5. To study the funding, procedures, and processes of the Board of Law Examiners, and a review of the qualifications necessary for admittance to the State Bar.
6. To study the necessity and desirability of allowing prejudgment interest in civil suits.
Committee: House Judicial Affairs
Title: Interim Report
Library Catalog Title: Interim report of the Committee on Judicial Affairs, Texas House of Representatives, 64th Legislature : to the Speaker and Members of the Texas House of Representatives, 65th Legislature.
Subjects: Attorney General of Texas | Damage award caps | Environmental crimes | Environmental laws and regulations | Medical liability insurance |
Library Call Number: L1836.64 j897
Session: 64th R.S. (1975)
Online version: View report [93 pages  File size: 2,513 kb]
Charges: This report should address the charges below.
1. Continue study of the propriety of granting to the Attorney General independent authority to sue to enforce environmental law.
2. Study all aspects of the problems involving medical malpractice suits.
3. Review the operations of all state agencies assigned to the committee for appropriative purposed. *
Committee: House State Affairs
Title: Report
Library Catalog Title: Report of the Committee on State Affairs.
Subjects: Attorney General of Texas | Financial investments | Government ethics | Secretary of State, Texas |
Library Call Number: H.J. of Tex., 41st Leg., 1st C.S., 688 (1929)
Session: 41st R.S. (1929)
Online version: View report [29 pages  File size: 1,347 kb]
Charge: This report should address the charge below.
1. Investigate charges in letter by C.D. Neff in which he alleges that certain state officials were incompetently and unfairly administering the Blue Sky Law.
Committee: Joint Central Investigating Committee
Title: Report
Library Catalog Title: Report
Subjects: Agriculture, Texas Department of | Attorney General of Texas | Bachelor's degrees | Comptroller of Public Accounts, Texas | Courts | East Texas A&M University | Education Agency, Texas | General Land Office, Texas | Higher education | Highway Department, Texas State | Investment of public funds | Juvenile detention facilities | Legislative staff | Library & Archives Commission, Texas State | Office of the Governor | Prairie View A&M University | Prison farms | Prison labor | Prisons | Quarantines | Rabies | Railroad Commission of Texas | Sam Houston State University | Secretary of State, Texas | State agencies | State agency budgets | State land | State purchasing | Tarleton State University | Tax administration | Teacher training | Texas A&M University | Texas State University | Texas Woman's University | Treasury Department, Texas State | University of North Texas at Denton | University of Texas at Austin | University of Texas at El Paso | University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston | Veterinary Medical Examiners, Texas State Board of | West Texas A&M University |
Library Call Number: L1836.35 In8r / H.J. of Tex., 35th Leg., 4th C.S. 228 (1918)
Session: 35th R.S. (1917)
Online version: View report [58 pages]
Charge: This report should address the charge below.
1. To make a through investigation into the affairs of all departments of the state and every state institution. *
Committee: Senate Attorney General's Department, Investigate
Title: Majority report
Library Catalog Title: Report of Investigating Committee of Attorney General's Department.
Subjects: Attorney General of Texas |
Library Call Number: S.J. of Tex., 33rd Leg., R.S. 262 (1913)
Session: 33rd R.S. (1913)
Online version: View report [17 pages  File size: 861 kb]
Charge: This report should address the charge below.
1. Investigate the Attorney General's Department and all of the department's employees. *
Committee: Senate Attorney General's Department, Investigate
Title: Minority report
Library Catalog Title: Report of Investigating Committee of Attorney General's Department.
Subjects: Attorney General of Texas |
Library Call Number: S.J. of Tex., 33rd Leg., R.S. 273 (1913)
Session: 33rd R.S. (1913)
Online version: View report [8 pages  File size: 338 kb]
Charge: This report should address the charge below.
1. Investigate the Attorney General's Department and all of the department's employees. *
Committee: House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Attorney General's Department
Title: Report
Library Catalog Title: Report of Committee to Visit Attorney General's Department.
Subjects: Attorney General of Texas |
Library Call Number: H.J. of Tex., 32nd Leg., R.S. 760 (1911)
Session: 32nd R.S. (1911)
Online version: View report [4 pages  File size: 141 kb]
Charge: This report should address the charge below.
1. Visit the Attorney General's Department.

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

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