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.
August 29 Top
House Committee on County Affairs
Charge: County cybersecurity policies
- "Can Cybersecurity Insurance Improve Threat Management?," Government Technology, July 6, 2016
- Cyber for Counties Guidebook v1.0, National Association of Counties, Center for Internet Security, 2013
Charge: Legislative oversight and monitoring of agencies, including Child Protective Services, 1115 Transformation Waiver, and criminal justice programs in Bexar County
- Committee Meeting Handouts - Child Protective Services, 1115 Transformation Waiver, House Committee on County Affairs, August 4, 2016
August 30 Top
House Committee on Transportation
Topic: TxDOT Rail Division
- 2016 Texas Rail Plan Update, Texas Department of Transportation, May 2016
- Rail-Highway Operations Manual, Texas Department of Transportation, August 2015
Topic: TxDOT Rural Transit Division
- TxDOT Awarded $20 Million in Federal Funds to Improve Rural Transit, Benefit Commuters, Invigorate Economy, Texas Department of Transportation, October 29, 2015
- Texas Rural Transportation Plan 2035 – Final Report (Appendixes and maps), Texas Department of Transportation, June 2012
Topic: TxDOT General Aviation Division
- Aviation Division, Texas Department of Transportation
Topic: TxDOT HB 2612 report
- HB 2612 Report Regarding the Elimination of Toll Roads to the House Committee on Transportation, Texas Department of Transportation, March 30, 2016
- "Paying Off Texas Toll Roads Could Top $30 Billion," Texas Tribune, March 30, 2016
- Texas Toll Road Primer: Final Report, Texas A&M Transportation Institute, February 2014
Topic: TxDOT on utility relocation
- ROW (Right of Way) Utility Manual, Texas Department of Transportation, May 2016
- Local Government Projects Policy Manual (Chapter 6 - Right of Way and Utilities), Texas Department of Transportation, June 2015
- Managing Longitudinal Utility Installations on Controlled Access Highway Right-of-Way: A Synthesis of Highway Practice, Texas A&M Transportation Institute, Transportation Research Board, 2014
Topic: Presentation from TTI on Transportation Network Companies
- Policy Implications of Transportation Network Companies, Texas A&M Transportation Institute, July 2016
- "When Uber Leaves, What Happens?," Governing, June 15, 2016
- Transportation Network Company (TNC) Legislation, Texas A&M Transportation Institute, as of May 2016
- "Lawmakers Put Pedal to Metal to Deal with Ride-Sharing," National Conference of State Legislatures, February 19, 2016
House Select Committee on Transportation Planning
Topic: Update from TxDOT working group on project selection criteria, rules and policies for project prioritization and selection, and funding categories
- HB 20 - Preliminary Report, Legislative Report, Texas Department of Transportation, March 31, 2016
- HB 20 - Initial Report: Revenue Projections, Funding Categories & Allocations, Performance-based Decision Making, Texas Department of Transportation, September 1, 2015
August 31 Top
House Committee on Urban Affairs
Charge 1: Demographic trends in Texas for affordable housing and senior housing
- Aging in Texas: An Introduction, Texas Demographic Center, June 2016
- Housing Landscape 2016: An Annual Look at the Housing Affordability Challenges of America's Working Households, National Housing Conference, February 18, 2016
- 2016 State of Texas Low Income Housing Plan and Annual Report, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, 2016
- "In Texas, Minorities Less Likely to Own Homes," Texas Tribune, November 8, 2015
- A Profile of Older Americans: 2015, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging, 2015
- Housing America's Older Adults: Meeting the Needs of an Aging Population, Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, September 2014
- Texas Population Estimates and Projections Program (data downloads and tools), Texas Demographic Center
Charge 2: Gentrification's effect on affordable housing
- "Here are 5 Surprising Cities Where Gentrification and Low Wages are Pushing Out the Poor," Rawstory.com, June 18, 2016
- Poverty, Not Gentrification, Is the Biggest Barrier to Affordable Housing (Blog), The American Prospect, June 9, 2016
- "How Will San Antonio Manage Growth and Gentrification?," The Rivard Report, October 2015
- The 5th Houston Sustainability Indicators Report: Opportunity Among The Houston Districts (2015), The Shell Center For Sustainability, Rice University, September 2015
- "Affordable Housing, Always," The Atlantic, July 6, 2015
- Gentrification in America Report (See City Gentrification Maps and Data) and The 'G' Word: A Special Series on Gentrification Governing (Series), Governing, February 2015
Charge 3: Guidelines for the appraisal of Affordable Housing Properties financed with Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC)
- What Happens to Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Properties at Year 15 and Beyond?, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, August 2012
- "Is a Consensus Emerging on LIHTC Property Valuations?," Affordable Housing Finance, January 1, 2011
- Interim Report to the 81st Texas Legislature (Charge 5 - Valuation of rent-restricted affordable housing ), House Committee on Local Government Ways and Means, December 2008
- Affordable Housing and Ad Valorem Taxation in Texas, Texas Housing Conference 2007, August 2007
- "No Consistency in Valuing Housing Tax Credit Properties," Affordable Housing Finance, January 1, 2006
- Texas Tax Code §§23.21-23.215, Property Used to Provide Affordable Housing; Appraisal of Certain Nonexempt Property Used for Low-Income or Moderate-Income Housing (Appraisal Methods and Procedures)
- 10 Texas Administrative Code §10.304, Appraisal Rules and Guidelines
Charge 4: Current Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs preservation programs for rural rental housing
- Role of Affordable Rental Housing in Rural America, Council for Affordable and Rural Housing, June 2016
- Rural America's Rental Housing: Federal Strategies to Preserve Access to Affordable Rental Housing in Rural Communities, National Rural Housing Coalition, 2014
- A Guide to Best Practices in Rural Rental Preservation, Housing Assistance Council, August 2008
- Multifamily Preservation Initiatives; Multifamily Preservation Clearinghouse, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
- Texas Government Code §2306.183, Needs of Qualifying Individuals and Families in Rural Areas and Small Municipalities
- Texas Government Code §2306.6740, Designation of Certain Areas as Rural
