Interim Hearings - Week of October 3
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.
Senate Select Committee on Property Tax Reform & Relief (Plano)
Charges: Property tax process and Tax burden
- Senate Select Committee for Property Tax Reform & Relief, Committee Information, Video/Audio Archives, Documents and Downloads
- Interim Hearings - Week of March 21, 2016, Senate Select Committee Property Tax Reform & Relief, Legislative Reference Library, March 14, 2016
House Committee on Transportation, Subcommittee on Contraflow Lanes and Gross Weight Allowances (Weslaco) CANCELLED
Charge 1: Texas Department of Transportation's role in responding to natural disasters
- Hurricane Information and Hurricane Evacuation Contraflow Publications, Texas Department of Transportation
Charge 7: Oversize or overweight corridors
- Interim Report to the 83rd Legislature (Oversize and overweight vehicles), Senate Transportation Committee, February 2013
- Accommodating Oversize and Overweight Loads: Technical Report, Texas Transportation Institute, July 2012
- Oversize/Overweight Permits, Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
Senate Committee on Criminal Justice
Charge 1: Law enforcement - community engagement, dangers to law enforcement officers, threat assessment data, reducing number of injuries and deaths to or by law enforcement officers
- Unholstered: When Texas Police Pull the Trigger, Texas Tribune, August 30, 2016
- President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing: One-Year Progress Report, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, May 2016
- Peace Officer Involved Shooting Reports and 2015 Annual Report, Attorney General of Texas, February 1, 2016
- Law Enforcement Overview (Community policing, investigations into officer involved deaths, data on police stops and use of force), National Conference of State Legislatures, April 15, 2016
- Final Report of the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, May 2015
- Principles of Good Policing: Avoiding Violence Between Police and Citizens, U.S. Department of Justice, Community Relations Service, Revised September 2003
- Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT) Center , Texas State University
- Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas, Sam Houston State University
- Texas Commission on Law Enforcement
Senate Committee on Business & Commerce
Charge: Occupational licensing
- Unlicensed and Untapped: Removing Barriers to State Occupational Licenses for People with Records, National Employment Law Project, April 2016
- Occupational Licensing: A Framework for Policymakers, U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Economic Policy, Council of Economic Advisers, and Department of Labor, July 2015
- Bootstraps Tangled in Red Tape: How State Occupational Licensing Hinders Low-Income Entrepreneurship, Goldwater Institute, February 23, 2015
- Report to the 83rd Legislature (Charge 2 - Occupational licensing and regulation), Senate Committee on Business and Commerce, January 2013
- License to Work: A National Study of Burdens from Occupational Licensing, Institute for Justice, May 2012
- Occupational Regulation in Texas: Occupational Licenses and Statutory Penalties for Violations Relating to Occupational Licenses, Texas Legislative Council, October 2008; Addendum, June 2010
Charge: Lawsuits related to property claims from hail storms and weather events
- Docket No. 2788, Notice of Public Meeting (relating to mandatory mediation-arbitration endorsements), Texas Department of Insurance, July 6, 2016; Example Filed by Texas Farm Bureau, June 30, 2016
- "Texas Insurers Hope Court Decisions Will Curtail Hail-Related Lawsuits," Insurance Journal, June 21, 2016
- "Hailstorm Lawsuits are Threatening Texas Homeowners," Julian Alvarez and Abraham Padron, TribTalk, May 9, 2015
- Hidalgo County Hailstorm Report, Rio Grande Valley Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse, MB Public Affairs, Inc., 2014
Charge: Implementation of legislation addressed by the committee during the 84th Legislature, specifically: changes made to the operation of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, and regulation of public insurance adjusters
- Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) Resources, including Texas Windstorm Insurance Association Overview, August 12, 2016, with background and recent legislation on TWIA, Texas Department of Insurance
- Public Insurance Adjuster and 84th Legislative Session Licensing Updates, Texas Department of Insurance
Senate Committee on State Affairs
Charge: Current ethics laws governing public officials and employees, public officials' reporting requirements to Texas Ethics Commission, categorization of ethics reporting violations
- A Guide to Ethics Laws for State Officers and Employees, Texas Ethics Commission, Revised September 15, 2015
- Texas Ethics Commission: Sunset Final Report with Legislative Action, Texas Sunset Advisory Commission, July 2013
- State Officers and Employees and Enforcement and Sworn Complaints, Texas Ethics Commission
Joint Interim Committee to Study a Coastal Barrier System
Topic: Desirability and feasibility of constructing a coastal barrier system
- Storm Surge Suppression Study Phase 3 Report: Recommended Actions, Gulf Coast Community Protection and Recovery District, June 21, 2016
- Coastal Texas Protection and Restoration Study, Rice University, Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters (SSPEED) Center Conference, April 26, 2016
- "Lawmakers Pledge Support for Hurricane Plan," Texas Tribune, April 11, 2016
- Interim Report - Ike Dike Concept for Reducing Hurricane Storm Surge in the Houston-Galveston Region (DRAFT), Jackson State University, September 2015
- 2015 Annual Report on the Houston-Galveston Area Protection System (April 2016 Update), Rice University, Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters (SSPEED) Center, September 2015
- Coastal Spine System - Interim Design Report, Texas A&M University at Galveston, June 2015
- Report on the Economic Impacts of Coastal Protection from Surge-Induced Flood Damage (DRAFT), Texas A&M University at Galveston, 2015
- Report to the 84th Texas Legislature, Joint Interim Committee to Study a Coastal Barrier System, December 1, 2014
- Ike Dike: A Coastal Barrier Protecting the Houston/Galveston Region from Hurricane Storm Surge (includes reports, articles, presentations, and FAQs), Texas A&M University at Galveston
