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, and a list of upcoming Budget Hearings.
September 24th
House Committee on Elections
Charge: Mobile voting
- "Elections in the Digital World: From Registering to Vote to Finding Your Polling Place, Digital Solutions are Coming Online," State Legislatures, National Conference of State Legislatures, February 2012
- "Bringing the Vote to Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities: A Study of the Benefits and Challenges of Mobile Polling," Election Law Journal, March 2011
Charge: Voter registration
- "Texas' Screwy Election Laws: Voters in Texas Claim Unconventional Residences; Which Cases Amount to Fraud?," Texas Watchdog, September 19, 2012
- "Could College Freshmen Swing the Election?", Business Insider, September 17, 2012
- "Voter Registration Wording Prompts Suit Against the State," New Hampshire Union Leader, September 13, 2012
- Voter ID: State Requirements, National Conference of State Legislatures, updated September 5, 2012
- "Student ID Cards Far From Sure Ticket to the Voting Booth," Center for Public Integrity, August 15, 2012
- Proof of Residence and Wisconsin's New Voter ID Law, Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, September 30, 2011
- Review of State Laws Defining Residency for Voting, National Association of Secretaries of State, October 2008
Charge: Monitor agencies and programs under committee jurisdiction, implementation of 82nd legislation
House Committee on Land & Resource Management
Charge: Texas Private Real Property Rights Preservation Act
- "Court Right to Side With Texas Property Owners," Austin American-Statesman, March 11, 2012
- Texas 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, Texas Public Policy Foundation, July 22, 2010
Charge: Municipal regulatory authority in extraterritorial jurisdictions
- Municipal Regulation of the ETJ, Brown & Hofmeister LLP, August 2012
- Municipal Annexation in Texas, Texas Municipal League, updated March 2012
- "Attorney General Says Hill Country Cities Have Power to Regulate Development on Their Fringes," Austin American-Statesman, March 15, 2010 and Texas Attorney General Opinion GA-0762, March 15, 2010
- Municipal Regulation: Enforcement Within the City Limits and in the ETJ, Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP, 2008
Joint Committee on Public School Finance System
Charge: Public school finance system
- "New School Year Brings More Cuts in State Funding for Schools," Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, September 4, 2012
- "A state property tax for schools - fix or nix?," Texas Taxpayers and Research Association, July 2012
- 2011-12 School Finance Lawsuits, Texas Association of School Boards
September 25th
House Committee on Public Education
Charge: Review of the University Interscholastic League (UIL)
- Constitution and Contest Rules 2012-2013, University Interscholastic League
- 2010-11 Annual Report, University Interscholastic League
- Annual Financial Report, Fiscal Year 2010-2011, University Interscholastic League, August 30, 2011
- Interim Report 2004: A Report to the House of Representatives, 79th Texas Legislature (Charge 5: UIL), House Committee on Public Education, December 8, 2004
- "University Interscholastic League," Handbook of Texas Online, Texas State Historical Association
Senate Committee on Finance
Charge: Budget process - efficiency and transparency
- Following the Money 2012: How the States Rank on Providing Online Access to Government Spending Data, U.S. PIRG, March 14, 2012
- Transparency in State Budgets: A Search for Best Practices and Texas Budget Transparency Profile, The Institute of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois, September 2011
- Promoting State Budget Accountability Through Tax Expenditure Reporting, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, May 2011
- Texas Transparency: Where the Money Goes, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Charge: Cash management - timing of receipts of state revenues and expenditures, short-term and intrafund borrowing, and cash needs for upcoming biennium
- The Fiscal Survey of the States, Spring 2012, National Governors Association and National Association of State Budget Officers, June 12, 2012
- State of Texas Annual Cash Report 2011, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, November 7, 2011
Briefing on Certificates of Obligation
- Certificate of Obligation Act, Texas Local Government Code 271.041 et seq.
Joint Committee on Human Trafficking
Charge: Services for victims of human trafficking
- "Texas Confronts Human Trafficking With Its Own Policies," Governing, August 31, 2012
- 2012 Trafficking in Persons Report, U.S. Department of State, June 19, 2012
- "Sex Traffickers Prove Harder to Catch as They Move Online," Austin American-Statesman, March 14, 2012
- Increasing Awareness and Engagement: Strengthening the National Response to Human Trafficking in the U.S., Polaris Project, 2011
Charge: Services for minor sex trafficking victims
- "Girls 4 Sale," Marie Claire, August 14, 2012
- "Child Sex Trafficking a Huge Problem in Texas and the Nation," San Antonio Express-News, July 17, 2012
- Interim Hearings - Week of June 25, 2012, Legislative Reference Library, June 25, 2012
- Rapid Field Assessment of Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking in Harris and Galveston Counties, Houston Rescue & Restore, August 2011
September 26th
House Committee on Environmental Regulation
Charge: Federal 8-hour ozone standard under the National Ambient Air Quality Standards program and its impact on the State Implementation Plan
- Review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone (Docket ID EPA-HQ-OAR-2005-0172), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Regulations.gov, proposed rules July and October 2007, January 2010
- 2008 Ground-Level Ozone Standards - Letter from Governor Perry to EPA, Region 6 Recommendations and EPA Responses (recommending addition of Wise and Hood Counties to Dallas ozone nonattainment area and Matagorda County to Houston), Governor Rick Perry/EPA Region 6 Administrator Al Armendariz, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, October 31 and December 9, 2011
Charge: Dam safety, impact of HB 2694, 82nd Legislature
- Senate Committee on Natural Resources Interim Report to the 81st Legislature: Dam Safety, Senate Committee on Natural Resources, February 9, 2009
- Dam Safety Program, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
- Dam Safety in the States (laws, regulations, and state contacts) and State Dam Safety Programs, Association of State Dam Safety Officials
Charge: Environmental Protection Agency rules that may impact permits for Texas facilities
- Interactive: Texas vs. the Federal Government (endangerment finding, greenhouse gases, greenhouse gas permitting, cross-state air pollution rule), updated August 30, 2012
- EPA's Approaching Regulatory Avalanche: A Regulatory Spree Unprecedented in U.S. History, Texas Public Policy Foundation, February 6, 2012
Charge: Monitor agencies and programs under the committee's jurisdiction and implementation of legislation by the 82nd Legislature
September 27th
House Committee on State Affairs
Charge: Businesses' interactions with state agencies
- "Get an Edge in the Fight for Government Funds," Dallas Business Journal, June 15, 2012
- "Comptroller Will Audit DPS Contract Procurement Procedures," Austin American-Statesman, April 6, 2012
- "Five Government Procurement Practices That Stifle Innovation," Government Technology, November 8, 2011
- Vendor Guide: How to Do Business With the State of Texas, Texas Comptroller, July 2009
Upcoming Budget Hearings
September 24th
General Land Office and Veterans' Land Board
Higher Education Coordinating Board
Insurance, Department of
Public Community/Junior Colleges
September 25th
Angelo State University
Texas Tech University
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Texas Tech University System
September 26th
Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas
September 27th
Midwestern State University
Texas Woman's University
University of North Texas
University of North Texas - Dallas
University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth
University of North Texas System
