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• , and it will be managed and accountable there at the local level like it's been since the beginning
• So I'm just wondering what are the steps to access the money if it's held in that local account versus
• Well, right now, there is an account locally and it's managed by the accounting extension agent.
• agent now with that local account?
• So you said the extension agent is over the local account.

Bills: HB2398 , HB4363 , HB3557 , HB3701 , HB2210

Committee: House Postsecondary Education

Keywords: credential of value, education, workforce development, labor market, government reporting, higher education, Oklahoma State University, Board of Trustees, presidential selection, college governance, Oklahoma Agricultural Extension, local funding, financial institutions, county extension services, state funds, academic programs, low-producing programs, Oklahoma State Board of Regents, program review, curriculum quality

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• Each business remains fully licensed, inspected, and accountable for its own operations.
• We had to duplicate systems for payroll, HR, accounting, compliance, and reporting.
• Alcohol control plan is the legal term.
• Alcohol control plan is the legal term.
• definition of what is required in the alcohol control plan, and that is existing law.

Bills: HB2128 , HB2207 , HB1701 , HB2536 , HB2476 , HB2294 , HB2229

Committee: House Consumer Protection & Business

Keywords: alcohol service, sports facilities, amusement venues, recreational activities, patron engagement, alcohol warehousing, regulation, liquor distribution, storage standards, state laws, liquor licenses, multiple premises, alcohol distribution, commercial leasing, regulatory reform, winery, restaurant license, alcohol, spirits, beer

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• I am a member of Metro Plan, the Flagstaff Metropolitan Planning Organization.
• Is there any local contribution to this? No, currently, no. There is no local contribution to this.
• Photo safety is a local tool to address local issues.
• I say if local voters want to decide, let local voters decide, but not the whole state.
• First of all, to the issue of local control, there are certain things that I believe should be local

Bills: SB1024 , SB1032 , SB1059 , SB1062 , SB1064 , SB1097 , SCM1001 , SCR1004

Committee: Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Keywords: roadable aircraft, registration, vehicle title, license plates, aviation safety, corrections oversight, funding, state budget, criminal justice, reform, appropriation, Department of Transportation, right turn lane, traffic improvement, infrastructure funding, transportation funding, authorization, road improvements, intersection safety, transportation

Bills: HB55 , HB104 , HB55 , HB104

Committee: House Financial Services

Keywords: mortgage, payments, financial institutions, borrowers, principal, escrow, homeownership, abandoned property, digital assets, state treasurer, unclaimed property, liquidation, finders, contracts, electronic reporting, fishing, licensing, jubilee, Marine life, Alabama

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• Other native pollinators include hummingbirds, are hyper-local,...
• There's tons of local groups that know a lot about bees.
• There's tons of local groups that know a lot about bees.
• Senator Hancock moves that House Bill 630 be recommended for the local uncontested calendar.
• Hearing none, motion is adopted. ...the local and uncontested calendar. Objection?

Bills: HB630 , HB685 , HB1318 , HB2692

Committee: Senate Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Keywords: outboard motors, certificate of title, vessel regulation, Texas Parks and Wildlife Code, marine documentation, HB 685, municipal utility rates, water rates, sewer rates, local government code, rate discrimination, tax-exempt entities, sales tax exemption, ad valorem tax exemption, nonprofit organizations, charitable organizations, municipal water service, municipal sewer service, utility billing, public utilities

Summary: The Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs met with no quorum at the start, but later reached quorum and took up several bills. House Bill 2692, codifying the San Antonio River Authority’s enabling legislation and making non-substantive modernization changes, received brief supportive testimony from the River Authority and was left pending before later being voted out favorably. House Bill 685, which would prevent municipalities from charging higher water or sewer rates to tax-exempt entities than comparable customers, also drew support and was reported favorably. House Bill 1318, clarifying compensation issues when a municipality decertifies part of a retail water utility’s service area, was heard without opposition and passed out of committee. House Bill 630, exempting certain older outboard motors from title requirements, likewise passed and was placed on the local and uncontested calendar. The committee spent the most time on Senate Bill 2497, relating to filtration systems for certain public drinking water systems. Senator Zaffirini described the bill as a response to ongoing secondary water quality complaints, while TCEQ testified that such contaminants are aesthetic rather than health-based and that the water remains safe to drink if primary standards are met. The Texas Rural Water Association opposed the bill as written, arguing filtration may not solve most water quality problems and could be costly for small systems, while a consumer witness from Floresville supported it and described repeated rate increases and brown water after a filtration system was removed. Members discussed narrowing the bill through a committee substitute and emphasized the need for flexibility and technical expertise; the committee substitute was adopted and the bill was reported favorably, with Senator Kolkhorst later asking to be recorded as voting no. The committee also heard Senate Bill 2850, which would create a pollinator task force to study habitat loss, public education, and best practices for protecting bees and other pollinators. Senator Menendez and invited witness Erica Thompson of Texas BeeWorks highlighted major colony losses and the economic importance of pollinators to Texas agriculture, and Environment Texas and the Texas Beekeepers Association supported the measure. Members discussed monarch butterflies, native grasses, milkweed, and conservation efforts, and the bill was reported favorably and sent to the local and uncontested calendar. After testimony, the committee also voted out several pending items, including House Bill 5560 with a committee substitute addressing water-loss penalties and infrastructure improvements, and then recessed subject to the call of the chair.

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• So I just ask you to consider the fact that local government, local representatives have had their opportunity
• We have to account for it in a very specific way.
• We have a housing affordability plan that was adopted into our comprehensive plan, and we expect specific
• We have a housing affordability plan that was adopted into our comprehensive plan, and we expect specific
• The plans are three years old.

Bills: HB5489 , HB5695 , HB5699 , SB291 , SB292

Committee: House Land & Resource Management

Keywords: impact fee, moratorium, local government, Texas legislation, infrastructure funding, municipal utility district, eminent domain, bonds, assessments, infrastructure, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Harris County, Municipal Utility District, territory exclusion, debt service taxes, property taxation, condemnation, property acquisition, real property, appraisal reports

Bills: SF252 , SF597 , SF599

Committee: Joint Appropriations

Keywords: veterans trust fund, Iowa Commission of Veterans Affairs, county directors of veteran affairs, county veteran affairs, lottery revenues, lottery transfer, veterans benefits, veterans services, war orphans educational assistance, veterans families, state trust fund, fund balance threshold, appropriation trigger, SF 252, SSB 1050, SF 617, partition fences, land management, local government, Iowa resources

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• </c> law which states no state or local law which states no state or local government<01:09:35.719><c
• </c><01:09:58.320><c> law</c> three years ago from local law three years ago from local law enforcement
• </c><01:13:37.800><c> law</c> that govern local law that govern local law enforcement<01:13:39.639><c
• </c><01:13:59.480><c> holds</c> the time their local holds the time their local holds expire<01:14:01.760
• </c> in the parts of the country where local in the parts of the country where local authorities<01:16

Bills: HF1051 , HF16

Committee: House Elections Finance and Government Operations

Keywords: sacred communities, micro units, religious institutions, housing regulations, homelessness, conditional use permits, immigration enforcement, sanctuary policies, sanctuary city, noncooperation ordinance, ICE, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, federal immigration authorities, deportation, undocumented immigrant, undocumented person, immigration status data, data sharing, preemption, local government

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• One item that I'd like to highlight is the out-of-home placement plan.
• They're caught off guard and suddenly lacking the support they had planned for.
• </c> going to cost X but it's hard to account going to cost X but it's hard to account for<01:25:25.719
• </c> for a negative so it's hard to account for a negative so it's hard to account for<01:25:27.119><
• </c><01:28:22.960><c> to</c> they have not they have not planned to they have not they have not planned

Bills: HF1346 , HF1169 , HF1276

Committee: House Children and Families Finance and Policy

Keywords: mandatory reporting, training requirements, child maltreatment, abuse detection, local welfare agency, child protection, child welfare, paperwork reduction, social services information system, SSIS, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, foster care, children in placement, county social services, Tribal governments, private child placing agencies, case management, administrative burden, information technology, human services

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• I understand that this is a local issue.
• And it's all encompassing for both state and local? And local municipal. Okay, that's fine.
• So local dollars would be required.
• It can remove some accountability.
• accounts for that fiscal year was $89 million.

Bills: HB9 , HB10 , HB16 , HB44 , HB46 , HB61 , HB101 , HB126 , HB153 , HB164 , HB233 , HB242 , HB436 , HB455 , HB571 , HB594

Committee: House Judiciary

Keywords: HB 9, HB9, Act 527, Shreveport, Stuffed Shrimp Capital, state symbol, Louisiana symbols, municipal designation, honorary title, cultural designation, tourism, local pride, seafood, shrimp, stuffed shrimp, cuisine, city branding, Louisiana Revised Statutes 49:170.26, legal holiday, Acadia Parish

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• Who has jurisdiction over for accountability? Mr.
• The LEAs, the school districts will have to tell us that they exist, and we would hold them accountable
• the Environment Department could work with an internationally recognized EPD contractor to support local
• they're going to want to sell to, they're going to want to produce wholesale and sell retail into the local
• Stephen Wancoff, 911 Bureau Chief, with the Department of Finance, Local Government Division.

Bills: HB253 , HB153 , HB255 , HB287 , HB371 , SB151 , HB8 , SB177

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance

Keywords: distance learning, virtual instruction, public education, student enrollment, school funding, education standards, pandemic education response, low-carbon construction, construction materials, rebate, environmental product declaration, EPD, embodied carbon, carbon intensity, greenhouse gas emissions, decarbonization, industrial incentives, clean manufacturing, cement, concrete

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• What's this going to cost local businesses? Let's start with local government.
• Let's start with local government.
• We hire accountants. We'll hire a team of accountants. And we will walk into a room and... you.
• We hire accountants. We'll hire a team of accounts.
• Chairman, was based on where they’re at with planning.

Bills: SB151 , HB8 , SB177 , HB253 , HB153 , HB255 , HB287 , HB371 , SB151 , HB8 , SB177

Committees: Senate Senate Finance , Senate House Appropriations & Finance

Keywords: corporate income tax, franchise tax, gross receipts tax, tax credit, tax deduction, controlled foreign corporation, CFC, bonus depreciation, interest expense, apportionment, unitary group, high-wage jobs tax credit, local journalism, news media, newspaper printer, physician incentive, health care workforce, affordable housing, multifamily housing, construction materials

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• MOUs are required to have open meetings and local citizens have access to and a voice in all local utility
• We for 33 years and I do know that when you plan and you and you plan correctly, it bears results.
• So that's no plan or anything. That's just planning and construction.
• And that's the way we plan on doing it. Rodney said it. We plan on providing water for everyone.
• for regional flood planning.

Bills: HB1520 , HB1525 , HB1530 , HB1535 , HB2068 , HB2091 , HB2347 , HB2372 , HB2805 , HB2815 , HB2867 , HB3154 , HB3482 , HB3483 , HB3663 , HB3781 , HB3901 , HB3915 , HB4135 , HB4153 , HB4158 , HB4329 , HB4331

Committee: House Natural Resources

Keywords: Angelina and Neches River Authority, river authority, Sunset Advisory Commission, Texas Sunset Act, Special District Local Laws Code, local government, natural resources, board of directors, director training, board governance, public testimony, open meetings, public information, conflict of interest, ethics, complaint system, general manager, board president, staggered terms, removal of director

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• It's to the forms of financial assistance that can be issued from the water supply account and allows
• I have a ton of small localized water systems anywhere from 10 to 15 to 40 connections 50 connections
• They have to development a storm water management. plan.
• This plan can be shaped in the best interest of the community. interests of the residents, in the best
• It provides planning time and it allows collaborative efforts. with the public and once again this is

Bills: HB1520 , HB1525 , HB1530 , HB1535 , HB2068 , HB2091 , HB2347 , HB2372 , HB2805 , HB2815 , HB2867 , HB3154 , HB3482 , HB3483 , HB3663 , HB3781 , HB3901 , HB3915 , HB4135 , HB4153 , HB4158 , HB4329 , HB4331

Committee: House Natural Resources

Keywords: Angelina and Neches River Authority, river authority, Sunset Advisory Commission, Texas Sunset Act, Special District Local Laws Code, local government, natural resources, board of directors, director training, board governance, public testimony, open meetings, public information, conflict of interest, ethics, complaint system, general manager, board president, staggered terms, removal of director

Bills: SB3136 , SB2521 , SB2851 , SB3154 , SB3262 , SB2387 , SB3001 , SB2818 , SB2972 , SB2372 , SB2108 , SB888 , SB3320 , SB2798 , SB2110 , SB3007 , SB2615 , SB2095 , SB2101 , SB3138 , SB2756 , SB3229 , SB2969 , SB3286 , SB3238 , SB2557 , SB3140 , SB2014 , SB3097 , SB3096 , SB3069 , SB99 , SB2930 , SB2268 , SB2543 , SB3022 , SB3109 , SB3215 , SB3152 , SB3156 , SB3234 , SB3053 , SB3067 , SB2673 , SB411 , SB2041 , SB2919 , SB2532 , SB2152 , SB2721 , SB2446 , SB2601 , SB2239 , SB2804 , SB3324 , SB2802 , SB2577 , SB2320 , SB2706 , SB2595 , SB2781 , SB2961 , SB2433 , SB2657 , SB2340 , SB3045 , SB3203 , SB2861 , SB3245 , SB2803 , SB3204 , SB3025 , SB2138 , SB2645 , SB3082 , SB2109 , SB2261 , SB3332 , SB2811 , SB2567 , SB2125 , SB2866 , SB83 , SB874 , SB2386 , SB3137 , SB3132 , SB2175 , SB2272 , SB2271 , SB847 , SB3302 , SB2089 , SB2102 , SB2050 , SB2694 , SB2487 , SB2061 , SB709 , SB3083 , SB2151 , SB2852 , SB2471 , SB2568 , SB2253 , SB2697 , SB2429 , SB2929 , SB3032 , SB2057 , SB148 , SB2353 , SB2075 , SB2907 , SB2074 , SB3219 , SB3218 , SB2367 , SB3048 , SB17 , SB3253 , SB2376 , SB3103 , SB2999 , SB3255 , SB1166 , SB3157 , SB2698 , SB3029 , SB2146 , SB2470 , SB3040 , SB3076 , SB2575 , SB3294 , SB2438 , SB2530 , SB2688

Keywords: lead-free, lead in drinking water, drinking water, water infrastructure, public water system, plumbing, pipe fittings, solder, flux, fixtures, cast iron pipe repair, nonpotable water, Safe Drinking Water Act, Department of Health, water quality, lead exposure, lead contamination, water utilities, backflow preventer, fire hydrant

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• Madam Chair, members, HB 2749 is a simple bill that allows those who have been held accountable to the
• It's a master-planned golf course community. I've lived there 22 years.
• And this bill is a bill about crime prevention and accountability.
• And this bill is a bill about crime prevention and accountability.
• It's an accountability bill for that same reason.

Bills: HB2244 , HB2364 , HB2573 , HB2749 , HB2862 , HB2870 , HB4117 , HCR2004

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Elections

Keywords: evictions, judgment satisfaction, tenant rights, landlord obligations, court procedures, abortion-inducing drugs, medical abortion, pharmaceutical regulation, felonies, state law, DUI, ignition interlock, substance abuse treatment, driving privileges, alcohol education, felony conviction, misdemeanor designation, court judgment, criminal justice reform, rehabilitation

Bills: HB483 , SB133 , SB133

Committee: Senate Tourism

Keywords: virtual currency, cryptocurrency, tax exemption, ad valorem tax, digital assets, regulatory preemption, juvenile court, juvenile delinquency, school notification, student safety, K-12, public schools, private schools, superintendent, principal, Class A felony, Class B felony, criminal charges, adjudicated delinquent, school discipline

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• </c> developing time efficient lesson plans developing time efficient lesson plans that<00:42:11.599>
• This is wonderfully local school boards.
• Well, on this front, ethnic studies implementation is going according to plan.
• Well, on this front, ethnic studies implementation is going according to plan.
• I don't have an accounting on hand for that.

Bills: HF3489 , HF3550

Committee: House Education Policy

Keywords: grooming, child protection, student safety, sexual exploitation, educator licensing, teacher discipline, mandatory reporting, mandated reporter training, school misconduct, predatory offender, child abuse, sexual abuse, sex trafficking, child sexual abuse material, child pornography, position of authority, school employee, school administrator, license revocation, license suspension

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• We now house all of the county construction plans, all of their reports, uh, you know, all of that's
• ,</c><00:19:34.080><c> all</c><00:19:34.320><c> of</c><00:19:34.400><c> their</c> construction plans,
• all of their construction plans, all of their reports,<00:19:36.000><c> uh,</c><00:19:36.160><c> you
• fast. >> Uh, I just got notification this week and come from a rural county, Randolph County, uh, our local
• have to be registered in our state, just like you have to be registered in our state to vote in a local

Bills: HB272 , HB272

Committee: House Constitution, Campaigns and Elections

Keywords: HB272, LASEA, AMSTEP, Alabama Commission on Higher Education, State Department of Education, teacher loan repayment, student loan forgiveness, educator shortage, teacher shortage, acute educator shortage, acute shortage location, public K-12 schools, school systems, math teachers, science teachers, computer science teachers, charter schools, failing schools, underperforming schools, teacher recruitment

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• Because state law preempts local authority, we cannot restore stronger standards on our own.
• We also support the optional local enforcement of the prohibition.
• We also support the optional local enforcement of the prohibition.
• This is one of a growing number of requirements coming to local solid waste programs without new revenue
• of our laws, and we actually do, when we go to do compliance testing, purchase things not only in local

Bills: SB5965 , SB6030 , SB5975 , SB5941

Committee: Senate Environment, Energy & Technology

Keywords: environment, retail bags, sustainability, pollution, customer impact, plastic bags, retail, waste reduction, cookware safety, lead regulation, consumer protection, interstate trade, health standards, SB 5941, Washington State Energy Code, State Building Code Council, renewable energy, solar panels, school district exemption, public school construction