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 13
House Committee on Urban Affairs
Charge: Process of cleaning firefighters' equipment, and associated health risks
- "Amid Probe of HFD, Texas Fire Commission Adopts Stricter Rule on Gear Cleaning," Houston Chronicle, Updated July 13, 2018
- "State Launches Probe into HFD Safety Procedures," Houston Chronicle, Updated July 9, 2018
- New Requirements for PPE SOPs (Personal Protective Equipment Standard Operating Procedures), Texas Commission on Fire Protection
- 37 Texas Administrative Code Rule § 435.1, Protective Clothing, Texas Commission on Fire Protection, amended to be effective August 2, 2018
Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations
Charge: ETJ [extraterritorial jurisdiction] limitations and notice
- Interim Report to the 85th Texas Legislature (Charge 4 – Extraterritorial jurisdiction), House Committee on Land and Resource Management, December 2016
- Interim Report to the 85th Legislature (Charge 1 – Extraterritorial jurisdiction), Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations, November 2016
- Texas Local Government Code Chapter 42, Extraterritorial Jurisdiction of Municipalities
- Texas Local Government Code Chapter 43, Municipal Annexation
Charge: Municipal Management District uniformity
- Texas Municipal League Economic Development Handbook (Municipal Management Districts), Texas Municipal League, Updated October 2017
- "The City with (Almost) No Limits," UrbanLand Magazine, August 30, 2017 (republished from 2015)
- Interim Report to the 85th Texas Legislature (Charge 1 – Municipal Management Districts and/or Improvement Districts), House Committee on Special Purpose Districts, December 2016
- Interim Report to the 85th Legislature (Charge 4 – Municipal Management Districts), Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations, November 2016
- Invisible Governments: Special Purpose Districts in Texas (Municipal Management Districts, Tables), Texas Senate Research Center, October 2014
- Interim Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature (Charge 8 – Municipal Management Districts; Appendices H-1 to H-2), Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations, December 2010
- Texas Local Government Code Chapter 375, Municipal Management Districts in General, Municipal Management Districts in General (Amended by SB 1987, § 3, 85th Legislature, R.S.)
- Texas Government Code § 313.006, Notice for Laws Establishing Municipal Management Districts (Amended by SB 1987, §§ 1-2, 85th Legislature, R.S.)
August 14
House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Charge 2: Non-traditional methods of resolving legal disputes and interacting with the legal system; self-help resources, access to justice for unrepresented litigants, online dispute resolution
- Improving Access to Justice in Texas Courts: A Case Study of Self-Help Resources for Debt Collection Claims in Justice Courts, Texas Appleseed, February 3, 2017
- Annual Statistical Report for the Texas Judiciary, Fiscal Year 2017 (Self-Representation), Office of Court Administration, 2017
- Forms for Pro Se Litigants (Summary of development of family law forms, commission reports, exhibits, briefs, research from other states, and pro se statistics), Texas Access to Justice Commission
- TexasLawHelp.org (Legal information & forms, legal help), Texas Legal Services Center
Charge 4: Specialty courts
- Biennial Report to the Texas Legislature (Specialty Courts), Criminal Justice Division, Office of the Governor, December 2016
- Specialty Courts (Issue Brief), Legislative Budget Board, July 2016
- Specialty Court Programs, Office of the Texas Governor
- Specialty Courts, Office of Court Administration
Charge 5: Jurisdictional threshold
- Annual Statistical Report for the Texas Judiciary: Fiscal Year 2017 (Texas Court Structure), Texas Office of Court Administration, 2017
- Civil Jurisdiction Thresholds, National Center for State Courts, 2015
- Examining Texas County Courts at Law Civil Court Reorganization: Final Report, National Center for State Courts, December 2012
- Report of the Court Administration Task Force (Jurisdictional limits), State Bar of Texas, October 2008
- Texas Government Code § 24.007, Jurisdiction (District courts)
- Texas Government Code § 25.0003, Jurisdiction (Statutory county courts)
- Texas Government Code § 26.042, Civil Jurisdiction; Juvenile Jurisdiction (County courts)
- Texas Government Code § 27.031, Jurisdiction (Justice courts)
Charge 6: Office of Court Administration's guardianship compliance program
- State Adult Guardianship Legislative Summary: Directions of Reform – 2017, American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging, 2017
- Guardianship Compliance Project Performance Report, Office of Court Administration, December 2016
- Interim Report to the 85th Legislature (Charge 7 - Guardianship Compliance Pilot Project), Senate Committee on State Affairs, November 2016
- Elders: Committee Report & Recommendations (Guardianship), Texas Judicial Council, October 2016
- Guardianships: Cases of Financial Exploitation, Neglect, and Abuse of Seniors, U.S. Government Accountability Office, September 30, 2010
- Guardianship Compliance Project (Guardianship resources), Texas Judicial Branch
- Texas Estates Code Chapter 1151, Rights, Powers, and Duties Under Guardianship
- Texas Government Code Chapter 155, Duties Respecting Guardianship (Guardianship certification)
