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• However, the program is operating 40-plus-year-old aircraft.
• You have to look at strategy in your operations from both a current operations standpoint and a future
• operations standpoint.
• We've also strengthened our Texas emergency response operations.
• We have a best-in-class operation. And, Madam Chair, I would just...

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• . operations.
• Within the RSOC program, we also recruit students to learn how to operate in a cyber security operations
• We are fully operational in our RSOC.
• This funding is essential to our operations and maintenance support needs.
• First and foremost is the operation Enduring Brain Health.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• of $2.2 million across two strategies: A-1-3, Academic Innovation and Success, and A-1-1, Agency Operations
• So we adopted emergency rules and we're still operating under those rules. Okay. Thank you. Okay.
• **Greg Owens.** We are not operating under emergency rules in HB 8.
• Sub-item 1 details budget recommendations for the Instruction and Operation Support, or INO formula,
• which provides the most funding to the HRIs collectively with each HRI's operating budget.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• VHS operates in 14 Western states. We support over 400.
• VHS operates in 14 western states.
• We must have a rate increase to continue to operate.
• We must have a rate increase to continue to operate.
• We must have a rate increase to continue to operate.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• My name is Mira Reiner, and I'm a nursing home operator and clinician.
• out of state, but also operate here.
• We are based in Plano and operate 10 freestanding behavioral health hospitals in Texas.
• We also operate ICF homes, which are licensed. The level of...
• All of this has increased the cost of operating a group home.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• The base budget represents a significant investment in HHSC services and operations.
• We operate state psychiatric hospitals and state-supported living centers.
• and is freely moving between other operations. operations because they're not on our employee misconduct
• We would still have the operations linked, so we would still be able to see the history.
• They use it for operating a number of, they also increase some salaries as well as part of that. operating

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• Well, for that component, that's our operations team that handles it.
• As for the base camp, as you all know, we're constructing a base camp in the Rio area.
• As for the base camp, as you all know, we're constructing a base camp in the Rio area.
• Our agency operating budget is about 88% salary driven.
• Also included is $189.6 million in all funds for operating expenses.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• We gave up camping when we got out of the service.
• This is action that will help streamline operations and improve oversight capabilities.
• Nau: This increase is incredibly important for the continuity of operations.
• Nau: The second request is for key business operations.
• Tom Palladino: ...to support agency business and information technology operations.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• Given the complex nature of our operations, we've made significant strides in improving our back-office
• The agency has been operating on the state's enterprise resource system, CAPS, over the last 12 years
• compliance, whether it's fuels, whether it's cigarettes, those types of areas, and so they run operations
• But I argue, and I think Chairman Huffman has made it very eloquently, we operate very lean on a personnel
• We operate very lean on a personnel count.

Bills: SB 1, SB1

Keywords: campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, 1185, senate, all

Bills: SB8, SB1

Keywords: sex designation, restroom access, civil penalties, private civil right of action, women's privacy, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards

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• Subdivision 1 would establish which operations the safety standards apply to.
• Subdivision want to establish is what which which operations the safety standards apply to some divisions
• We believe there would have been far more accountability to operate safely if someone had been checking
• I mean, that's like operating a forklift without a license for that. That's a really big deal.
• The mission of our members is to educate the public about livestock operations, assist with nutrient

Bills: HF1355, HF78, HF1846, HF1225

Keywords: commercial diving, scuba diving safety, aquatic plant management, workplace safety, environmental regulations, HF78, Minnesota veterans, veteran retreats, Camp Bliss, Walker, Independent Lifestyles Inc., Department of Veterans Affairs, veterans affairs grant, general fund appropriation, family members, spouse, domestic partner, children, therapy, transportation

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• Some funding was reallocated for ongoing operational expenses.
• When you see some of these other smaller MOF swaps within agencies, that's more kind of internal operating
• The OAG's legal divisions raise substantially more revenue than they need to operate, providing a direct
• return of almost **$3** for every dollar used to operate.
• we are uniquely situated to continue producing high levels of return on your investment in OAG operations

Bills: SB 1

Keywords: campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, Attorney General, budget recommendations, funding swaps, salary increases, Landowner's Compensation Program, public testimony, law enforcement

Summary: The meeting focused on the budget recommendations for the Office of the Attorney General (OAG), where key issues included the proposed decrease of $163.9 million for the 2024-25 biennium and various methodology swaps for funding. Attorney General Paxton discussed ongoing litigation expenditures and emphasized the need for continued investments in agency staffing to address rising demands within law enforcement. Notably, he requested a 6% salary increase for 2026 and 2027 to retain talented personnel amidst competitive job markets. Public testimony highlighted community awareness challenges regarding the Landowner's Compensation Program, indicating a need for enhanced outreach efforts.

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• pretty significant impact on the ability to have a law enforcement presence just for normal daily operations

Bills: HB268, HB305, HB307

Keywords: gun show, firearm sales, criminal background check, firearm regulation, gun show promoter, election procedures, voter registration, residence requirements, change of address, voter eligibility, youth camp, flood safety, life jackets, grant program, flotation devices

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• Federal COVID dollars that are being used for operational costs at TDC with general revenue in this amount
• This bill appropriates $6.5 billion to continue our current state support for Operation Lone Star, largely
• Additionally, $240 million to operate new mental health beds coming online in state hospitals and community
• Emergency Management for capital construction costs associated with regional emergency management operations

Bills: SB1, HB500, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, state budget, mental health funding, education funding, infrastructure improvements, public safety, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1184, house, all

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• support ...partners to be able to identify sites that have the infrastructure needed to support these operations
• We have 3 million small businesses in our state, and these businesses operate in a diverse range of industries
• concern that you may hear raised from time to time is, well, how do we ensure that folks have the operating

Bills: HB112, HB199, HCR9

Keywords: school district, bond issuance, election dates, voter approval, Texas Education Code, HCR 9, Texas State Cemetery, Hill Country flood, July 4 2025 flood, Guadalupe River, Camp Mystic, memorial, monument, concurrent resolution, disaster remembrance, natural disaster, flood victims, survivors, State Preservation Board, Texas secretary of state

Summary: The Committee on Trade, Workforce and Economic Development met with a quorum and moved quickly through a long agenda, hearing testimony and taking recorded votes on several bills. Early in the meeting, HB 2214 was laid out to exempt certain short-term residential leases and leaseback arrangements from flood-disclosure requirements; Texas Realtors supported the change, and the bill was left pending. The committee then voted out a series of pending measures, including HB 46, HB 186 (with a committee substitute), HB 431, HB 1147, HB 1154, HB 2468, HB 2488, HB 2788 (with a substitute), HB 2791 (with a substitute), HB 3260, and HCR 90, all reported favorably to the full House, with HB 1147 receiving two nays and the others passing unanimously or nearly so. A major portion of the hearing focused on HB 112, which would create a Texas Science Park district and commission to support advanced manufacturing and innovation sites. The bill’s author and supporters, including Samsung Austin Semiconductor, the Texas Association of Business, and the Governor’s economic development office, argued it would strengthen supply chains, attract investment, and support national security and workforce development. Testimony described interest from semiconductor and advanced manufacturing companies and referenced the model of foreign science parks such as Sinshu in Taiwan. HB 112 was left pending after testimony. The committee also heard HB 3698 and HB 3699, both related to unemployment insurance administration. HB 3698 would expand eligibility for the Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment program using federal funds, while HB 3699 would tighten the definition of “last work” to help the Texas Workforce Commission investigate UI fraud. Both bills were discussed with TWC resource witnesses and left pending after the committee withdrew the substitutes. HB 1349, which would extend HOA transparency and property-rights provisions to condominiums and refine HOA rules, and HB 621, which would require HOA meeting spaces to be available for residents to reserve for qualified political candidates or elected officials, were also heard and left pending. Finally, the committee heard HCR 9 to designate the first Saturday of each month as Small Business Saturday, HB 199 to index unemployment benefit duration to the state unemployment rate, and HB 3466 to exempt certain cancelable service contracts from Texas’s in-home sales cooling-off law; each drew supportive and opposing testimony and was left pending before adjournment.

Bills: HB443

Keywords: HB443, Underground Damage Prevention Program, One-Call Notification System, 811, utility locate, dig law, excavation safety, damage prevention, underground utilities, pipeline safety, public utilities, buried facilities, excavation notice, demolition notice, Alabama Public Service Commission, sunset extension, utility protection, locate request, call before you dig, gas pipeline

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• Nor does it give states authority to control how a convention would operate.
• how a give states authority to control how a convention<00:29:23.200> would<00:29:23.520> operate
• convention would operate. convention would operate.

Bills: HB433, HB443

Keywords: tax distribution, Talladega County, economic development, public safety, rural infrastructure, HB443, Underground Damage Prevention Program, One-Call Notification System, 811, utility locate, dig law, excavation safety, damage prevention, underground utilities, pipeline safety, public utilities, buried facilities, excavation notice, demolition notice, Alabama Public Service Commission

Bills: HCR 10, HCR 9

Keywords: balanced budget amendment, federal budget, deficit reduction, deficit spending, fiscal restraint, constitutional amendment, U.S. Constitution, Congress, PAYGO, Gramm-Rudman-Hollings, national debt, budget deficit, taxpayer dollars, balanced budget resolution, memorial resolution, Texas Legislature, federal spending, budget reform, fiscal conservatism, HCR 9

Bills: HCR10, HCR9

Keywords: balanced budget amendment, federal budget, deficit reduction, deficit spending, fiscal restraint, constitutional amendment, U.S. Constitution, Congress, PAYGO, Gramm-Rudman-Hollings, national debt, budget deficit, taxpayer dollars, balanced budget resolution, memorial resolution, Texas Legislature, federal spending, budget reform, fiscal conservatism, HCR 9

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• So, I operated my platoon in Vietnam for eight months like it was a Ranger unit.

Bills: HB 1023, HB2537, HB3302, HB3324, HB3644, HB3722, HB3815, HB4053, HB4789

Keywords: specialty license plates, military honor, Texas Homeland Defense Service Medal, Texas Superior Service Medal, Texas Outstanding Service Medal, Texas Medal of Merit, military honors, Lone Star Distinguished Service Medal, veterans, Texas Homeland Defense Medal, military, commemorative recognition, transportation code, claims assistance, disability benefits, court representation, legal services, naming, commemoration, local honor