Bills: SB15, SB9, SB7, SB1, SB2, SB67, SB15, SB9, SB7

Keywords: real property, fraud, theft, elderly, disabled, statute of limitations, criminal offense, property rights, property tax, ad valorem tax, voter-approval tax rate, no-new-revenue tax rate, tax rate calculation, Tax Code, local government finance, municipality, county, special taxing unit, sales and use tax, property tax cap

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• I've only been here for 10 years. Only 10 years? Well, I've been here since...
• In the last four years there... and your namesake can correct me if I'm wrong.
• He had a 13% increase four years ago and a 12% increase three years ago, a 15% increase a year ago, and
• And that's when this bill goes into effect; it'll go into effect this year.
• How does the 2.5 in your bill compare to trying to control property taxes based... based on inflation

Bills: SB15, SB9, SB7, SB1, SB2, SB67, SB15, SB9, SB7

Keywords: real property, fraud, theft, elderly, disabled, statute of limitations, criminal offense, property rights, property tax, ad valorem tax, voter-approval tax rate, no-new-revenue tax rate, tax rate calculation, Tax Code, local government finance, municipality, county, special taxing unit, sales and use tax, property tax cap

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• long as it is based on sound science. long as it is based on sound science.
• That's been many years ago.
• That's been many years ago.
• The decision based upon local context.
• And so over the years we said things.

Bills: SB23, SB71, SB105, SB109, SB115, SB131, SB148, SB165

Keywords: law enforcement, taser, restrained individuals, police procedures, civil rights, income tax, tax exemption, Alabama tax code, Section 40-18-3, civilian employees, Department of Defense, DoD, Armed Forces, military pay, combat zone, deployment, National Guard, Reserve components, emergency response, federal employees

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• Chair: I'm not sure we could do that, maybe after five years. Thanks.
• Maybe after five years. Thanks. All right, Senator Carter. Thank you.
• Just on years. To me, it's a question of, well... I'm speaking only from my parish. Just on years.
• I have spent 23 years in this community.
• That's roughly 3 million people a year.

Bills: SCR58, SB309, SB514, HCR63, HCR69, HB401, HB487, HB722, HB730, HB745, HB988, HB989, HB1001, HB1024, HB1032, HB1050, HB1081, HB1086, HB1108, HB1172, HB1173, HB1175, HB1192, HB1218, HB1244

Keywords: SCR 58, Senate Concurrent Resolution, DOTD, Department of Transportation and Development, public-private partnership, P3, public-private partnership contracting, Belle Chasse Toll Bridge, Belle Chasse Bridge, toll bridge, tolling, tolls, transportation infrastructure, roads and highways, Plaquemines Parish, bridge project, toll fees, unauthorized charges, contract oversight, procurement

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• They make it for the year, for the elections for that year. So you can change that.
• So non-presidential years and presidential years, what this bill would do will allow the parties to make
• So that consistent project delivery, year in, year out program delivery, is the true cornerstone.
• approximately 12 years prior to this.
• Included a 12-year term, guaranteed 6% annual raises, four years of severance pay if let go for other

Bills: HB9, HB177, HB181, HB202, HB225, HB398, HB459, HB540, HB906, HB1052, HB1057, HB1245

Keywords: HB 9, HB9, Act 527, Shreveport, Stuffed Shrimp Capital, state symbol, Louisiana symbols, municipal designation, honorary title, cultural designation, tourism, local pride, seafood, shrimp, stuffed shrimp, cuisine, city branding, Louisiana Revised Statutes 49:170.26, court reporter, official court reporter

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• That was 2 years ago.
• That was 2 years ago. I neighborhoods. That was 2 years ago.
• years years with<00:46:31.320> this<00:46:31.640> second<00:46:32.040> sheet<00
• So, it's kind of an odd year.
• our budget bill such as it is this year. our budget bill such as it is this year.

Bills: HF4077, HF3809, HF3639, HF4478, HF3363, HF3874

Keywords: municipal nondisclosure agreement, NDA, public records, transparency, local government, county, city, town, school district, housing and redevelopment authority, economic development authority, port authority, economic development, land development, public financing, tax increment financing, TIF, abatement, municipal bonds, debt obligations

Summary: The Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee approved the minutes from March 25 and March 26, then took up House File 4077, a bipartisan bill authored by Representatives Greenman and Roach. The bill would prohibit municipalities from entering into non-disclosure agreements with private entities that restrict disclosure about land development, economic development, or publicly funded projects, while preserving existing Chapter 13 data practices rules and trade secret protections. The authors argued the bill is needed to prevent secret agreements and backroom decision-making that undermine public transparency, and they moved that the bill be re-referred to the general register. Several local officials and residents testified in support, including a St. Louis County commissioner, the mayor of Lonsdale, and residents from Farmington and Hermantown. Supporters said NDAs had been used in connection with data center and other development projects to keep elected officials and the public in the dark, eroding trust and limiting community input. They described the bill as a common-sense transparency measure and said existing law already protects legitimate trade secrets. Opposition came from the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and the Minnesota Business Partnership, which argued that NDAs are often necessary in early-stage economic development discussions to protect sensitive business information and remain competitive with other states. They warned the bill could discourage investment, jobs, and tax growth, and said it would impose a one-size-fits-all state mandate that limits local discretion. Committee members then debated whether the bill was too broad and whether it should be narrowed to data centers; supporters responded that the issue extends beyond data centers to other forms of economic development. A roll call vote was requested on the motion to re-refer the bill to the general register, but the final vote result was not stated in the transcript excerpt.

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• And so for the past couple of years, the recommendation has been tailored based on the specific centers
• Chair, the depreciation schedule, I believe, is 12 years. It's based on an IRS published schedule.
• Could that be a year, two years, and then you accelerate it all back?
• We've looked more specifically in recent years with other legislative sponsors at residential-based energy
• Chairman, this amount for debt service payment of $6.7 million each year is based on a 25-year term?

Bills: HB248, HB309, HB332, SB48

Keywords: general obligation bonds, GO bonds, capital projects, bond election, property tax levy, state debt, state finance, capital outlay, senior centers, senior citizen facilities, aging services, long-term services, libraries, library acquisitions, broadband for libraries, higher education, university capital projects, community colleges, tribal schools, special schools

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• It'll be in place for this year and next year.
• credits an additional year, so it doesn't impact the next fiscal year financially.
• to 14 years.
• or two years, so a lesser amount of time or up to 14 years.
• So if we are changing that window from 10 years to 14 years, it does seem to be.

Bills: HB248, HB309, HB332, SB48

Keywords: general obligation bonds, GO bonds, capital projects, bond election, property tax levy, state debt, state finance, capital outlay, senior centers, senior citizen facilities, aging services, long-term services, libraries, library acquisitions, broadband for libraries, higher education, university capital projects, community colleges, tribal schools, special schools

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• , that should be provided to 12-year-olds, and to 5-year-olds, yes, five-year-olds.
• 25 years, we will be 85%.
• So if we were to do this as a 10-year runway, hell, a 20-year runway, you're now talking a fraction of
• Hell, a 20-year runway, okay?
• on the even years.

Bills: SB1433, SB1434, SB1435, SB1567, SB1571, SB1686, SB1745, SCR1024, SCR1025, HB2671, HB2676, HCR2044

Keywords: county boundaries, Maricopa, Gila, Pinal, Yavapai, Yuma, La Paz, local governance, Arizona Revised Statutes, Maricopa county, county division, new counties, intergovernmental agreements, special election, shared use agreements, education, explicit material, parental consent, student protection, library access

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• Four earthquakes over 4.5 this year.
• You're looking at about $100,000 a year.
• He's worked for me for 35 years.
• Particularly in the recent 10 years.
• It might be 20 years down the road or longer.

Bills: HB206, HB 1285, HB1335, HJR107, HB206

Keywords: pipeline, construction, cash bond, county authority, local government, HB 1285, Railroad Commission of Texas, RRC, drones, unmanned aircraft, UAS, drone inspections, oil and gas, pipeline inspection, surface mining, well sites, tank batteries, disposal wells, injection sites, natural resources

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• All these were based on our sunset hearing, and those are all made manifest inside the documents here
• I can't find anywhere else in the law where fines are based on the revenue of the entity when they're
• , three year, five year appointments.
• I've just been so suspicious through the past couple of years of kind of how we got to the why.
• Hopefully next year, when we come back and look at them, they will have cleared themselves up.

Bills: HB191, HB35, HB29, HB123, HB35, HB29, HB191, HB123

Keywords: sales tax, use tax, sales and use tax, local tax exemption, county tax, municipal tax, county commission, municipality, Alabama Department of Revenue, tax exemption, ordinance, resolution, fiscal year, September 1 effective date, notice requirement, local government, tax administration, revenue law, state and local taxation, volunteer firefighters

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• and last year put forth a bill that would have simply... ...similar issue for several years and last
• Part of the reason I’m not going to be here next year is because I’m worried about site-based leadership
• Part of the reason I'm not going to be here next year is because I'm worried about site-based leadership
• Based on the language of the bill, if the instructor grades them based on their academic work, that would
• hours over five years.

Bills: HB2950, HB2978, HB3132, HB3242, HB3467, HB3700, HB3701, HB4115, HB4274

Keywords: postsecondary education, standardized test scores, educational equity, higher learning access, Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program, HB2978, school libraries, library media center, library media program, community standards, sexually explicit conduct, obscene material, age-appropriate materials, school curriculum, book challenges, book banning, censorship, public schools, school board, education committee

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• So, this could be the last year that we see that kind of rollover funding.
• We kind of worked on that last year.
• year 2025 state general fund appropriation.
• for this year because this starts, I believe, in October of this year.
• I think we will extend that program for several years. Yeah, Mr.

Bills: HB186, HB185, HB184, HB183, HB181, HB312, HB405, HB182, HB460

Keywords: Alabama budget, general fund appropriations, fiscal year 2026, state budget, appropriations act, HB186, executive branch funding, legislative branch funding, judicial branch funding, debt service, capital outlay, corrections, Medicaid, public health, mental health, transportation, education, law enforcement, tourism, veterans affairs

Bills: HB169, HB169

Keywords: education trust fund, appropriations, budget, fiscal year 2026, public education, K-12, pre-K, early childhood education, community colleges, higher education, Alabama Community College System, teacher pay, teacher stipend, school nurses, literacy, numeracy, reading coaches, math and science teachers, career and technical education, CTE

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• We've had this conversation throughout session, throughout last year and the years before about, you
• throughout last year and the years<00:04:59.680> before<00:05:00.560> about,<00:05:00.960
• over year.
• plants uh for the past 50 plus years. plants uh for the past 50 plus years.
• number of years ago. number of years ago.

Bills: HF4308, HF4153, HF4703, HF4711

Keywords: HF4308, Monticello nuclear plant, Prairie Island, renewable development account, RDA, nuclear waste, spent fuel, dry cask storage, utility tax, commercial-industrial property tax, state general levy, property tax exemption, residential heating fuels, natural gas tax exemption, electricity sales tax exemption, year-round sales tax exemption, distributed solar energy standard, solar mandate, community solar, grid modernization

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• This would be based on that performance. That's exactly right, on outcomes-based funding.
• So how do you feel about year-round school? Do you support year-round school?
• So right now, under the current law, that's three years. Three years. Okay. All right.
• In between three years and five years, you know, and if you're that fourth-year kid or sixth-year kid
• What year was that?

Bills: SB1798, SB1835, SB1319, SB2942, SB2928, SB784, SB1049

Keywords: higher education, tuition rates, financial support, immigration status, Texas law, SB 1835, resident tuition, nonresident students, scholarship students, public higher education, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Education Code Section 54.213, tuition waiver, in-state tuition, out-of-state students, higher education finance, enrollment cap, capacity limit, workforce development area, nonimmigrant visa

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• We're going to be the seventh largest probably by the end of the year.
• The five-year strategic plan is focused on targeting key industries.
• The claimant has been charged last year with a liable TWC tax account.
• It's payable during a benefit year. It's fixed at 26 weeks or 6 months.
• That limits flexibility in adjusting benefits based on economic conditions.

Bills: HB 112, HB199, HB621, HB1349, HB2214, HB3466, HB3698, HB3699, HCR9, HB112, HB199, HCR9

Keywords: science park district, economic development, technology innovation, higher education collaboration, infrastructure development, Texas Economic Development Office, workforce development, unemployment benefits, state average unemployment rate, benefit year, economic support, Texas Workforce Commission, property owners' association, free speech, assembly rights, government officials, political candidates, floodplain, landlord, tenant

Bills: HB148, HB203, HB360, HB552, HB 1244, HB 1284, HB1533, HJR30, HB148, HB203, HJR30

Keywords: residential property, ad valorem tax, leasing, property appraisal, fair market rent, housing affordability, appraised value, tax limitation, housing market, affordable housing, leased residential real property, rent control, Texas Tax Code, property tax, residential leasing, homestead, tax code, appraisal review board, real estate sales, property tax relief

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• I thought that is a saddle up at the end of the school year.
• Over the last 20 years, I've been engaged in school finance issues either as a school board trustee or
• For a number of years now, the state of Texas...
• I am founder of Native Texas. a nursery, a wholesale nursery operation based here in Travis County.
• I think it's about $150,000 a year fiscal note on it. Yeah, it's nominal.

Bills: HB195, HB247, HB255, HJR2, HJR4, HJR6, HJR31, HJR34, HB195, HB247, HB255, HJR6, HJR31, HJR34

Keywords: school district, ad valorem tax, local revenue, tax collection, education funding, border security, tax exemption, ad valorem, real property, infrastructure, Texas-Mexico border, ad valorem taxation, farm products, livestock, timber, death tax, inheritance tax, estate tax, property transfer, constitutional amendment

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• By that, we mean instead of having a 10-year count, let's change it to five years.
• Let's do a new count every five years rather than 10.
• Chairman, Bowling County grows by 8,000 people every year.
• That's 40,000 people in this five-year period, on average.
• That's another 8.5 million a year. That's 8,000 a week then. Yes.

Bills: SB143, SB144, SB145, SB152, SB153, SB154, SB162, SB226, SB146, SB143, SB144, SB145, SB152, SB153, SB154, SB162, SB226, SB146

Keywords: SB143, solid waste, garbage collection, trash fees, refuse collection, municipal fees, county fees, fee exemption, veterans benefits, veteran household, disabled veteran, VA benefits, Social Security exemption, low-income households, poverty level, county commission, municipal governing body, Alabama solid waste law, certificate of exception, public health