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• It provides major relief. ...to traffic between Hood County, Erath Counties, and the greater Fort Worth
• He served Medina County and the surrounding counties that comprise the transportation district.
• He gave his life protecting the Kaufman County community.
• of a portion of Loop 323 in Western Smith County.
• This is a great loss to Tarrant County.

Bills: HB767, HB1708, HB2143, HB2198, HB2415, HB2457, HB2763, SB876, SB1230, SB2515, SB2688, SB2790, SB2799, HB3012, HB1672, HB2523, HB3135

Keywords: highway designation, memorial, Montgomery County, Paul P. Mendes, transportation, memorial highway, Kevin Ramirez Vasquez, Ector County, state designation, memorial designation, highway, military honors, veteran commemoration, Officer Jacob Candanoza, Transportation Code, state highway, Kaufman County, law enforcement, Travis County, Senior Police Officer

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• For example, the Texas Workforce Committee.
• I'm the director of the Ector County Medical Examiner's Office in Odessa, Ector County.
• , which in turn stabilizes our entire workforce.
• First, it requires the Texas Workforce Commission and local workforce boards to report on spending for
• Members, we have a resource witness from the Director of Workforce Development with Texas Workforce Commission

Bills: HB669, HB 1306, HB3173, HB3807

Keywords: healthcare, Medicare, insurance, financial assistance, families, wage theft, employers, penalties, Texas Workforce Commission, employee rights, employer database, worker rights, death investigation, emergency services, medical benefits, exposure claims, public safety, workforce development, TWC, youth workforce

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• The way it goes is, in Harris County, it's... ...one of the three counties in the state where we elect
• It allows counties with populations under 50,000 adjacent to both a county over 2 million... and one
• I'm from Atascosa County.
• HB 3205 enables counties, if they so decide, county clerk filing for real and personal property.
• where the county sees fit.

Bills: HB1597, HB2364, HB2437, HB3205, HB3253, HB3310, HB3648, HB3906, HB4259, HB5645

Keywords: county jailer, jail training, veterans, Texas Veterans Commission, Texas Commission on Law Enforcement, TCOLE, criminal justice system, county jail, law enforcement training, mental health training, jail standards, correctional officers, veteran services, veteran interaction, occupations code, jailer licensing, parking, county courthouse, infrastructure, local government

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• today, we're still staying focused on the same mission for mental health and also for our nursing workforce
• Members, House Bill 4074 allows the The healthcare workforce training commission to close out their ARPA
• The healthcare workforce training commission is what we have been administering these particular funds

Bills: HB4028, HB4029, HB4059, HB4063, HB4073, HB4074, HB4075, HB4076, HB4077, HB4078, SB1130, SB1131, SB1132, SB1133, SB1134, SB1142

Keywords: tax deduction, venture capital, economic development, Oklahoma, investment, ALS, funding, healthcare, State Department of Health, emergency declaration, public finance, state budget, financial regulations, monetary policy, referendum, constitutional amendments, special election, Oklahoma legislature, public voting, recovery fund

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• This is regarding the Health Care Workforce Training Commission and closing out their ARPA projects,
• bill appropriates the APATER funds to A gap in existing juvenile facility service projects in Rogers County
• County, and so we're just backfilling that one from that.
• And then also under the youth services agency, we covered 12 different counties.

Bills: HB4028, HB4029, HB4059, HB4063, HB4073, HB4074, HB4075, HB4076, HB4077, HB4078, SB1130, SB1131, SB1132, SB1133, SB1134, SB1142, HB4028, HB4029, HB4059, HB4063, HB4073, HB4074, HB4075, HB4076, HB4077, HB4078, SB1130, SB1131, SB1132, SB1133, SB1134, SB1142

Keywords: tax deduction, venture capital, economic development, Oklahoma, investment, ALS, funding, healthcare, State Department of Health, emergency declaration, public finance, state budget, financial regulations, monetary policy, referendum, constitutional amendments, special election, Oklahoma legislature, public voting, recovery fund

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• the counties uh statewide. So, the counties uh statewide.
• > convening workforce development data convening workforce development data convening happening
• Mahalo. goal around workforce and how we do goal around workforce and how we do that.<00:43:46.840>
• fragmented approach to workforce fragmented approach to workforce development<00:43:58.080> for
• and a comprehensive statewide workforce and a comprehensive statewide workforce strategy. strategy

Bills: HCR92, HCR46, HCR172, HCR147, HCR112, HCR100, HR84, HR42, HR139, HR104, HR92

Keywords: automated external defibrillator, AED, cardiac arrest, state buildings, health education, public health, lifeguards, first responders, public safety, ocean safety, emergency response, Hawaii, workers' compensation, auditor, procurement audit, compliance, Department of Human Resources Development, transparency, accountability, medical care

Bills: SB14, SB217, SB586, SB856, SCR12, SCR24, SB 14

Keywords: regulatory reform, state agencies, efficiency, rulemaking, judicial review, SB 217, Historic Texas Freedmen's Cemetery Designation Program, Texas Historical Commission, Freedmen's cemetery, freed slave burial site, cemetery designation, historic cemetery, African American history, Black cemetery, burial grounds, cemetery preservation, historical marker, medallion, property owner notice, adjacent landowners

Bills: SB325, SB370

Keywords: AIDT, Alabama Industrial Development Training Institute, Department of Commerce, procurement, competitive bidding, contract review, legislative oversight, economic development, workforce development, Strategic Workforce Plan, state purchasing, state contracts, public procurement, exemption, higher education, universities, community colleges, public hospitals, health care procurement, transportation procurement

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• So if I was the superintendent of Loun County Public School and I had no knowledge of construction period
• 44.720> Loun So if I was the superintendent of Loun So if I was the superintendent of Loun County
• Public School and I had no County Public School and I had no knowledge<00:09:47.920> of<00:09
• <00:28:03.919> They<00:28:04.159> own resources to Franklin County.
• They own resources to Franklin County. They own the<00:28:04.559> land.

Bills: SB88, SB337

Keywords: expungement, criminal records, courts, victim rights, rehabilitation, Alabama law, SB337, Montgomery County, probate judge, judge of probate, county officer compensation, salary increase, circuit judge parity, local legislation, county commission, general fund, public official pay, judicial compensation, Montgomery County Legislation, 1136

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• Counties are very different across the country.
• So your proposal here, is it mandating anything on any counties, or is it simply an option that a county
• This is not a mandate in any county; it simply gives counties an option to change their form of government
• This is just an option for a county to exercise if that county chose to do so and gave them more authority
• Can you tell me which counties are trying to do, as you're saying, some county assessors are trying to

Bills: HJR1024, SB1316, SB1491, SB1552, SB1679, SB1877, SB2040, SB2133, SB2153, SB2174, SB2180, SB227, SJR39, SJR47, SJR48

Keywords: Judicial Nominating Commission, congressional districts, terms of office, Oklahoma Constitution, legal qualifications, political party restrictions, family ties, administrative rules, sunset provision, state agencies, regulatory review, legislative oversight, presidential electors, vacancies, oath of office, political party, elections, county home rule charter, home rule, county government

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• , which is partnering with other counties in the region to deliver the program.
• throughout 10 years on the wona County throughout 10 years on the wona County Board<00:36:51.720
• “I’ll also just highlight this is targeted to those eight southeast counties, of course, because it’s
• “I’ll also just highlight this is targeted to those eight southeast counties, of course, because it’s
• would become enrolled in the 8 County would become enrolled in the 8 County area<00:49:03.480>

Bills: HF363, HF2155, HF1524, HF821, HF1677, HF1292

Keywords: HF363, property tax credit, agricultural water quality credit, Minnesota agricultural water quality certification program, clean water fund, class 2a, class 2b, certified acres, conservation incentive, water quality, agricultural property, county assessor, county auditor, Department of Revenue, Department of Agriculture, property tax reimbursement, school district reimbursement, legacy finance, taxes committee, southeastern Minnesota

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• It makes him competitive with other municipalities or counties of that size.
• So this bill simply allows the Montgomery County City Council to be authorized to...
• We have the Chamber of Commerce, Montgomery County, at the airport.
• I am, I do the county too. My bad. Okay.
• So, we had asked for the county to come in this morning, but I just don't see any of them here.

Bills: HB424, SB286

Keywords: HB424, Montgomery County, sheriff, county sheriff, salary increase, expense allowance, local act, county general fund, retirement contributions, public official compensation, law enforcement pay, elected official salary, Montgomery County legislation, sheriff compensation, term-based salary, retirement system, Montgomery City Council, constitutional amendment, employees, service credit

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• Chairman, Senate Bill 2135 authorizes county purchasing agents to obtain and administer a county purchase
• These rules mirror the state eCard program, tailored to county needs.
• This bill authorizes the Board of County Commissioners to...
• Are you aware of a Supreme Court case, Kenney versus the Board of County Commissioners in Tulsa County
• taking this to the vote of the people in their county, and the county citizens would actually have to

Bills: SB1265, SB2154, SB1775, SB2139, SB1552, SB483, SB1198, SB2135, SB2118

Keywords: municipal ordinance, municipal court, court of record, court not of record, local government, city penalties, fine limits, penalty cap, ordinance enforcement, state statute, traffic offenses, speeding, parking, DUI, DWI, driving under the influence, alcohol-related offenses, drug-related offenses, prostitution, solicitation

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• However, the landscape for tax collection at the municipal and county level is varied.
• We can compare what the individual cities and counties collect from short-term rentals.
• can easily find and navigate available tools and programs to support their workforce.
• to the workforce, which fuels our great Texas economy.
• But we also, Midland County and Martin County alone, which are the two counties of the city limits of

Bills: SB209, SB529, SB1265, SB1592, SB1728, SCR37, SCR38

Keywords: SB 529, Texas Tax Code, municipality, hotel and convention center, hotel convention center project, tourism development, economic development, tax revenue pledge, revenue commitment, qualified project, municipal finance, local government, special district, hotel occupancy tax, nearby establishments, convention center financing, city population 130000, Section 351.155, Section 351.157, child care

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• But since 1913, uh like my home county, Mobile County, and then Baldwin County where they're having a
• ,<00:14:43.120> Mobile<00:14:43.519> County, uh like my home county, Mobile County,
• > Mobile<00:14:57.839> County<00:14:58.399> is Though my county, Mobile County,
• County. I am incredibly mad about this. County. I am incredibly mad about this.
• I am back in county. county. county.

Bills: HB403, HB399, HB392

Keywords: criminal enterprise, database, law enforcement, data privacy, criminal justice, Lamar County, property auction, county commission, online auction, public notice, HB392, Lauderdale County, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, district attorney, chief assistant district attorney, assistant district attorney, assistant district attorneys, prosecutor, prosecutorial compensation, salary supplement

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• The Office of Prosecution Services must distribute those funds to the county sheriff's advancement and
• been putting up our, you know, most of the people that we've had to put up, and that's when your counties
• we've had to put up and that's<00:23:50.159> when<00:23:50.400> your<00:23:50.559> counties
• <00:23:50.960> have<00:23:51.120> been that's when your counties have been that's when
• your counties have been seeing<00:23:51.520> most<00:23:51.760> of<00:23:51.840> the

Bills: HB585

Keywords: Washington County, circuit clerk, compensation, county government, local legislation, 1136, house, all

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• We have all these counties; there are 254 counties in the state, and of that, 219 counties have oil and
• , 238 counties benefited from it.
• Martin County is one, and Midland County is the other one. ...and Midland County is another.
• I'm the Reeves County judge and serve on the Reeves County. for seven years.
• I mentioned it was a small rural county, and I am a small rural county.

Bills: HB188, HB265, HJR35, HJR47, SB1901, HB188, HB265, HJR35

Keywords: Texas STRONG defense fund, severance tax revenue, oil and gas revenue, constitutional transfers, rainy day fund, economic stabilization fund, state highway fund, oil and gas production, qualifying county, county grants, water infrastructure, first responders, public safety, DPS staffing, commercial motor vehicle safety, gang violence prevention, human trafficking prevention, economic development, TxDOT grants, school districts

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• My name Connecticut County School Board.
• president of the Connecticut County president of the Connecticut County School<00:09:24.080>
• the rights of connect county citizens. the rights of connect county citizens.
• I just want to say that Madison County and connected county is two different... I'm wrong.
• I just want to say that Madison County I just want to say that Madison County and<00:27:37.520><

Bills: HB180

Keywords: education, county superintendent, appointed, elected officials, Conecuh County, local control, 1136, house, all

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• Economic development, workforce, and tourism will come to order.
• That 30% in-state does cover all 77 counties, so we are happy to be able to serve everyone in the state
• The responsibility for the healthcare workforce is now housed with the Department of Commerce, which
• The work done on developing a pipeline and retaining healthcare workforce folks in Oklahoma is now with
• 1696 will assist communities in recruiting new out-of-state residents and strengthen Oklahoma's workforce

Bills: SB1307, SB1425, SB1826, SB1365, SB1696

Keywords: SB1425, health care, healthcare workforce, workforce board, Health Care Workforce Resources Board, Health Care Workforce Resources Act, Oklahoma Health Care Workers and Educators Assistance Program, repeal, statutory repeal, health care workers, educators, workforce development, health professions, state board, assistance program, Oklahoma statutes, economic development, incentives, enterprise zones, local government

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• and the people in our county and our various districts. various districts in the county.
• If not, Hey, we're in Shelby County.
• our county as a whole.
• Clair County? Were they voted on it? Not... ...Clair County? Were they voted on it?
• Clair County not too long ago.

Bills: SB314

Keywords: motor vehicle fees, Shelby County, law enforcement funding, registration fees, county commission, 1136, house, all