Today's Committee Meetings on the LRL website is a calendar of interim committee hearings with links to agendas. The following may be helpful resources for upcoming hearings.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Senate Committees on Agriculture & Rural Affairs and Natural Resources (Joint Hearing)
Topic: Impact of extreme Texas drought conditions and continuous wildfires
- "Texas Agricultural Drought Losses Reach Record $5.2 Billion" including losses by commodity, AgriLife Today, Texas AgriLife Extension, August 17, 2011
- TSCRA Drought Impact Survey: Executive Summary, Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, August 2011
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations
Topic: Affordable housing after disasters, best practices for emergency short-term and long-term housing
- Safer Homes, Stronger Communities: A Handbook for Reconstruction After Natural Disasters, The World Bank and Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, January 2010
- A Critical Role: Top Ten Policies That States Need to Recover From Disasters, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Business Civil Leadership Center
House Committee on Natural Resources
Topic: Drought, impact on the state water plan, and effectiveness of current drought planning and drought management policies
- Interim Report, 2010: A Report to the House of Representatives, 82nd Texas Legislature (Charges 2 & 3), House Committee on Natural Resources
- Water for Texas 2012 State Water Plan (draft), Texas Water Development Board
- Carolyn Brittin: The TT Interview (Texas Water Development Board official discusses draft of the "Water for Texas 2012 State Water Plan"), Texas Tribune, October 11, 2011
- More Holes to be Filled in the 2012 Draft Texas State Water Plan (Texas Water Solutions blog), Environmental Defense Fund, October 19, 2011
- Water for Texas: Summary of the 2011 Regional Water Plans, Texas Water Development Board, January 2011
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Joint Committee on Oversight of Windstorm Insurance
Topic: Windstorm insurance in this state, including the Texas Department of Insurance and the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association
- "Storm Insurer Remade, but Vocal Critics Remain", Texas Tribune, August 14, 2011
- Texas Windstorm Insurance Association Overview, Texas Department of Insurance, August 15, 2011 (Microsoft PowerPoint presentation)
- Texas Windstorm Insurance: 2011-2012 Legislators' Guide to the Issues, Texas Public Policy Foundation, September 13, 2010
- Residential Insurance on the U.S. Gulf Coast in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, RAND Gulf States Policy Institute, October 20, 2010
