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  • communities in Central Texas. to protect the region's water resources and ensure long-term water security
  • CTWC is a nonprofit organization. We represent thousands of...
  • In the current statute, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations like Buckner are Exempt from property taxes
  • Strategic HFC was created by the Travis County Commissioners Court in 2004 as a public nonprofit entity
Summary: The committee heard several local government and property tax bills, with most testimony focused on appraisal disputes, tax administration, and development rules. Senate Bill 1052 by Senator Hinojosa would address coastal county appraisal litigation by requiring property owners in certain large-value disputes to report an uncontested taxable value while appeals are pending, so taxing units can base truth-in-taxation calculations on more realistic revenue. Nueces County, Del Mar College, and Corpus Christi ISD testified in support, describing major budget shortfalls caused by refinery valuation disputes; the committee substitute narrowed and clarified the bill’s scope. No opposition was heard, public testimony closed, and SB 1052 was left pending. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1531, which would require local tax collectors to accept common electronic property tax payments such as credit cards, debit cards, and e-checks. Witnesses supported modernizing payment options and the committee substitute removed ACH/electronic funds transfer language to avoid bank-account disclosure concerns. Public testimony closed and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 325, by Senator Perry, would restore platting and groundwater-certification requirements that were unintentionally weakened by prior legislation; supporters from county government, water groups, and builders’ representatives debated whether the real issue was groundwater protection or road standards for private roads. The bill was left pending after extensive testimony and no vote. The committee then took up Senate Bill 994 and SJR 46, which would exempt certain livestock feed inventory from property tax and provide the constitutional amendment needed for that change. Feed store and Farm Bureau witnesses supported the measure as relief for seasonal inventory taxes, and the bills were left pending. Senator Paxton presented SB 467 and SJR 84 to create a temporary property tax exemption for homes completely destroyed by fire, with refunds or corrected bills based on the date of loss; both were left pending. SB 1237 would clarify charitable property tax exemptions for senior housing and retirement communities, with testimony from Catholic and Baptist retirement organizations and a resident describing rising costs and exemption revocations; it was also left pending. The committee later voted 6-0 to report SB 2073, a pending bill on appraisal district authority to purchase or finance real property, and recommended it for the local and uncontested calendar. Finally, the committee heard SB 2172, SB 2173, and SB 2063, all related to property tax administration. SB 2172 would limit when appraisal districts can require homeowners to reapply for homestead exemptions, requiring a specific reason and written notice; SB 2173 would protect new homeowners from surprise tax liabilities caused by prior owners’ erroneous homestead exemptions, with testimony describing large back-assessment bills; both were left pending. SB 2063 would bar appraisal districts from using market-value evidence in unequal appraisal protests, and testimony sharply divided between taxpayer advocates, who said market data improperly overwhelms equity claims, and appraisal district representatives, who argued market value is inherently tied to equal-and-uniform taxation and cited a recent Texas Supreme Court decision; the bill was left pending after testimony.
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  • the Highway Patrol, the state agency that is statutorily obligated to take care of the safety and security
  • But right now, if you have the card, the security officer should be able to look at that card, make sure
  • They have been vetted, and our security will absolutely remain intact.
  • Really, the security officers are already at the checkpoint, right? All they've got to do is what?
  • The security officers are already at the checkpoint, right?
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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Postsecondary Education Apr 7th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Postsecondary Education

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  • It allows an institution to charge a security fee to a student or student organization, but it prohibits
  • For a follow-up, just to clarify, even if a Topic adds to the security risk, they can't increase the
  • triggering that they may see a Need to increase the fee because they're having to provide additional security
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on the Judiciary Apr 7th, 2026

Joint Committee on the Judiciary

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  • Due to this law, Due to this law, I had to provide the medical examiner's office with the Social Security
  • Our goal is to strengthen the law, secure individual owners' rights to non-confidential information,
  • When I was running the Hotho Nuthan Community Center as a nonprofit leader, he told me girls like me
  • I got to know Judge Harris many years ago through his work in the nonprofit community.
  • I also had a nonprofit for five years that did work in restorative justice, and I ran what was the EPA
Bills: H4783 , H4826 , H4876 , H5111 , H5116 , H5244 , S2975 , S2976
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Delivery of Government Efficiency Apr 30th, 2025

Delivery of Government Efficiency

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  • It's also our state's financial security.
  • Charters are also able to secure bonds backed by the Permanent School Fund without voter approval, putting
  • This is a national security threat. Great, thank you.
  • Has anyone thought through the implications of AVs on our national security and personal sovereignty
  • with the tools they need to manage these vehicles effectively if there is an event of some sort of security
Bills: HB1540 , HB3837 , HB5571 , SB370 , SB2425
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Apr 23rd, 2025

Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

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  • this with absolute authority, but I do know that I have a responsibility to protect the safety and security
  • As school districts continue to meet the state mandate of armed security on every campus, we must have
  • way to help encourage. safety in our schools, especially since our schools are required to provide security
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Apr 23rd, 2025

Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

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  • The impact of inflation challenges their ability to maintain a secure retirement.
  • that those who have dedicated their lives to public service can benefit and retire with dignity and security
  • So, we do get Social Security, but that is also a very low amount, averaging about $1,100 a month for
  • It relates to the electronic submission and delivery of public securities and records of proceedings
  • for those securities.
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  • The process requires the person to secure a surety bond, which serves as a form of insurance to protect
  • Senate Bill 2245 would further secure the bonded title process, protecting lien holders and previous
  • fund, and then Texas Health Services distributes the funding for government animal shelters and nonprofit
  • Valdez believed in the value of education and secured a degree from Pan American University with a major
Summary: The Senate Committee on Transportation heard several bills, mostly local memorial highway designations and transportation-related regulatory measures. Senator Hinojosa presented SB 1351 to designate part of US 281 in Hidalgo County as the Jose Rodriguez Lua Memorial Highway in honor of a Border Patrol processing coordinator killed by a drunk driver; a family member testified emotionally in support, and the bill was left pending. The committee also heard and left pending SB 2245 on bonded titles for vehicles when a lienholder has gone out of business, SB 1568 on animal-friendly specialty license plates with a second “spay, neuter, adopt” plate, SB 2589 on handling closed county roads in Webb County, SB 1104 on allowing large retailers to use one fingerprinted employee of record across multiple Texas locations, SB 1423 naming the Bill Stout Parkway in Longview, and SB 1931 naming part of US 83 the Rodolfo Valdez Memorial Highway. Most of these bills drew supportive testimony or were presented as local measures with no opposition. The committee also took up broader policy bills. SB 215 would create a digital identification program for Texas driver’s licenses and certain other licenses, but the sponsor said he was mainly laying the bill out for discussion and study; testimony was limited and the bill was left pending. SB 2707 would clarify that government entities such as TxDOT and the military remain exempt from fees on oversized/overweight permit authority, though a county commissioner raised questions about road-use impacts and fee revenue. SB 2807 drew the most discussion: it would prevent a motor carrier’s use of safety technology, training, and related practices from being used as evidence that an independent contractor is actually an employee. Supporters said the bill would encourage adoption of safety tools like cameras and braking systems without increasing misclassification risk, while opponents from the trial lawyers’ side warned the wording could conflict with existing labor-code definitions and create litigation. The sponsor and committee members discussed possible clarifying floor amendments. After public testimony, the committee voted on the pending bills. All measures were reported favorably on 6-0 votes, with committee substitutes adopted where applicable. SB 1351, SB 1423, SB 1568, SB 1931, SB 2245, SB 2589, SB 2707, SB 2807, and SB 2841 were all sent to the full Senate, and several were recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. The committee recessed subject to the call of the chair after completing the votes.
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  • We want it to go to the rail district, which is owned usually by the nonprofit community. Yes, sir.
  • Chairman and committee members, Peter Lakoti, President of Texas Rail Advocates, a Dallas nonprofit.
  • Yeah, the public nonprofit.
  • in order to maintain confidentiality when discussing security and cybersecurity matters.
  • I understand that for security reasons.
Summary: The Senate Transportation Committee heard several bills focused on transportation infrastructure, public safety, and local commemorations. SB 2841 would clarify the overweight corridor designation for the Port of Brownsville so all three statutorily approved bridges are treated uniformly for northbound and southbound overweight traffic; the Port of Brownsville testified in support, and the bill was left pending. SB 39 would restore the commercial motor vehicle “admission rule” framework in collision cases; Senator Birdwell explained the committee substitute, and the bill was later reported favorably. The committee also heard and later advanced SB 682, SB 1369, and SB 1422, which rename stretches of highway or a bridge in honor of fallen firefighters and military service members, with no opposition testimony and all left pending before final votes. The committee also heard SB 2366, which would create a grant program for short-line railroad projects through rural rail transportation districts for track, bridge, capacity, and restoration work. Senator Hughes and several witnesses from rural rail districts and rail advocacy groups supported the bill, while TxDOT explained current rail funding is limited and that the bill would be the first such grant program for Class 3 short lines; members discussed that the bill would need a floor amendment because state funds cannot be paid directly to railroads. SB 1013 would expand crosswalk protections under the Lisa Torrey-Smith Act to include certain driveway curb cuts along sidewalks; it was supported by the author and left pending before later being reported favorably. The committee also considered SB 2080, which would modernize port and navigation district rules by easing records and procurement requirements, exempting certain security and cybersecurity discussions from recording, and expanding some operational authority. Port Houston and the Texas Ports Association supported the bill, while the City of Corpus Christi raised concerns that the language could expand port economic-development authority beyond navigation purposes and affect local tax bases; the Port of Galveston also noted concerns about the filed version but supported the bill as presented, and the committee substitute was later reported favorably. SB 2001 would create specialty license plates and related parking/toll benefits for permanently disabled peace officers; SB 2705 would codify registration exemptions for certain farm equipment and some specialty plates. Both were supported by witnesses, adopted with committee substitutes where applicable, and reported favorably. Final votes on the reported bills were largely unanimous or near-unanimous, and the committee recessed after leaving some motions open briefly.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Delivery of Government Efficiency Mar 26th, 2025

Delivery of Government Efficiency

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  • Currently, only law enforcement involved in border security can access surplus DPS vehicles.
  • These vehicles can help secure the border and secure our schools.
  • Would you be willing to add a word or two to specifically mention law enforcement or security?
  • Your IT security. You also have information about the basic benefits.
  • You recognize that you have a huge advantage over the nonprofits that went before you on...
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  • earned first place at the Oklahoma West Regional competition, completed an undefeated 14-0 season and secured
  • It takes the receivership offers, which is currently a separate nonprofit entity and separate from the
  • They have certain limited choices based on with with The contracts they have, security they can provide
  • Your question, when we remove the language, I know that these nonprofits fund projects, and the language
  • This bill strengthens protections for donor intent and helps guard against abuse by nonprofits.
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