Interim Hearings - Week of May 19th
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.
May 19th Top
Senate Committee on Agriculture, Rural Affairs & Homeland Security
Charge: Ammonium nitrate regulation and insurance
- Chemical Safety Board Ongoing Investigation Emphasizes Lack of Protection for Communities at Risk from Ammonium Nitrate Storage Facilities; Finds Lack of Regulation at All Levels of Government and Statement by CSB Chairperson and Supervisory Investigator on West Fertilizer Accident, U.S. Chemical Safety Board, April 22, 2014
- "Texas Lawmaker Wants to Make Federal Chemical Reports More Useful for Firefighters In The Wake Of Deadly West Explosion, " Dallas Morning News (Investigates Blog), April 15, 2014
- "Texas Remains Wary of Regulation after West," Houston Chronicle, April 11, 2014
- Testimony before the Texas Homeland Security and Public Safety Committee, Office of the Texas State Chemist, April 14, 2014
- Ammonium Nitrate Compliance Guide, Office of the Texas State Chemist
- Ammonium Nitrate in Texas (State Fire Marshal’s Office), Texas Department of Insurance
- Regulation of Fertilizers: Ammonium Nitrate and Anhydrous Ammonia, Congressional Research Service (via Federation of American Scientists), July 31, 2013
Charge: Role of state and local governments in disaster recovery
- "What Federal, State and Local Officials did in Response to the West Disaster," Dallas Morning News, December 14, 2013
- Emergency Management: Recovery, Texas Department of Public Safety
- State & Local Emergency Organizations, Texas Department of Public Safety
House Committees on Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII and Natural Resources (Joint Hearing)
Charge: 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill funds
- "Four years after BP spill, settlement money slowly trickles in," NPR State Impact, April 9, 2014
- "BP spill restoration dollars trickling into Texas," Houston Chronicle, January 10, 2014
- Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Draft Phase III Early Restoration Plan, Draft Programmatic Early Restoration Plan and Environmental Impact Statement, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (proposal for $18.4 million in Texas early restoration projects)
- Gulf Spill Restoration, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
House Committee on Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII
Charge: Progress on reducing the reliance on dedicated accounts for budget certification
- General Revenue-Dedicated Funds Budget, Fiscal Size-Up, 2014-15 Biennium, p. 4, Legislative Budget Board, February 2014
- 83rd Legislature Report on Use of General Revenue & Dedicated Funds, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Revised October 16, 2013
- Interim Report to the 70th Legislature, House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Dedicated and Local Funds, December 1986
- General Revenue-Dedicated Funds, Legislative Budget Board
House Committees on Government Efficiency & Reform and Technology (Joint Hearing)
Charge: Department of Information Resources' Cooperative Contracts
- Cooperative Contracts Program Overview, Texas Department of Information Resources
Charge: Public's accessibility to government services and agencies through the use of mobile applications and online services
- "Mobile apps enable citizen engagement and better service," StateTech Magazine, April 8, 2014
- "NASCIO [National Association of State Chief Information Officers] site puts states' mobile apps in one place," GCN.com, May 16, 2013
- Government in a Mobile World, Center for Technology in Government, October 2011
House Committee on Government Efficiency & Reform
Charge: State agencies using the Texas Workforce Commission's "Work in Texas" website for a more standardized applications process
- "WorkInTexas.com goes mobile," Texas Workforce Commission, September 30, 2013
House Committee on Investments & Financial Services
Charge: Texas home equity laws
- Did home equity restrictions help keep Texas mortgages from going underwater?, Southwest Economy, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Third Quarter 2013
- 2012 Home Equity Lending Report, Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner, December 3, 2012
- Home Equity Loans in Texas: Frequently Asked Questions, Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner
Charge: Intrastate equity crowd funding system in Texas
- “New Washington crowdfunding law could aid startups,” Government Technology, March 14, 2014
- “Crowdfunding: Michigan politicians love it; business community not so sure,” Crain’s Detroit Business, March 14, 2014
- “Brief: Texas Legislature to weigh intrastate crowdfunding exemption,” CrowdFund Insider, February 8, 2014
Charge: Legislative oversight and monitoring of agencies
House Committee on Technology
Charge: Feasibility of an integrated identity management program (IIMP) for state agencies
- State Identity Credential and Access Management (SICAM) Guidance and Roadmap, National Association of State Chief Information Officers, September 2012
House Committee on Elections
Charge: Online voter registration systems
- Online Voter Registration, National Conference of State Legislatures, updated April 21, 2014 (including states with online voter registration, recent action, and NCSL webinar, Online Voter Registration: The Bipartisan Trend in Elections, November 21, 2013)
- Understanding Online Voter Registration (issue brief), Pew Center on the States, January 2014
- Online Voter Registration: Case Studies in Arizona and Washington, Pew Center on the States, March 2010
Charge: Secretary of State study required by HB 3103, 83rd Legislature, R.S., regarding moving the date of the Texas presidential primary election
Charge: Legislative oversight and monitoring of agencies
House Select Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations
House Committee on Investments & Financial Services CANCELLED
