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.
June 5th
House Committee on Ways & Means
Charge: Equity and administrative issues related to the margins tax
- Administrative Issues and the Franchise Tax (Powerpoint presentation), Texas Taxpayers and Research Association, November 2011
- Texas Franchise Tax, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
- Understanding the Texas Franchise — or “Margin”—Tax, Texas Taxpayers and Research Association, October 2011
- Franchise Tax Frequently Asked Questions: Cost of Goods Sold (COGS), Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
- Franchise Tax Frequently Asked Questions: Compensation, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
- Commission Decisions
- State Commission on Judicial Conduct
- State Preservation Board
- Texas Ethics Commission
- Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
- Texas Lottery Commission
- Staff Presentation and Public Testimony on the Texas Criminal Justice Agencies
- Texas Department of Criminal Justice
- Correctional Managed Health Care Committee
- Windham School District
- Board of Pardons and Paroles
June 12th
House Committee on Appropriations - S/C on Article III, House Committee on Higher Education [Joint Hearing]
Charge: Funding, performance, and administration of the state's adult basic education programs
- Adult Basic Education (including purpose, eligibility, performance, funding information, laws and rules), Texas Education Agency, last modified May 16, 2012
- Adult Education in Texas, Percentage by County of Illiterate Adult Texans (2009), Statewide Data on Adult Learners (2009-2010), Texas Center for the Advancement of Literacy & Learning, Texas A&M University
- Building Bridges to Success: An Update on the Action Plan to Transition Adult Basic Education Students Into Postsecondary Education and Training, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, January 31, 2012
June 14th
Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations
Charge: Property tax exemptions for community housing development organizations
- 2012 State of Texas Low Income Housing Plan & Annual Report, Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs, March 2012
- McLennan County Appraisal District v. American Housing Foundation, 343 SW 3d 509 (Tex. App. – Waco, 2011, pet. filed)
- "With New Rules, Housing Board Loses Power," Texas Tribune, May 6, 2012
Charge: Non-profit tax exemptions for local government corporations
- High Plains Saga: An Unsuccessful Attempt at Using Municipal Debt for Private Purpose, Texas City Attorneys Association, October 2011
- "Lessons and Questions Lay in Wake of High Plains Failure," Odessa American, June 12, 2011
- "Republic Power Sues WTMPA, City of Lubbock for $8.9 Million," Lubbock Online, March 6, 2012
Topic: Public Private Partnership proposal review process