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Interim Hearings - Week of November 12, 2012

Nov 9

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 12th (Dallas), November 13th (San Antonio), and November 14th (Houston)

House Interim Committee on Manufacturing

Charge: Taxes, incentives, regulations, and infrastructure as they relate to manufacturing in Texas

House Interim Committee on Manufacturing

November 12th (Texas Instruments, Dallas), November 13th (Toyota Manufacturing Texas, Inc., San Antonio), and November 14th (Port of Houston Authority, Houston)

Work Sessions – tours for members and staff

 

November 12th

 

 

November 13th

  • Commission Decisions

    • Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs 
    • State Pension Review Board
    • Office of Fire Fighters' Pension Commissioner
    • Port of Houston Authority
    • State Employee Charitable Campaign Policy Committee
    • Texas Commission on the Arts
  • Staff Presentation and Public Testimony
    • Texas Board of Architectural Examiners
    • Texas Board of Professional Engineers
    • Self-Directed Semi-Independent Agency Project Act
    • Texas Education Agency

 

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Interim Hearings - Week of November 5, 2012

Nov 2

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 7th, 8th, and 9th

House Interim Committee on General Revenue Dedicated Accounts

Charge: Examine the growth of constitutionally and statutorily dedicated accounts and their use in the budget, consider recommendations to reduce the state's reliance on such accounts for budget certification, and identify ways to maximize the use of dedicated funds

Specific accounts to be considered include:

     5050 9-1-1 Service Fees

     5064 Volunteer Fire Department Assistance

     5084 Child Abuse Neglect and Prevention Operating

     5085 Child Abuse Neglect and Prevention Trust

     5111 Designated Trauma Facility and EMS

     5137 Regional Trauma

     5144 Physician Education Loan Repayment Program

     0151 Clean Air

     0655 Petroleum Storage Tank Remediation

     5000 Solid Waste Disposal Fees

     5071 Emissions Reduction Plan

     0009 Game, Fish, and Water Safety

     5100 System Benefit Fund

 

 

November 7th

House Committee on Ways & Means

Charge: Tax administration in Texas, including tax appeals and procedural requirements

 

November 8th

Joint Select Committee on Economic Development

Charge: State and local economic development policy

 

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Interim Hearings – Week of October 29, 2012

Oct 23

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.

 

October 30th

Senate Committees on Criminal Justice and Education  (Joint Hearing)

Charge: School discipline practices, Alternative Education Programs (DAEP), and Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Programs (JJAEP)

 

Senate Committee on Criminal Justice (upon adjournment of Joint Hearing with Education)

Charge: Prescription drug abuse trends

 

Charge: Implementation of SB 321, 82nd R.S., Relating to an employee's transportation and storage of certain firearms or ammunition while on certain property owned or controlled by the employee's employer

 

Senate Committee on Education (upon adjournment of Joint Hearing with Criminal Justice)

Charge: Monitor implementation of legislation, specifically, the following:

 

November 1st

Topic: Windstorm insurance in this state

 

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Interim Hearings - Weeks of October 15 and 22, 2012

Oct 9

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, and a list of upcoming Budget Hearings.

 

October 15th

House Committee on Public Health

Charge: Texas Health Care Transformation and Quality Improvement Program  Medicaid 1115 Waiver

Charge: Delivery of dental services in Medicaid

 

Joint Committee on Cruise Industry Development

Charge: Cruise industry in South Texas

 

October 17th

Charge: Timing imbalance of state's revenues and expenditures, ways to minimize short-term borrowing need

 

Charge: Monitor performance of agencies, including operating budgets

 

 

October 18th

Charge: Invasive aquatic species

 

Charge: Effect of drought and wildfires on tourism and recreation

 

Charge: Implementation of HB 3726 (administration of the Alamo)

 

Topic: Status of Battleship Texas

 

Senate Committee on State Affairs  CANCELLED

Charge: State authority and protection from federal overreach

 

 

October 19th

House Committee on Higher Education

Charge: Master plan for higher education beyond 2015

 

Joint Committee on Oversight of Windstorm Insurance  CANCELLED  (meeting will be rescheduled)

Charge: Windstorm insurance in Texas

 

October 22nd

House Committee on Ways & Means CANCELLED

Charge: Property tax administration

 

Senate Committee on State Affairs CANCELLED

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

 

October 24th

House Committee on County Affairs

Charge: Population growth in unincorporated areas and provision of services, including garbage disposal, fire protection, road maintenance, electricity, and water and wastewater service

 

Charge: Monitor the agencies and programs under the committee's jurisdiction and 82nd legislation:

House Committee on State Affairs 

Charge: Resource adequacy in the Texas electricity market

 

Charge: Inefficiencies in the regulation of public utilities to minimize cost to consumers

 

Upcoming Budget Hearings

October 19th

Public Safety, Department of

 

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Interim Hearings - Weeks of October 1 and 8, 2012

Oct 1

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, and a list of upcoming Budget Hearings.

 

October 5th

House Committee on Higher Education

Charge:  Research funding

 

October 8th

House Committee on Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII and Urban Affairs (Joint Hearing) Charge: Homelessness

 
House Committee on Business & Industry 

Charge:  Adverse possession

 

Charge: Deed restrictions

Charge: Monitor agencies and 82nd legislation, including changes to homeowners associations

House Committee on Urban Affairs

Charge:  Monitor agencies and programs under the committee's jurisdiction and implementation of legislation by the 82nd Legislature (upon adjournment of Joint Hearing with House Committee on Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII)

 

Senate Committee on Education   

Charge: Virtual schools

 

October 9th

House Committee on Defense & Veterans' Affairs and Elections (Joint Hearing)

Charge: Implementation and impact of the Military Overseas Voter Empowerment (MOVE) Act

 

House Committee on Defense & Veterans' Affairs

Charge: Workforce transition, occupational licensing

 

Charge: Suicide prevention

Senate Committee on Business & Commerce (see the Committee's blog for written testimony, witnesses, and updates, as well as Twitter)

Agency quarterly updates

Charge: Telecommunications market, specifically the Universal Service Fund

 

Charge: Smart meters

 

Charge: Monitor implementation of legislation in the 82nd Regular and Called Sessions, specifically HB 2592 and 2594 relating to payday lending

 

Senate Committee on Government Organization CANCELED

Charge: Cost-effectiveness analysis in state agency rule making

 

Charge: Protection of state information and electronic data

 

UPCOMING BUDGET HEARINGS

October 2nd

Funeral Service Commission

Licensing and Regulation, Texas Department of

 

October 3rd

Stephen F. Austin State University

 

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Interim Hearings - Week of September 24, 2012

Sep 18

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, and a list of upcoming Budget Hearings.

 

September 24th

House Committee on Elections

Charge: Mobile voting

 

Charge: Voter registration

 

Charge: Monitor agencies and programs under committee jurisdiction, implementation of 82nd legislation

 

House Committee on  Land & Resource Management

Charge: Texas Private Real Property Rights Preservation Act

 

Charge: Municipal regulatory authority in extraterritorial jurisdictions

 

Joint Committee on Public School Finance System

Charge: Public school finance system

 

September 25th

House Committee on Public Education

Charge: Review of the University Interscholastic League (UIL)

 

Senate Committee on Finance

Charge: Budget process - efficiency and transparency

 

Charge: Cash management - timing of receipts of state revenues and expenditures, short-term and intrafund borrowing, and cash needs for upcoming biennium

 
Briefing on Certificates of Obligation

Joint Committee on Human Trafficking

Charge: Services for victims of human trafficking

 

Charge: Services for minor sex trafficking victims

 

September 26th

House Committee on Environmental Regulation 

Charge: Federal 8-hour ozone standard under the National Ambient Air Quality Standards program and its impact on the State Implementation Plan

 

Charge: Dam safety, impact of HB 2694, 82nd Legislature

 

Charge: Environmental Protection Agency rules that may impact permits for Texas facilities

 

Charge: Monitor agencies and programs under the committee's jurisdiction and implementation of legislation by the 82nd Legislature

 

September 27th

House Committee on State Affairs  

Charge: Businesses' interactions with state agencies

 

Upcoming Budget Hearings

September 24th

General Land Office and Veterans' Land Board

Higher Education Coordinating Board

Insurance, Department of

Public Community/Junior Colleges

 

September 25th

Angelo State University

Texas Tech University

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Texas Tech University System

 

September 26th

Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas

 

September 27th

Midwestern State University

Texas Woman's University

University of North Texas

University of North Texas - Dallas

University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth

University of North Texas System

 

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Interim Hearings – Week of September 17, 2012

Sep 11

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, and a list of upcoming Budget Hearings.

 

September 17th

House Committee on Human Services

Charge: Managed care in South Texas

 

Charge: Foster care redesign

 

September 18th

House Committee on County Affairs

Charge: Population growth in unincorporated areas

 

Charge: County jails

 

Charge: Monitor the agencies and programs under the committee's jurisdiction; update on Texas Healthcare Transformation and Quality Improvement Program Medicaid 1115 Waiver

 

Upcoming Budget Hearings

 

September 17th

Arts, Commission on the

Library and Archives Commission

Nursing, Board of

 

September 18th

Information Resources, Department of

The University of Texas - Arlington, Austin, Dallas, El Paso, Health Center at Tyler, Health Science Center at San Antonio, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Medical Branch at Galveston, System Administration

 

September 19th

Finance Authority, Public

Governor, Office of the

Housing and Community Affairs, Department of

Insurance Counsel, Office of Public

Lottery Commission, Texas

Trusteed Programs within the Office of the Governor

The University of Texas - Brownsville, Health Science Center at Houston, Pan American, Permian Basin, San Antonio, Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Tyler

Water Development Board

 

September 20th

Comptroller of Public Accounts, Fiscal Programs

Employees Retirement System

State Health Services, Department of

Workforce Commission, Texas

 

September 21st

Health and Human Services Commission

Texas Facilities Commission

Texas Southern University

University of Houston - Clear Lake, Downtown, System Administration, Victoria

 

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Interim Hearings – Weeks of September 3 and 10, 2012

Aug 28

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, and a list of upcoming Budget Hearings.

 

September 4th

Senate Committee on Criminal Justice

Charge: Administrative segregation

 

Charge: Female inmates

September 5th

  • Commission Decisions on the Texas Criminal Justice Agencies
    • Texas Department of Criminal Justice
    • Correctional Managed Health Care Committee
    • Windham School District
    • Board of Pardons and Paroles
  • Staff Presentation and Public Testimony
    • State Pension Review Board
    • Office of Fire Fighters’ Pension Commissioner
    • Port of Houston Authority
    • State Employee Charitable Campaign Policy Committee
    • Texas Commission on the Arts
    • Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

 

September 6th

Senate Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Interim Charge #9

Charge: Efficiency of Texas Renewable Portfolio Standard

 

September 10th

Senate Committee on Higher Education

Charge: Cost-effective funding of financial aid, incentives, student debt

 

Charge: Returned value funding model for Texas State Technical College

 

Charge: Monitor the implementation and make recommendations for any legislation needed to improve, enhance and/or complete implementation of the following bills (82nd Regular):

  • SB 5, Relating to the administration and business affairs of public institutions of higher education
  • SB 28, Relating to eligibility for a TEXAS grant and to administration of the TEXAS grant program
  • HB 9, Relating to student success-based funding
  • HB 33, Relating to measures to increase the affordability of textbooks used for courses at public or private institutions of higher education
  • SB 1107, Relating to the vaccination against bacterial meningitis of entering students at public and private or independent institutions of higher education
  • HB 1000, Relating to the distribution of money appropriated from the National Research University Fund

 

September 11th

Senate Committee on Agriculture & Rural Affairs

Charge: Seafood consumption

 

Charge: Use of Texas agricultural products in healthy foods

 

Topic: Texas drought conditions and wildfires

 

September 12th

Charge: Local retirement systems

 

Charge: Payday lending under HB2592 and HB2594

 

Charge: Federal consumer protection laws

 

Charge: Viability of defined benefit pension plans; feasibility of alternative plans

 

Joint Committee on Seacoast Territory Insurance

Charge: Windstorm and Hail Insurance pursuant to HB 3 (82nd 1st C.S.)

 

September 13th

House Committee on Agriculture & Livestock

Charge:  Cedar eradication as a means to enhance resource conservation

 

House Committee on Pensions, Investments & Financial Services (continuation of previous day's hearing)

 

Senate Committee on Education

Charge: Extended learning time and student success, after-school programs

 
Upcoming Budget Hearings

Listed below are budget hearings of state agencies, listed by agency name or date on the Legislative Budget Board website along with the time and location.

 

September 4th

Bond Review Board

Optometry Board

 

September 5th

Judiciary Section, Comptroller's Department

Prairie View A&M University

Risk Management, State Office of

Tarleton State University

Texas A&M University

Texas A&M University at Galveston

Texas A&M University System Health Science Center

Texas A&M University System: Administrative and General Offices

West Texas A&M University

 

September 6th

Alcoholic Beverage Commission, Texas

Emergency Communications, Commission on State

Ethics Commission, Texas

Texas A&M International University

Texas Transportation Institute

Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, Kingsville, Commerce, San Antonio, Central Texas, Texarkana

Texas Engineering Experiment Station

Texas Engineering Extension Service

 

September 7th

Adjutant General's Department

AgriLife Extension Service and AgriLife Research, Texas

Racing Commission

Texas Forest Service

Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory

Veterans Commission

 

September 10th

Assistive and Rehabilitative Services, Department of

Court of Criminal Appeals

State Law Library

Utility Commission of Texas, Public

               

September 11th

Aging and Disability Services, Department of

Historical Commission

               

September 12th

Attorney General, Office of the

Blind and Visually Impaired, School for the

Deaf, School for the

Injured Employee Counsel, Office of

Lamar Institute of Technology

Lamar State College- Port Arthur, Orange

Lamar University

Sam Houston State University

Sul Ross State University, Rio Grande College

Texas State University - San Marcos

Texas State University System

 

September 13th

Family and Protective Services, Department of

Texas State Technical College - Harlingen, West Texas, System Administration, Marshall, Waco

 

September 14th

Preservation Board

 

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Interim Hearings - Weeks of August 20 and 27, 2012

Aug 14

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. The following may be helpful resources for upcoming hearings.

 

August 22nd

House Committee on Defense & Veterans' Affairs

Charge: Federal military installations and civilian encroachment

Charge: Texas military installations and recent reductions in federal defense spending

Charge: Texas Military Preparedness Commission, HB 2546 (81R), and military preparedness

August 24th

House Committees on Appropriations - S/C on Articles I, IV, & V and Homeland Security & Public Safety (Joint Hearing, 10:00 AM)

Charge: Driver's license improvement plan, feasibility of privatization to minimize wait times

House Committee on Appropriations - S/C on Articles I, IV, & V - on adjournment of 10:00 AM hearing

Charge: Correctional health care system

House Committee on Homeland Security & Public Safety - on adjournment of 10:00 AM hearing  

Charge: Digital emergency public service messaging network on evacuation routes

 

Charge: Law enforcement personnel at school district and post-secondary campuses

 

Senate Committee on Education

Charge: Charter schools

Charge: School choice, education tax credits

August 27th

House Committee on Business & Industry

Charge: Existing lien laws

 

Charge: Impact of property tax liens on title and Texas real estate market

August 28th

Charge: Texas veterans employment

 

Charge: Veterans in higher education

 

Charge: Monitor implementation of legislation

August 29th

Senate Committee on Finance   

Charge: State spending limits

Charge: Funding for law enforcement training and retention

Charge: Monitor implementation of legislation, especially regarding state tax equity and Internet Crimes Against Children Task Forces

 
August 30th

Senate Committee on State Affairs

Charge: Allowing purchase of health insurance across state lines

Charge: Statute of limitations on a cause of action relating to consumer debt

Charge: Liability protection for private companies and individuals when commissioned by the Texas Forest Service to assist in fighting a fire; volunteer firefighter termination by employer

 

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Interim Hearings - Week of August 13, 2012

Aug 7

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. The following may be helpful resources for upcoming hearings.

 

August 14th

House Committee on Transportation

Charge: Operations and services of transit organizations in Texas

House Committee on Ways & Means 

Charge: Tobacco revenue

Senate Committee on Business & Commerce (see the Committee's blog for written testimony, witnesses, and updates, as well as Twitter)

Charge: Telecommunications market in Texas

 

 

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