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.
For recent posts on Interim Hearings, see Interim Hearing Resources on the LRL homepage. The "Recent Entries" list on the left provides quick access to interim hearings posts from previous weeks.
House Committee on Land & Resource Management (Dallas)
Charge: Texas' eminent domain statutes and balance between infrastructure growth and fair compensation for landowners
- Interim Report to the 85th Legislature (Charge 5 – Eminent domain), Senate Committee on State Affairs, November 2016
- Understanding the Condemnation Process in Texas, Real Estate Center, Texas A&M University, Revised July 2015
- Eminent Domain Authority in Texas, Texas Legislative Council, October 2012
- The State of Texas Landowner's Bill of Rights, Office of the Attorney General of Texas, March 2012
Charge: State Power Program operated by the GLO
- "Lawmakers Consider Bill That Could Raise Schools' Electricity Costs," Houston Chronicle, April 25, 2017
- State Energy Marketing Program (SEMP) including State Power Program, Texas General Land Office
- Texas General Land Office State Power Program (benefits, eligible public retail customers), Represented by Cavallo Energy Texas LLC
House Committee on Land & Resource Management (Corpus Christi)
Charge: General Land Office (GLO) role and efforts during the recovery period following Hurricane Harvey, disaster readiness and protocols, assessment of public lands
- Hurricane Harvey: County Updates, Texas General Land Office, August 31, 2018
- Recovery Tracker, The Governor's Commission to Rebuild Texas, Updated August 31, 2018
- State of Texas Plan for Disaster Recovery: Hurricane Harvey – Round 1, State Action Plan Summary, Action Plans and Amendments, Community Development & Revitalization Program, Texas General Land Office, June 25, 2018
- Texas Rebuilds, Texas General Land Office
Charge: Texas' eminent domain statutes and balance between infrastructure growth and fair compensation for landowners
Charge: State Power Program operated by the GLO
Joint Interim Committee on Prescribing & Dispensing Controlled Substances
Topic: Monitoring and prescribing of controlled substances in this state
- "Best Practices for Controlled Substance Monitoring," Journal of Emergency Medical Services, November 2, 2017
- "Unwelcome Diversions: Technology Presents Legislative Opportunity to Crack Down on Opioid Abuse," Texas Medicine, May 2017
- Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs: Evidence – Based Practices to Optimize Prescriber Use, Pew Charitable Trusts, December 2016
- CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain – United States, 2016, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), March 18, 2016
- Texas Hospitals and the Opioid Epidemic, Texas Hospital Association
- Texas Prescription Monitoring Program, Texas State Board of Pharmacy
