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 3rd
House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence
Charge: Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) enforcement
- Alcohol Impaired/Drunk Driving [includes 50-state statute tables], National Conference of State Legislatures, updated October 2012
- Legisbrief: Impaired Driving and Ignition Interlock Laws, National Conference of State Legislatures, February 2012
- Alcohol-impaired Driving in Texas, Crime Victims Institute, July 2011
- "A Paradigm Shift on First-time Drunk Drivers," Governing, January 2011
- The Implementation of Alcohol Interlocks for First Offenders: a Case Study, Traffic Injury Research Foundation, July 2010
December 6th
House Committee on Government Efficiency & Reform
Charge: Texas Red Tape Challenge
- Texas Red Tape Challenge: Archived Policy Focus Areas, Texas House Government Efficiency & Reform Committee, 2012
- "Citizens Invited to Tackle Red Tape in Texas," The Thicket at State Legislatures, August 21, 2012
December 10th
Senate Committee on State Affairs
Charge: State authority and protection from federal overreach
- State Sovereignty and Nullification Legislation, State Legislation and Actions Challenging Certain Health Reforms, 2011-2012, National Conference of State Legislatures, Updated September 10, 2012
- "Facing Off With the Feds," State Legislatures, National Conference of State Legislatures, February 2010
Charge: Texas Workers' Compensation system
- Dispute resolution process and benefits available from employers that do not subscribe to workers' compensation
- Dispute Resolution for Injured Employees, Texas Department of Insurance – Division of Workers' Compensation, last updated October 15, 2012
- Final Report: Division of Workers' Compensation – Texas Department of Insurance, Office of Injured Employee Counsel, Issue 1 – Dispute Resolution Process, Sunset Advisory Commission, July 2011
- Adequacy of income benefits in the workers' compensation system, specifically on high wage earners receiving the maximum compensation rate
- Workers' Compensation Reform and Return to Work: The California Experience [see chapter 7], RAND Center for Health and Safety in the Workplace, January 2011
- Income Replacement Adequacy in the Texas Workers' Compensation System, Texas Department of Insurance, August 2010
- Fatalities in the Workers' Compensation System, including the amount of death and burial benefits paid to beneficiaries and the Subsequent Injury Fund since 2000
- Appeals Panel Decision Manual – Death Benefits Issues, Texas Department of Insurance – Division of Workers' Compensation, updated August 10, 2011
- "$17 Million in Death Benefits Bypassed Families," Houston Chronicle, May 13, 2007
- Return-to-work numbers and results for injured employees in the Workers' Compensation System that are referred to the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services
- Return-to-Work Outcomes for Texas Injured Employees, Workers' Compensation Research and Evaluation Group, September 30, 2011
- Statistics (see Division for Rehabilitation Services), Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services
- Return to Work/Stay at Work, Texas Department of Insurance – Workers' Compensation
- New Approaches to Providing Vocational Rehabilitation Services to Injured Employees in the Texas Workers' Compensation System (Joint Report to the Legislature), Texas Department of Insurance – Division of Workers' Compensation and Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services, August 2006
- "Court Right to Side With Texas Property Owners," Austin American-Statesman, March 11, 2012
- Private Real Property Rights Preservation Act Guidelines, Texas Attorney General, Revised May 3, 2011
- Regulatory Takings: The Next Step in Protecting Property Rights in Texas (discusses municipal exemption), Texas Public Policy Foundation, July 22, 2010
Charge: Monitor the implementation of legislation, specifically, SB 100, 82nd Regular Session, relating to implementation and impact of the Military Overseas Voter Empowerment (MOVE) Act
- Assessment of the Federal Voting Assistance Program Implementation of the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment (MOVE) Act, U.S. Department of Defense, Office of Inspector General, August 31, 2012
- The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act: Overview and Issues, Congressional Research Service, July 11, 2012
- Democracy From Afar: States Show Progress on Military and Overseas Voting, Pew Center on the States, January 27, 2012
- Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, Annual Report to Congress 2010, U.S. Department of Justice, 2010
- Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, as amended by the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment (MOVE) Act, U.S. Department of Justice
December 11th
House Interim Committee on Response to Federal Sequestration
Topic: Possible actions by Texas in response to federal sequestration
- Impact of the Fiscal Cliff on the States and Texas fact sheet, Pew Center on the States, November 15, 2012
Senate Committee on Economic Development
Charge: Unemployed return to work programs, long-term unemployed, job training
- When Unemployment Insurance Runs Out: An Action Plan to Help America's Long-Term Unemployed, National Employment Law Project, September 6, 2012
- "Is Federal Red Tape Tying Up Innovative Job Programs?," Stateline, May 29, 2012
- "Can Retraining Give the Unemployed a Second Chance?," Business Week, September 14, 2011
- A Year or More: The High Cost of Long-Term Unemployment, Pew Center on the States, April 2010
Charge: Economic benefits of the 25 largest industries in this state, including energy, manufacturing, healthcare, tourism, etc.; economic development incentives for data centers, film incentives, or other specific industry clusters
- Texas Industry Concentrations 2012: Where the State's Key Industries Cluster, Office of the Governor, Economic Development and Tourism, December 2011
- Industry Reports (biotechnology, automotive, aviation, energy, etc.) and Texas Business & Industry Data Center, Office of the Governor, Economic Development and Tourism
Charge: Financing for the Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund
- 2011 Annual Report, 2007-2011 Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund, p. 25, Texas Workforce Commission, August 31, 2011
Charge: Monitor implementation of legislation, including SB 1048, 82nd Legislature, on public-private partnerships
- Public-Private Partnership Guidelines, Texas Facilities Commission, September 1, 2011
