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.
April 11 Top
Joint Interim Committee to Study a Coastal Barrier System
Topic: Desirability and feasibility of constructing a coastal barrier system
- 2015 Annual Report on the Houston-Galveston Area Protection System, Rice University, Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters (SSPEED) Center, September 2015
- Interim Report - Ike Dike Concept for Reducing Hurricane Storm Surge in the Houston-Galveston Region (DRAFT), Jackson State University, September 2015
- Coastal Spine System - Interim Design Report, Texas A&M University at Galveston, June 2015
- Report to the 84th Texas Legislature, Joint Interim Committee to Study a Coastal Barrier System, December 1, 2014
- Interim Report to the 84th Legislature (Charge 2 - Implementation of HB 3459, 83rd R.S., coastal barrier system), House Committee on Land and Resource Management, December 2014
- Ike Dike: A Coastal Barrier Protecting the Houston/Galveston Region from Hurricane Storm Surge (includes project description, reports, articles, presentations, and FAQs), Texas A&M University at Galveston
- Report on the Economic Impacts of Coastal Protection from Surge-Induced Flood Damage (DRAFT), Texas A&M University at Galveston
- Rice University, Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters (SSPEED) Center (research projects and updates)
April 12 Top
House Committee on Investments & Financial Services
Charge 1: Cybersecurity of financial institutions
- Cybersecurity Assessments & the FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool, Industry Notice 2015-8, Texas Department of Banking, September 15, 2015
- Cybersecurity: Bank and Other Depository Regulators Need Better Data Analytics and Depository Institutions Want More Usable Threat Information, U.S. Government Accountability Office, July 2015
- Remarks of Deputy Secretary Raskin at the Texas Bankers' Association Executive Leadership Cybersecurity Conference: Cybersecurity for Banks: 10 Questions for Executives and Their Boards, U.S. Department of Banking, December 3, 2014
- Cybersecurity Awareness (FFIEC Resources, Statements and Alerts Regarding Threats and Vulnerabilities), Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC)
Charge 4: Community bank consolidation
- "As Many Community Banks Vanish, Some West Texas Banks Thrive," Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, May 17, 2015
- National and Regional Trends in Community Banking, University of New Orleans, Social Science Research Network, March 31, 2015
- The State and Fate of Community Banking, Harvard Kennedy School , Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, M-RCBG Associate Working Paper Series, No. 37, February 2015
- "Community Banking Mergers Drive Texas M&A Surge," Law360, January 23, 2014
Charge 5: Investment climate and resources available to businesses
- "Starting a New Business: How Texas Compares," Fiscal Notes, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, February 2016
- Halo Report: 2015 Annual Report (Angel investing, includes Texas), Angel Resource Institute at Willamette University, March 9, 2016
- Interim Report to the 84th Legislature (Charge - Venture capital), House Committee on Economic and Small Business Development, December 2014
- Texas Intrastate Crowdfunding (Rules, Forms, Guides, FAQ), Texas State Securities Board
April 13 Top
House Committee on Pensions
Charge: Public pension funds
- Public Pension Plan Investment Return Assumptions (Issue Brief), National Association of State Retirement Administrators, Updated February 2016
- "The Transparency That Public Pensions Need," Governing, February 16, 2016
- Interim Report to the 84th Legislature (Charge 8), Senate Committee on State Affairs, January 2015
- Investments Division and Reports and Studies (Financial reports and actuarial valuation reports), Employee Retirement System of Texas
- Investments and TRS Publications (Financial reports and actuarial valuation reports), Teacher Retirement System of Texas
- Publications & Reports, Texas Pension Review Board
Charge: Legislative oversight and monitoring
Senate Committee on State Affairs
Charge: Changes made to the Employment Retirement System regarding member contributions and proposed reforms to the Teacher Retirement System of Texas
- Actuarial Valuation Reports for Pension Plans Administered by ERS as of August 31, 2015, Gabriel, Roeder, Smith & Company, November 23, 2015
- 2015 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, Teacher Retirement System of Texas, November 18, 2015
- 2015 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, Employee Retirement System of Texas, November 16, 2015
- Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Actuarial Valuation Report For the Year Ending August 31, 2015, Gabriel, Roeder, Smith & Company, November 11, 2015
- "Tough Reform Talk, But No Action Four Years After Revelation of Fat Incentives" (re Teacher Retirement System of Texas), Texas Watchdog, May 29, 2015
- Interim Report to the 84th Legislature (Charge 8), Senate Committee on State Affairs, January 2015
- Path to Stability: ERS at the Crossroads, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, December 2014
- State and Local Pension Costs: Pre-Crisis, Post-Crisis, and Post-Reform (Texas Fact Sheet, ERS, TRS), Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, February 2013
- No One Benefits: How Teacher Pension Systems Are Failing Both Teachers and Taxpayers, National Council on Teacher Quality, December 2012
- Your Money and Pension Obligations, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, December 2012
Charge: Electronic voting program for certain military members serving overseas
- Review of FVAP’s Work Related to Remote Electronic Voting for the UOCAVA Population, Federal Voting Assistance Program, U.S. Department of Defense, December 29, 2015
- "8 Texas Soldiers Voted Via Email; Pilot Program Called 'Success'," Austin American-Statesman, April 13, 2015
- Report to the 84th Legislature on House Bill 1129 (83rd Legislature) Relating to a Program Allowing Certain Military Voters on Active Duty Overseas to Cast a Ballot Electronically, Texas Secretary of State, 2014
- Interim Report to the 83rd Legislature (Charge 10 - MOVE Act and military voters), Senate Committee on State Affairs, December 2012
- Democracy From Afar: States Show Progress on Military and Overseas Voting, Pew Center on the States, January 2012
- Moving Toward a Better Election System for Military and Overseas Voters, Pew Center on the States, December 2010
- Texas Secretary of State’s Adoption of Federal MOVE Act (Memo, Secretary Hope Andrade), Texas Secretary of State, 2010
- No Time to Vote: Challenges Facing America's Overseas Military Voters, Pew Center on the States, January 2009
- Report to the 81st Legislature on Senate Bill 90 (80th Legislature) Relating to the Pilot Program for Emailing Balloting Materials to Overseas Military Personnel, Texas Secretary of State, 2008
Joint Committee on TRS Health Benefit Plans
Topic: Health benefit plans administered by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas; TRS-ActiveCare
- 2015 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, Teacher Retirement System of Texas, November 18, 2015
- Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Actuarial Valuation Report For the Year Ending August 31, 2015, Gabriel, Roeder, Smith & Company, November 11, 2015
- TRS-Care Retiree Health Care Plan, Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Actuarial Valuation Report For the Year Ending August 31, 2015, Gabriel, Roeder, Smith & Company, November 11, 2015
- “TRS-ActiveCare Rates Rise Across the Board for 2015-16,” HR Exchange, Texas Association of School Boards, June-July 2015
- Summary of LBB Budget and Policy Recommendations for the 2016-17 Biennium (Teacher Retirement System and TRS Overview), Legislative Budget Board, February 13, 2015
- Guide to Public Retirement Systems in Texas, State Pension Review Board, February 12, 2015
- TRS-Care Sustainability and TRS-ActiveCare Affordability Study, Texas Retirement System of Texas, November 18, 2014
- Strategic Plan FY 2015 - FY 2019, Texas Retirement System of Texas, July 7, 2014
- TRS Presentation to Senate Committee On State Affairs (TRS-Care and TRS-ActiveCare), Texas Retirement System of Texas, November 11, 2012
April 14 Top
Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs & Military Installations
Charge: Improving military value at military installations
- "States Throw Money at Military Bases to Keep Them Open," Associated Press, December 9, 2015
- 2014 Texas Military Value Task Force: Preparing for the Future, Texas Military Value Task Force, 2014
- Preparing for Duty: State Policy Options in Sustaining Military Installations (Funding Programs to Preserve or Enhance the Value of Military Installations and Appendix D), National Conference of State Legislatures, October 2013
- Texas Military Preparedness Commission, Office of the Governor
