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.
House Select Committee on Texas Ports, Innovation & Infrastructure (San Antonio)
Charge: Benefits and needs of Texas' Inland/Dry Ports
- Texas Freight Mobility Plan 2017, Texas Department of Transportation, March 7, 2018
- "Texas Ports: Gateways to World Commerce," Fiscal Notes, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, February 2017
- Interim Report to the 85th Legislature (Inland ports), Senate Select Committee on Texas Ports, November 2016
- Texas' Ports of Entry: Economic Impact (Economic snapshots), Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, 2017
- Survey of State Funding Practices for Coastal Port Infrastructure (Includes inland ports), Texas A&M Transportation Institute, May 2015
- Inland Ports: Economic Generators in Texas?, Texas Department of Transportation, August 22, 2013
- Failure to Act: The Economic Impact of Current Investment Trends in Airports, Inland Waterways, and Marine Ports Infrastructure, American Society of Civil Engineers, Economic Development Research Group, 2012
- Incorporating Inland Port Strategies Into TXDOT Planning: An Implementation Manual, Center for Transportation Research, University of Texas at Austin, Revised July 2005
- Impacts of Inland Ports on Trade Flows and Transportation in Texas: A Summary (Part 1 – The Identification and Classification of Inland Ports; Part 2 – Inland Ports: Planning Successful Developments), Center for Transportation Research, University of Texas at Austin, October 2002
House Committee on Urban Affairs (Houston)
Charge: Housing needs in areas impacted by Hurricane Harvey and related flooding, including local, state and federal governments' responses, and changes in affordable and low-income housing needs
- State of Texas Plan for Disaster Recovery: Hurricane Harvey – Round 1 (Economic impact – employment, construction standards, housing impact), Texas General Land Office, Community Development & Revitalization Program, June 25, 2018
- "Harvey Highlights Houston MUD Bond Development Funding," Southwest Economy, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Second Quarter 2018
- An Affordability Framework for the National Flood Insurance Program, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, April 17, 2018
- Frequently Asked Questions About Direct Housing Programs in Texas, Texas General Land Office/Texas Rebuilds, 2017
- Disaster Housing Assistance Program, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Hurricane Harvey Response (Various rules, notices, and reports concerning storm damage), Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
- Individuals and Households Program Unified Guidance, U.S. Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency, September 2016
Charge: Recommendations to improve and accelerate the response to existing and future housing needs related to Hurricane Harvey and future natural disasters, including set-asides and how best to rebuild and revitalize
- Hurricane Harvey Response 2017: After Action Review Report, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, April 3, 2018
- "Houston Surveys Post-Harvey Policy Landscape: The 'Bayou City' Considers Land Use Rules Changes," Land Lines, April 2018
- Preparedness, Response, and Rebuilding: Lessons from the 2017 Disasters (Testimony before the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security), Reed Clay, Chief Operating Officer for Texas Governor Greg Abbott, March 15, 2018
- "Houston, We Have a Problem: Could Legal Codes, Land Use Regulations, and Zoning Requirements Blunted Harvey’s Devastation?" 2 x 4 x 10, ABA Forum on Construction Law, Division 10 (Winter 2017)
- Interim Report to the 85th Legislature (Charge 3 – Disaster preparedness planning and coordination, background on process to rebuild housing and efficiency of disaster recovery), Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations, November 2016
Senate Committee on Higher Education
Charge: Mandate reduction
- Required Reports Prepared by State Agencies and Institutions of Higher Education (Fiscal Year 2017) (Required Reports by Preparer: Higher Education Institutions, All; Public Community/Junior Colleges, All; State Agencies and Higher Education Institutions, All), Texas State Library and Archives Commission, October 2016
- Interim Report to the 74th Legislature (Charge – Study of higher education mandated reports to the legislature and legislative agencies), House Committee on Higher Education, November 1994
- Federal Mandates (Institutions of higher education), National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments, U.S. Department of Education, American Institutes for Research
- Institutional Resources & Programs, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Charge: Monitoring; specifically, updates on construction of facilities as a result of tuition revenue bonds and development and implementation of the Texas OnCourse program, and monitor the following:
- SB 2118, 85th Legislature, R.S., relating to authorization by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for certain public junior colleges to offer baccalaureate degree programs.
- HB 2205, 84th Legislature, R.S., relating to the State Board for Educator Certification, educator preparation programs, educator certification, issuance of certain teaching permits, and certain procedures for investigating educator misconduct.
- SB 887, 85th Legislature, R.S., relating to a requirement that certain participating institutions under the student loan program administered by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board provide loan debt information to certain students.
- SB 802, 85th Legislature, R.S., relating to a study and report regarding best practices in the transfer of course credit between public institutions of higher education.
- SB 810, 85th Legislature, R.S., relating to open educational resources.
- HB 2223, 85th Legislature, R.S., relating to developmental coursework offered by public institutions of higher education under the Texas Success Initiative.
House Committee on County Affairs (Dallas)
Charge 1: Emergency response activities, impact of natural disasters on county finances; Charge 2: County ordinance-making and enforcement authority to deal with flood risk in unincorporated rural and suburban areas
- Committee Meeting Handouts, House Committee on County Affairs, June 6, 2018
- Interim Hearings – Week of June 4, 2018, House Committee on County Affairs, June 6, Legislative Reference Library, May 31, 2018
- "County Affairs Committee Discusses Natural Disaster Recovery," Texas Association of Counties, June 1, 2018 (including Written Testimony of Jim Allison, County Judges & Commissioners Association of Texas, May 10, 2018)
- Committee Meeting Handouts, House Committee on County Affairs, May 10, 2018
Charge 3: Defendants' and inmates' behavioral health needs, mental health services upon release from the criminal justice system
- Annual Report on the Screening of Offenders With Mental Illness, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, September 2017
- Interim Report to the 85th Legislature, House Select Committee on Mental Health, December 2016
- Interim Report to the 84th Legislature (Charge 4 – Serious mental illness and substance use disorders), House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence, January 2015
- Interim Report to the 84th Legislature (Charge 2 – Medical and mental health care treatment in Texas prison system), Senate Committee on Criminal Justice, December 2014
Charge 5: Monitor agencies and programs under the Committee's jurisdiction and implementation of relevant legislation passed by the 85th Legislature
