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Interim Hearings - Week of December 5, 2016

Interim Hearings - Week of December 5 

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.

 

December 7

House Committee on Transportation

Topic:  Autonomous vehicles

 

Topic: Safety issues

Topic: Sunset

 

House Select Committee on Transportation Planning 

Topic: Update from TxDOT on HB 20, 84th Legislature

 

Interim Hearings - Week of November 28, 2016

Interim Hearings - Week of November 28

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.

 

November 30

Topic: Determine and adopt a sufficient balance to maintain in the Economic Stabilization Fund

 

December 1

House Committee on Insurance

Charge: Weather-related property insurance claims and incidence of litigation of these claims

Interim Hearings - Week of November 21, 2016

Interim Hearings - Week of November 21

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.

 

November 21

House Committees on Human Services and Juvenile Justice & Family Issues (Joint Hearing)

Charge: Youth recruited into human trafficking, pipeline from foster care

Interim Hearings - Week of November 14, 2016

Interim Hearings - Week of November 14

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.

November 14 Top

Charge 1: Ethics laws governing public officers and employees

House Committee on Pensions

Charge: Immediate and long-term fiscal impact to the state of the unfunded liabilities for the Law Enforcement and Custodial Officer Supplemental Retirement Fund (LECOS) as part of the Employees Retirement System of Texas (ERS)

November 16 Top

House Committee on County Affairs

Topic: Improvements to Child Protective Services such as salary increases, employee retention, recruitment of qualified employees, and additional suggestions on ways to decrease turnover and create better outcomes within the agency

Topic: Improvements to criminal justice system such as diversion practices, increasing training provided to jail staff, improving Texas' racial profiling policies, and additional suggestions on ways to better the criminal justice system

 

Interim Hearings - Week of October 24, 2016

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.

 

October 26

Senate Committee on Finance

Topic: Child Protective Services' (CPS) plan to ensure timely contact with children at immediate risk of abuse or neglect, impact of CPS initiatives funded in the 2016-17 General Appropriations Act, and status of CPS Transformation

Topic: LBB update on fiscal years 2016-17 supplemental costs for the General Appropriations Act

Interim Hearings - Week of October 17, 2016

Interim Hearings - Week of October 17

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.

 

October 17

House Committee on Public Education

Topic: School choice programs

October 18

Joint Interim Committee to Study Border Security

Topic: Implementation of HB 11, 84th Legislature, R.S., and additional border security efforts

 

 

 

Interim Hearings - Week of October 10, 2016

Interim Hearings - Week of October 10

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.

 

Week of October 10 

October 12

House Committee on General Investigating & Ethics 

Charge 4: State agencies' use of emergency leave and settlement payments

 

House Committee on Insurance 

Charge 4: Texas credit for reinsurance statutes and effect on market capacity, cost of regulatory compliance, and prospect of federal preemption, and alternative credit for reinsurance statutes in other jurisdictions

 

Charge 5: Implementation of SB 900, 84th Legislature, R.S., including rulemaking by Texas Department of Insurance and adoption of updated plan of operation by Texas Windstorm Insurance Association

 

Joint Legislative Committee on Aging

Topic: Geriatric training and continuing education among physical and mental health professionals 

 

Topic: Collaborative and innovative aging services across the state 

October 13

House Committee on Natural Resources

Charge 3: Freshwater loss 

 

Charge 1: Regional and state water planning processes, with emphasis on integration of HB 4, 83rd Legislature, R.S., regional planning groups, groundwater management, drought of record, and related issues 

 

Charge 9: Legislative oversight and monitoring, including review of the surface water permitting process in Texas 

Joint Legislative Committee on Aging 

Topic: Influenza and bacterial pneumonia disease in long term care facilities

 

Topic: Elderly financial abuse

House Committees on Agriculture & Livestock and Natural Resources (Joint Hearing)

Charge: Sources of water used by Texans in the production of food and fiber; water delivery methods, water conservation goals, and water-usage management practices in agriculture

Interim Hearings - Week of October 3, 2016

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.

October 3

Senate Select Committee on Property Tax Reform & Relief (Plano) 

Charges: Property tax process and Tax burden

 

October 4

Charge 1: Texas Department of Transportation's role in responding to natural disasters

 

Charge 7: Oversize or overweight corridors

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

October 5

Senate Committee on Business & Commerce

Charge: Occupational licensing

Charge: Lawsuits related to property claims from hail storms and weather events

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

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

Joint Interim Committee to Study a Coastal Barrier System

Topic: Desirability and feasibility of constructing a coastal barrier system

 

 

Interim Hearings - Week of September 26, 2016

Interim Hearings - Week of September 26

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.

September 26 Top

House Committee on Ways & Means

Charge 1: Aspects of the property tax system that contribute to rising property tax levies and taxpayer dissatisfaction

Charge 2: Impact of franchise tax repeal

Charge 3: Impact of ongoing tax litigation, including American Multi-Cinema, Inc. v. Hegar, on revenue stability

Charge 4: State Auditor's review of Chapter 313 agreements

Charge 6: Competitiveness of Texas' tax structure for marine goods and services compared to other states

Charge 8: Implementation of increased residence homestead exemption as approved by the voters in Proposition 1 (SJR 1, 84th Legislature, R.S.)

 

September 28 Top

House Committees on Appropriations and Public Education (Joint Hearing) 

Charges related to school finance including, but not limited to, Additional State Aid for Tax Reduction (ASATR), recapture, and the Cost of Education Index (CEI)

Topic: Border security and operations, including efforts of local law enforcement

Topic: Legislative oversight and monitoring of agencies

 

Charge 1: Texas Department of Transportation's role in responding to natural disasters

Charge 7: Oversize or overweight corridors

Topic: Transportation funding mechanisms, including Texas Emissions Reduction Plan funds, reduction and rededication of Motor Fuels Tax Collection timely payment deduction including Comptrollers administrative and enforcement allowance associated with motor fuels tax collection

Topic:  Transportation reinvestment zones for use by municipalities and counties transportation funding

Topic:  Short or long term funding options that could enhance transportation construction, design, planning, or maintenance

Charge 1: Implementation of federal regulations

House and Senate Select Committees on State Real Property Data Collection, Reporting, & Assessment (Joint Hearing) 

Topics: Update from agencies on the status of the report on the statewide strategy, required by HB 3750, 84th R.S., that will ensure all real property owned by the state is adequately insured;  potential benefits of maintaining a comprehensive database of all real property owned by the state

September 29 Top

House Committees on Appropriations and Public Education (Joint Hearing) 

Charges related to school finance including, but not limited to school facilities

House Committee on Pensions

Charge 5: Investment performance benchmarks utilized by the state's pension funds and impact of portfolio diversification and short-and long-term market assumptions

Senate Select Committee on Property Tax Reform & Relief  (Houston) 

Charges: Property tax process and Tax burden

 

Interim Hearings - Week of September 19, 2016

Interim Hearings - Week of September 19

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.

September 20 Top

(Fort Stockton, TX)

Charge 6: Joint groundwater planning, including HB 200, 84th Legislature, R.S., and ongoing legal developments concerning ownership access to groundwater and impact on property rights and groundwater management

House Committee on County Affairs

Topic: Racial disparities during traffic stops within Texas Department of Public Safety, the constitutionality of equal protection claims and concerns that arise from DPS racial disparities, de-escalation tactics, and diversion before booking

 

September 21 Top

 

House Committees on County Affairs and Criminal Jurisprudence  (Joint Hearing) 

Charge: Pretrial service and bonding practices, bail and pre-trial confinement decisions

House Committee on Elections

Charge 2: Voter registration rolls

Charge 4: Mail-ballot fraud

Charge 5: Compliance with campaign finance reporting laws by local officials and candidates

House Committee on Land & Resource Management

Charge: Regulatory authority of municipalities in their extraterritorial jurisdiction, current annexation policies

Charge: Legislative oversight and monitoring of agencies

 

(Del Rio, TX)

Charge 6: Joint groundwater planning, including HB 200, 84th Legislature, R.S., and ongoing legal developments concerning ownership access to groundwater and impact on property rights and groundwater management

See September 20, above

 

September 22 Top

House Committee on Appropriations

Charge 8: Ongoing implementation of SB 20, 84th Legislature, R.S., and Article IX, Sec. 7.12 of the General Appropriations Act, HB 1, 84th R.S., study of trends in state contracting as developed by the Legislative Budget Board

House Committee on Elections

Charge 1: Petition process for addressing local ordinances

Charge 3: Transparency of local bond elections

Charge 6: Legislative oversight and monitoring of agencies, specifically: methods by which local election officials are informed about changes to election law

 

House Select Committee on Mental Health

Topics: Mental health/behavioral care services in Texas, including, but not limited to, Texas' State Hospitals and mental health bed allocation, and availability of mental health services on the campuses of Texas institutions of higher education

 

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