Video & Transcript Research : 'counties authority'

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LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Commerce May 5th, 2026

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • These regulations which are in place give me, as the author of this bill, more comfort than—and listen
  • So an account is open that... parent that is authorized in this account.
  • Third, the author stated, Well, I guess two more things.
  • And I do agree that the municipalities do have the authority, of course, of any ordinance.
  • And I do agree that the municipalities do have the authority, of course, of any ordinance.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Administrative Rules Apr 27th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Administrative Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • What I'm going to do is call on the Oklahoma Health Authority to take and explain these rules.
  • Oklahoma Healthcare Authority. Thank you for your time this morning.
  • I'm just going to turn it back to you to see if there are any questions for the healthcare authority
  • However, it is authorized by legislation and it seems that it's in alliance with legislative authority
  • This is another major rule I I think what I'll do here is ask the healthcare authority to explain this
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Civil Law and Procedure Apr 22nd, 2026

Civil Law and Procedure

Transcript Highlights:
  • It author... This is House Concurrent Resolution 61 by Representative Owen.
  • He's authorized. Next, we'll go to Senator Luno's SB 336.
  • It's not a unique authority.
  • Our consumer protection division has the CID or that authority right now. Okay.
  • This gives them the authority to go in and do a basic study of some of the...
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Feb 18th, 2026

Ways and Means Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • He explained that Senate Bill 62 would create an Alabama charter school finance authority.
  • The bill would create the Alabama Charter School Finance Authority, which would serve as a conduit for
  • </c><00:34:16.240><c> and</c><00:34:16.399><c> their</c> County work in another county, and their kids
  • play sports in another county, and they're constantly moving between the three counties, between Elmore
  • and Montgomery County.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Health & Long-Term Care Feb 3rd, 2026 at 10:30 am

Health & Long-Term Care

Transcript Highlights:
  • begin today with confirmation hearings for our new director of the Washington State Health Care Authority
  • Most recently, I joined the Washington State Health Care Authority after serving as Maryland's Deputy
  • Joining the Washington State Health Care Authority was also not a decision that I made lightly, moving
  • The bill expands the prescriptive authority of pharmacists.
  • The bill expands the prescriptive authority of pharmacists.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • And authorize, I've got to laugh thinking about that, right?
  • Control, or saddle counties with unfunded mandates. All state agencies.
  • A rural county with no IT staff can therefore...
  • Functions other than the, you know, I had a county when I represented Jackson County where ransomware
  • It also extends the Lower Colorado River Authority, or LCRA, from 2031 to 2035, allowing the authority
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Chairman and Members, House Bill 2791 is authored by Representative Angie Button.
  • , is it also efficient for a county with a population of more than 100,000?
  • The bill verifies the authority of the Brazoria County Commissioner's Court to execute tax abatement
  • This bill was authored and sponsored by Representative Vaux in the House.
  • And the best example would be subpoena authority.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Mar 12th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • In this oil field, in either eastern Hudson County, western Great County, the whole. point of enforcing
  • authority until they're held accountable.
  • In terms of the authority of the co-ops board and the authority of the PUC and how that can work together
  • River Authority and you are testifying for House Bill 13. Yes ma'am that's great.
  • Today, I oversee the operations of public safety communications for Bexar County.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Mar 12th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • May I ask the author of the bill a question? Yes, ma'am.
  • So if it's a PO box in Austin, it would be Travis County? Yes, sir. Okay.
  • So I would meet with the Travis County even though.
  • And I was one of the joint authors on the bill that we then passed.
  • attorney, DPS actually took it to the county attorney.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Mar 27th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Bills: SJR37, SJR57, SCR8, SB8, SB108, SB125, SB251, SB318, SB378, SB379, SB396, SB472, SB487, SB503, SB533, SB565, SB583, SB608, SB650, SB686, SB689, SB707, SB710, SB763, SB854, SB875, SB916, SB924, SB925, SB958, SB961, SB965, SB987, SB988, SB1006, SB1019, SB1021, SB1024, SB1026, SB1038, SB1146, SB1185, SB1194, SB1202, SB1252, SB1253, SB1330, SB1343, SB1362, SB1497, SB1498, SB1499, SB1527, SB1547, SB1596, SB1697, SJR36, SJR12, SJR57, SJR37, SCR22, SCR12, SCR8, SB925, SB1362, SB565, SB765, SB62, SB666, SB707, SB888, SB687, SB847, SB1248, SB504, SB857, SB305, SB296, SB284, SB1497, SB1499, SB1498, SB241, SB304, SB621, SB1023, SB1024, SB686, SB371, SB204, SB609, SB670, SB850, SB854, SB413, SB1346, SB1033, SB1220, SB1073, SB810, SB1539, SB447, SB875, SB406, SB985, SB965, SB1119, SB1505, SB1194, SB1253, SB1215, SB1302, SB856, SB583, SB673, SB681, SB1172, SB1252, SB378, SB608, SB955, SB957, SB988, SB1019, SB1021, SB1120, SB251, SB541, SB379, SB1737, SB266, SB1415, SB1527, SB125, SB599, SB1330, SB53, SB916, SB1352, SB785, SB710, SB472, SB1450, SB1502, SB1566, SB414, SB1062, SB961, SB1038, SB578, SB711, SB746, SB942, SB1404, SB1448, SB1738, SB108, SB8, SB318, SB507, SB533, SB689, SB1026, SB1349, SB1355, SB1433, SB1434, SB1596, SB1403, SB1146, SB763, SB667, SB1059, SB617, SB1567, SB503, SB16, SB310, SB311, SB396, SB505, SB1209, SB1210, SB1470, SB264, SB924, SB1029, SB1185, SB1202, SB1358, SB1364, SB1569, SB1697, SB1376, SB1228, SB519, SB878, SB1350, SB462, SB1535, SB827, SB1585, SB207, SB1207, SB1619, SB1396, SB920, SB1484, SB1273, SB1741, SB7, SB927, SB1227, SB1229, SB1353, SB1366, SB1464, SB1709, SB1729, SB1733, SB1744, SB1772, SB1816, SB1841, SB2188, SB1147, SB879, SB1008
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate and Governmental Affairs May 6th, 2026

Senate & Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • So this is an authorization, as it stands, for local governing authorities to supplement the pay to election
  • President of the East Authority.
  • Kurt Gordon, Executive Counsel for the flood authority.
  • He saved millions of dollars to this authority.
  • I've only been here for three years with the flood authority.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Ways and Means Mar 30th, 2026

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • One, I don't think completely removing the authority of the local taxing authority or the collector is
  • Would love to co-author at some point.
  • And like I said, I'd love to co-author it.
  • I'd be happy to have you as a co-author, and I'd appreciate to co-author yours as well. You got it.
  • Go own a home in Oklahoma County, Florida.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/11/2026 - House Judiciary

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • So the Supreme Court delegated its authority to a non-government organization, a 501(c)(6), Arizona Bar
  • Chair and members, Senate Bill 1068 limits the authority that public university, college, and community
  • scenario where we were holding a town hall up north in our UniSource service territory in Mojave County
  • During that time, working with the Mojave County Sheriff's Department, they had verified a credible threat
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Rules Feb 13th, 2026

House Rules & Order Of Business

Transcript Highlights:
  • So we're looking at Department of Health, CYFD, Health Care Authority, the Public Education Department
Bills: SM20, SM9, SJR6, HB124
Summary: The committee first considered the appointment of Mary Patricia Roman to the State Investment Council. Senator Campos presented her as highly qualified, citing more than 34 years in global investing, leadership at J.P. Morgan, and prior service on the SIC investment committee. Roman described her experience with asset allocation, fiduciary responsibility, and the SIC’s vetting process. Senators asked about the council’s role in pension investments, staffing levels, and whether personal values could influence decisions. Roman said the SIC process is robust, heavily staff-driven, and insulated from individual value judgments. The committee reported broad support and voted 8-0 to advance her nomination to the full Senate. The committee then heard the reappointment of John F. Bingaman to the SIC. Senator Worth praised his leadership as SIC chair and his background in private equity, public service, and economics. Bingaman emphasized the growth of New Mexico’s sovereign wealth funds to more than $70 billion, the importance of staffing and asset allocation, and the SIC’s role as a fiduciary for New Mexicans. Senators asked about protecting the funds in a weaker market and about the Blackstone/PNM matter; Bingaman declined to comment on the memorial because he had not read it. The committee voted 9-0 to send his reappointment to the full Senate. The committee next took up Senate Memorial 20, calling for a statewide youth violence summit. Senator Lopez and an expert from the Council of State Governments said New Mexico lacks a cohesive statewide infrastructure for youth violence prevention and intervention, limited data collection, and enough evidence-based services. Supporters from the ACLU, behavioral health organizations, youth-serving nonprofits, and youth advocates backed the memorial as a way to center lived experience, community engagement, and research-based solutions. Some members raised concerns that victims’ families were not explicitly included in the planning group, but the memorial passed on a 6-3 vote. Finally, the committee debated Senate Memorial 9, which asked the Legislative Finance Committee to study whether New Mexico should invest in equity stakes in PNM and New Mexico Gas Company and requested that the PRC pause consideration of the private-equity acquisitions while the study was completed. Supporters argued the state should examine whether utility ownership value could remain in New Mexico, protect ratepayers, and diversify revenue, while opponents from PNM, Blackstone’s representatives, chambers of commerce, and utility advocates said the proposal would duplicate the PRC’s review, create uncertainty, and risk higher rates and delayed investment. The committee adopted an amendment removing references to the PRC, but the memorial then failed on a 4-4 tie after a motion for due pass as amended.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Feb 11th, 2026 at 04:38 pm

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Cancer Center is a vital center for not just Silver City, but Grant County, Luna County, Hidalgo
  • County, Catron County, Sierra County.
  • Well, I'd reach out to the counties and see if that's an option.
  • If the county purchases it, the money goes to county, and then they get the money from the rural health
  • care fund and pay the lease to the county, then there's no cost to anybody.
Bills: SB152, SB145, SB190, HB247
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Feb 11th, 2026 at 09:05 am

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Do they go through their county or do they go to...? Mr.
  • Chairman, under even with the capped bar authority, their budget would go up 18%.
  • There's a number of different funds that is used for that bar authority, Mr. Chairman.
  • There's a number of different funds that is used for that bar authority, Mr. Chairman.
  • that apparently the health care authority believed needed to happen.
Bills: SB152, SB145, SB190, HB247
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

HWN-WLA, HWN DEFER Public Hearings 02-10-2026

Hawaiian Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • We are in to work with the counties.
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  • We've had county councils, most recently Hawaii County Council, emphasizing their support for ending
Summary: The committee heard testimony on several measures affecting Hawaiian affairs, historic preservation, water access, and land governance. SB 1406 would let the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands assume historic preservation review for projects on lands under its jurisdiction, except for properties listed or nominated for the state or national historic registers. DHHL supported the bill, while a descendant testifier strongly opposed it, arguing that burial and preservation review protects ancestors and should not be streamlined or reduced. No questions were raised and the bill was moved on after testimony. SB 521 would require DHHL to work with county water boards or water departments to provide potable and agricultural water on Hawaiian homelands, with agreements made public. DHHL said it already works with counties but objected to the bill’s mandatory language, saying it could undermine the department’s discretion and independence. A public testifier supported the measure, and committee discussion focused on how water requirements could affect subsistence lots and infrastructure decisions. The committee then took up SB 3247, which would create a Royal Mausoleum Commission within DLNR to oversee preservation, operations, and outreach at Mauna Ala. State Parks said it valued existing collaboration with the aliʻi trusts but wanted clarity on roles, coordination, and funding if a new commission is created. The Royal Order of Kamehameha strongly supported the bill as a culturally grounded way to protect the site, while several other testifiers opposed it, saying the real issue is the curator selection process and warning that a commission could add bureaucracy and delay. The committee also heard SB 1654, authorizing transfer of certain state lands to DHHL, and SB 112, which would add the DHHL chair or designee to the Hawaii Community Development Authority; the Attorney General and HCDA offered technical and policy comments, with HCDA opposing the board change and DHHL supporting participation to protect beneficiary interests. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion provided.