Today's Committee Meetings on the LRL website is a calendar of interim committee hearings with links to agendas. Below are resources related to upcoming Interim Hearings.
November 7th, 8th, and 9th
House Interim Committee on General Revenue Dedicated Accounts
Charge: Examine the growth of constitutionally and statutorily dedicated accounts and their use in the budget, consider recommendations to reduce the state's reliance on such accounts for budget certification, and identify ways to maximize the use of dedicated funds
Specific accounts to be considered include:
5050 9-1-1 Service Fees
5064 Volunteer Fire Department Assistance
5084 Child Abuse Neglect and Prevention Operating
5085 Child Abuse Neglect and Prevention Trust
5111 Designated Trauma Facility and EMS
5137 Regional Trauma
5144 Physician Education Loan Repayment Program
0151 Clean Air
0655 Petroleum Storage Tank Remediation
5000 Solid Waste Disposal Fees
5071 Emissions Reduction Plan
0009 Game, Fish, and Water Safety
5100 System Benefit Fund
- "Straus Calls for End to State Budget-Balancing Maneuver," Austin American-Statesman, July 9, 2012
- Fiscal Size-up 2012-13 Biennium (see General Revenue – Dedicated Funds Budget on p. 8), Legislative Budget Board, January 2012
- Report on Use of General Revenue Dedicated Accounts, 82nd Legislature, Texas Comptroller, last revised September 27, 2011
- Interim Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature (see General Revenue – Dedicated Accounts on p. 10), House Select Committee on Fiscal Stability, December 2010
November 7th
House Committee on Ways & Means
Charge: Tax administration in Texas, including tax appeals and procedural requirements
- Property Tax Basics, 2012 and Property Tax Assistance, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
- Tax Topics: State and Local Finances, Tax Policy Center, Urban Institute and Brookings Institution
- The Best and Worst of Property Tax Administration: Scorecard on State Property Tax Administrative Practices, Council on State Taxation, May 2011
- The Best and Worst of State Tax Administration: COST Scorecard on Tax Appeals & Procedural Requirements, Council on State Taxation, February 2010
November 8th
Joint Select Committee on Economic Development
Charge: State and local economic development policy
- Tax-Related State and Local Economic Development Programs, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, March 2012
- Rethinking the State-Local Relationship: Local Economic Development, Public Policy Institute of California, May 2011
- Economic Development Handbook, Office of Attorney General, 2008
- Local Government: Economic Development Tax Guides and Reports, TexasAhead - Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
- Economic Development, National League of Cities
