Video & Transcript Research : 'development permits'

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TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • My name is Adriana Cruz, and I'm the Executive Director of the Texas Economic Development and Tourism
  • It plays a key role in the state's economic development efforts.
  • The Texas Film Commission was established in 1971 to encourage the development of the film industry.
  • It became a part of the Texas Economic Development Office in 2015.
  • I can assure you that from a local economic development perspective, an economic developer...
Bills: SB22, SB 22
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education Mar 27th, 2025

S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • As Chairman Gore said, it supports workforce development and the... ...engagement in different programs
  • Students from every cultural background who see the world in unique ways and are the developing minds
  • We talk a lot in this building about education and workforce development.
  • Ninety percent of the brain develops by the age of five, and young children are developing a million
  • We see children... ...development in a way that our TEA-run schools don't necessarily see.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Jurisprudence Mar 26th, 2025

Jurisprudence

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  • designate a beneficiary for a manufactured home to take effect at death, bypassing probate and permitting
Summary: The Senate Committee on Jurisprudence heard several family-law and probate bills. Senate Bill 2052 would codify a rebuttable presumption that a parent acts in the best interest of a child and require clear and convincing evidence to overcome that presumption in disputes involving non-parents; the author and several witnesses supported the bill as a clarification of existing case law, while one witness suggested refining the modification language. Public testimony was closed and the bill was left pending. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1923, which would allow child support to follow a child placed temporarily with kin or fictive kin under a parental child safety placement or authorization agreement; the bill’s author and a grandparent caregiver testified in support, while one witness suggested the Attorney General could handle the change administratively. That bill was also left pending. Senate Bill 1838 would standardize fee schedules and compensation rules for attorneys ad litem and related court-appointed counsel in DFPS child-protection cases. The author said the bill would clarify unclear current law, and witnesses from the Texas Indigent Defense Commission and family-defense bar supported it, though one asked that expert-witness expenses be expressly included. Senate Bill 387 would raise the bond requirement for county judges handling guardianship proceedings to at least $500,000; the author described it as a refiling of a prior bill that passed unanimously but was vetoed, and a statutory probate judge testified in support. Senate Bill 1839 would require original or paper wills to be delivered to the transferee court when probate proceedings are transferred; the committee substitute broadened the delivery methods, and the district clerk witness supported the change. All three bills were left pending. The committee also took up Senate Bill 1536, which had previously been voted out with the wrong committee substitute; members reconsidered the vote, adopted the corrected substitute, and then voted 3-0 to report the bill favorably to the full Senate, with local and contested calendar certification. Finally, Senate Bill 1940 would create a transfer-on-death mechanism for manufactured homes classified as personal property, similar to existing tools for real property and vehicles; the author and an estate-planning attorney testified that it would streamline transfers and reduce probate costs. A non-substantive committee substitute was still being prepared, and the bill was left pending.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

ECD Public Hearing - Fri Apr 17, 2026 @ 8:30 AM HST

Economic Development & Technology

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  • If disconnected while presenting testimony, you may be allowed to continue if time permits.
  • There is a relationship already going on regarding culinary rice development.
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  • <00:11:31.320> So, regarding culinary rice development.
  • So, regarding culinary rice development.
Summary: The committee met in Room 430 on April 17 at 8:30 a.m. and heard several resolutions focused on Hawaii’s sister-state and international relationships. Measures discussed included SCR 184, SCR 169 SD1, SCR 47, SCR 57 SD1, SCR 170 SD1, and SCR 163 SD1. Testimony generally supported expanding or formalizing ties with Japanese prefectures and other partners, including Yamaguchi, Okayama, and Aotearoa/New Zealand, as well as maintaining the Hawaii-Taiwan relationship. DBED’s Dennis Ling explained that sister-state agreements provide a framework for broader government, nonprofit, and private-sector relationships, and cited existing exchanges in transportation, health, education, culinary rice development, biosecurity, and food innovation. Catherine Stanway of the Division of Forestry and Wildlife supported the Aotearoa measure for predator control, biosecurity, and conservation cooperation. Jerry Chang of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office testified in support of the Taiwan resolution, noting 33 years of sister-state ties and ongoing cooperation in education, culture, economy, and disaster management. One witness raised a concern about language in SCR 57 SD1 related to double taxation, saying that portion did not relate to the sister-state relationship, but the committee chose not to amend the measure to avoid possible delay or conference issues. A committee member also asked about how sister-state relationships work and whether other states have similar country-level arrangements; Ling said Hawaii has an MOU with Israel and mentioned Singapore as another possible partner, while noting that such arrangements often depend on the governor and are not standardized across states. After testimony, the committee voted to recommend passage of all measures as is. SCR 184, SCR 169 SD1, SCR 47, SCR 57 SD1, SCR 170 SD1, and SCR 163 SD1 were all adopted by the committee without amendments. Some members were excused during the hearing, and the meeting adjourned after the final vote.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/26

Commerce Finance and Policy

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  • this older some providers hold this older authorization,<00:21:39.360> these<00:21:39.679> permits
  • <00:21:40.159> are authorization, these permits are authorization, these permits are currently
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Transportation Funding Apr 28th, 2025

S/C on Transportation Funding

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  • These investments have spurred economic development and enhanced quality of life for countless. residents
  • Small towns like ours should not be forced to subsidize. developments we did not benefit from.
  • CapMetro has made major investments in places like Leander, the commuter rail... and other downtown developments
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Transportation Funding Apr 28th, 2025

S/C on Transportation Funding

Transcript Highlights:
  • Currently, there are a few sources for Texas for economic development projects for general aviation and
  • that helps municipal and governmental entities to finance key airport expansion projects for local development
  • Currently, there are a few sources for Texas for economic development projects for general aviation and
  • helps municipal and governmental entities. to finance key airport expansion projects for local development
  • TxDOT concluded that safer, smarter designs better serve mobility, safety, and economic development.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Jan 14th, 2026

County and Municipal Government

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  • Replaces interstate warehouser permit and, on line 209, with the correct spelling.
  • c><00:23:15.520> interstate<00:23:16.000> warehouser Replaces interstate warehouser permit
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Finance May 27th, 2026

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • In addition to developments in technology, such as digital technology, cell phones, body cameras, things
  • few minutes ago about the connectivity of a bridge, what it's supposed to do is create economic development
  • state, they touted all the bridges, how they were connecting communities and creating economic development
  • So I guess what we're saying is that I... creating economic development.
  • now, those grants now, actually just have that study done to show where it can be used at and then develop