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 15 Top
House Committee on State Affairs
Charge: Contracting monitoring, compliance, performance evaluation and notification requirements for contracting procedures
- Texas Government Code Chapter 2261, State Contracting Standards and Oversight
- Senate Bill 20: Centralized State Purchasing Study - Background (Timeline), Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
- Contract Management Guide, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Updated March 1, 2016
- Senate Bill 20 (84R) - Frequently Asked Questions (State contracting), Texas Department of Information Resources, Updated February 18, 2016
- A Report on Recent Contracting Audits, Texas State Auditor's Office, January 23, 2015
- Interim Report to the 83rd Texas Legislature (Charge 2 - State contracting), Senate Committee on Government Organization, December 2014
- "When is a State Contract Too Big to Fail?," Texas Tribune, May 2, 2014
Charge: Administrative process used to determine utility rates
- Texas Utilities Code Chapter 36, Electric Utilities - Rates (Subchapter C - procedures for rate changes)
- 16 Texas Administrative Code §25.475, General Retail Electric Provider Requirements and Information Disclosures to Residential and Small Commercial Customers
- "There and Back Again: the Return of Water and Wastewater Rates and CCNs to the Public Utility Commission," TCAA Newsletter (Texas City Attorney Association), July 2016
- "How Utilities Determine Generation and Distribution Rates (Ratemaking)," Electric Choice Blog, May 12, 2016
- Comparative Analysis of PUC Ratemaking Authority as Required by House Bill 1600, Public Utility Commission of Texas, January 27, 2015
- Tariff Development: Review of the Basic Ratemaking Process, Public Utility Commission of Texas
Charge: How Public Utility Commission of Texas and utility providers can ensure consumer protection regarding metering devices for water, gas, and electricity service
- Texas Utilities Code, §§182.101-182.104, Rights of Utility Customers - Testing of Meters
- 16 Texas Administrative Code §§25.121-25.133, Metering
- Smart Metering, Public Utility Commission of Texas
- "Amid Health, Privacy Fears, States are Letting People Reject 'Smart Meters'," Stateline (Pew Charitable Trusts), February 5, 2016
- "Texas House Erupts in Heated Debate Over 'Smart Meters' for Electricity," Dallas Morning News, March 20, 2013
- The Need for Essential Consumer Protections: Smart Metering Proposals and The Move to Time-Based Pricing, National Consumer Law Center, August 2010
Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations
Charge 2: Home rule municipalities, adoption of ordinances
- "Texas Court Denies Request Tied to Austin's Uber Ordinance," Texas Tribune, March 14, 2016
- Legislative Update (Interim Hearings Begin: Cities on the Agenda), Texas Municipal League, December 4, 2015
- Local Ordinance Integrity (Testimony presented to the Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations by James Quintero, Director of the Center for Local Governance), Texas Public Policy Foundation, December 2, 2015
- Interim Hearings - Week of November 30, 2015 (Charge 2), Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations, Legislative Reference Library, December 2, 2015
Charge 4: Municipal management districts (MMDs)
- Texas Local Government Code §§375.001-375.357, Municipal Management Districts In General
- Texas Government Code §313.006, Notice for Laws Establishing Municipal Management Districts
- "New Management Districts Pave Way for Growth in Missouri City," Community Impact - Central Austin, August 5, 2015
- "The City with (Almost) No Limits," UrbanLand Magazine, April 20, 2015
- Texas Municipal League Economic Development Handbook, Texas Municipal League, Updated January 2015
- Invisible Governments: Special Purpose Districts in Texas (Tables), Texas Senate Research Center, October 2014
- Interim Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature (Charge 8 - MMDs; Appendices H-1 to H-2), Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations, December 2010
Charge 5: Statutes and Rules that govern Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs in light of the recent Supreme Court decision in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs et al. v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., et al.
- Texas Government Code §§2306.6701-2306.6740, Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program
- Rules and Governing Statute, Inclusive Communities Project, Fair Housing 101, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
- "The Fight for Fair Housing," Texas Observer, August 4, 2015
- Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing: Final Rule (Overview and resources), United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, July 16, 2015
- Tax Credits Can and Should Build Both Homes and Opportunity, Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy, June 2015
- If the Supreme Court Bans the Disparate Impact Standard It Could Annihilate One of the Few Tools Available to Pursue Housing Integration, Economic Policy Institute, January 9, 2015
Charge 6: Government accountability in elections - improve transparency regarding public debt
- Legislative Policy Committee on General Government (Ballot Language), Texas Municipal League, August 19, 2016
- Local Debt Transparency (Testimony presented to the Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations by James Quintero, Director of the Center for Local Governance), Texas Public Policy Foundation, December 2, 2015
- Interim Hearings - Week of November 30, 2015 (Charge 6), Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations, Legislative Reference Library, December 2, 2015
August 16 Top
House Select Committee on Mental Health
Invited testimony on Mental/behavioral health care services in Texas, including, but not limited to substance abuse, homelessness, veterans, gaps in programs, and improving delivery of services
- A Community Support Guide for Alternatives to Inpatient Mental Health Treatment, Texas Department of state Health Services, revised August 2, 2016
- Texas Statewide Behavioral Health Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2017-2021, Statewide Behavioral Health Coordinating Council, May 2016
- The Texas Mental Health Workforce: Continuing Challenges and Sensible Strategies, Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, April 29, 2016
- Behavioral Health Barometer, Texas, 2015, U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, February 2016
- Statewide Behavioral Health Strategic Plan and Coordinated Expenditures: Overview and Funding, (Presented to the House Select Committee on Mental Health), Legislative Budget Board, February 2016
- State Mental Health Legislation 2015: Trends, Themes & Effective Practices, National Alliance on Mental Illness, December 2015
- A Guide to Understanding Mental Health Systems and Services in Texas, 2nd Edition, Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, The University of Texas at Austin, 2014
Senate Committee on Education
Charge: School board governance policies and practices, school board training requirements, suggestions for better student outcomes, particularly within the framework set for low-performing schools in HB 1842, 84th Legislature, R.S.
- "And Then There Were Twelve" (District of Innovation designation process under HB 1842), Commissioner of Education Mike Morath, Texas Education Agency, July 21, 2016
- Interim Report to the 84th Legislature (Charge 3 - School board governance), House Committee on Public Education, December 2014
- Framework for School Board Development, State Board of Education/Texas Education Agency, Revised July 2012
- Eight Characteristics of Effective School Boards: Full Report, Center for Public Education, January 28, 2011
- Interim Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature (Charge 3 - Improving student achievement and leadership models for improving low-performing campuses), House Committee on Public Education, December 2010
- Campus Turnaround Guidance and Resources and HB 1842 Transition Chart, Texas Education Agency
- Governance, Education Commission of the States
Charge: Monitor implementation of legislation, specifically initiatives to build a high-quality pre-kindergarten grant program; and legislation to raise standards of teacher preparation programs and establish a more consistent, high-quality accountability system
- Briefing Book on Public Education Legislation, 84th Texas Legislative Session, Texas Education Agency, July 2015
- House Bill 4 High-Quality Prekindergarten Grant Program (overview, timeline, commissioner's rules, prekindergarten guidelines), Texas Education Agency
- Texas Commission on Next Generation Assessments and Accountability (meeting schedule and presentations on assessment and accountability in Texas), Texas Education Agency
August 17 Top
House Select Committee on Mental Health
Public testimony on mental health/behavioral health care services in Texas
August 18 Top
Joint Interim Committee on Advertising Public Notices
Topic: Rules and organizational business
Topic: Use of technology in posting and advertising to the public of legally required notices
- "Wisconsin to Weigh Moving to Online Public Notices," WiscNews (WI), July 17, 2016
- State of the News Media 2016, Pew Research Center, June 15, 2016
- Insult to Injury: The Disappearance of Public Notices in US Newspapers, Public Policy and Funding the News, a project of the University of Southern California Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy, July 2015
- "Newspapers Take Notice of Legislative Threat to Revenue," Crain's Detroit Business (MI), July 5, 2015
- "Printed Public Notices Boost Accountability," The Gonzales Inquirer (TX), April 24, 2015
- Interim Report to the 83rd Texas Legislature (Charge - The Texas red tape challenge, providing public notice), House Committee on Government Efficiency and Reform, January 2013
