Video & Transcript Research : 'Class 2 municipality'

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AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Judiciary Committee Apr 16th, 2025

Judiciary

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  • Exemption one, exemption 2, 3, 4. Instead of 2, 3, 4, it would be... Instead of where it's...
  • We don't touch the unoccupied; that is still a class C felony under Alabama law and would remain.
  • B felony to a class A felony.
  • And then... ...to a class A felony.
  • It's going to increase that penalty from a Class C felony to a Class B... ...felony to a Class B felony
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee Mar 19th, 2025

Public Safety and Homeland Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • This makes... you can be arrested, and this makes this a Class A misdemeanor.
  • Interference with a first responder in this case will be a Class A misdemeanor. misdemeanor.
  • to Alabama Criminal Code Section 13A-10-1 and... criminal code section 13A-10-1 and section 13A-10-2
Bills: HB403, HB224
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Mar 19th, 2025

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

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  • Um, so all HB 517 does is says an HOA cannot fine you for a brown yard if a local municipality has said
  • We represent businesses and municipalities as well, and somehow I have become the resource for Central
  • The city of Georgetown has implemented watering restrictions about 2 to 3 years ago, I believe.
  • It passed the House last session 138 to 2. It went through, uh, Chairman Longoria's committee.
  • , Kristen, 15 years old, had just opened an Instagram account and she made some new friends online. 2
Bills: HB 186
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Consultants and municipalities that have no connection to the municipality that is home to the business
  • In addition, the city receives 2% repayment from state hotels, as prescribed by a bill authorized by
  • The city receives 2% from hotel occupancy tax revenues. and 2% revenue tax to pay off the bond for the
  • To an eligible coastal municipality defeats the purpose of a park board.
  • There are over 200 municipalities. In Texas that levy a hotel occupancy tax.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Business and Insurance 2ND REVISED Apr 23rd, 2026 at 09:30 am

Business and Insurance

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  • a member of the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commissioner for a four-year term beginning January 2,
  • At the end of the process, it ranges how much you get back it's from 2 to 300 pounds, and I don't want
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • That's how it worked under the other bill we passed, Senate Bill 2.
  • We are here, Texas Realtors, to strongly support Senate Bill 4 and SJR 2.
  • We're here today in support of both Senate Bill 2 and the concurrent resolution.
  • We had a similar situation in 2003 from SB 2.
  • today for SB 4 and the Senate Joint Resolution. 2 for their solid support.
Bills: SB4, SJR2, SB 4, SJR 2
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Feb 11th, 2025

County and Municipal Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Welcome to the County and Municipal and Other Government Committee.
  • So, my appeal is that it wouldn't be a county and municipal government meeting without me making... .
  • With the League of Municipalities, and tell you why the Chairman's bill is a bad idea.
  • I'm the director of governmental affairs for the Alabama League of Municipalities.
  • Do his job, we're going to convict him of a Class D felony. Okay, I'm not trying to do that.
Bills: SB36, SB39, SB40, SB12, SB29, SB121, SB131, SB12
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House County and Municipal Government Committee Feb 19th, 2025

County and Municipal Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • one to possibly class three municipality sizes.
  • It's very complex. ...municipality sizes. Um, it's very complex.
  • But those are municipalities, and especially our class one and class CL municipalities.
  • This is happening in many of our municipalities.
  • where the... municipality or the county where the land is located and the municipality served by the
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Economic Development May 21st, 2025

Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • As this committee is probably aware, under the law today, municipal and county law enforcement agencies
  • As this committee is probably aware, under the law today, municipal and county law enforcement agencies
  • Texas has received more money from the hotel development than the state of Texas rebated to the municipality
  • technically bracketed bills, if you will, for particular communities, county hotel tax bills, and municipal
  • As a reminder, this bill ensures accountability for the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenues
Summary: The Senate Economic Development Committee heard and laid out several measures focused on school safety, Texas-Taiwan relations, defense manufacturing, business formation, hotel tax policy, and NASA relocation. HB 1851 would allow surplus DPS vehicles and law enforcement equipment to be transferred to school districts in economically disadvantaged areas for use by school police and security personnel, with a two-year resale restriction. HCR 127 expressed support for the Texas-Taiwan relationship and trade ties, HCR 118 supported expanding warship manufacturing in Texas, HCR 141 urged Congress to move NASA headquarters to Houston, HB 346 (with a committee substitute) revised business filing and fee authority while making permanent a franchise tax exemption for new veteran-owned businesses, HB 2974 was an omnibus hotel occupancy tax and qualified hotel project bill, and HB 5596 addressed accountability for municipal hotel occupancy tax revenues in coastal communities. Witnesses generally supported the measures, including the Texas Hotel and Lodging Association on HB 2974 and resource witnesses from the Texas Veterans Commission and Secretary of State on HB 346; no opposition testimony was registered on the laid-out bills. After public testimony, the committee took up pending business and adopted committee substitutes where applicable. HB 1851, HB 346, HB 2974, and HB 5596 were each reported favorably to the full Senate, with HB 346 and HB 2974 also recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. HCR 127 and HCR 118 were reported favorably as well, and HCR 127 and HCR 141 were likewise recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. The committee also reported HB 4320 favorably, though the transcript repeats that motion several times. The meeting ended with the committee standing in recess until 7:00 a.m. subject to the call of the chair.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • As this committee is probably aware, under the law today, municipal and county law enforcement... ...
  • of Texas has received more money from hotel development than the state of Texas rebated to the municipality
  • bracketed bills if you will, for particular communities regarding county hotel tax. ...bills and municipal
  • As a reminder, this bill ensures... ...accountability for the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenues
KY
Summary: The committee met with a quorum and first considered House Joint Resolution 46, a county priority projects resolution. Members approved a committee substitute that added $1.47 million and included Butler, Carroll, Casey, Cumberland, McGoffin, Monroe, and Nicholas counties. The resolution was then reported favorably with a title amendment and an expression of opinion that it should pass. The committee next took up House Bill 546, which creates the local assistance road program and related rules. The committee substitute moved $47 million from the state-supported construction program back to priority projects and amended the Transportation Cabinet budget to unlock I-69 funding tied to Garvey bonds. After discussion about continuing to refine the program, the committee approved the substitute, adopted a title amendment, and reported the bill favorably with an expression of opinion that it should pass. House Bill 443 was then heard, extending the Hal Rogers Parkway from Hazard along Kentucky Route 80 to Perry and Floyd to support future federal funding and four-laning of the corridor. The committee reported it favorably with the expression of opinion that it should pass. Finally, House Bill 783 was presented as a response to temporary tag fraud in auto sales, with testimony from Representative Jackson, Warren County Sheriff Brad Hightower, and the Kentucky Auto Dealers Association. Supporters said the bill adds enforcement tools, including felony penalties for serious violations and discretion for the Motor Vehicle Commission so mistakes are not treated the same as deliberate fraud. The committee voted to report the bill favorably with the expression of opinion that it should pass.