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Interim Hearings - Week of December 16, 2013

Dec 11

posted by TexasLRL in 83rd 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.

 

December 18th-19th (12/19 meeting cancelled)

House Select Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations

Topic: Invited testimony. Pursuant to Rule 4, Section 12, the Committee "may meet in executive session for the limited purpose of examining a witness or deliberating, considering, or debating a decision...."

 

After meeting in executive session the committee may consider and take action regarding matters deliberated in closed session, including planning, scheduling, courses of action, and ongoing committee business.

 

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Interim Hearings - Week of December 9, 2013

Dec 5

posted by TexasLRL in 83rd 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.

 

December 11th

House Committee on Administration

Topic: The Committee will meet to consider administrative actions, including the adoption of House Committee budgets for the remainder of the interim.  Testimony will not be taken.

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Interim Hearings - Week of November 25, 2013

Nov 21

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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.

 

November 25th

Senate Committee on Natural Resources

Topic: Update on recent electric discussions at the Public Utility Commission of Texas

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Interim Hearings - Week of November 18, 2013

Nov 13

posted by TexasLRL in 83rd 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.

 

November 20th

House Committee on Defense & Veterans' Affairs and Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs and Military Installations (Joint Hearing)

Topic: Impact of federal actions (including the federal government shutdown, sequestration, military force reductions, and potential base closure or realignment) on active-duty service members, the Texas Military Department, veterans, their families, defense-related contractors, small businesses, local governments, and state agencies

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Interim Hearings - Week of November 11, 2013

Nov 6

posted by TexasLRL in 83rd 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.

 

November 12th-13th (11/13 meeting cancelled)

House Select Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations

Topic: Invited testimony. Pursuant to Rule 4, Section 12, the Committee "may meet in executive session for the limited purpose of examining a witness or deliberating, considering, or debating a decision...."

 

After meeting in executive session the committee may consider and take action regarding matters deliberated in closed session, including planning, scheduling, courses of action, and ongoing committee business.

 

November 13th 

House Committee on Homeland Security & Public Safety

Topic: Border security

 

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Interim Hearings - Week of October 21, 2013

Oct 15

posted by TexasLRL in 83rd 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.

 

October 22nd-23rd

House Select Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations

Topic: Invited testimony. Pursuant to Rule 4, Section 12, the Committee "may meet in executive session for the limited purpose of examining a witness or deliberating, considering, or debating a decision...."

 

After meeting in executive session the committee may consider and take action regarding matters deliberated in closed session, including planning, scheduling, courses of action, and ongoing committee business.

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Interim Hearings - Weeks of October 7 and 14, 2013

Oct 7

posted by TexasLRL in 83rd 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.

 

October 9th

Senate Select Committee on Transportation Funding

Topic: Impact of increased energy sector activities on state roads

 

October 15th

Senate Committee on Business & Commerce

Topic: Work plan for 83rd Legislative Interim

Topic: Quarterly updates from the Texas Department of Insurance, the Public Utility Commission of Texas, the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas

 

 

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Interim Hearings - Week of December 17, 2012

Dec 12

posted by TexasLRL in Interim hearings, 82nd Session

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 18th

House Interim Committee on Manufacturing, Interim

Topic: Recommendations for the House, invited and public testimony

 

Senate Committee on Natural Resources

Charge: Texas Emissions Reduction Program and National Ambient Air Quality Standards

 

Senate Committee on Transportation

Charge: Panama Canal expansion and Texas' cargo and shipping industry,  Houston Ship Channel Security

 

Charge: Oversize and overweight vehicles

 

Charge: Toll collection and enforcement tools to pursue toll scofflaws

 

Charge: Natural gas fueling infrastructure, electric vehicle charging stations and alternative-fueled vehicles

 

Charge: Sunset Advisory Committee recommendations; Proposition 12

 

December 19th

  • Public Testimony
    • Texas Facilities Commission
    • Department of Information Resources
    • Procurement and Support Services Division of the Comptroller of Public Accounts
    • Public Utility Commission of Texas
    • Railroad Commission of Texas
  • Commission Decisions
  • Texas Board of Architectural Examiners
  • Texas Education Agency
  • Texas Board of Professional Engineers
  • Self-Directed Semi-Independent Agency Project Act

 

December 20th          

House Committee on Appropriations

Topic: Program operations and funding considerations at the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas and General Land Office

 

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Interim Hearings - Weeks of December 3 and 10, 2012

Dec 3

posted by TexasLRL in Interim hearings, 82nd Session

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 3rd

House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence

Charge: Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) enforcement

 

December 6th

Charge: Texas Red Tape Challenge

 

December 10th

Senate Committee on State Affairs

Charge: State authority and protection from federal overreach

 

Charge: Texas Workers' Compensation system

 

Charge: Monitor the implementation of legislation, specifically, SB 100, 82nd Regular Session, relating to implementation and impact of the Military Overseas Voter Empowerment (MOVE) Act

 

December 11th

House Interim Committee on Response to Federal Sequestration

Topic: Possible actions by Texas in response to federal sequestration

 

Senate Committee on Economic Development

Charge: Unemployed return to work programs, long-term unemployed, job training  

 

Charge: Economic benefits of the 25 largest industries in this state, including energy, manufacturing, healthcare, tourism, etc.; economic development incentives for data centers, film incentives, or other specific industry clusters  

 

Charge: Financing for the Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund

 

Charge: Monitor implementation of legislation, including SB 1048, 82nd Legislature, on public-private partnerships

 

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Interim Hearings - Weeks of November 19 and 26, 2012

Nov 16

posted by TexasLRL in Interim hearings, 82nd Session

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 19th

Senate Committee on State Affairs

Charge: Workforce retention program or deferred retirement option plan (DROP) for Texas Department of Public Safety peace officers

 

Charge:  Health reimbursement accounts and Medicare exchanges for Medicare eligible participants currently covered by and receiving health coverage through the Employees Retirement System, the Teacher Retirement System, the University of Texas, and Texas A&M University

 

Topic: Long-term sustainability of the Employees Retirement System group insurance program and the Texas Public School Retired Employee group insurance program pursuant to 2012-2013 General Appropriations Act, Article I, Employees Retirement System Rider 13 and Article III, Teacher Retirement System Rider 16

 

Topic: Pension benefit studies submitted to the Legislature regarding Employees Retirement System and Teacher Retirement system pension plans pursuant to the 2012-2013 General Appropriations Act, Article IX, Section 18.03

 

November 26th

Senate Committee on Open Government

Charge: Public Information Act revisions

 

Charge: Security of electronic information

 

Charge: Government records retention

 

Charge: Frivolous or overly-burdensome open records requests

 

November 28th

Senate Committee on Natural Resources

Charge: Water rate jurisdiction

 

November 29th

House Committee on Ways & Means

Charge: Property and margins tax issues

 

Senate Committee on Government Organization 

Charge: Cost-effectiveness analysis in state agency rule making

 

Charge: Protection of state information and electronic data

 

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