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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Insurance Apr 2nd, 2025

Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Hurricane surcharges. There are insurer assessments that are built into the bill.
  • The loan will be repaid through a temporary surcharge on most Texas insurance policies.
  • Okay, and is it going to say this is a surcharge for wind insurance?
  • It's called a catastrophe surcharge.
  • The source of the borrowing is dependent on surcharges to pay it back.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Agriculture and Wildlife Apr 6th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Agriculture and Wildlife

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 2975 expands statements that must be made in a nutrient plan amendment to include poultry waste
  • individuals who are on these nutrient management plans, that is because there's concern about the waste
  • Because I mean, folks you know, reach out constantly about poultry waste and their concerns about pollution
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Apr 23rd, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • I will tell you, I've had legal counsel look at this, and they believe it's solid and will prevail when
  • House Bill 5323 establishes the Texas Energy Waste Advisory Committee, bringing together leaders from
  • on one major goal: ensuring a more reliable, efficient power system for all Texas, reducing energy waste
  • committee will meet regularly and review the recommended ways that state programs can cut down on wasted
  • I am in strong support of joyful revival, energy efficiency, demand response, and reducing energy waste
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Delivery of Government Efficiency Apr 2nd, 2025

Delivery of Government Efficiency

Transcript Highlights:
  • TWC has a strong... commitment to preventing fraud, waste, and abuse in all agency programs.
  • However, current statute does not provide a specific fraud, waste, or abuse. and abuse provision for
  • Is for the purposes of preventing fraud, waste, and abuse.
  • TCEQ is receiving this funding because they don't want waste or toxins. going into our water.
  • We don't want to, I don't want to call it say waste, but waste the resources on an investigation that
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

February 4, 2025 - 12:30 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • Diving into the assessments, first in surcharges, first a Citizens policyholder surcharge.
  • If policyholders are hit with a surcharge and that still does not...
  • That is charged if a deficit remains after the surcharge is applied.
  • The first phase is that surcharge, and it's a 15% surcharge on every Citizens policyholder.
  • So, again, a $2,000 policy, maximum $300 surcharge.
Summary: The Insurance and Banking Subcommittee received a lengthy presentation from Citizens Property Insurance Corporation CEO Tim Serio, with Insurance Commissioner Michael Yaworski also answering questions. Serio reviewed Citizens’ role as Florida’s insurer of last resort, its statutory funding structure, eligibility rules, depopulation program, reinsurance obligations, and the surcharge/emergency assessment mechanisms that can be used if Citizens runs a deficit. He emphasized that recent legislative reforms, combined with lower litigation and improved market conditions, have helped the private market recover and reduced Citizens’ policy count from a peak of about 1.41 million in 2023 to 936,182 at the end of 2024, with a projected drop to about 771,000 by the end of 2025. He also said the reforms reduced Citizens’ rate need and helped avoid an emergency assessment after the 2024 storms. Members asked about Citizens’ rate increases, why Citizens still seeks higher rates despite lower litigation, how the 20% eligibility threshold works, whether Citizens should be wind-only, and whether the state or federal government could help with deficits. Serio explained that Citizens is still charging below actuarially sound rates in most areas, that rate filings reflect reduced litigation and lower reinsurance exposure, and that assessments on all Florida property policyholders are the reason Citizens tries to build surplus and depopulate. He said the depopulation program is working better than in the past, with less than 2% of takeout policies returning to Citizens, and that the Office of Insurance Regulation has been vetting takeout companies more carefully. A substantial portion of the discussion focused on claims handling after Debby, Helene, and Milton, including flood-versus-wind disputes and Citizens’ use of the Division of Administrative Hearings for some claim disputes. Serio said Citizens had received 76,625 claims from the three storms and had paid nearly $823 million in indemnity and expenses as of January 7, 2025. He said many closed-without-payment claims were either below deductible, withdrawn, duplicate, or flood-only, and that Citizens had asked its internal audit function to independently review the claims data and denials. He also described Citizens’ storm outreach, catastrophe response centers, managed-repair program, and claim review process, and said the corporation remains focused on paying valid claims while minimizing the risk of assessments on the broader Florida market.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Minerals, Business & Economic Development Committee, March 2, 2026

Minerals, Business & Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • So if you've got<00:02:19.200> waste<00:02:19.600> water, got waste water, got waste water
  • <00:15:58.320> water that is different than waste water that is different than waste water
  • There is a surcharge.
  • There is a surcharge.
  • There is a surcharge.
Bills: HB0116, HB0056
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Health and Human Services - 03/03/26

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, one item is the nursing facility surcharge changes due to HR1.
  • In this chart, the solid tax revenue.
  • made on the bottom between the solid made on the bottom between the solid green<00:48:03.280>
  • blue line as access fund in the solid blue line as access fund share.
  • The solid lines are November forecast.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • If we switch it to a surcharge...
  • But if we just change the name of it to a surcharge, then they can't tack it on.
  • You're going to compare the two tax rates without the surcharge considered.
  • Texas because the surcharge is removed. So we must have live examples of this happening.
  • the National Repository for Nuclear Waste from around the country.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York State Senate Session - 05/27/2026

New York Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Questioner: What's a GRT tax surcharge? Senator Gounardes: Through you, Mr.
  • Questioner: How about the temporary New York State surcharge?
  • >> HOW ABOUT THE TEMPORARY NEW YORK STATE SURCHARGE?
  • Questioner: Would that be the same for SBC and RPS surcharges, for RDM surcharges, for incremental state
  • THE FOR-HIRE VEHICLE SURCHARGES.
Keywords: 993, senate, all
Summary: The Senate opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and an invocation, then approved the prior day’s Journal and moved into motions, resolutions, and budget-related business. Senator Gianaris called up Senate Print 5898A for reconsideration; the Senate voted 59 ayes to restore the bill to the third reading calendar. Several amendments were also received on third-reading bills, and the Finance Committee was called into session while the chamber proceeded with resolutions. The Senate adopted Resolution J.2106 recognizing Second Chance Month and the mental health impacts of incarceration, with Senator Brisport speaking in support and a guest from the community recognized in the chamber. The body also adopted Resolution J.1492 designating May 27, 2026, as Taiwan Heritage Day, with remarks from Senators Sepúlveda, Stavisky, and Liu highlighting Taiwanese contributions to New York and expressing support for Taiwan amid current geopolitical tensions. The Finance Committee then reported several budget bills, including Senate Prints 9003D, 9004D, 9007C, and 9009C, which were moved to third reading. The remainder of the session focused on the supplemental and controversial budget calendars, especially tax and spending provisions. Senators debated the “Protecting Our Wallets” energy rebate, with supporters describing it as a one-time check for eligible taxpayers and critics arguing it was too small and not tied directly to utility bills; the chamber accepted the message of necessity and laid the bills aside. Members also debated extensions and changes to tax provisions affecting corporations, alternative fuel exemptions, Broadway and theatrical production tax credits, charitable deductions for certain 501(c)(3)s, nicotine pouch taxes, a new New York City pied-à-terre tax, and a standardbred horse-racing testing fee. Several senators criticized the budget as raising costs or favoring certain industries, while supporters defended the measures as revenue-raising, affordability, or public-health policies. No final votes on the controversial budget bills are shown in the excerpt beyond procedural rulings, adoption of the resolution calendar, and acceptance of committee reports.