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.
June 8 Top
House Committee on Business & Industry
Charge: Shared economy growth
- "The Gig Economy Could Cost the IRS Billions of Tax Dollars," Fortune Magazine, May 24, 2016
- "Uber Settlement Doesn’t Settle Gig Economy’s Independent Contractor vs. Employee Dispute," Insurance Journal, April 2, 2016
- Three Paths to Update Labor Law for the Gig Economy, Information Technology & Innovation Foundation, April 2016
- The Gig Economy & The Board’s FedEx Home Delivery Independent Contractor Test , Presented at 2016 Midwinter Meeting of the ABA Committee of Development of the Law Under the NLRA, American Bar Association, February 2016
- What Does the Gig Economy Mean for Workers?, Congressional Research Service, February 5, 2016
- 2016 Symposium Papers - See Workers On-Demand: Employment Law in the Sharing Economy (Application of Employee Versus Independent Contractor Concepts to the Gig Economy) and (Worker Vulnerability in the "Gig Economy"), Presented at National Symposium on Technology in Labor and Employment Law, American Bar Association, 2016
- Local Governments and the Sharing Economy: A Roadmap Helping Local Governments Across North America Strategically Engage with the Sharing Economy to Foster More Sustainable Cities (City Cases and Snapshots - Austin, Dallas, Houston & San Antonio), One Earth, October 2015
- A Proposal for Modernizing Labor Laws for Twenty-First Century Work: The "Independent Worker" and Workers and the Online Gig Economy, The Hamilton Project, December 2015
- "State Legislatures and the Sharing Economy ," CQ RollCall, October 2015
- Sharing Economy (Latest research), National League of Cities
Charge: Property owners associations
- Interim Report to the 83rd Texas Legislature (Charge 4), House Committee on Business and Industry, December 2012
- Interim Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature (Charge 1), House Committee on Business and Industry, December 2010
- Property Owners' Associations (Legal research guide), Texas State Law Library
June 9 Top
House Committee on Business & Industry
Charge: Business cybersecurity
- The Need for Greater Focus on the Cybersecurity Challenges Facing Small and Midsize Businesses, United States Securities and Exchange Commission, October 19, 2015
- Cybersecurity and Business Vitality: What Every Houston-area Business Leader Needs to Know, Third Edition, Greater Houston Partnership, October 2015
- "Why US Small Businesses Should Worry About Cybersecurity and How to Act" (Blog), IT Governance USA, February 12, 2015
- "Activate, Adapt and Anticipate: How to Get Ahead of Cybercrime," Texas CEO Magazine, January 24, 2015
- "Toward a Global Cybersecurity Standard of Care?: Exploring the Implications of the 2014 NIST Cybersecurity Framework on Shaping Reasonable National and International Cybersecurity Practices," 50 Texas International Law Journal 303 (2015)
- "The Importance of Cybersecurity in the Age of the Cloud and Internet of Things," Government Technology, October 2, 2014
- Texas Business and Commerce Code §§521.001-521.152, Unauthorized Use of Identifying Information
Charge: Shareholders of Texas corporate forms
- "Texas Supreme Court Clarifies its Position on Shareholder Oppression in Ritchie v. Rupe and Cardiac Perfusion Services v. Hughes," Insights Journal, Spring 2015
- "The Derivative Nature of Corporate Constitutional Rights," 56 William & Mary Law Review 1673 (2015)
- "Ritchie v. Rupe and the Future of Shareholder Oppression," 124 Yale Law Journal Forum 89 (October 20, 2014)
- "How Corporations Got the Same Rights as People (But Don't Ever Go to Jail)," Consumerist, September 12, 2014
House and Senate Select Committees on State Real Property Data Collection, Reporting, & Assessment (Joint Hearing)
Topic: Potential ways to ensure the state is able to identify, track, and maintain information on the location, condition, and replacement value of all real property owned by the state
Invited testimony: State Office of Risk Management, Legislative Budget Board
- Real Property Evaluation Reports, Texas General Land Office, 2006-2015
- 2015 Real Property Asset Data, Oklahoma Office of Management and Enterprise Services, 2015
- Federal Real Property: National Strategy and Better Data Needed to Improve Management of Excess and Underutilized Property, U.S. Government Accountability Office, June 2012
- Knowing What You Own: An Efficient Government How-To Guide for Managing State and Local Property Inventories, Reason Foundation, June 2010
- Senate Bill 1804: Final Report to the Legislature, Plan for a Comprehensive Database of State-owned Real Property, Florida Department of Management Services, Division of Real Estate Development & Management, January 4, 2010
- Interim Report (Charge 3 - State assets and infrastructure), Senate Finance Subcommittee on General Government Issues, January 2009
- Best Practices in Real Property Management in State Governments, U.S. General Services Administration, Office of Real Property, March 2003
- Florida State Owned Lands and Records Information System (FL-SOLARIS), Florida Department of Environmental Protection and Department of Management Services
June 10 Top
House Committee on County Affairs
Charge: County cybersecurity policies
- Moving Forward: Leadership Toolkit for State CISOs, National Association of State Chief Information Officers, 2015
- Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity (in response to Executive Order 13636), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Cybersecurity Framework, February 12, 2014
- "Why Cybersecurity Matters to You," County News, National Association of Counties, January 14, 2013
- Cyber for Counties Guidebook v1.0, National Association of Counties, Center for Internet Security, 2013
- Building a More Secure And Prosperous Texas: A Report, Texas Cybersecurity, Education, and Economic Development Council, December 1, 2012
Charge: Texas Commission on Jail Standards, resources and structure in oversight, regulation, and enforcement of county jails
- 2014 Annual Jail Report, Texas Commission on Jail Standards, Updated February 12, 2015
- Interim Report to the 84th Legislature (Charge 2 - Oversight of Texas Commission on Jail Standards), House Committee on County Affairs, January 2015
- Interim Report to the 83rd Texas Legislature (Charge 3 - County jails), House Committee on County Affairs, January 2013
- The Texas Commission on Jail Standards: The State's Solution for Implementing a Strong County Jail System, While Protecting Counties From Liability, Texas Criminal Justice Coalition, 2012
- An Audit Report on Performance Measures at the Commission on Jail Standards, Texas State Auditor's Office, August 2011Texas Commission on Jail Standards: Final Report, Sunset Advisory Commission, July 2009
- Texas Commission on Jail Standards (Technical Assistance Bulletins, Non-Compliant Jails, Budget Reports, County Population Reports, 84th Legislature Information and Documents)
Charge: Internet publication of mug shots and criminal history information
- Mug Shots and Booking Photo Websites (Overview and 2012-2016 state legislation), National Conference of State Legislatures, April 13, 2016
- Survey of State Criminal History Information Systems, 2014, U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, December 2015
- Criminal Records in the Digital Age: A Review of Current Practices and Recommendations for Reform in Texas, William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law, The University of Texas School of Law, March 2013
Charge: Services provided by sheriffs and constables and whether fee schedules allow cost recovery
- Guide to Texas Laws for County Officials, 2016 (Sheriff and Constable), Prepared by David B. Brooks for Texas Association of Counties, June 2016
- Sheriffs' and Constables' Fees, Texas Ahead, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Effective December 15, 2015
Charge: Effect of Proposition 5 (SJR 17, 84th R.S.) on quality of private roadways in counties with population less than 7,500
- "Texas Ballot Proposition Would Divert More Money to Highways," Dallas Morning News, October 18, 2015
- Amendments Proposed for November 2015 Ballot (Proposition 5), House Research Organization, July 30, 2015
- Analyses of Proposed Constitutional Amendments, November 3, 2015, Election (Proposition 5), Texas Legislative Council, 2015
Charge: Legislative oversight and monitoring of agencies, including Child Protective Services and 1115 Transformation Waiver
