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• Um, so what we're looking for is it is from facility to facility.
• Uh, but please introduce your bill, and then we'll go to your testifiers. facility to facility. facility
• to facility.
• <00:45:19.040> Uh facilities have access to it. Okay. Uh facilities have access to it.
• So this example just underscores what timely maintenance really does to it.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Maintenance and purchase reductions, technology expenditures have been reduced, and the purchase of 10
• maintenance and purchase reductions<00:04:22.919> technology<00:04:23.400> expenditures
• or maintenance purposes related to the school district's food service program.
• I am currently the operations maintenance supervisor at St. Peter School District.
• school boards to meet local facility school boards to meet local facility needs<01:43:11.599>

Bills: HF51, HF1161, HF2201, HF2786, HF1053

Keywords: HF51, Sibley County, State-Aid Highway 21, capital investment, bonding bill, general obligation bonds, transportation infrastructure, road improvements, sanitary sewer, water main, storm sewer, local infrastructure, county grant, Minnesota Department of Transportation, bond proceeds fund, public works, utility infrastructure, education finance, school district funding, tax base adjustment

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• <01:16:34.960> um definition of large energy facility um definition of large energy facility
• We know that there are increased resources that are needed to build these facilities.
• , to build these facilities, to build these facilities, we<01:52:27.599> are<01:52:27.840>
• and maintenance, budget and accounting, and the Controller's Office.
• and maintenance, photography, facilities and maintenance, budget<03:09:59.200> and<03:09:59.359

Keywords: 1183, house

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• We have a huge M&M Mars manufacturing facility there. They haven't been at the table. I know, Ms.

Bills: SB835, SB3070, SB22, SJR59, SB926, SB1494, SB251, SB456, SB500, SB1307, SB2615, SB2995, SB2321, SB973, SB974, SB865, SB506, SB781, SB1522, SB1558, SB510, SB667, SB763, SB2073, SB1858, SB1660, SB505, SB2900, SB1433, SB1540, SB1964, SB1300, SB1644, SB2217, SB2373, SB2431, SB1758, SB2480, SB3039, SB3047, SB3073, SB2920, SB2781, SB826, SB766, SB2460, SB527, SB1946, SB2885, SB1243, SB2610, SB2595, SB857, SB37, SB8, SB10, SB227, SB261, SB12, SB15, SJR27, SB552, SB835, SB3070, SB22, SJR59, SB25, SB57, SB127, SB293, SB441, SB3059, SB512, SB241, SB1718, SB140, SB2055, SB2075, SB2018, SB1534, SB1567, SB785, SB1233, SB1580, SB1663, SB413, SB447, SB519, SB467, SB1579, SB1191, SB1021, SB1838, SB2807, SB2835, SB546, SB2121, SB2167, SB2035, SB2024, SB1032, SB1049, SB1266, SB1400, SB1302, SB401, SB1596, SB1281, SB1242, SB1343, SB310, SB1346, SB2753, SB2703, SB2221, SB1719, SB2177, SB800, SB790, SB748, SB571, SB1957, SB1923, SB1896, SB1760, SB1335, SB2368, SB2477, SB2587, SB2972, SB2986, SB2965, SB1563, SB1467, SB1164, SB1137, SB614, SB705, SB961, SB918, SB955, SB869, SB850, SB863, SB1610, SB1055, SB2206, SB457, SB2337, SB1362, SB926, SB1494, SB251, SB456, SB500, SB1307, SB2615, SB2995, SB2321, SB973, SB974, SB865, SB506, SB781, SB1522, SB1558, SB510, SB667, SB763, SB2073, SB1858, SB1660, SB505, SB2900, SB1433, SB1540, SB1964, SB1300, SB1644, SB2217, SB2373, SB2431, SB1758, SB2480, SB3039, SB3047, SB3073, SB2920, SB2781, SB826, SB766, SB2460, SB527, SB1946, SB2885, SB1243, SB2610, SB2595, SB857, SCR9, HB5560, HB762, HB 107, HB 114, HB300, HB138, HB4386, HB2495, HB581, HB3348, HB5323

Keywords: sexual abuse, nondisclosure agreements, confidentiality agreements, public policy, victim rights, lottery, bingo, regulation, Texas Lottery Commission, Department of Licensing and Regulation, criminal offenses, state administration, audits, transfers, Texas, moving image industry, incentive program, film production, grant funding, job creation

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• software to manage and optimize various aspects of fleet operations, including vehicle tracking and maintenance
• districts save more than $100,000 over the life of the vehicle, thanks to the reduced fuel and maintenance
• Expanding RNG access and facilities would also include adding thousands of family-wage jobs.
• It is estimated that over the life of a single school bus, each electric bus offers fuel and maintenance
• Electric school buses have lower refueling and maintenance costs year over year compared to their diesel

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy heard testimony on several transportation and clean-fuel bills. Supporters of H. 3535 argued for delaying or pausing enforcement of Massachusetts’ zero-emission vehicle sales mandate, saying the current ACC2 timeline is unrealistic given low ZEV sales, limited charging infrastructure, dealer inventory concerns, and potential economic impacts on dealerships, consumers, and tax revenue. Opponents of that approach, including automakers and clean transportation advocates, said the state should stay on course with electrification and that the mandate is necessary to meet climate goals. The committee also heard support for H. 3570/S. 2326 to update vehicle emission standards for municipal and utility fleets, with municipal utility representatives saying current electric truck technology, charging access, and costs make the rules impractical for critical public services. A major portion of the hearing focused on S. 2246, the Freedom to Move Act, which would require MassDOT and regional planning agencies to set vehicle miles traveled reduction goals and align transportation spending with climate targets. Supporters said the bill would better coordinate transportation planning, encourage transit, biking, and walking, and help Massachusetts meet emissions goals while saving money and improving public health. Some committee members raised concerns that the bill could duplicate existing transportation climate mandates and could disadvantage rural residents who must drive long distances; witnesses responded that the bill is meant to add coordination and flexibility, not impose a one-size-fits-all solution. The committee also heard testimony on H. 3448, which would set deadlines to electrify school buses and public fleets and create programs for private fleet electrification. Advocates said fleet electrification is a practical way to cut emissions, improve air quality, and save money over time, especially for schoolchildren exposed to diesel exhaust. Several witnesses also supported low-carbon fuel standard bills H. 3576 and S. 2251, arguing they would reduce fuel carbon intensity and generate revenue for charging and clean-fuel investments. Others, including a coalition opposed to private jet expansion, objected to the bills’ treatment of sustainable aviation fuel, saying it is not scalable, is expensive, and could create land-use and food-supply tradeoffs. No votes or formal committee actions were taken in the hearing excerpt provided.

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• It is funded from the State Lands Maintenance Fund, which is revenue from renewable uses of the state
• It's called the Land Maintenance Fund.
• So that gets us through another year of making sure our IT maintenance costs are covered.
• Vendor contractors increase costs for software, consulting, and maintenance.
• Operational costs, higher facilities, utility, hardware.

Keywords: 996, all

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• ...to treatment facilities to make sure that they're complying, how does that get enforced?
• to treatment facilities to make sure that they're complying, how does that get enforced?
• Kind of going back to the AWT, the facilities with and without that level of treatment.
• And then the last project there is retrofitting critical community or emergency facilities.
• And then the last project there is retrofitting critical community or emergency facilities.

Summary: The Natural Resources and Disaster Subcommittee heard two informational presentations. First, the Department of Environmental Protection gave an overview of Florida’s water quality framework, explaining how numeric nutrient criteria, monitoring, TMDLs, and Basin Management Action Plans (BMAPs) are used to address impaired waters. DEP described recent changes intended to increase accountability, including five-year milestones in BMAPs, requirements for advanced wastewater treatment by 2033 in certain cases, limits on new conventional septic systems where sewer is available, enhanced nutrient-reducing septic requirements where sewer is not available, and a new agricultural regional water quality improvement element. The department also highlighted the Water Quality Improvement Grant Program, which has received nearly $1.4 billion over four years and funded more than 300 projects, as well as a public dashboard showing funded projects and a forthcoming trend-analysis dashboard for monitoring data. Members asked about enforcement of BMAP milestones, septic-to-sewer coordination with local governments, PFAS and microplastics monitoring, septic system performance standards, wastewater facility compliance, and how many facilities remain below advanced wastewater treatment standards. DEP said it can enforce BMAP obligations through administrative orders, consent orders, court action, fines, and permit conditions, and that it inspects and verifies wastewater facilities while relying on reporting and site inspections for sewer infrastructure. The department also said nutrient-reducing septic systems must achieve a 65 percent reduction in nitrogen and phosphorus, with verification required when projects seek BMAP credit. The committee then heard from the chief resilience officer on the Resilient Florida program, created in 2021 to address sea-level rise and coastal flooding. The presentation reviewed planning grants, vulnerability assessments, and the statewide critical-asset assessment, noting that all counties and most municipalities are expected to complete assessments by the end of 2026 and that vulnerability is now an eligibility requirement for future project funding. The program reported major statewide outcomes, including stormwater storage, miles of infrastructure and roadway protection, acres restored, and coastal protection projects, and highlighted examples such as breakwater improvements and lift-station elevation. Members asked about project delays, funding totals, overlap with other funding sources, and project prioritization; the program said delays often stem from design and permitting after award, that its reported totals reflect only grants it administers, and that projects are scored under the same criteria rather than being prioritized by asset type. The meeting ended with no further business and adjournment.

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• The drugs dispensed out of this pharmacy are sent directly to patients in all 50 states from our facility
• <00:13:37.839> and<00:13:37.959> we<00:13:38.079> would many public facilities
• and we would many public facilities and we would appreciate<00:13:38.760> your<00:13:38.959><
• that still trying to uh maintenance that still trying to figure<00:14:32.279> out<00:14:32.480
• um would only would be the facilities um would only would be the only<00:25:57.360> portion<00

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Next up, PCB JUB 26 - 02, Correctional Facilities Financing and capital improvements by Chairman Maney
• cash payments or bond proceeds to address the capital improvement funding for the correctional facilities
• It also provides bonding authority to be used for new correctional facility construction and establishes
• OR CORRECTIONAL FACILITY OR BY TELEHEALTH AND THAT IS THE AMENDMENT.
• Facilities require a unique net of resources and create additional challenges for our hospital.

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• officials decided to issue $325 million in new CO debt to build a courthouse and a juvenile detention facility
• , um, one of the reasons why, um, so I use tax notes in things like financing and securing road maintenance
• projects address longstanding needs like roads, water, flood control, and modernization of county facilities
• It was about 9 months that they met, they toured facilities, they looked at what the needs were.
• Every prison, every holding facility, everything that TDCJ does is built with a CEO.

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• This training facility has been and will continue to be one of the best electrical training programs
• <01:37:08.880> has facility has facility has been<01:37:11.080> has<01:37:11.239> been
• I actually was working as a maintenance carpenter, and I liked the job.
• I actually was working as a maintenance carpenter, and I liked the job.
• I actually was working as a maintenance carpenter, and I liked the job.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• As far as the water treatment facilities, $178 million has been spent on the water ...$178 million has
• been spent on the water treatment facilities in Birmingham.
• That deferred maintenance has gone on for a very long time in order to do other things that might have

Bills: SB330

Keywords: water management, regional boards, municipal governance, ethics compliance, public utility, 1136, house, all

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• This appropriation funds the known costs of operations and maintenance around the capital area for entities
• These include capital grounds, legislative facilities, and space for veterans and service organizations
• Admin to leverage federal funds for renewable energy and energy storage upgrades at state-owned facilities

Bills: HF2783

Keywords: state government finance, biennial budget, appropriations, Minnesota Management and Budget, Healthy Aging Subcabinet, Office of Healthy Aging, older adults, aging policy, long-term care, caregivers, public health, Medicaid fraud, medical assistance fraud, attorney general subpoena power, fraud enforcement, business filing fraud, Secretary of State, deceptive mailings, consumer protection, certified public accountant

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• A nuclear facility is a quiet operation.
• We're thankful that coal facilities have received new life.
• We're thankful that coal facilities have received new life.
• You know, let's say a 500-megawatt facility that has a much taller... ...facility that has a much taller
• You got to see a lot of the EERC facility today.

Summary: The committee met in Grand Forks, approved the February 26 minutes by voice vote, and recessed for a tour of the Mincota Power Cooperative headquarters before returning for presentations on large energy consumers, especially data centers. The first presentations focused on how North Dakota should respond to rapid growth in energy-intensive projects, with speakers emphasizing the need for reliable transmission, local decision-making tools, and factual information for county and township officials who are being asked to weigh major projects with limited staff and technical support. The North Dakota Transmission Authority director said local governments are being asked to make high-impact decisions on pipelines, transmission lines, large agriculture, wind, solar, carbon dioxide pipelines, direct-air capture, and data centers, and urged development of simple statewide decision tools and support from the League of Cities and Association of Counties. The Department of Environmental Quality’s air division director said North Dakota’s air remains among the cleanest in the nation, but large data centers can create air-quality concerns because of diesel backup generation; he said the department is requiring air monitors at some facilities and expects grid power and, potentially, cleaner natural gas backup to reduce emissions. Members asked about emissions standards, misinformation, monitoring costs, and staffing succession at DEQ. The Department of Water Resources director said North Dakota’s water law is based on common ownership and prior appropriation, and that data centers generally use relatively small amounts of water, often in closed-loop systems. He said the Missouri River and groundwater supplies are ample for projected needs, that the department’s permitting process protects senior water rights, and that even a worst-case data center scenario would use a very small share of Missouri River flow. Members asked about downstream impacts and compared data center water use with fracking. Later, McLean County State’s Attorney Ladd Erickson urged the committee to study how other states regulate data centers, warned against litigation-driven delays and overly broad local ordinances, argued reclamation bonding should be handled at the state level if at all, and said data centers can bring jobs and tax base but should remain subject to local zoning. The committee ended the morning session for lunch and later heard an EERC update from CEO Charles Gorecki on the center’s 75 years of work in energy and environmental technologies, especially oil and gas development and related research.

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• . facilities. facilities.
• Other facilities we're learning that we may need for DOE includes a breaking facility, slaughter facilities
• Um other facilities existing facilities.
• , um includes a breaking facility, um includes a breaking facility, slaughter<01:33:30.800> facilities
• Correctional Facility.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• Senate Bill 628, a bill to be entitled an act relating to transportation facility designations.
• In act relating to transportation facility designations. House Amendment barcode 494-741.
• The House has a policy of not naming roadways or transportation facilities after individuals until they
• It was documented in our summaries how large these facilities can be. Water consumption is amazing.
• to address reasonable access to public easements and rights-of-way necessary for public school facilities

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several guest and staff introductions. The chamber then took up returning messages from the House and acted on multiple bills, with votes recorded on each. Senate Bill 628 on transportation facility designations was concurred in as amended and passed 31-4 after discussion about naming roads for deceased individuals and an exception for President Trump. The House amendment to the Live Local affordable housing package, CS/CS/HB 1389, was also concurred in and passed 35-0; Senator Claudio explained it as the fourth iteration of the Live Local Act, including new provisions allowing certain affordable housing on qualifying religious property, extending some timelines, and removing accessory dwelling unit language. CS/CS/HB 1451 on utility services was concurred in and passed 30-6 after questions about phasing out surcharges and reporting requirements. The chamber also substituted CS/CS/HB 1279 for SB 7038 and adopted an education amendment package before passing the bill 36-1, while several other measures were temporarily postponed. The Senate then considered CS/CS/SB 484 on data centers and concurred in the House amendment 383-957, passing the bill 31-6. Senator Avila said the amendment strengthened ratepayer protections, required a PSC tariff filing, and directed an OPAGA study on large-scale data centers. Several senators pressed concerns about the removal of the Senate’s nondisclosure agreement prohibition, the possibility of delayed public awareness of data center projects, and whether costs could be shifted to other ratepayers; Avila responded that the amendment preserved local land-use authority and that ratepayer costs could not be borne by the general body of ratepayers. Debate reflected a split between senators who supported the bill as a needed regulatory framework and those who objected to the transparency changes and the loss of the Senate’s original NDA language. Later, the Senate took up land use and development regulations, substituting CS/CS/CS/HB 399 for SB 208. An amendment by Senator Jones to remove language affecting a Fontainebleau Hotel water park project in Miami Beach failed 17-20 after debate over local control and preemption. Senator McLean’s amendments then added a sunset date and other changes, and Senator Claudio’s amendment preserved Miami-Dade’s urban development boundary supermajority protections and related planning provisions. The chamber then began extended debate on Senator Martin’s amendment creating a process for property owners to challenge rural boundary designations and seek compensation or removal from the designation without going to court; supporters framed it as a property-rights and due-process measure, while opponents argued it would undermine local planning, impose costs on taxpayers, and weaken voter-approved rural boundaries in Orange and Seminole counties. The transcript ends amid that debate, with no final vote shown on the rural boundary amendment in the excerpt provided.

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• expanded degrees in public health, biomedical research. and Medical Geonomics, bringing world-class facilities
• HB 106 by King, relating to the maintenance of certain improvements associated with oil and gas development
• This allows for clear accountability and enforcement of maintenance with standards which � we believe
• , and protection for facility employees who report human trafficking. recognizes Ms.
• in protection for facility employees who report human trafficking.

Bills: SB5, SJR3, HB 11, HJR72, HB48, HB27, HB144, HB37, HB1481, HB581, HB1696, HB2216, HB 1035, HB1633, HB742, HB754, HB1689, HB1690, HB2669, HB391, HB517, HB1775, HB 1024, HB1607, HB252, HB1716, HB1562, HB4116, HB1866, HB1741, HB2103, HB2637, HB2884, HB3707, HB503, HB 1089, HB1757, HB2986, HB972, SB365, SB1786, SB5, SJR3, HB14, HB43, HB36, HB26, HB149, HB 121, HB206, HB136, HB3114, HB2733, HB1732, HB3700, HB467, HB 1130, HB1846, HB1442, HB 1147, HB2176, HB2701, HB805, HB2890, HB 1154, HB1644, HB2118, HB1718, HB2488, HB2596, HB2468, HB484, HB2578, HB3204, HB 1041, HB307, HB685, HB538, HB2525, HB3125, HB2027, HB2894, HB3077, HB 106, HB18, HB 11, HJR72, HB48, HB27, HB144, HB37, HB1481, HB581, HB1696, HB2216, HB 1035, HB1633, HB742, HB754, HB1689, HB1690, HB2669, HB391, HB517, HB1775, HB 1024, HB1607, HB252, HB1716, HB1562, HB4116, HB1866, HB1741, HB2103, HB2637, HB2884, HB3707, HB503, HB 1089, HB1757, HB2986, HB972

Keywords: dementia, research institute, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, funding, grants, state health initiatives, research funding, state budget, prevention, healthcare, medical research, Dementia Prevention and Research Institute, licensing, reciprocity, regulation, Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, interstate agreements, tax exemption, intellectual disability

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• for a kapuna to be elders and facility for a kapuna to be elders and to<00:13:20.079> create<
• So I'm creating, like, a network to utilize and maximize facility space, such as commercial kitchens,
• We did have a request in our admin budget to do aggregate facility, as was mentioned, the connection
• as was mentioned the aggregate facility as was mentioned the connection<00:17:28.360> to<00:17
• to help the Hub or aggregate facility to help the small<00:17:39.200> farmers<00:17:39.840>

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• And that includes the direct support workers, the maintenance folks, the cleaners, everything in order
• And that includes the direct support workers, the maintenance folks, the cleaners, everything in order
• She was able to be followed into the classroom by a tech from her ABA facility, and she received the
• Maintenance funding is the starting line for what Louisiana families and economy require, not the finish
• But you cannot solve a growing crisis with maintenance funding alone.

Keywords: 974, senate, all

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• The agency is primarily funded by maintenance taxes and fees paid by insurance companies.
• So under state law, the maintenance tax rates are adjusted each year to cover the agency's appropriations
• State law prohibits out of network providers, facilities, and ground ambulances from balance billing
• And, and I understand maintenance is a huge, uh, ends up being a huge claim if, if the property is not