Interim Hearings – Week of January 18
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.
January 20
House Committee on Higher Education
Charge: Legislative oversight and monitoring of state agencies; new higher education strategic plan, 60x30TX
- 60x30TX: Texas Higher Education Strategic Plan: 2015-2030, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, July 23, 2015
- Texas Higher Education Data, Policymakers (reports on higher education topics, including graduation rates, tuition and fees, degrees, and enrollment), Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Topic: Expansion of educational offerings and programs
House Committee on Urban Affairs
Charge 2: Cities' cybersecurity policy
- "San Diego Now Has a Cybersecurity Squad," Tribune News Service, Governing, October 14, 2015
- "San Antonio City Councilman Calls for Municipal Cybersecurity Plan," San Antonio Business Journal, October 1, 2015
- Interim Report to the 84th Legislature (Charge 3 - Integrated Identity Management Program), House Committee on Technology, December 2014
- Interim Report (Charge 3 - Cybersecurity of state agencies), Senate Committee on Government Organization, December 2014
- Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity (in response to Executive Order 13636), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Cybersecurity Framework, February 12, 2014
- Executive Order 13636 - Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, President Barack Obama, The White House, February 12, 2013
- Building a More Secure And Prosperous Texas : A Report, Texas Cybersecurity, Education, and Economic Development Council, December 1, 2012
House Select Committee on Transportation Planning
Topics:
Update from TxDOT working group on project selection criteria, rules and policies for project prioritization and selection, and funding categories (TxDOT)
- HB 20 - Initial Report: Revenue Projections, Funding Categories & Allocations, Performance-based Decision Making, Texas Department of Transportation, September 1, 2015
- 84th Legislature 2015: Mapping for the Future (HB 20: TxDot Planning Processes), Texas Department of Transportation, 2015
- Program Allocation and Project Selection, Texas Department of Transportation
What the latest Federal reauthorization bill means to Texas (TxDOT)
- Fast Act: The Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
- Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act or "FAST Act" (Funding Tables), Federal Highway Administration, December 17, 2015
- Federal Affairs Update (Presentation), Texas Department of Transportation , December 17, 2015
Comptroller estimates regarding both Proposition 1 and Proposition 7 funding for the upcoming year and the next biennium (Comptroller)
- "Green Light on Transportation Legislation," Real Estate Center, November 30, 2015
- "Texas Transportation Gets Funding Boost to Cope with Growing Population," Govtech.com, November 6, 2015
- Overview of Major Transportation Funding Actions by the 84th Legislature and Selected Alternative Funding Options (Proposition 7), Legislative Budget Board, September 2015
- Proposition 7 - Constitutional Amendment for Transportation Funding and FAQs: Proposition 7, Texas Department of Transportation
- Proposition 1 Funding, Texas Department of Transportation
January 21
Joint Committee on Border Security
Topic: Status of the implementation of House Bill 11 (84th Legislative Session)
- Governor Abbott Takes Action to Combat Illegal Border Crossings, Governor Greg Abbott, December 15, 2015
- Interim Report to the 84th Legislature (Charge 3, Border Security), House Committee on Homeland Security and Public Safety, January 2015
- Border Security Statistics and Border-Related Reports, Texas Department of Public Safety
January 22
Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs & Military Installations, Subcommittee on Border Security
Charge: Sanctuary cities
- "Dallas County Sheriff: 'Sanctuary Cities' Law Could Lead to Ferguson-Like Protests," Dallas Morning News, December 10, 2015
- "GOP Lawmakers Still Targeting Sanctuary Cities," Texas Tribune, December 3, 2015
- "Sanctuaries Under Fire," CQ Weekly, November 30, 2015
- Interim Hearings - Week of November 30, 2015, Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs & Military Installations, Subcommittee on Border Security, Charge: Sanctuary cities, Legislative Reference Library, November 23, 2015
