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Interim Hearings - Week of May 2, 2016

Interim Hearings - Week of May 2

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 2

Charge 17: State parks system funding, recent legislation including the General Appropriations Act, HB 158, and SB 1366, 84th R.S.

House Committee on Environmental Regulation  

Charge 2: Surface water management compliance

 

Charge 3: Local environmental regulation initiatives; resolve ambiguous regulations regarding priority of state or local authority

 

May 3

House Committees on Economic & Small Business Development and Public Education (Joint Hearing)   

Joint charge: Partnerships between higher education institutions, public school districts, and workforce that promote postsecondary readiness 

 

Rules and laws limiting employers from providing internships or apprenticeships 

Workforce training, incentivizing business to invest in training 

 

May 4

Senate Committee on Business & Commerce

Topic: Penalty calculations under the current prompt payment of health care claim laws and regulations

 

Topic: Implementation of legislation, specifically legislation intended to further protect consumers from the balance billing process

Eightieth Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, Texas Department of Insurance, January 2009

 

Senate Select Committee on Texas Ports

Topic: Committee rules and organizational business

Topic: Economic impact of inland waterways, coastal ports, and inland ports on the state economy

 

Topic: Future impact of Panama Canal expansion on Texas ports

 

Charge: Interstate Compact: cost-benefit analysis of a potential interstate compact on border security, and the constitutional and legal questions

 

Topic: TDCJ invited testimony answering questions from previous hearing on PEP

 

May 5

Charge 15: Higher education funding formulas

 

Joint Interim Committee to Study Border Security

Topic: Implementation of HB 11, 84th Legislature, R.S., and additional border security efforts