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Jul 7

posted by TexasLRL in 85th Session, Interim hearings

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.

July 11

House Committee on Defense & Veterans' Affairs (El Paso)

July 13

House Committee on Defense & Veterans' Affairs (Del Rio)

Topic: Encroachment on military installations

Interim Hearings - Week of June 26, 2017, House Committee on Defense & Veterans' Affairs, Legislative Reference Library, June 23, 2017
2016 Progress Report: What Has Been Accomplished? (Encroachment),Texas Military Preparedness Commission, 2016
2014 Texas Military Value Task Force: Preparing for the Future (Finding 2: Encroachment),Texas Military Preparedness Commission, 2014
Compatible Use (Joint Land Use Studies – Texas), U.S. Department of Defense, Office of Economic Adjustment
Other Texas JLUS Documents, Dyess Air Force Base Joint Land Use Study

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Jun 23

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Interim Hearings - Week of June 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.

June 27

House Committee on Defense & Veterans' Affairs (Fort Worth)

Topic: Encroachment on military installations

"Ahead of Special Session, Annexation Reform Debate Gears Up," Texas Tribune, June 19, 2017
"Annexation Debated at Hearing on Military Issues in San Antonio," San Antonio Express-News, June 19, 2017
Interim Report to the 85th Texas Legislature (Topic 1), House Committee on Defense & Veterans' Affairs, December 2016
Interim Report to the 85th Legislature (Encroachment), Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs and Military Installations, November 2016
Interim Report to the 83rd Legislature (Charge 3), House Committee on Defense and Veterans' Affairs, January 2013
Minimizing Encroachment and Incompatible Land Use Near Military Installations, National Conference of State Legislatures, January 2013

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Jun 16

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Interim Hearings - Week of June 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.

June 19

House Committee on Defense & Veterans' Affairs (San Antonio)

Topic: Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) and encroachment on military installations

Interim Report to the 85th Texas Legislature, House Committee on Defense & Veterans' Affairs, December 2016
"Military Installations Worth Billions for Texas: Comptroller Study Weighs Economic Impacts," Fiscal Notes, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, September 2016
Texas Military Preparedness Commission, Office of the Governor (includes 2015 fact sheet on history and economic impact)
San Antonio Military Economic Impact Study (includes Texas Military Economic Impact of installations across the state), City of San Antonio, 2015
Report and Recommendations to the 81st Texas Legislature, Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs and Military Installations, Subcommittee on Base Realignment and Closure, December 2008
Report and Recommendations to the 80th Texas Legislature, Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs and Military Installations, Subcommittee on Base Realignment and Closure, December 2006
Report and Recommendations to the 79th Texas Legislature, Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs and Military Installations, Subcommittee on Base Realignment and Closure, December 2004

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Nov 28

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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

Autonomous, Self-Driving Legislation, National Conference of State Legislatures, November 11, 2016
Federal Automated Vehicles Policy: September 2016, United States Department of Transportation, September 20, 2016
State Laws on Autonomous Vehicles, The Council of State Governments, September 15, 2016
Autonomous Vehicle Implementation Predictions: Implications for Transport Planning, Victoria Transport Policy Institute, September 1, 2016
Understanding the Limitations of Autonomous Vehicles and the Need for Public Transportation, Center for American Progress, August 4, 2016
NACTO Policy Statement on Automated Vehicles, National Association of City Transportation Officials, June 22, 2016
Automated Vehicle Crash Rate Comparison Using Naturalistic Data, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, January 8, 2016
Urban Mobility System Upgrade: How Shared Self-Driving Cars Could Change City Traffic, International Transport Forum at the OECD, Corporate Partnership Board, 2015

Topic: Safety issues

Traffic Safety Trends: State Legislative Action 2015, National Conference of State Legislatures, February 2016
State Legislators' Traffic Safety Priorities: Summary of Findings, National Conference of State Legislatures, December 12, 2015
Safety and Liability of Autonomous Vehicle Technologies, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014

Topic: Sunset

Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), Texas Sunset Advisory Commission

House Select Committee on Transportation Planning

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

HB 20 – Preliminary Report (Legislative report), Texas Department of Transportation, March 31, 2016
HB 20 – Initial Report: Revenue Projections, Funding Categories & Allocations, Performance-Based Decision Making (Legislative report), Texas Department of Transportation, September 1, 2015

December 8-9

Sunset Advisory Commission

December 8

Commission decisions:

Staff presentation and public testimony:

December 9

Staff presentation and public testimony:

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Nov 22

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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

Joint Select Committee to Determine a Sufficient Balance of the Economic Stabilization Fund

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

The Economic Stabilization Fund, a.k.a. The Rainy Day Fund (Blog), Legislative Reference Library, October 17, 2016
"The Texas Economic Stabilization Fund: Saving for Rainy Days," Fiscal Notes, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, September 2016
Overview of the Economic Stabilization Fund (Presentation), Legislative Budget Board, April 19, 2016
"Why States Save: A Look at Texas," Pew Charitable Trusts, January 19, 2016
Why States Save: Using Evidence to Inform How Large Rainy Day Funds Should Grow, Pew Charitable Trusts, December 2015

December 1

House Committee on Insurance

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

Report to the 85th Legislature (Charge 2), Senate Committee on Business & Commerce, November 2016
2016 Already Setting Record Insured Losses, Insurance Council of Texas, September 30, 2016
Texas Insured Property Losses Setting Record in 2016, Insurance Journal, September 29, 2016
Interim Hearings - Week of October 3 (Lawsuits related to property claims from hail storms and weather events), House Committee on Business & Commerce, September 23, 2016

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Nov 9

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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

Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act of 2014 (Summary of major child welfare and sex trafficking provisions), National Conference of State Legislatures, October 6, 2016
Child Welfare and Human Trafficking, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Child Welfare Information Gateway, July 2015
"The Civil Rights of Sexually Exploited Youth in Foster Care," Richmond School of Law, University of Richmond Scholarship Repository, 117 West Virginia Law Review 1225, 2015
The Sex Trafficking Marketplace: Addressing Demand through Legislation and Tactics, Children at Risk (Houston, TX), 2015
The Texas Human Trafficking Prevention Task Force Report 2014, Office of the Attorney General, December 2014
Guidance to States and Services on Addressing Human Trafficking of Children and Youth in the United States, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, September 13, 2013
Report to the 83rd Legislature, Joint Interim Committee to Study Human Trafficking, January 2013
Texas Youth Connection: Human Trafficking, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
What is Human Trafficking? and Specific CPS Program Activity to Address Trafficking, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

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Nov 7

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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
November 16

November 14 Top

House Committee on General Investigating & Ethics

Charge 1: Ethics laws governing public officers and employees

"Major Transparency Bill Headed Back to Legislature for ‘Cleanup’," San Antonio Express-News, May 28, 2016
"Analysis: Ethics Reform — if Texas Voters Really Want It," Texas Tribune, March 25, 2016
A Guide to Ethics Laws for State Officers and Employees, Texas Ethics Commission, Revised September 15, 2015
State Officers and Employees, Texas Ethics Commission
State Officer & Employee Publications & Guides, Texas Ethics Commission

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)

Overview: Law Enforcement & Custodial Officer Supplemental Retirement Fund, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, August 31, 2015
Benefits for State Employees and Public and Higher Education Employees: Legislative Primer, Texas Legislative Budget Board, October 2014
The Feasibility of Adding Select Populations to the Law Enforcement and Custodial Officers Supplemental Retirement Fund (LECOSRF), Employees Retirement System of Texas, September 1, 2014
Law Enforcement and Custodial Officer Supplemental Retirement Fund of the Employees Retirement System of Texas, Annual Actuarial Valuation - Funding as of August 31, 2013, Gabriel Roeder Smith & Company, November 21, 2013

Keeping a Sharp Eye On Public Pension Obligations, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, December 2012
Interim Report to the 81st Texas Legislature (Charge 6 -Law Enforcement & Custodial Officers Supplemental Retirement Fund), House Committee on Pensions and Investments, January 2009

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

Letter to Senator Jane Nelson, Senate Finance Chair, from Commissioner H.L. Whitman, Jr., Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (revising plan to address Child Protective Services issues, $12,000 pay raise, additional caseworkers and investigators), October 27, 2016
Governor Abbott, Lieutenant Governor Patrick and Speaker Straus Direct DFPS to Take Immediate Action to Protect Texas Children; Letter to Commissioner Hank Whitman, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (Child Protective Services), October 12, 2016
Child Welfare Financing SFY 2014: A Survey of Federal, State, and Local Expenditures, Texas Fact Sheet, The Annie E. Casey Foundation, Casey Family Programs, and Child Trends, October 2016
Commissioner Whitman Submits Letter Outlining Proposals for CPS Overhaul to Governor Abbott; Letter to Governor Greg Abbott from Commissioner H.L. Whitman, Jr., Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (Child Protective Services 10-point plan), July 5, 2016
Child Protective Services: Dallas County Management Review, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, May 2016
Progress Report to the Sunset Advisory Commission: Child Protective Services Transformation, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, April 2016
An Introduction to Child Welfare Funding, and How States Use It, Child Trends, January 2016
Child Maltreatment 2014, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, January 2016
Child Protective Services Business Plan, Fiscal Year 2016, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, October 2015
Child Protective Services (CPS) Reports and Presentations, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

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

From Incarceration to Reentry: A Look at Trends, Gaps, and Opportunities in Correctional Education and Training, Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), October 2016
Committee Meeting Handouts - DPS Racial Disparities, House Committee on County Affairs, September 20, 2016
Interim Hearings - Week of September 19, 2016, House Committee on County Affairs, Legislative Reference Library, September 9, 2016
Prioritizing Treatment Over Punishment: An Overview of Mental Health Diversion from Jail in Texas, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin, June 2016
Risk, Not Resources: Improving the Pretrial Release Process in Texas, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin, June 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
2015 Traffic Stop Data Report, Texas Department of Public Safety, 2016
Racial Disparities in Texas Department of Public Safety Traffic Stops, 2002-2014, Frank R. Baumgartner, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, et al., November 18, 2015
Overincarceration of People with Mental Illness: Pretrial Diversion Across the Country and the Next Steps for Texas to Improve its Efforts and Increase Utilization, Texas Public Policy Foundation, June 2015
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
Pretrial Diversion (State Laws), National Conference of State Legislatures, May 13, 2015

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Oct 14

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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

Governor Abbott, Lieutenant Governor Patrick and Speaker Straus Direct DFPS to Take Immediate Action to Protect Texas Children; Letter to Commissioner Hank Whitman, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (Child Protective Services), October 12, 2016
Child Welfare Financing SFY 2014: A Survey of Federal, State, and Local Expenditures, Texas Fact Sheet, The Annie E. Casey Foundation, Casey Family Programs, and Child Trends, October 2016
Commissioner Whitman Submits Letter Outlining Proposals for CPS Overhaul to Governor Abbott; Letter to Governor Greg Abbott from Commissioner H.L. Whitman, Jr., Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (Child Protective Services 10-point plan), July 5, 2016
Child Protective Services: Dallas County Management Review, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, May 2016
Progress Report to the Sunset Advisory Commission: Child Protective Services Transformation, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, April 2016
An Introduction to Child Welfare Funding, and How States Use It, Child Trends, January 2016
Child Maltreatment 2014, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, January 2016
Child Protective Services Business Plan, Fiscal Year 2016, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, October 2015
Child Protective Services (CPS) Reports and Presentations, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

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

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Oct 10

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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

"Nevada Supreme Court Ruling Expected to Affect School Choice Legislation Nationwide," Las Vegas Review-Journal, September 29, 2016
"GOP Pitches Private School Choice at Education Panel," Texas Tribune, September 14, 2016
"Groups Take Issue With Renaming School Vouchers Savings Accounts," Texas Standard, September 13, 2016
The ABCs of School Choice: The Comprehensive Guide to Every Private School Choice Program in America, Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, 2016
2015-2016 School Choice Yearbook (50 school choice programs), American Federation for Children Growth Fund, 2016
The Case Against School Vouchers: The Texas Miracle Depends on Strong Public Schools, Not Unproven Gimmicks (Policy brief), Raise Your Hand Texas, September 2015
Report to the 83rd Legislature and Committee Handouts/Written Testimony (Charge 6 - school choice), Senate Committee on Education, January 2013
School Choice and Charters, National Conference of State Legislatures

October 18

Joint Interim Committee to Study Border Security

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

Texas Criminal Alien Arrest Data, Texas Department of Public Safety, Through August 31, 2016
Mexico: Organized Crime and Drug Trafficking Organizations, Congressional Research Service, July 22, 2016
Operation Secure Texas: Texas Border Security Performance Measures, Texas Department of Public Safety, July 19, 2016
Update: State Funding for Border Security (Covering 2nd & 3rd Quarters of Fiscal Year 2016; September 1, 2015 - February 29, 2016), Texas Legislative Budget Board, July 2016
Texas Border Security (Border Security Statistics), Texas Department of Public Safety, January 2016
Border Metrics: How to Effectively Measure Border Security and Immigration Control, Migration Policy Institute, January 2016
ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Report, Fiscal Year 2015, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, December 22, 2015
Texas Gang Threat Assessment: A State Intelligence Estimate, Joint Crime Information Center, Texas Department of Public Safety, August 2015
Securing the Border: Assessing the Impact of Transnational Crime: Hearing Before the S. Comm. on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, 114th Congress (2015)
Assessing the Threat of Human Trafficking in Texas: A State Intelligence Estimate, Texas Department of Public Safety, April 2014

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Oct 3

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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

Emergency Leave' Cost Texas Taxpayers Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars, Auditor's Report Shows," Dallas Morning News, September 15, 2016
Analysis of State Agencies' Use of Separation Agreements (Report to the House Committee on General Investigating and Ethics), State Auditor's Office, September 14, 2016
Lawmakers Ask Whether Agencies Abused Emergency Leave Policy," Texas Tribune, July 12, 2016
Interim Hearings – Weeks of July 4 and 11, 2016, House Committee on General Investigating & Ethics, Legislative Reference Library, July 1, 2016

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

Credit for Reinsurance Model Law (2016), Credit for Reinsurance Model Regulation (2013), and Reinsurance (Updated April 7, 2016, information on number of jurisdictions that have adopted models), National Association of Insurance Commissioners
Texas Insurance Code Chapter 492, Reinsurance for Life, Health, and Accident Insurance Companies and Related Entities, Subchapter C, Credit for Reinsurance
Texas Insurance Code Chapter 493, Reinsurance for Property and Casualty Insurers, Subchapter C, Credit for Reinsurance
28 Texas Administrative Code §§7.601-7.614, Reinsurance

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

2016 Texas Windstorm Insurance Association Annual Report Card, Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, June 1, 2016
TWIA Loss Funding and Premium Surcharge Rules (SB 900) - Effective 03/09/2016, Texas Department of Insurance
TWIA Depopulation Program Rules (SB 900) - Effective 12/22/2015, Texas Department of Insurance
Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) Resources, Texas Department of Insurance
Depopulation Programs (SB 900), Texas Windstorm Insurance Association

Joint Legislative Committee on Aging

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

2016 Geriatric Symposium: Texas Taking the Next Step, Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services, August 1-2, 2016
Interim Report to the 83rd Legislature (Geriatric medical training), Joint Committee on Aging, January 2013
Report to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (Study of geriatrics), Commission on Geriatrics Study Requirement for Medical School, November 2002
Texas Consortium Geriatric Education Center, Baylor College of Medicine

Topic: Collaborative and innovative aging services across the state

"Texas is Graying and the State Must Adapt," Jacqueline Angel, LBJ School of Public Affairs, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, September 20, 2016
Aging in Texas: An Introduction, Texas Demographic Center, June 2016
Aging Texas Well Plan 2016-17, as required by Executive Order RP 42, Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services, September 2015
Texas State Plan on Aging 2015-2017, Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services, Submitted to the Administration on Community Living, July 1, 2014
How State Health Agencies Can Support Healthy Aging (Issue brief), Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, 2014

October 13

House Committee on Natural Resources

Charge 3: Freshwater loss

Addressing Water Needs Using Aquifer Storage and Recovery, House Research Organization Focus Report, July 12, 2016
Texas Salt Bayou Freshwater Inflows Restoration: Feasibility Study, Design, Engineering and Permitting, Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council, November 4, 2014
Summary Report for the Development of a Regional Plan for Aquifer Storage and Recovery and Off Channel Storage in the Golden Crescent Region of Texas, City of Victoria, October 2014
"Enabling Successful Aquifer Storage and Recovery of Freshwater Using Horizontal Directional Drilled Wells in Coastal Aquifers," 20 Journal of Hydrologic Engineering 1 (October 2014)
Evaporation - A Loss for Humans and Wildlife in Texas, Texas Living Waters Project, September 24, 2014
An Assessment of Aquifer Storage and Recovery in Texas, Texas Water Development Board, February 2011

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

2017 State Water Plan: Water For Texas, Texas Water Development Board, adopted May 19, 2016
Funding the State Water Plan Through the SWIFT Program, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, May 2016
Region C and Region D 2011 Plan Interregional Conflict (Timeline and documents, Order issued on January 8, 2015), Texas Water Development Board, March 2014 - March 2015
Uniform Standards To Be Used By Regional Water Planning Groups to Prioritize Projects, H.B. 4 Stakeholder Committee, Texas Water Development Board, Adopted December 5, 2013
"Water Planning in Dry Times: New Water Plan Proposes Solutions," Fiscal Notes, March 2012
Regional Water Planning, Regional Water Planning Areas - Groundwater Reports, Texas Water Development Board

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

Applications for Surface Water Rights and Ownership Changes and Surface Water Rights and Availability, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
A Texan's Guide to Water and Water Rights Marketing (including surface water rights, groundwater rights, and water right transfers), Texas Water Development Board

Joint Legislative Committee on Aging

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

Interim Guidelines for Influenza Outbreak Management in Long-Term Care Facilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Combating Antibiotic Resistance: Policies to Promote Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
State Examples of Antimicrobial Stewardship Activities, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
State Law and Vaccination: Requirements for Residents & Staff of Long-Term Care Facilities, School of Public Health and Health Services, The George Washington University, Fall 2013

Topic: Elderly financial abuse

Recommendations and Report for Financial Institutions on Preventing and Responding to Elder Financial Exploitation, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, March 2016
Cumulative Elder Financial Abuse Statutes, American Bankers Association, Updated as of January 26, 2015
Financial Crimes Against the Elderly 2014 Legislation, National Conference of State Legislatures, January 2015
The Economic and Financial Status of Older Americans: Trends and Prospects, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, April 18, 2014
Elder Justice: More Federal Coordination and Public Awareness Needed, United States Government Accountability Office, July 2013
Elder Justice: National Strategy Needed to Effectively Combat Elder Financial Exploitation, United States Government Accountability Office, November 2012

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

"Agricultural Impacts of Texas' Driest Year on Record," Choices Magazine (Agricultural & Applied Economics Association), Third Quarter 2012
Status and Trends of Irrigated Agriculture in Texas, Texas Water Resources Institute, September 14, 2012
The 2011 Texas Drought: A Briefing Packet for the Texas Legislature, John W. Nielsen-Gammon, Texas State Climatologist, October 31, 2011
Agricultural Water Conservation, Best Management Practices for Agricultural Water Users, and Irrigation Water Use Estimates, Texas Water Development Board
The Water Source, Texas Department of Agriculture

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