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• I think Brad Hager and his colleagues can contest that the DNR budget is one of the most complicated
• I think Brad Hager and his colleagues can contest that the DNR budget is one of the most complicated
• I think Brad Hager and his colleagues can contest that the DNR budget is one of the most complicated
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• In this case, it was Serpent Lake in the city of Crosby.

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• Uh, I want to thank you for bringing this portion in case something happens to the rest of the portions
• The bill adds registration, relocations to a list of actions exempt from full contested case requirement

Bills: SB 35, SB 1113, SB 1365, SB 1394, SB 2243, SB 2245, SB 2589, SB 2199, SB 2200

Keywords: transportation, TxDOT, Texas Department of Transportation, road projects, highways, infrastructure, bridge construction, interchanges, corridor improvements, road widening, railroad grade separation, sound barrier, unified transportation program, legislative notice, project prioritization, capital projects, state highway system, Farm-to-Market Roads, San Antonio, Harris County

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• All right, in that case, we'll go back to Miss Bears for your testimony. Mr.
• <00:04:51.199> right<00:04:51.400> in<00:04:51.520> that<00:04:51.680> case
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• First, it clarifies when a contested case commences before the Office of Administrative Hearings when
• First, it clarifies when a contested case commences before the Office of Administrative Hearings when

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• Gingles, the case from 1986. And so that... ...v. Gingles, the case from 1986.
• Besides that, this... ...case has said we need to do.
• By which, when I looked at the Calais case, it had many references to the Thuringberg and Giggles case
• I disagree with Senator Morris's characterization of the Calais case.
• That could be the case. I don't know. It's up to the election.

Bills: SR122, SR123, SR124, SCR12, HB940, HB221, HCR109, HCR58, HB27, HB143, HB205, HB259, HB267, HB288, HB308, HB403, HB405, HB414, HB417, HB478, HB546, HB548, HB555, HB557, HB609, HB670, HB672, HB740, HB779, HB786, HB796, HB812, HB848, HB909, HB915, HB917, HB921, HB930, HB933, HB938, HB971, HB1095, HB1096, HB1103, HB1129, HB1154, HB1166, HB1187, HB1195, HB1230, SB121, SCR22, SCR24, SB29, SB30, SB32, SB41, SB42, SB43, SB47, SB84, SB93, SB113, SB192, SB199, SB219, SB220, SB221, SB222, SB241, SB253, SB255, SB289, SB292, SB306, SB314, SB351, SB399, SB404, SB14, SB102, SB133, SB151, SB165, SB169, SB170, SB200, SB217, SB280, SB291, SB300, SB303, SB330, SB449, SB489, SB521, SB45, SB156, SB181, SB203, SB274, SB304, SB379, SB396, SB410, SB425, SB427, SB436, SB424, SCR61, SCR9, SB35, SB65, SB215, SB246, SB249, SB269, SB282, SB296, SB323, SB363, SB369, SB474, SB490, SB492, SB500, HCR31, HB296, HB299, HB322, HB364, HB519, HB535, HB538, HB568, HB571, HB622, HB635, HB676, HB772, HB784, HB1006, HB1018, HB1043, HB1070, HB1134, HB1239, HB62, HB193, HB203, HB210, HB220, HB228, HB246, HB420, HB475, HB486, HB574, HB584, HB750, HB813, HB815, HB826, HB870, HB949, HB953, HB1045, HB1092, HB1151, HB1162, HB1176, HB1177, HB1196, HB1214, HB1241, HB22, HB28, HB33, HB41, HB47, HB87, HB115, HB162, HB195, HB214, HB217, HB233, HB283, HB290, HB319, HB324, HB345, HB362, HB363, HB368, HB377, HB380, HB382, HB386, HB392, HB406, HB431, HB441, HB466, HB503, HB533, HB559, HB575, HB590, HB593, HB618, HB636, HB655, HB664, HB685, HB692, HB707, HB715, HB732, HB738, HB741, HB748, HB776, HB807, HB822, HB856, HB860, HB868, HB887, HB888, HB905, HB908, HB961, HB980, HB990, HB992, HB999, HB1000, HB1010, HB1146, HB1157, HB1233, HB1236, HB1243, HB17, HB36, HB73, HB119, HB126, HB129, HB133, HB140, HB159, HB166, HB211, HB226, HB245, HB271, HB280, HB337, HB351, HB354, HB399, HB677, HB712, HB723, HB726, HB728, HB759, HB789, HB844, HB850, HB966, HB1036, SB149, SB382, SB441, HB134, HB258, HB359, HB782

Keywords: SR122, Senate Resolution 122, Metairie Park Country Day School, Country Day Cajuns, Cajuns basketball, LHSAA, Louisiana High School Athletic Association, Division III Select, boys basketball, state championship, high school sports, athletic commendation, sports resolution, Lake Charles, Marsh Madness, Mike McGuire, Brennan White, Kellen Brewer, Calvary Baptist Academy, school recognition

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• case law are really a patchwork.
• the 1976 case of Holly v.
• So I researched it and found a case, and it was another CPS case.
• You know, in criminal cases under the Ake standard, they get experts to defend a criminal case.
• You know, in criminal cases under the Akey standard, they get experts to defend a criminal case.

Bills: SB387, SB1650, SB1838, SB1839, SB1923, SB1940, SB2052

Keywords: judicial bond, guardianship, probate law, county judge, statutory county court, attorney general, criminal prosecution, public order, law enforcement, jurisdiction, attorney ad litem, parent-child relationship, compensation, legal representation, government entity, probate, court proceedings, record delivery, wills, legal documentation

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.

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• Incorporating long-standing case law used in courts for decades into Texas statute, the admission rule
• In the case of Patterson vs.
• The admission rule puts plaintiffs and defendants on an even footing to present their cases and helps
• In this case, most of the people you're talking about are rail districts.
• Senator Bettencourt moves that SB682 be recommended for the local and contested calendar.

Bills: SB 682, SB 1013, SB 1369, SB 1422, SB 2001, SB 2080, SB 2366, SB 2705, SB 2841

Keywords: memorial highway, Captain Kevin Williams, Firefighter Austin Cheek, Smith County, transportation, pedestrian right-of-way, sidewalk users, bicycle safety, micromobility, electric scooter, motor-assisted scooter, electric personal assistive mobility device, skateboard, roller skates, driveway crossing, alley crossing, traffic safety, yield law, Texas Transportation Code, vehicle-pedestrian collision

Summary: The meeting of the committee focused on several bills aimed at enhancing the operational efficiency of Texas transportation and port authorities. Key discussions included the implications of SB2080, which seeks to streamline operations for navigation districts by raising procurement authority, exempting security discussions from recording requirements, and aligning Texas ports with national standards to foster economic growth. Senator Alvarado advocated fervently for the bill, emphasizing its positive impact on competitiveness with ports in states like Virginia and New Jersey. Public testimony reflected mixed responses, with strong support from industry representatives but opposition from some municipal authorities concerned about the potential overreach of port authorities into local development.

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• However, by contrast, The wind energy sector was predominantly the recipient of leniency and in most cases
• Hopefully will then be enforceable because as I mentioned, fish and wildlife's dilemma is you can bring a case
• We do think in certain cases it makes sense for developers to have to consult with Parks and Wildlife
• Um, Parks and Wildlife did have the ability to get involved in contested case hearings.
• I don't know if that would apply in this case because there's not really a permit from TCQ.

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• None of them are contested.
• None None of them are contested. None None of them are contested.
• And if that's the case at an institution, which I think you'll see later in an amendment that we are
• going to view as friendly, uh, that if that is the case and those faculty senates are functioning in
• <02:05:00.840> at<02:05:00.960> an A- And if And if that's the case at an A- And if

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• And, you know, you can put the gate in in case they were out.
• No case number, no court case, anything along those lines.
• No case number, no court case, anything along those lines. “Actually brought up.
• No case number, no court case, anything along those lines. So we’ve been told the sky is falling.
• “Would you agree, though, that you don’t have cases where anybody has contested this, that this is a

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• That's the kind of cases I'm seeing.
• It's highly contested across the country. I transact business in a magnitude.
• , or a different size case, or a commercial case, or however?
• Would you support the bill in that case? You're saying no?
• We're curious why that's the case.

Bills: HB139, HB1818, HB1942, HB1959, HB2221, HB2254, HB2563, HB2067, HB2275, HB3211, HB139

Keywords: HB 1818, Texas Insurance Code, Texas Department of Insurance, commissioner of insurance, health maintenance organization, HMO, insurer, utilization review, preauthorization, prior authorization, medical necessity review, health care services, medical care, insurance regulation, insurance examination, regulatory oversight, confidential records, public information exception, Chapter 843, Chapter 1301

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• It just codifies existing case precedent for.
• or a contested hearing.
• Even then, they must justify the decision during their next base rate case.
• That case started in 2001.
• What was the essence of the fact situation in the Charrette case? She had a number of violations.

Bills: SB231, SB667, SB689, SB825, SB965, SB992, SB1059, SB1220, SB2368, SB2601

Keywords: temporary emergency electric energy facility, temporary generation, emergency power, backup generation, mobile generator, portable generator, grid resilience, power outage restoration, transmission and distribution utility, TDU, Public Utility Commission of Texas, PUCT, Utilities Code Section 39.918, competitive bidding, lease authorization, emergency procurement, bulk power system, locational marginal pricing, reliability model, black start

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• As established in the case.
• or contested hearing, or that the leases include a clause allowing for changes based on PUC rule or
• And even then, they must justify the decision during their next base rate case.
• We filed in some of the original cases and we currently have a complaint, um, pending at the PC.
• And so what this looks like in the Chat case, that case started in 2001.

Bills: SB 231, SB 667, SB 689, SB 825, SB 965, SB 992, SB 1059, SB 1220, SB 2368, SB 2601

Keywords: temporary emergency electric energy facility, temporary generation, emergency power, backup generation, mobile generator, portable generator, grid resilience, power outage restoration, transmission and distribution utility, TDU, Public Utility Commission of Texas, PUCT, Utilities Code Section 39.918, competitive bidding, lease authorization, emergency procurement, bulk power system, locational marginal pricing, reliability model, black start

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• Of the remaining 31, most of those cases remain pending.
• Are there cases that should continue to be pursued?
• We don't want to just get rid of these cases.
• So in some instances, like the one case that we've already resolved, we had won that case and DOJ was
• Do you have a another motion related to local and contested?

Bills: SB766, SB290, SB494, SB1145

Keywords: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, water regulation, environmental protection, pesticide management, natural resources, LP-gas, property owner notice, gas installations, safety notification, petroleum theft, task force, oil and gas, law enforcement, economic impact, environmental regulation, water permits, water quality, land application, 1185, senate

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• Is that the case?
• yet covered by law, giving the Legislature an opportunity to come back and address those issues on a case-by-case
• He asked whether it is an activist court that addresses, on a case-by-case basis, issues of harm under
• In that case, it was litter. In that case, it was auto theft, right?
• No, that is not the case. That is not the case.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, heard an invocation, recognized a Karnes County Day delegation and the Texas Association of Museums, received a governor’s message on Texas Diabetes Council appointments, and introduced the Doctor of the Day. The chamber then took up several resolutions, including SR 388 honoring the Texas Association of Museums, and adopted SRs 380, 382, and 387 by voice vote. Senator King was excused due to a family death, and the journal reading was dispensed with. The Senate then moved through a series of bills, most of them on expedited suspension of the regular order and three-day rule. Measures passed included SB 868 on Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program funding for high-wildfire-risk areas; SB 264 exempting certain family motor-vehicle transfers from tax; SB 2112 on oyster mariculture penalties; SB 1484 on catfish labeling and marketing; SB 660 on bollards near hospital emergency rooms; SB 1809 creating offenses for gift card fraud; SB 32 and SJR 81 providing business personal property tax relief and a related constitutional amendment; SB 1267 modernizing boat titling and adding disclosure for hidden hull damage; SB 1470 allowing DPS data sharing for voter list maintenance; SB 2406 and SB 2407 implementing Sunset recommendations for the Sabine River Authority and Lower Neches Valley River Authority; SB 609 on school district compliance with legally required policies; SB 921 on ex parte Medicaid eligibility renewals; SB 2320 increasing DWI penalties; SB 1822 requiring disclosure and oversight of AI-based utilization review algorithms; SB 693 on notaries public and deed theft prevention; and SB 664 setting statewide qualifications and oversight for magistrates and related judicial officers. One of the most contested items was SB 779 on common law public nuisance claims, which drew extended debate over whether the bill would limit lawsuits against lawful, regulated activities and whether it would preserve private nuisance and other existing remedies. Despite objections, the Senate suspended the rules and passed the bill to engrossment by a 17-12 vote, holding it there. Another debated measure was SB 1008 on state and local authority over the food service industry; after a perfecting amendment, it was passed to engrossment and then to final passage. Several bills were adopted or passed with near-unanimous support, while others, including SB 1267, SB 1470, SB 1822, and SB 2320, saw some opposition but still cleared the chamber.

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• Chip Case, Executive Director of the Florida Faith and Freedom Coalition, is waiving in support.
• Come on up, sir, you're the next contestant of The Price Is Right. Okay.

Bills: S0530, S0658, S0608, S1708, S0680, S0980, S0204

Keywords: Florida lottery, state lottery, lottery tickets, lottery retailer, Department of the Lottery, Division of Security, ball machine, lottery vending machine, instant tickets, online lottery tickets, major procurement, vendor disclosure, performance bond, retailer bond, security report, counterfeit ticket, altered ticket, false claim, ticket theft, fraud

Summary: The Committee on Regulated Industries considered and reported several bills. SB 530 on state lotteries was presented with two technical amendments adopted, including changes to lottery department contracting language and machine-purchase flexibility; the committee then reported the bill favorably. SB 204, which increases penalties for illegal slot machine operations to a third-degree felony and creates a declaratory-statement process for veteran service organizations to confirm machine legality, drew support from gaming interests and some soft opposition from a veterans group concerned about implementation; it was also reported favorably. The committee then took up a proposed committee substitute combining SB 658 and SB 608 on water safety requirements for rental and vacation properties. The combined bill would require certain rental properties near water bodies or with pools to install specified alarms, locks, fences, covers, or similar safety devices, with enforcement through DBPR and a grace period for correcting some violations. Senators emphasized the bill as a response to child drowning deaths, including those involving autistic children, and the PCS was reported favorably. SB 980, as a delete-everything amendment, would create the Florida Agegate Act to restrict advertising, promotion, and display of non-FDA-approved nicotine devices in areas accessible to those under 21, with penalties and inspection authority; after questions about counterfeit products and enforcement, it was reported favorably. The committee also approved SB 1708, which removes a three-year out-of-state practice requirement for veterinary licensure by endorsement while keeping other competency requirements, and SB 680, as amended, which creates a sales tax exemption for electricity sold to EV charging station operators and transferred to consumers, subject to metering and affidavit requirements. Several members recorded votes after the roll calls, and the meeting ended with an invitation to return later for another bill before adjournment.

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• Several are agreed upon, some are contested, and as we get to those, I'm going to give you as much time
• All those in favor for this bill amended multiple times—happily and not happy in some cases.

Bills: HB445, HB477, SB274, HB441

Keywords: hemp-derived cannabinoids, CBD, THC, delta-8, delta-9, delta-10, consumable hemp products, psychoactive cannabinoids, cannabinoid regulation, hemp licensing, ABC Board, Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, retail hemp sales, wholesale hemp distribution, hemp tax, excise tax, age verification, underage sales, product testing, certificate of analysis

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• amendment touches on four areas: convictions in other states, criminal vehicular homicide offenses, the contesting
• As we looked at the statutes in most cases for multiple offenses, I think all but maybe one or so, there
• 25.920> most the as we looked at the statutes in most the as we looked at the statutes in most cases
• 27.360> offenses<00:10:27.920> I<00:10:28.160> think<00:10:28.240> all cases
• for multiple offenses I think all cases for multiple offenses I think all than<00:10:28.800> maybe

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And that usually leaves that on the behalf, on the district to do, that's already there in many cases
• been some assertions that ESDs do not provide the same level of service, and that is just not the case
• Um, we had a contested, uh, public, I should say a public meeting through TCEQ for the application.
• demand across the state of Texas led to an increase in permit applications, municipalities, and in most cases
• that bond-funded road reimbursements are tied to current and localized traffic impacts, especially in cases

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• what processes they believe need to start now so that the United States is prepared to win the next contest
• Drawing on historical and recent cases, we developed a series of recommendations to enable industrial
• Everything else was considered to be what we called a lesser included case.
• It turns out, after 9-11, we discovered that lesser included cases might be lesser, but they weren't
• that we seem to be embarked on a course that at least is not encouraging to our allies and in some cases

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• , TEN PROGRAM AND IF YOU HAD MORE THAN FOUR IT IS A 100 PERCENT NO MATCH FOR THE HOMEOWNER IN THAT CASE
• CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA FROM BEING DAMAGED AND I'M PROUD TO REPORT IN THE CASES
• WE HAVE PEOPLE IN THIS CASE THAT HAVE FLOOD INSURANCE BUT THIS MONEY WILL BE HAVE TO BE USED ON FLOOD
• THIS WAS NOT ALWAYS THE CASE.
• ONE IS A REGIONAL CENTER AND ONE IS AT THE SPORTS CONTEST SPORTS CENTER. >> MEMBERS, I HAVE A COUPLE

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