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• AB 1531 by Howard relating to the definition of facility for purposes of workplace violence prevention
• AB 1532 by Cunningham relating to the creation of the lake Houston dredging and maintenance district
• In certain facilities and physicians are temporarily detained a person with mental illness or for the
• HB 1553 by Toth, relating to reducing the school maintenance and operation for our own tax purposes.
• relating to the study of texas education agency regarding recommended standards school district facility

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• Several rail lines were built through the region, and in 1898, the Santa Fe Railroad established maintenance
• HB 3580 by McLaughlin relating to renewable energy generation facilities for to the Committee on State
• exempt from adviarium taxation of a portion of the value of the property on which a solar power facility
• to public hearing requirements for issuing a license or expanding certain residential childcare facilities
• the prioritization of award grants and loans for the energy fund for certain electric vehicles facilities

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• The difference between the 550-bed and mental health treatment facility.
• The difference between the 550 bed and mental health treatment facility.
• So if I can back up, The 550-bed mental health treatment facility.
• this facility that's a continuum of care?
• My understanding is that once this facility would have been built, that we had to Mental health facility

Summary: The committee first heard an update from the Florida Department of Corrections on the proposed Lake Correctional Institution mental health project in Clermont. Tim Fitzgerald explained the project’s history, including the 2016 Disability Rights Florida litigation, the 2018 consent decree, and the original plan for a 550-bed inpatient mental health facility. He said inflation and design changes pushed the project above the bond amount, leading the department to shift to a “continuum of care” alternative with 572 beds total: 92 inpatient beds and 480 residential treatment beds in three special housing units. Fitzgerald said the project is currently paused pending House concurrence, while the Senate has already agreed to the alternate plan, and noted the bond balance, prior expenditures, and the need to spend down the tax-exempt bond by August 2026. Members questioned how the new plan differs from the original facility, whether it satisfies the consent decree, and what caused the cost increases. Fitzgerald said the department believes it has already met the consent decree through systemwide improvements to housing, staffing, programming, and out-of-cell time, though he said he would confirm the court documentation. He also said the original scope grew from 275,000 to 350,000 square feet as treatment, nursing, security, and programming needs were refined, and that inflation, fees, permitting, and contingencies contributed to the higher cost. Several members asked for follow-up information on Senate approval, consent decree documentation, and the project’s impact on crisis-stabilization capacity. The committee then received a joint court-system presentation from State Courts Administrator Eric McClure and Clerks Corporation Executive Director Jason Welty on caseload trends, case tracking, and staffing. McClure described statewide filing trends, the use of weighted caseload studies to certify judicial need, and recent Supreme Court rule changes aimed at active civil case management, including differentiated case tracks, stricter deadlines, and proportional discovery. He said the latest workload study led the Supreme Court to certify a need for 23 circuit judges and 25 county judges. Welty reviewed clerk workload trends, the statewide case maintenance and CCIS systems, and declining clerk FTE despite rising case volumes, and said clerks are seeking additional funding for injunctions, Baker Act/Marchman Act/sexually violent predator work, and juror management. In questions, members pressed both presenters on data quality, case-weight calculations, filing fees, and whether current resources are enough to reduce delays. McClure clarified that the workload weights are based on judge time studies and that a capital murder case averaged 3,177 minutes, while other examples such as auto negligence and dissolution cases were much lower. Welty said the Legislature could help by increasing funding or potentially revisiting filing fees, and noted that many clerk services are unfunded or underfunded, especially indigent and protective filings. The chair and members also raised concerns about backlog, inconsistent case reporting across circuits, and enforcement of judicial time standards; McClure said there is no direct sanction in the rules, and compliance is largely managed through chief judges and the Supreme Court. The meeting ended with no votes taken and adjournment by motion.

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• The state of Texas has a wealth of facilities that we know show the impacts of deferred maintenance over
• So, deferred maintenance and then... the question of maintenance funds and of new infrastructure, too
• We have had some growth needs, and we have had some maintenance.
• ...staying in their home, or having a fitness facility.
• But I would say the City of Irving needs a fitness facility, so...

Bills: HB26, HB73, SB 14, HB46

Keywords: HB26, law enforcement contracts, sheriff, constable, county commissioners court, commissioners court, private security, special law enforcement district, property owners association, POA, municipal utility district, school district, junior college district, local government, contract policing, supplemental police services, large counties, population over 3.3 million, Texas Local Government Code, Harris County

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• system especially in rural facilities system especially in rural facilities but<00:18:41.200>
• and the reasons on this that is a facility that houses about 1,000 inmates.
• But over the long haul, there is hundreds of millions of dollars of deferred maintenance in that facility
• That facility is very old, and the upgrades and the deferred maintenance would be too much.
• Um so the maintenance would be too much.

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• We have the Ardmore air cargo facility.
• So, we're investing about $2.5 million in that Camp Gruber facility.
• Also, an FY26, we had $1 million for a WillRoger's MRO facility.
• This is in front of the pack facilities, the premium aerospace facilities that are out there.
• And again, same thing, it's got to provide access to an industrial facility.

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• WSDOT facilities.
• operations and maintenance as well as the toll collection operations and maintenance that is to ensure
• That would be the maintenance of the toll equipment itself on the bridge, the bridge operations and maintenance
• to facility, but for this facility I expect it to be on par and in order of magnitude with those.
• our toll facilities, keeping in mind that we have different toll rates across each facility for different

Summary: The Joint Committee on Interstate 5 Bridge met remotely with Washington legislative members to receive updates on the Interstate Bridge Replacement Program, including environmental review, cost and funding, tolling, and procurement for construction. Program staff said the final supplemental environmental impact statement was published in April 2026, with a federal record of decision expected in early summer. They described the recommended design as a single-level fixed-span bridge, centered I-5 alignment, C Street ramps, one auxiliary lane in each direction, and dispersed park-and-ride parking. Members raised concerns about transparency, the closed chat function, and the decision not to include two auxiliary lanes; staff said the one-lane option was recommended through consultation with partner agencies and analysis, but the final decision would come with the record of decision. Staff also said the diversion analysis projected less than 3% traffic diversion to I-205 in 2045, though members from Oregon and Washington expressed concern about impacts to their communities and asked for more detail on mitigation and decision-making. The committee also reviewed a major cost update. Staff said the full five-mile program is now estimated at $13.5 billion to $15.2 billion, with a likely cost of $14.4 billion, up from a 2022 estimate of $5 billion to $7.5 billion, citing inflation, schedule delays, scope changes, and more detailed risk modeling. They said the first funded phase has been reduced to a $5.68 billion package focused on the Columbia River bridge replacement, connections to I-5, Hayden Island and SR-14, bridge demolition, tolling infrastructure, and advancing light rail design. Funding for that phase was described as $5.69 billion, including $2.1 billion federal funds, $1 billion from each state, and $1.5 billion in projected toll revenue. Members asked what would happen if costs rise further; staff said the estimate includes substantial contingency, the project will use progressive design-build to manage risk, and the team will continue updating the finance plan annually. A separate tolling and traffic-revenue presentation explained that four toll scenarios were analyzed using regional travel demand modeling, a toll diversion model, and a post-processing review. All scenarios assume pre-completion tolling beginning July 1, 2028, a 50% low-income discount for eligible users, and exemptions for tribal preemptions, emergency vehicles, maintenance vehicles, and organized militia. Staff said the low-income discount would affect about 4% to 6% of annual transactions and reduce annual revenues by roughly 2% to 3%. They said Scenario 2 was used for the financial analysis and is sufficient to support the $1.5 billion toll contribution in the funded phase. Members asked about toll collection costs, revenue impacts of the discount, and how the scenarios differed; staff said collection costs are expected to be in line with other WSDOT toll facilities, but exact costs are not yet set because toll rates are not final. Finally, WSDOT staff outlined procurement and delivery steps for construction. They said WSDOT will be the lead contracting agency, using progressive design-build, with a request for qualifications targeted for early July 2026, a request for proposals in October, contractor selection in April 2027, construction starting in 2028, and tolling beginning in 2028. Staff said the approach is intended to consolidate scope, reduce interface risk, and allow transparent negotiation with an independent cost estimator, while preserving an off-ramp if a fair price cannot be reached. Members asked for more detail on timing, cost allocation, and the share of the first phase funded by tolls; staff estimated tolls account for about 26% of the first phase cost.

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• Bill 143, Representative Albritten: nursing facilities privilege assessments and search on each nursing
• One change you'll see there, and don't want to cause an alarm, but under the correctional facilities
• maintenance fund, we do annual appropriations to new maintenance for our prisons at $1,835,000. $1,835,000
• And that's for maintenance for the new prisons.
• <00:18:21.600> maintenance the correctional facilities maintenance the correctional facilities

Bills: SB146, SB143, SB144, SB145, HB224, SB152, SB153, SB154, SB162, SB226, SB146, SB143, SB144, SB145, HB224, SB152, SB153, SB154, SB162, SB226

Keywords: supplemental appropriation, FY2025 budget, general fund, Alabama State Board of Public Accountancy, Unified Judicial System, court automation, advanced technology and data exchange, judiciary funding, transportation debt service, highway bonds, bridge bonds, Alabama Department of Transportation, ALDOT, public highways, federal matching funds, state appropriations, bond principal and interest, special funds, budget amendment, SB143

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• , along with the dispersal facility.
• Potential staffing impacts, deferred maintenance on facilities and roads, construction, Potential staffing
• impacts, deferred maintenance on facilities and roads, construction, vehicle and equipment replacement
• We'll have restroom facilities, and then within 48 months, our target is to have that park open.
• So additional trails, restroom facilities, etc. Thank you.

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• The city of Apple Valley is tackling a large renovation project at their Central maintenance facility
• project at their Central maintenance project at their Central maintenance facility<01:05:37.559>
• > to<01:05:38.520> the facility this facility is home to the facility this facility is
• The renovation of the central maintenance facility is funded solely by the taxpayers of Apple Valley.
• The renovation of the central maintenance facility is funded solely by the taxpayers of Apple Valley.

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• and other facilities around the state.
• Then additionally, $2 million for our facilities management, $2 million for our facilities management
• As I stated, we operate eight facilities across the state of New Mexico: long-term care facilities, the
• There's maintenance. We need repairs to occur.
• There's maintenance of those facilities, and so we really need that $2 million in order to immediately

Bills: SB37, SB29

Keywords: high-quality literacy instruction, science of reading, structured literacy, reading instruction, literacy assessment, dyslexia screening, phonics, phonemic awareness, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, biliteracy, English language learner, ELL, bilingual education, dual language program, reading intervention, reading difficulty, reading improvement plan, literacy coach

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• This parcel is a former maintenance facility containing a 2,400-square-foot garage with floor drains
• maintenance facility for the Spalding maintenance facility for the Spalding Turnpike<00:15:14.959
• Approval to the C&J bus line facility.
• If someone could some of the facilities.
• We operate the Port facility. We operate our own facility in Seabrook.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The Long Range Capital Planning and Utilization Committee approved the April 14, 2025 minutes and then considered several capital items, mostly Department of Transportation property dispositions and one Department of Business and Economic Affairs lease amendment. BEA requested approval to amend its Granite Center LLC lease to absorb space used by Gopher, explaining that the arrangement would keep both agencies in the same building, allow flexible space allocation, and produce a modest net savings while using federal funds reimbursed through an interagency arrangement. The committee asked about Gopher’s role, the floor layout, and whether federal money was indirectly subsidizing the lease; the item was approved. DOT items approved included sale of a former maintenance parcel in Raymond, vacant land in Dover, a permanent utility easement in Conway for the Conway Water Precinct, and a direct sale of limited access right-of-way in Seabrook to C&J Seabrook LLC for parking expansion. Members asked about environmental liability on the Raymond parcel, the size and location of the Conway easement, and whether C&J would charge for parking; C&J said the expansion would support a successful facility and that parking revenues help fund improvements such as paving, lighting, and security cameras. The committee also approved a small Salem parcel sale to Brooks Property LLC. The Department of Environmental Services received approval to transfer 37 acres near a New Ipswich flood control site to the town as part of a long-running settlement involving cemetery encroachment onto state land. DES said the agreement, reached with the town in 2023, reflects prior legislation and includes payment to the state; members asked whether there was any current dam damage, and DES said there was none. In miscellaneous business, the New Hampshire Liquor Commission said the governor had directed cancellation of the planned RFP sale and that the matter would instead proceed as a ground lease through a new RFP process. The committee also noted informational items on Council on Resources and Development minutes and surplus land reviews, set the next meeting for September 29 at 9:30, and adjourned by motion.

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• , and the facilities of certain nonprofit organizations.
• Phase 2 licensing and maintenance costs, and to begin Phase 3 requirements gathering.
• for those changes that we have to do for maintenance.
• With $400,000 each year for maintenance and moving forward for those changes that we have to do for maintenance
• The requested appropriation is the full cost of operations and maintenance.

Summary: The subcommittee heard updates on several state technology modernization efforts, beginning with the Florida Division of Emergency Management’s Enterprise Business Solution (DEMS). FDEM said DEMS is about 50% complete, with some grants and finance functions already live, and is intended to replace manual disaster and grants processing with a cloud-based system. Officials described faster reimbursement timelines after recent storms, major return-on-investment claims, and a planned final phase focused on design, testing, communications, data governance, and additional functionality. Members asked about the total cost, the role of Florida Digital Service, deliverables-based contracting, and how much of the system is live; FDEM said the project is expected to cost about $16 million to $16.8 million and finish by June 2027, with some follow-up information to be provided. The Department of Legal Affairs presented its Office of Attorney General Modernization Program, a follow-up to an earlier effort that failed after spending about $26 million. Acting Attorney General John Gard said the department has now moved to an off-the-shelf case management product, LawBase, and is in development and testing, with the Office of Statewide Prosecution already live and full implementation expected by the end of the fiscal year. The request includes funding for staff augmentation, cloud storage, the LawBase license, redundancy through a backup site in Orlando, and OnBase support. Members questioned the prior failure, the use of Florida Digital Service standards, data location and cloud migration, and the redundancy plan; Gard said lessons learned included better scoping and that the current effort is on track. The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles then updated the committee on Motorist Modernization, including the Orion system and the MyDMV portal. Officials said Phase 1 and Phase 2 have modernized driver license and motor vehicle services, with Phase 2 statewide rollout scheduled to begin in April 2025 and Phase 3 proposed at $16.5 million for dealer services, data warehouse improvements, and call center modernization. Members asked about payment options, organ donor questions, staffing, cybersecurity, cloud strategy, and the digital driver license program. The agency said the portal already allows some sanctions to be cleared online, an ACH option is being developed, the digital driver license vendor has changed with a fall go-live anticipated, and the department is using security testing and a managed security service provider. Officials also said the system is currently on an on-prem private cloud, with future workloads expected to move to public cloud where appropriate. Finally, Florida Commerce presented on the Reemployment Assistance modernization system, Reconnect, and the FLWINS workforce system. Commerce said Reconnect is hosted in the Azure Government Cloud, has reduced claim filing time, improved fraud detection, and increased appeals capacity, and now needs $4.9 million in recurring funding to cover ongoing operations, cloud hosting, licenses, and staff augmentation. Members asked about adjudication issues, wait times, fraud prevention, and whether the system stores caller identifiers; Commerce said the average wait to speak to a representative is about 18 minutes and claims are generally processed in four to six weeks. The committee then began hearing about FLWINS, which is intended to create a “no wrong door” workforce portal under the REACH Act, but the transcript cuts off before that presentation concluded.

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• Strong industry partnerships and state-of-the-art facilities.
• The multi purpose facility.
• They're going to renovate a wing of their facility.
• And when I say short term, we launched a facilities, maintenance worker program, 7 months.
• We've done for cohorts, one in facilities, maintenance 3 and flat bottom E 100% job placement for all

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• There's vertical structures going to be built on that facility.
• Really, the facilities' budgets are made up of utilities and food.
• That's just about 80% of what we allocate for the facilities.
• Facility.
• The team and the facility we've utilized amarsheet.

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• This is caused by a limited number of Department of Public Safety road testing facilities around the
• And here's the rub for a lot of trucking companies: when a testing facility is not available locally,
• around the state and the facilities around the state and the challenges<00:04:42.960> that<00
• 49.960> testing of trucking companies when a testing of trucking companies when a testing facility
• its operating costs and its maintenance its operating costs and its Fuel<00:08:48.200> and<00

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• <00:54:11.119> throughout providing winter maintenance throughout providing winter maintenance
• winter maintenance this fiscal year. winter maintenance this fiscal year.
• and fleet maintenance investment.
• uh you know we track winter maintenance uh you know we track winter maintenance costs<01:08:09.599
• <01:11:03.920> when similar to the winter maintenance when similar to the winter maintenance

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• maintenance in schools.
• I would love to work on more long-term facility maintenance fees, but I just, you know, I don't want
• I always mess it up long-term facility I always mess it up long-term facility<00:25:33.960> maintenance
• facility maintenance in schools. facility maintenance in schools.
• work on more long-term facility work on more long-term facility maintenance<00:26:40.960> fees

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• The bill also supports rural broadband with operations and maintenance in our most rural areas in New
• The repair and maintenance and bringing the access reduction charges down was going to expire; it was
• Let it sunset and direct those dollars into the affordability and broadband fund for modern maintenance
• That's the cost of running the race at another facility. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you.
• Versus on line, page 187, the 12 million for primary care in Taos primary care facility.

Bills: HB2, SB152

Keywords: general appropriation, budget, Medicaid, education funding, public safety, telecommunications, low-income assistance, lifeline, broadband, rural broadband, universal service fund, public regulation commission, PRC, 911 surcharge, telecommunications relay service, VoIP, mobile service, internet affordability, digital equity, digital inclusion

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• He's the CEO of that facility.
• He's the CEO of that facility.
• the new facility? the new facility?
• > facility.
• So, in some facility is a DAG facility.

Keywords: 910, house, all