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| Committee: | House State Affairs | |
| Title: | Interim Report | |
| Subjects: | Broadband infrastructure | Cable telecommunications providers | Comptroller of Public Accounts campaigns and elections | Computer networks | Computers | Council on Competitive Government | Electric Reliability Council of Texas | Electric utilities | Electricity supplies | Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. | Facilities Commission, Texas | Health and Human Services Commission, Texas | Information Resources, Texas Department of | Mercury | Occupational licenses | Privatization | Public Utility Commission of Texas | Railroad Commission of Texas | Rules and regulations | State agencies | State government contracts | State land | State purchasing | Transboundary pollution | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.82 St29h | |
| Session: | 82nd R.S. (2011) | |
| Online version: | View report [78 pages] | |
| Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
| 1. | Examine the issue of resource adequacy in the Texas electricity market, federal and state interventions in the marketplace that may be negatively impacting future adequacy, and the best way to maintain resource adequacy. | |
| 2. | Examine whether current law ensures broadband provider access to an electric cooperative's utility poles and facilities pursuant to reasonable, cost-based, and nondiscriminatory rates, terms, and conditions. Study methods for improving access to electric cooperative utility poles to reduce unnecessary costs and delays for the delivery of broadband service to Texas consumers. | |
| 3. | Examine areas of potential privatization of state services in an effort to achieve a higher level of service and greater efficiency for Texas taxpayers. (Joint with the House Committee on Government Efficiency & Reform) | |
| 4. | Identify inefficiencies in the regulation of public utilities in order to minimize the cost of regulation to consumers. | |
| 5. | Examine methods of cloud computing technology to streamline agency operations and generate greater efficiencies for more cost-effective operations. (Joint with the House Committee on Technology) | |
| 6. | Examine state agency rulemaking and consider ways to improve procedural efficiencies and public transparency, and to better inform policymakers as to their use, purpose, and cost-effectiveness, including an examination of the financial and other impacts such regulations have on both the license holder and the public. (Joint with the House Committee on Government Efficiency & Reform) | |
| 7. | Monitor the agencies and programs under the committee's jurisdiction, including the implementation of SB 1048 regarding public-private partnerships on state-owned property. | |
| 8. | Study how businesses seeking to provide goods or services to the state interact with state agencies. Consider whether additional procedures are needed to ensure that goods and services obtained by the state are the best value. Determine whether additional disclosure and reporting requirements are necessary to ensure transparency, accountability, and to promote ethical business practices. | |
| Committee: | Senate Intergovernmental Relations | |
| Title: | Interim Report | |
| Library Catalog Title: | Interim report to the 82nd Texas Legislature / Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations. | |
| Subjects: | Comptroller of Public Accounts campaigns and elections | County government | Emergency services districts | Extraterritorial jurisdiction | Homeowners' associations | Hospitals | Housing and Community Affairs, Texas Department of | Land use regulations | Local government consolidation | Municipal annexation | Municipal government | Municipal utility districts | Open government | Physician shortages | Physicians | Property rights | Public improvement districts | Real property | Zoning | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.81 L786 | |
| Session: | 81st R.S. (2009) | |
| Online version: | View report [437 pages File size: 17,266 kb] | |
| Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
| 1. | Study current law governing homeowners associations with respect to ensuring that homeowners are given adequate protections against unfair foreclosures and are given proper channels for redress in case of foreclosure. | |
| 2. | Monitor the proliferation of municipal utility districts (MUDs) outside the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of municipalities and whether increased oversight of these districts by other political subdivisions is needed. Review the process for the creation of municipal utility districts (MUDs) through the template developed during the 81 st Legislative Session, including any changes needed to increase the efficiency and oversight over the creation of proposed districts. Review the process for creating special districts, including whether the creation of a template, similar to the one created for municipal utility districts (MUDs), is feasible and would enable the legislature to more effectively evaluate other proposed special districts during future Sessions. | |
| 3. | Review the process and costs for local governments to make government information available online. Consider ways to encourage local governments to provide more transparency, including the Comptroller's experience with transparency and her offer to assist local governments, and consider penalties for entities that fail to comply with the online requirement. | |
| 4. | Assess ways to facilitate property ownership registration to better enable individuals to participate in federal programs and make recommendations to improve processing times to provide improved access to funds. | |
| 5. | Study the reasons for and the impacts of hospitals directly hiring physicians. Examine practices in other states. Make recommendations, if needed, to permit hospitals to directly hire physicians. | |
| 6. | Review state and local policies related to development and growth in rural and unincorporated regions of the state with regard to annexation and zoning authority. Focus on impacts to private property rights. Determine the appropriateness of existing extraterritorial jurisdiction authority. Make recommendations regarding possible changes to this authority. | |
| 7. | Review the types of support state government can provide to assist local government consolidations with county governments. Evaluate budget implications for city and county government consolidations. Research the appropriateness and cost savings of eliminating duplicity between city and county governments in different regions of the state. | |
| 8. | Review the statutory authority granted to municipal management districts (MMDs) and to emergency service districts (ESDs), the authority of municipalities and counties to create public improvement districts (PIDs). Determine whether the authority granted for each entity is adequate to accomplish the goals of local governments. Assess whether the consolidation of ESDs under one statute would improve uniformity and provision of fire and emergency services through these districts. | |
| 9. | Monitor the implementation oflegislation addressed by the Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations, 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: | House Ways and Means | |
| Title: | Interim Report | |
| Library Catalog Title: | House Committee on Ways & Means, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 2010 : a report to the House of Representatives, 82nd Texas Legislature | |
| Subjects: | Administrative Hearings, State Office of | Appraisal review boards | Business taxes | Cable telecommunications providers | Comptroller of Public Accounts campaigns and elections | Margins tax | Property tax exemptions | Sales tax exemptions | Sales taxes | Satellite communications | State administrative hearings | Tax appraisals | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.81 W368 | |
| Session: | 81st R.S. (2009) | |
| Online version: | View report [128 pages File size: 1,365 kb] | |
| Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
| 1. | Monitor the revised franchise tax and identify changes to simplify the tax and improve compliance and fairness. | |
| 2. | Examine the state's major tax exemptions to determine how the current costs and benefits compare with the original legislative objectives. Make recommendations for adjustments as needed. | |
| 3. | Study methods for improving the quality and uniformity of, and communications to taxpayers about, property tax appraisals. | |
| 4. | Evaluate the impact of the transfer of administrative law judges from the Comptroller's Office to the State Office of Administrative Hearings on the dispute resolution process. | |
| 5. | Study the tax structure as applied to cable versus satellite service to determine if any unfair competition results from state tax policies. | |
| 6. | Monitor the implementation of property tax appraisal and alternative valuation appeal reforms enacted by the 81st Legislature. | |
| 7. | Monitor the agencies and programs under the committee's jurisdiction. | |
| Committee: | Fiscal Survey Committee | |
| Title: | Report | |
| Library Catalog Title: | Report of the Fiscal Survey Committee to the Governor and the Forty-first Legislature. | |
| Subjects: | Accounting | Audits | Comptroller of Public Accounts campaigns and elections | Fiscal management | State budgets | Treasury Department, Texas State | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.40 F52/S.J. of Tex., 41st Leg., 1st C.S. 457 (1929) | |
| Session: | 40th R.S. (1927) | |
| Online version: | View report [34 pages File size: 2,119 kb] | |
| Charge: | This report should address the charge below. | |
| 1. | Make a survey of the systems of accounting and auditing used in all state departments and institutions and activities in connection therewith and all details necessary to make a complete and full report upon all matters and things needed to be done in order to establish a modern, uniform, and safe system of accounting, auditing, and financial accounting of all state departments and institutions. | |
| Committee: | House Heads of State Departments, Investigate | |
| Title: | Majority Report | |
| Library Catalog Title: | Report of Special Committee. | |
| Subjects: | Campaign contributors | Comptroller of Public Accounts campaigns and elections | State employees | | |
| Library Call Number: | H.J. of Tex., 27th Leg., 2nd C.S. 50 (1901) | |
| Session: | 27th R.S. (1901) | |
| Online version: | View report [3 pages File size: 106 kb] | |
| Charge: | This report should address the charge below. | |
| 1. | Investigate whether any State departments have demanded that clerks contribute ten percent of their salaries to the heads of the department and report to the House the findings and recommendations. | |
| Committee: | House Heads of State Departments, Investigate | |
| Title: | Minority Report | |
| Library Catalog Title: | Report of Special Committee. | |
| Subjects: | Campaign contributors | Comptroller of Public Accounts campaigns and elections | State employees | | |
| Library Call Number: | H.J. of Tex., 27th Leg., 2nd C.S. 51 (1901) | |
| Session: | 27th R.S. (1901) | |
| Online version: | View report [4 pages File size: 146 kb] | |
| Charge: | This report should address the charge below. | |
| 1. | Investigate whether any State departments have demanded that clerks contribute ten percent of their salaries to the heads of the department and report to the House the findings and recommendations. | |
| Supporting documents | ||
| Committee: | House Heads of State Departments, Investigate | |
| Title: | Minutes | |
| Library Catalog Title: | Report of Special Committee. | |
| Library Call Number: | H.J. of Tex., 27th Leg., 2nd C.S. 57 (1901) | |
| Session: | 27th R.S. (1901) | |
| Online version: | View document [25 pages File size: 1,584 kb] | |
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