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Interim Hearings - Week of August 29, 2016

Aug 22

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Interim Hearings - Week of August 29

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 29 Top

House Committee on County Affairs 

Charge: County cybersecurity policies

 

Charge: Legislative oversight and monitoring of agencies, including Child Protective Services, 1115 Transformation Waiver, and criminal justice programs in Bexar County

 

August 30 Top

House Committee on Transportation

Topic: TxDOT Rail Division

Topic: TxDOT Rural Transit Division

Topic: TxDOT General Aviation Division

Topic: TxDOT HB 2612 report

Topic: TxDOT on utility relocation

Topic: Presentation from TTI on Transportation Network Companies

House Select Committee on Transportation Planning

Topic: Update from TxDOT working group on project selection criteria, rules and policies for project prioritization and selection, and funding categories

August 31 Top

House Committee on Urban Affairs

Charge 1: Demographic trends in Texas for affordable housing and senior housing 

Charge 2: Gentrification's effect on affordable housing 

Charge 3: Guidelines for the appraisal of Affordable Housing Properties financed with Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) 

Charge 4: Current Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs preservation programs for rural rental housing 

 

 

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Interim Hearings - Week of August 22, 2016

Aug 12

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Interim Hearings - Week of August 22 

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 August 22

August 22 Top

House Committee on Land & Resource Management

Charge: Coastal erosion

Charge: Natural disaster preparedness and response 

August 23 Top

House Committee on Special Purpose Districts

Charge 1: Municipal Management Districts and/or Improvement Districts 

 

Charge 2: Legislative oversight and monitoring of agencies, including opportunities to streamline the purpose of multiple districts created within the same area, while maintaining the mission of special purpose districts

Charge: Occupational licensing

Charge: Regulatory functions across agencies and departments

Charge: Powdered alcohol and impact on underage drinking

Charge: Legislative oversight and monitoring of agencies

 

Senate Committee on Criminal Justice

Charge 7: Civil asset forfeiture laws

Topic: Bullying in Texas schools, cyberbullying in the digital age

Senate Committee on Higher Education

Charge: Tuition and fee waivers and exemptions, tuition set-asides, financial aid

August 24 Top

Charge 13: Review of current public education programs administered by the Texas Education Agency that are funded outside of the Foundation School Program

House Committee on Defense & Veterans' Affairs

Topic 1: Maintaining military value of defense installations and communities

House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence

Charge 1: GPS monitoring in protective orders, family violence prevention

August 25 Top

Joint Interim Committee to Study Development of a Cruise Industry

Topic: Development and potential economic impact of a cruise industry on the Texas coast between Calhoun and Cameron counties

 

 

 

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Interim Hearings - Week of August 15, 2016

Aug 5

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Interim Hearings - Week of August 15 

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 15 Top

House Committee on State Affairs

Charge: Contracting monitoring, compliance, performance evaluation and notification requirements for contracting procedures

Charge: Administrative process used to determine utility rates

Charge: How Public Utility Commission of Texas and utility providers can ensure consumer protection regarding metering devices for water, gas, and electricity service

Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations

Charge 2: Home rule municipalities, adoption of ordinances

Charge 4: Municipal management districts (MMDs)

Charge 5: Statutes and Rules that govern Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs in light of the recent Supreme Court decision in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs et al. v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., et al.

Charge 6: Government accountability in elections - improve transparency regarding public debt

August 16 Top

 

House Select Committee on Mental Health

Invited testimony on Mental/behavioral health care services in Texas, including, but not limited to substance abuse, homelessness,  veterans, gaps in programs, and improving delivery of services

Senate Committee on Education

Charge: School board governance policies and practices, school board training requirements, suggestions for better student outcomes, particularly within the framework set for low-performing schools in HB 1842, 84th Legislature, R.S.

Charge: Monitor implementation of legislation, specifically initiatives to build a high-quality pre-kindergarten grant program; and legislation to raise standards of teacher preparation programs and establish a more consistent, high-quality accountability system

August 17 Top

House Select Committee on Mental Health

Public testimony on mental health/behavioral health care services in Texas

 

August 18 Top

Joint Interim Committee on Advertising Public Notices

Topic: Rules and organizational business

Topic: Use of technology in posting and advertising to the public of legally required notices

 

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Interim Hearings - Week of August 1, 2016

Jul 25

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Interim Hearings - Week of August 1

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 2 Top

House Research Organization Steering Committee

Topic: House Research Organization budget for fiscal 2017

 

August 3 Top

Senate Committee on Education

Charge: Comprehensive performance review of all public schools in Texas

 

Charge: Structure and performance of Harris County Department of Education and Dallas County Schools

  • Texas Education Code § 11.301, Application of Former Law
  • Vernon's Texas Codes Annotated, Texas Education Code, Volume 2, Title 2 - Appendix - Former Chapters with Continued Application (Former Education Code Chapter 17, County Administration and Chapter 18, Countywide Equalization Fund or County Unit System of Equalization Taxation), Library Call Number: LAW-TEX

 

 

 

Charge: Monitor implementation of legislation, specifically legislation to require a minimum number of minutes of instruction for each school year

August 4 Top

House Committee on County Affairs 

Charge: County cybersecurity policies

Charge: Texas Commission on Jail Standards, resources and structure in oversight, regulation, and enforcement of county jails 

Charge: Internet publication of mug shots and criminal history information  

Charge: Services provided by sheriffs and constables and whether fee schedules allow cost recovery

Charge: Legislative oversight and monitoring of agencies, including Child Protective Services and 1115 Transformation Waiver

 

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Interim Hearings - Week of July 25, 2016

Jul 18

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Interim Hearings - Week of July 25  

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 25

Charge: Surface water and groundwater

 

Charge: State Water Plan

 

Charge: Monitor implementation of legislation, specifically monitor the Texas Water Development Board's process in the identification and designation of brackish groundwater zones

 

Topic: Report and testimony from the Comptroller of Public Accounts regarding the financial condition of this state

 

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Interim Hearings - Week of July 18, 2016

Jul 8

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Interim Hearings - Week of July 18

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 18 Top

Charge: Funding the state's transportation including Proposition 1, 83rd 3rd C.S., and Proposition 7, 84th R.S.; budget structure for TxDOT

 

July 19 Top

House Committee on Appropriations

Charge 16: Effectiveness of the Department of Public Safety's use of border security funds, border security metrics

House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Articles I, IV & V  Charge: Deferred maintenance and physical plant needs of state buildings

 

July 21Top

House Committee on County Affairs 

Charge: County cybersecurity policies

 

Charge: Texas Commission on Jail Standards, resources and structure in oversight, regulation, and enforcement of county jails 

 

Charge: Internet publication of mug shots and criminal history information  

 

Charge: Services provided by sheriffs and constables and whether fee schedules allow cost recovery

 

Charge: Legislative oversight and monitoring of agencies, including Child Protective Services and 1115 Transformation Waiver

 

Joint Oversight Committee on Government Facilities 

Topic: Status of deferred maintenance and new buildings in the Capitol Complex and North Austin Complex approved by the 84th Legislature

 

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Interim Hearings - Weeks of July 4 and 11, 2016

Jul 1

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Interim Hearings - Weeks of July 4 and 11

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 7 Top

House Committee on County Affairs

Charge: Texas Commission on Jail Standards, resources and structure in oversight, regulation, and enforcement of county jails 

Charge: Internet publication of mug shots and criminal history information  

Charge: Risk and mitigation of wildfires, floods, and other natural hazards in the wildland-urban interface; natural disasters  

Charge: County cybersecurity policies

Charge: Services provided by sheriffs and constables and whether fee schedules allow cost recovery

Charge: Legislative oversight and monitoring of agencies, including Child Protective Services and 1115 Transformation Waiver

July 12 Top

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

House Committee on Human Services

Charge 3: Foster care system

July 13 Top

House Committees on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Article II and Public Health (Joint Hearing)

Joint charge: Trauma system in the state of Texas

Charge 9: Hospital reimbursement methodologies, including rural and children's hospitals; extension of the Texas Healthcare Transformation and Quality Improvement 1115 waiver

Topic: State Water Implementation Fund for Texas (SWIFT)

 

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Interim Hearings - Week of June 20, 2016

Jun 10

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Interim Hearings - Week of June 20

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 20   Top

Charge: State Water Plan

June 21  Top

House Committee on Higher Education

Charge 6: Educational opportunities for non-traditional students, adult learners

June 23  Top

Overview of Sunset process and schedule; approval of operating budget and rules; discussion and approval of changes to across-the-board recommendations

Staff presentation and public testimony (public input form for agencies under review)

 

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Interim Hearings - Week of June 13, 2016

Jun 6

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Interim Hearings - Week of June 13

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 13

House Committee on Pensions

Topic: Houston pension funds

Charge 4: Structural reforms to state public pension plans, feasibility of one-time funding increases

June 16

Charge 7: Shared economy growth

Charge 9: Legislative oversight and monitoring of agencies, including updates regarding transfer of duties and services from health and human services agencies to the Texas Workforce Commission, and impact of incentive reform legislation

Senate Committee on Health & Human Services

Charge: Collaborative partnerships between state-owned mental health hospitals and university health science centers

Charge: Diversion of individuals with serious mental illness from criminal justice settings, recidivism prevention

Charge: Tele-monitoring and telemedicine services for adults and children with complex medical needs, correctional facilities, rural areas

 

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Interim Hearings - Week of June 6, 2016

May 27

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Interim Hearings - Week of June 6

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 8 Top

House Committee on Business & Industry

Charge: Shared economy growth

Charge: Property owners associations

June 9 Top

House Committee on Business & Industry

Charge: Business cybersecurity

Charge: Shareholders of Texas corporate forms

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

Topic: Potential ways to ensure the state is able to identify, track, and maintain information on the location, condition, and replacement value of all real property owned by the state

Invited testimony: State Office of Risk Management, Legislative Budget Board

June 10 Top

House Committee on County Affairs  

Charge: County cybersecurity policies

Charge: Texas Commission on Jail Standards, resources and structure in oversight, regulation, and enforcement of county jails

Charge: Internet publication of mug shots and criminal history information

Charge: Services provided by sheriffs and constables and whether fee schedules allow cost recovery

Charge: Effect of Proposition 5 (SJR 17, 84th R.S.) on quality of private roadways in counties with population less than 7,500

Charge: Legislative oversight and monitoring of agencies, including Child Protective Services and 1115 Transformation Waiver

 

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