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.
December 18th
House Interim Committee on Manufacturing, Interim
Topic: Recommendations for the House, invited and public testimony
Senate Committee on Natural Resources
Charge: Texas Emissions Reduction Program and National Ambient Air Quality Standards
- Texas Emissions Reduction Plan Biennial Report (2011-2012): A Report to the 83rd Texas Legislature, Texas Commission on Environmental Equality, December 2012
- Texas Air Quality Status and the Texas Emission Reduction Plan (Powerpoint presentation), Clean Air Through Energy Efficiency Conference, October 10, 2012
- The State Implementation Plan & New EPA Standards and Rules that Impact Texas: Moving Forward (Powerpoint presentation), Lone Star Chapter, Sierra Club, September 26, 2012
- Overview of the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP) (Powerpoint presentation), Legislative Budget Board, July 10, 2012
- TERP Reports and Publications, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
- National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Senate Committee on Transportation
Charge: Panama Canal expansion and Texas' cargo and shipping industry, Houston Ship Channel Security
- "Panama Canal Upgrade To Increase Traffic, But Is Houston Ready, Asks Texas A&M Expert," Maritime Executive, November 20, 2012
- "Texas Highways, Heavy Trucks, and the Panama Canal," Texas Weekly, October 5, 2012
- Potential Effects of the Panama Canal Expansion on the Texas Transportation System, Cambridge Systematics, Inc., October 2011
- Panama Canal Stakeholder Working Group, Texas Department of Transportation
- "'Ring of Steel' Taking Shape at Port," Houston Chronicle, updated November 9, 2012
- Resources and FAQs, Houston Ship Channel Security District
Charge: Oversize and overweight vehicles
- "Why the Legislature May Target Drillers’ Overweight Trucks," StateImpact, November 6, 2012
- Oversize/Overweight Vehicle Permit Fee Study (Rider 36 OS/OW Vehicle Fees Study), Center for Transportation Research at The University of Texas at Austin, October 2012
- Oversize and Overweight Load Permits, Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
Charge: Toll collection and enforcement tools to pursue toll scofflaws
- Mobility Investment Priorities (Rider 42 Reports), Traffic Management Strategies, Electronic Toll Collection Systems, Executive Summary and Technical Information, Texas A&M Transportation Institute, 2012
- "Georgia's State Toller Offers Mobile Phone 'App' for Account Management on Express Lanes," Toll Roads News, January 21, 2012
Charge: Natural gas fueling infrastructure, electric vehicle charging stations and alternative-fueled vehicles
- "TxDOT Launches Natural Gas Pilot Fleet Program," Texas Department of Transportation, November 14, 2012
- "Austin Shop Leading Way in Auto Conversion to Natural Gas," Austin American-Statesman, October 7, 2012
- Transportation Energy for the Future: A Guide for Policymakers (electric vehicles, p. 20), National Conference of State Legislatures, March 2012
- Plugging in to the Electric Car Scene in Texas resource page and Will Electric Cars Strain the Texas Grid?, February 15, 2012, StateImpact, National Public Radio (NPR)
- Electric Vehicle Policies, Fleet, and Infrastructure: Synthesis, Washington State Department of Transportation, November 2011
- One Million Electric Vehicles By 2015: February 2011 Status Report, U.S. Department of Energy, February 2011
Charge: Sunset Advisory Committee recommendations; Proposition 12
- Proposition 12 Project Tracker, Texas Department of Transportation, updated December 3, 2012
- "Texas Releases List of State's Most Congested Roads," Texas Tribune, September 7, 2012
- Mobility Investment Priorities Project: Early Recommendations Report, Texas Transportation Institute, February 2012
- Final Report: Texas Department of Transportation, Sunset Advisory Commission, July 2011
December 19th
- Public Testimony
- Texas Facilities Commission
- Department of Information Resources
- Procurement and Support Services Division of the Comptroller of Public Accounts
- Public Utility Commission of Texas
- Railroad Commission of Texas
- Commission Decisions
- Texas Board of Architectural Examiners
- Texas Education Agency
- Texas Board of Professional Engineers
- Self-Directed Semi-Independent Agency Project Act
December 20th
House Committee on Appropriations
Topic: Program operations and funding considerations at the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas and General Land Office
