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• been blessed to get some grants, and some of these, sometimes what is construction and what is maintenance
• And what is maintenance and replacing of doors is sometimes open to interpretation.

Summary: The committee met and first heard from Superintendent Chester Shannon, who requested an addendum to a previously approved waiver related to TIPS/TAPS construction work. He explained that while construction was underway, the district was able to use grants and take advantage of lower-cost change orders to make additional building improvements, including items that could be viewed as either construction or maintenance, such as door replacement. He said he wanted the board’s waiver to cover those changes. A member apologized for requiring him to return, noting there was no procedure to approve the added amount without another presentation. The committee then approved the waiver request by motion and vote. In other business, Marty Garrity, Director of the Bureau of Legislative Research, reported that the Bureau’s most recent independent audit had no findings. Members congratulated him on the result. No other business was raised, and the meeting adjourned.

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• structures are in good repair to protect lives, property, and infrastructure by providing operation, maintenance
• support. support, water quality as it interrelates to agriculture and forestry, flood control dam maintenance
• agency is the flood control dam program, which is separated into two kinds of grants. operation and maintenance

Bills: HB294, HB405, HB519, HB294

Keywords: food production, property owners' association, home gardening, cottage food, urban agriculture, livestock, community standards, renewable energy, ethanol, biodiesel, incentives, agriculture, grants, honey production, beekeeping, food safety, local regulation, energy efficiency, tax exemption, residential properties

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• time to also learn the percentage of the local school district property taxes that they pay for maintenance
• For the current tax year, 1% of local property tax collections for maintenance and operations is estimated
• school districts that pay recapture this year will calculate the estimated percentage of their local maintenance

Bills: HB195, HB247, HB255, HJR6, HJR31, HJR34

Keywords: HB 195, Texas Controlled Substances Act, Schedule IV, controlled substances, mifepristone, misoprostol, carisoprodol, Health and Safety Code, drug scheduling, pharmacy regulation, prescription drugs, reproductive health, abortion medication, medication abortion, women's health, prescribing, dispensing, law enforcement, drug control, education reform

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• It has helped us reduce some of the deferred maintenance items that were on the campus list as well.
• And so it's helped us reduce some of the deferred maintenance items that were on the campus list as well
• to help us catch up on some of the deferred maintenance projects that are existing across the research
• But currently have approximately $10 million in deferred maintenance across the entire system.
• Century Code has established a $4 an acre cap for the maintenance levy.

Summary: The meeting began with approval of the prior minutes and opening remarks from NDSU President David Stewart, who emphasized NDSU’s land-grant mission of statewide service through teaching, research, and extension. He highlighted the university’s role in agriculture, water, soil health, and community outreach, and pointed to examples of research commercialization such as Lilac Agriculture’s work on nitrogen-fixing microbes for crops. He also said he is still early in his tenure and intends to spend time listening and learning across the state. The committee then received a detailed presentation on a state irrigation and drainage study from Tom Bodine on behalf of Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring. The study estimated that North Dakota could develop about 1.3 million additional irrigated acres, with major potential in counties such as McLean, Williams, Sargent, Burleigh, Mountrail, McKenzie, McIntosh, Dunn, and Bottineau. Testimony stressed the economic benefits of irrigation for crop yields, value-added processing, dairy, and potato production, while members also discussed water availability, aquifers, downstream water use, and the need for more flexible permitting. The drainage portion of the study found significant economic benefits from legal drains, and staff explained that the impacts were calculated through increased productivity and related input purchases. Greg Lardy then gave NDSU’s required agriculture update, saying agriculture accounts for more than $41 billion in annual economic activity, one in five jobs, and about 25 percent of state GDP. He reviewed the role of SBAR, the statewide research-extension network, new crop varieties, virtual fencing, AI and weather-network tools, and Extension’s county partnerships and youth programs. He also outlined NDSU’s priorities for the next session: restoring proposed budget cuts, increasing operating support, and addressing deferred maintenance. Members asked about storage shed construction, NDSU’s relationship with Grand Farm, and whether NDSU could help with water-related research tied to drainage and aquifers. The committee also heard from the North Dakota Water Resources Research Institute and a professor on water and data centers, who described graduate fellowships, a water workforce certificate program, and research on data center cooling, water use, and “Legendary Harvest” concepts that would reuse waste heat for greenhouse or aquaculture production. Questions focused on whether the cooling systems were closed-loop, who would own any related production facilities, and whether the project was still only a feasibility study. Finally, North Dakota AgTech described its NSF-funded “engine” project, saying it has brought millions in federal investment to the state, supported startups and on-farm trials, and is focused on commercialization, workforce development, and helping producers lower input costs and improve profitability.

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• defense, the defendant would have to keep a record describing its road, parking lot, and property maintenance
• lot, record describing its road, parking lot, and<00:31:02.880> property<00:31:03.279> maintenance
• <00:31:03.760> practices and property maintenance practices and property maintenance practices
• During the same discussion, we heard limited support from private winter maintenance contractors for
• President. maintenance contractors for expanded maintenance contractors for expanded regulatory<00:33

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• . $108 million was included in the DLC capital construction in House Bill 500, $60 million in maintenance
• <00:48:15.440> and 60 million in maintenance and 60 million in maintenance and mechanical,
• funding from the 24 to 26 maintenance funding from the 24 to 26 maintenance pools,<00:48:46.800>
• As discussed in previous legislative testimonies, the increased maintenance pool allotments have also
• and um we board is very low maintenance and um we try<01:43:30.400> to<01:43:30.639> attack

Bills: HB60

Keywords: geoengineering, weather modification, environmental safety, atmospheric pollutants, criminal pollution, Meeting Start: 00:00:02 Roll Call: 00:00:08 26 RS HB 60 - AN ACT relating to geoengineering: 00:01:35 Department of Corrections Update: 00:32:59 Kentucky Parole Board Update: 01:19:21, 958, all

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• What Karen does is much more comprehensive because she has a big maintenance staff that does it.
• What Karen does is much more comprehensive because she has a big maintenance staff that does it.
• Some of those projects are what we call maintenance projects.
• staff administrative and maintenance staff administrative and maintenance employees<03:49:54.159
• <04:39:04.920> of at least uh you know maintenance of at least uh you know maintenance of

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Department of Administrative Services presented its capital budget process and priorities, explaining that it maintains and operates 96 state buildings and uses annual facility walkthroughs, condition assessments, and rough cost estimates to rank projects for the governor’s capital budget. Officials described how requests are triaged, how the governor’s office and Public Works refine estimates, and how the resulting capital budget book serves as legislative intent for approved projects. They also noted that this year the governor’s office asked for estimates on all selected projects, which increased workload but reduced detail. The department highlighted several requested projects, including $1.5 million for the ERP system sustainability fund, which officials said is critical because the state is upgrading its core financial, HR, and budget system to the cloud. Other priorities included courthouse HVAC and boiler work, brick repointing at the State House annex/main building, window replacement at the Spalding building, and elevator replacement on the hospital campus. Officials also said the governor’s proposed capital budget included fewer DAS projects than in past years and asked the committee to consider funding closer to historic levels. The committee then reviewed lapse and reallocation items. DAS said most older projects are still in design, bid, or construction because projects now take four to six years rather than two to three, in part due to ARPA-related workload and post-COVID construction backlogs. Members discussed lapsing $81,000 from the completed Spalding roof project and redirecting small remaining balances from several 2019 projects toward the Hillsboro County South cell block project through the Capital Project Overview Committee. Officials also confirmed ARPA-funded projects are expected to be completed before the December 2026 deadline and explained that the ERP system is the main state IT exception outside DOIT’s usual centralized control, though it still requires DOIT consultation and approval.

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• Certainly we have some, uh, revenue that covers some of our ongoing maintenance items.
• Bill Daniels, an alumni in the 1930s, uh, left funds for the maintenance and building of, of a certain
• Uh, aging facilities always have, uh, what we call deferred maintenance from day one.
• we also have individualized strategic operations, so our needs outside of what just the deferred maintenance

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• We need consistency in maintenance of the Villages of Kapolei in its entirety.
• We need consistency<00:45:33.119> in<00:45:33.440> maintenance<00:45:33.839> of<
• 00:45:34.000> the consistency in maintenance of the consistency in maintenance of the villages

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• Strategic facilities planning, asset management, design, construction, operation, maintenance. and leasing
• managing 40-plus. active projects across the state, ranging from large-scale capital projects to maintenance
• Maintenance and renewal efforts to extend the life of state facilities, and surplus property programs
• , the PUC is recommending establishment of minimum standards for pole design, construction, and maintenance

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• As a result, you'll see that we have limited our collective FY2027 requests to bare maintenance.
• This is a maintenance budget.
• I mean, all of you have come in and maintenance budgets, very modest, reasonable expectations, I think
• We have shifted mostly again to maintenance. The same goes for total IT costs.
• We have shifted mostly again to maintenance.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Ways and Means held its sixth public hearing on the Governor’s H-2 budget proposal for fiscal year 2026, focused on public safety and judiciary agencies, at the Foxborough Community Center. After opening remarks and local welcomes, the committee heard first from the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, led by Secretary Gina Kwan, who outlined a $1.72 billion budget, up $69.8 million from FY26. She said the proposal emphasizes core operations, readiness, and partnerships with municipalities, and highlighted work on firearms-law implementation, State Police reform, DOC reentry efforts, hate-crimes prevention, emergency response, and planning for major events including the World Cup. Members also raised concerns about DNA backlog reporting, State Police academy boxing and training standards, ICE communication, disaster relief funding, crime lab staffing, EMS placement, and diversity in public safety leadership. Several exchanges focused on specific operational issues. Secretary Kwan and her team said the State Police are tracking the influx of forensic work from local sheriffs, that the boxing program remains suspended pending an IACP review and likely will not return in its prior form, and that EOPS has no direct communication with ICE but supports law-enforcement coordination where appropriate. On disaster preparedness, officials said the new disaster relief fund is being developed with MEMA and A&F, currently capitalized at $14 million with another $14 million expected, though members urged a more permanent funding source. On the crime lab, staff said the roughly $4.5 million increase is intended to cover core operations and a structural funding gap rather than expand services. The secretary also said EOPS is not ready to absorb OEMS from DPH at this time, though she would keep an open mind. The committee then heard from district attorneys, led by Suffolk County DA Kevin Hayden, who said the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association is seeking a 10% increase in operating budgets, including about $16.7 million for staffing salaries, to recruit and retain prosecutors, advocates, and support staff. He said the request reflects rising workload and the need to keep the criminal justice system functioning efficiently and fairly. The hearing was recessed briefly after the district attorneys’ opening remarks, with additional testimony expected to continue afterward.

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• <01:41:39.199> You<01:41:39.360> know, do deferred maintenance.
• You know, do deferred maintenance.
• <01:41:51.360> and, subsidy to do deferred maintenance and, subsidy to do deferred maintenance
• But if you open it up to maintenance or damage that you're not submitting in lieu of insurance, that
• or for home um you >> for home maintenance or for home um you know,<01:46:24.719> disaster,

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The task force approved the minutes from the previous meeting and then reviewed the structure and statutory requirements for its final report. Staff explained that the report must go to the commissioners of commerce, housing finance, and economic development, as well as relevant legislative leaders, and must include a summary of task force activities, adopted findings and recommendations, tort reform recommendations to reduce insurance costs, any draft legislation, and other necessary information. A draft report, likely excluding recommendations and draft legislation, is expected to be circulated before the first January meeting. Most of the meeting focused on the Fair Plan and whether it could be expanded to help homeowners associations, affordable housing, and common interest communities that are struggling to obtain coverage. Supporters said these groups are facing availability problems and often end up in the surplus lines market, which lacks the consumer protections of the admitted market. They argued the Fair Plan could serve as a third-market option with stronger protections and better access, especially for properties that are having difficulty getting quotes. Several members and witnesses raised concerns that the Fair Plan was never intended to be a broad affordability solution and warned against using it to artificially lower prices below risk-based levels. They said doing so could shift losses onto other policyholders through assessments and potentially weaken the broader insurance market. The Fair Plan administrator explained that any expansion would require substantial research, staffing, actuarial and underwriting expertise, reinsurance planning, IT changes, and likely assessments or other capitalization decisions, and that the plan would need to focus on a limited subset of properties rather than the entire market. No votes were taken on policy recommendations, and the discussion ended with agreement that more information and scoping work are needed before any formal recommendation is made.

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• From that again, the plan update and plan maintenance we'll do that yearly, not just every five years
• we'll do that yearly u not maintenance we'll do that yearly u not just<00:15:23.279> every<00
• And then the final wrap up of this is the maintenance.
• I've worked with the Office of Climate Change to actually develop a maintenance plan that would have
• <01:04:04.960> um which is facilities and maintenance. um which is facilities and maintenance

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Committee on Public Safety held an informational briefing with the City and County of Honolulu Department of Emergency Management on its hazard mitigation plan and recent emergency events on Oahu. Chair Dela Botti opened the meeting by explaining that the briefing was intended to review the mitigation planning process, the city’s hazard mitigation plan, and lessons learned from recent tsunami and wildfire threats, building on earlier briefings with state emergency management and transportation officials. Director Collins and hazard mitigation staff officer Ian Kio presented the plan, describing it as a five-year FEMA-required document focused on reducing long-term risk to people and property, not an operations plan for active disasters. Kio outlined how the plan was developed over roughly 18 months with a core team, steering committee, consultant support, and public input, and said it was formally adopted by the mayor’s office and approved by FEMA in July 2025. He said the updated plan was aligned more closely with the state hazard mitigation plan, expanded to cover 15 hazards including climate change and sea level rise, and organized around hazard risk rankings and mitigation strategies. He identified the highest-risk hazards as climate change and sea level rise, floods, health risks, hurricanes, tsunamis, and wildfires, and said the plan includes short-, medium-, and long-term actions such as education, Firewise community planning, flood mapping, and major infrastructure projects like tsunami walls and street elevation work. He also emphasized that the plan will be maintained with yearly updates and ongoing public feedback. Collins then discussed after-action findings from the July 6 Meli fire and the recent tsunami response, noting that reviews are still ongoing. He said the fire response showed strong initiative and teamwork, including police officers helping with fire suppression support and door-to-door evacuation efforts before firefighters arrived, and a staff duty officer who initiated a wireless emergency alert without waiting for higher-level direction. He said these actions reflected a culture of rapid decision-making when lives are at stake. Collins also urged residents to prepare by making family plans, gathering supplies, checking flood and tsunami risk maps, retrofitting homes, and obtaining insurance before disasters occur. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the informational briefing.

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• State roads, construction, maintenance, program delivery, and debt service is generally all trunk highway
• The vast majority is for trunk highway construction and maintenance, also debt service repayments, and
• and maintenance also Debt Service<00:25:00.640> uh<00:25:01.120> repayments<00:25:02.120
• This money would really focus more on maintenance than actual capital projects.
• Maintenance, than actual capital projects, as a whole.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It may not begin maintenance or repair until it receives a certificate of public convenience and necessity
• that will be received by the taxpayers, and no portion of the cost of construction, operation, or maintenance

Keywords: 994, senate, all

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• It is a way that we can make sure that we are taking care of a lot of our broken down, deferred maintenance
• It is a way that we can make sure that we are taking care of a lot of our broken down, deferred maintenance
• It is a way that we can make sure that we are taking care of a lot of our broken down, deferred maintenance

Bills: SB1346, SB1509, SB1928, SB2028, SB2071, SB2110, SB2117, SB2127, SB2134, SB722, SB3

Keywords: water infrastructure, wastewater, investment program, loans, local government, SB1509, groundwater, water wells, well spacing, water rights, Oklahoma Water Resources Board, OWRB, basin, subbasin, maximum annual yield, aquifer management, water allocation, water permits, temporary permits, irrigation

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• the Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law in relation to penalties for failure to comply with maintenance
• the inspection of certain non-fireproof buildings and compliance with the New York City Housing Maintenance
• the inspection of certain non-fireproof buildings and compliance with the New York City Housing Maintenance

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Housing, Construction and Community Development Committee met with quorum present and considered a full agenda of housing, code enforcement, and rent regulation bills, many of which had passed the Senate in prior years. Early measures included a statewide residential rental registry (S.912), penalties and reporting for vacant and abandoned properties (S.925), and extending tenant response time for major capital improvement rent increase applications (S.1461). The committee also advanced several code-enforcement and fire/building-code bills, including measures to expand remedies for Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code violations (S.3406), increase the Secretary of State’s code enforcement powers (S.4165 and S.4534), and authorize investigations into code administration and enforcement (S.4535). Members raised concerns about local fiscal impacts, the scope of state authority, contractor use, and whether the bills adequately define or limit “imminent threat” and related enforcement powers. A substantial portion of the meeting focused on S.4852, which would require the Codes Council to review and act on updates to international model codes within 18 months. Senators debated whether the bill would speed up code adoption or, as some feared, weaken economic reasonableness considerations by striking the word “economically” from the statutory standard. Supporters said the bill was intended to ensure prompt review of widely used model codes and noted other statutory safeguards remain in place; opponents worried about reduced attention to cost and practical impacts, especially amid housing and utility capacity constraints. The committee also discussed S.6368A, requiring complainants to receive copies of compliance orders issued after code complaints, and S.6600B, mandating inspections of certain non-fireproof buildings in New York City. Additional bills advanced included standards for all-gender bathroom design and construction (S.7131A), compensation for required code-enforcement personnel training (S.7159), and audits of individual apartment improvements in rent-regulated units (S.8046A). Several measures were reported to Finance, while others were reported to the floor. Throughout the meeting, votes were largely along expected lines, with some members voting negative or “without recommendation” on the more expansive code-enforcement bills. No bill was defeated, and all items on the agenda were reported out of committee.

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• I think, to Senator Lange's point, it is clear that it's a health maintenance organization or other managed
• care, including, without limitation, a sickness and accident health insurance company, a health maintenance
• So the definition explicitly refers to a health maintenance organization.

Keywords: 909, all

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• understand more about TDI's job... is and the processes and procedures and everything that goes into the maintenance
• It exempts the Texas Windstorm Association Fund (TWAF) from insurance premiums and maintenance taxes.
• It exempts TWIA from insurance premium maintenance taxes under .017.

Bills: SB1642, SB1643, SB2530

Keywords: Texas Department of Insurance, commission appointments, insurance regulation, oversight, consumer advocacy, insurance rates, property insurance, commercial automobile insurance, rate approval, consumer protection, windstorm insurance, Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, administrative penalties, coastal counties, 1184, house, all

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• What Karen does is much more comprehensive because she has a big maintenance staff that does it.
• <00:09:39.519> staff<00:09:39.839> that she has a big maintenance staff that she has
• a big maintenance staff that does<00:09:40.200> it<00:09:41.040> um<00:09:41.200> an
• <04:39:04.920> of at least uh you know maintenance of at least uh you know maintenance of
• <05:01:48.400> we're 111 for critical maintenance we're 111 for critical maintenance we're

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Department of Administrative Services presented its capital budget process and priorities, explaining how agencies assess facility needs, rank projects, and submit requests to the governor’s office. DAS described its Plant and Property division, which maintains 96 state buildings, and Public Works, which develops detailed cost estimates for selected projects. Officials said the governor’s office has traditionally narrowed requests into priority tiers, but this year all projects were estimated, creating more work and less detail. They also emphasized that the capital budget book functions as legislative intent and can be binding on how approved funds are used. On the substance of the request, DAS highlighted several priorities: continued funding for the state ERP system upgrade to the cloud, with about $5 million requested for sustainability and related Treasury functions; emergency fund and annex renovation work; a sprinkler replacement at DMV; and elevator repairs at the main building. Karen Rocky also identified maintenance projects that rose in priority after a facility condition assessment, including HVAC work for Portsmouth Circuit Court and Coos County Courthouse, boilers and controls for Carroll County and Lebanon Circuit Court, brick repointing at the main building and annex, window replacement at Spalding, and Brown building elevator replacement. Officials noted that the governor’s proposed capital budget included fewer DAS projects than in past years and no projects for the Bureau of Court Facilities. The committee also discussed lapses and reprogramming of prior appropriations. DAS said the first eight projects approved in 2023 remain under construction and should be extended, while many 2021 projects are delayed because of ARPA-related workload and broader construction backlogs. Members reviewed a 2019 project list and agreed to lapse project number 49, the Spalding roof project, with about $81,000 remaining. DAS also said some small 2019 balances, including courthouse generators, a boiler, cooling and controls, roof and exterior repairs, and the State House Annex elevator, could be redirected through Capital Budget Overview toward the Hillsboro County South Cell Block project. The hearing ended with questions about project schedules, ARPA deadlines, and the division of authority between DoIT and DAS for the ERP system.