Video & Transcript Research : 'high hazard dams'
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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- This was added for cases when the hazard lights are inoperable. Mr.
- We had those high votes.
- We have a Harris County Hazardous Materials Team.
- That will be of high interest to me, I mean, only because obviously the traffic congestion.
- The number seems very, very high to me. I don't believe it's anywhere near there.
Bills:
HB2065, HB2462, HB2621, HB3187, HB3539, HB3563, HB3726, HB4164, HB4207, HB4368, HB4706, HB4916, HB4950, HB4967, HB5177, HB4429, HB5597
Keywords:
commercial vehicles, parking regulations, residential areas, local governance, land use, traffic safety, high occupancy vehicle lane, pregnant operators, transportation, parental rights, motor vehicle regulations, live video feed, state agency, transparency, public safety, regional transportation, mobility program, sales tax, public infrastructure, local government
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Right now, as you know, on certain Texas highways, we have single occupancy vehicles and high occupancy
- A high occupancy vehicle would be the driver plus others.
Bills:
HB2065, HB2462, HB2621, HB3187, HB3539, HB3563, HB3726, HB4164, HB4207, HB4368, HB4706, HB4916, HB4950, HB4967, HB5177, HB4429, HB5597
Keywords:
commercial vehicles, parking regulations, residential areas, local governance, land use, traffic safety, high occupancy vehicle lane, pregnant operators, transportation, parental rights, motor vehicle regulations, live video feed, state agency, transparency, public safety, regional transportation, mobility program, sales tax, public infrastructure, local government
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division I (03/19/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- For significant hazard dams, we go from 750 to 1,500, and for high hazard dams, we go from 1,500 to 3,000
- dams</c> dam 750 to,500 and the high hazard dams dam 750 to,500 and the high hazard dams we<01:19:07.840
- high hazard dams if you especially the high hazard dams if you breach<01:24:08.639><c> what's</c><01
- High hazard is not the condition of the dam. Often folks get this confused.
- Dam should fail. So you have a list of high hazard, medium hazard, low hazard. Is that it?
Summary:
The committee reviewed a handout comparing House Bill 2 to current retirement law and walked through the bill section by section with staff from the retirement system. The discussion focused on vesting, earnable compensation, average final compensation, compensation-over-base limits, special duty pay, normal retirement age, re-retirement, and maximum benefit rules for Group 2/Tier B members. Staff explained that some provisions would restore pre-2011 rules, including counting certain end-of-career payments such as unused sick and vacation time in earnable compensation and reducing the AFC averaging period from five years back to three. They also described how the bill would eliminate the current cap on compensation over base, which mainly affects overtime, and noted that the actuarial cost of the AFC-related changes is interrelated rather than easily broken out by feature.
A separate discussion covered the special duty pay limitation, which currently applies to Tier A and would be removed under the governor’s bill for both Tier A and Tier B members after their vested buy date. Staff said the actuary estimated that removing the special duty limitation would increase costs by about $13.9 million. Members also asked about the practical difference between overtime and special duty, with staff explaining that special duty generally involves work for a private third party, often police detail work, while overtime depends more on staffing and scheduling. The committee also reviewed the normal retirement age changes for Tier B and the possibility that some members would need to work longer to reach the new vested buy date.
Members raised concerns about an ambiguity in the bill that could allow already-retired Tier B members to return to work, then re-retire and claim the higher benefits, or allow vested deferred members to stop working and wait for the new vested buy date. Staff said the governor’s office did not intend to allow that result and requested clarifying language, noting that the bill as drafted does not expressly prohibit it. The committee also discussed part-time and seasonal work after retirement, with staff explaining that such work generally does not restore membership unless the person takes a full-time position requiring enrollment. Finally, the committee reviewed the maximum benefit provisions and noted that HB 2 in the current year does not change the maximum benefit date or include the 1.5% annual escalator that had been part of the 2023 proposal, making the current bill more costly than the earlier version.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select Jul 23rd, 2025
Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select
Transcript Highlights:
- It's coming down at a high rate.'
- But if you hear the term high-hazard dams, it means every day because...
- As a population comes into a certain area, the dam that once protected that group is now considered high
- They are water supply dams and a couple of recreational dams. That'd be like Ingram Dam? Yes. Yes.
- The dams. Yes sir.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education Apr 3rd, 2025
S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education
Transcript Highlights:
- I am deeply committed to supporting high-quality dual-language programs in Texas.
- The threshold is high for conduct to be considered bullying.
- I mean, it's... ...It's a high standard, so it's not just outlawing speech.
- Since starting high school...
- As a current high school student, it is... is a real issue.
Keywords:
bullying, antisemitism, school policies, school discipline, education, education policy, Texas Education Code, hate speech, student rights, civics education, high school curriculum, government, voting process, elected officials, Texas Seal of Biliteracy, biliteracy, bilingual education, multilingual, language proficiency, high school diploma
TX
Texas 89th 1st C.S.
Joint Hearing: Senate and House Select Committees on Disaster Preparedness and Flooding Jul 23rd, 2025
Texas Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- USDA-type dams.
- You hear the term high-hazard dams, which means every day because a population came into a certain area
- The dam that once protected that group is now considered high-hazard because there's a population below
- Chairman, you talk about 2,200 dams, earthen dams.
- They have a water supply dam and a couple of recreational dams. That'd be like anger.
Keywords:
flooding, emergency response, communication systems, first responders, disaster management, Texas Water Development Board, regional planning, public safety
Summary:
The meeting primarily focused on discussions around the recent floods in Texas, specifically addressing emergency preparedness, response coordination, and recovery efforts. Officials from various agencies provided testimonies on the challenges faced during the emergency, including issues with communication systems among first responders. Notably, the need for improved inter-agency communication and technology integration was emphasized, with recommendations for establishing regional communications units for better coordination during disasters. The audience included local government representatives and emergency management partners, who shared insights and experiences from the recent flooding events.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education Mar 27th, 2025
S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education
Transcript Highlights:
- The data is clear: 90% of Texas high school students graduate, and 62% of Texas jobs require some sort
- Students should be able to have the chance to earn a career-aligned credential of value while in high
- Access to high-quality early learning, and we are here in favor of HB117.
- I've seen the transformative power of high-quality early learning.
- I come from a background of high school and middle school instruction and school administration.
Keywords:
early childhood education, task force, governance, Texas Education Agency, child care, education policy, virtual education, hybrid learning, school funding, average daily attendance, education technology, remote learning, education legislation, workforce development, adult education, high school diploma, industry certification, pilot program, gifted education, education support
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- But if you hear the term "high hazard dams," it means that every day, because of... population came into
- The dam that once protected that group is now considered high hazard because there's a population below
- If those earthen dams...
- Because of that, our dam infrastructure has to be maintained in a dam-ready position.
- At the dams. Yes, sir.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> dams in the state. dams in the state.
- So, you know, a good example is there's been some pretty high-profile dam failures in the Midwest in
- or, if the state has to do work on the dam, doing work on the dam and then transferring the dam to the
- 17:57.080><c> to</c><00:17:57.160><c> the</c> dam and then transferring the dam to the dam and then transferring
- </c> to take over those dams? to take over those dams?
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Energy and Natural Resources (10/07/2025)
Energy and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- We are actively trying to help the dams bureau with their work on dam safety and removing dams.
- We are actively trying to help the dams bureau with their work on dam safety and removing dams.
- We are actively trying to help the dams bureau with their work on dam safety and removing dams.
- We are actively trying to help the dams bureau with their work on dam safety and removing dams.
- We are actively trying to help the dams bureau with their work on dam safety and removing dams.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs Feb 10th, 2025
Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- The program periodically inspects dams that pose a high or significant hazard and makes recommendations
- often increase in hazard levels based on the potential for life or property in the event of a dam breach
- Currently, 752 dams are classified as high hazard, meaning failure could result in the loss of life.
- Today, they are surrounded by development, so they have been classified as high hazard.
- High hazard by the Dam Safety Program at TCEQ, and every time they do that, our target number increases
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Currently, 752 dams are classified as high.
- High hazard, meaning failure, could result in the loss of life.
- repair needs, there are approximately 660... 7 out of the 2,038 structures that are not constructed to high-hazard
- So they have been classified as high-hazard by the Dam Safety Program at TCEQ.
- And these aren't dams that look like the Hoover Dam, these are these are dams and in some cases kind
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
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
January 20, 2026 - 01:00 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- A lot of people have said there's passages for life, so are 80% of your dams.
- The second thing is they say the dam is in failure.
- hazard Rodman Kirkpatrick Dam.
- It is not me or the proponents saying this dam is a high hazard, it is the feds, the US Army Corps of
- They have designated it as a high hazard dam. When built it had a 50-year lifespan.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> Community High School. Community High School.
- </c> High School. Um, he has students there. High School. Um, he has students there.
- Francis High School.
- </c> work right away out of, uh, high school. work right away out of, uh, high school.
- </c> work right out of high school. work right out of high school.
Keywords:
student career pathways, education framework, experiential learning, employer engagement, career technical education, career and technical education, CTE, postsecondary scholarship, postsecondary grant, school district funding, cooperative unit, Minnesota high school, apprenticeship, certificate program, tuition assistance, workforce training, military transition, education finance, student aid, career pathways
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> Fund, LCCMR, and flood hazard Fund, LCCMR, and flood hazard mitigation.<00:36:39.680><c> The</c>
- I remember being a junior high and high school student in Frogtown community into Midway with St.
- I remember being a junior high and high school student in Frogtown community into Midway with St.
- I remember being a junior high and high school student in Frogtown community into Midway with St.
- I remember being a junior high and high school student in Frogtown community into Midway with St.
Keywords:
contamination, water supply, municipal bonds, environmental mitigation, city funding, Sauk Rapids, PFAS contamination, drinking water, pollution control, bond issuance, Cokato, capital investment, school infrastructure, state bonds, HF228, Lakes Area Police Commission, Lindstrom, Chisago City, regional training facility, public safety facility
HI
Keywords:
HB2271, Hawaii budget, emergency appropriation, public employment cost items, collective bargaining, labor grievances, temporary hazard pay, state employees, bargaining unit 1, bargaining unit 10, BU-1, BU-10, Department of Education, University of Hawaii, general fund, revolving funds, interdepartmental transfers, settlement agreement, arbitration award, court order
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council 5/27/26
Transcript Highlights:
- gates at this location, particularly when dam gates are removed from the water under periods of high
- Both of these experimental installations are installed at locks of high-head dams.
- Both of these experimental installations are installed at locks of high-head dams.
- That, again, is that high-head dam, and it's difficult for fish to move past.
- Um that again is that high head dam 19.
Summary:
The Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council met on May 27, 2026, approved the January 7 minutes and the day’s agenda, and reported no conflicts of interest. The executive director gave staff updates, including introductions of new staff member Cara Castanza and DNR liaison Jason Co., both of whom were welcomed by the council. Members were also informed about three minor easement/conveyance matters in the packet, including a small Bowser easement impact with about $1,600 returned to the Outdoor Heritage Fund, a Minnesota Land Trust easement request involving a DNR trout stream easement, and an access easement revision in Itasca County. The council also noted several upcoming dedication events and a June field tour in southeast Minnesota beginning in Winona on June 16, with visits to Whitewater WMA, bluff prairie and stream sites, and a river segment if a boat is secured.
A major agenda item was a legislative session recap on the Outdoor Heritage Fund portion of Senate File 2077, the omnibus Outdoor Heritage Fund, Legacy, and Lands bill. Staff reported that all council recommendations were incorporated into the bill, which passed both chambers on May 17 and was expected to be signed by the governor. The fiscal year 2027 Outdoor Heritage Fund recommendations covered 53 programs totaling about $188.9 million, with the February forecast increasing the appropriation slightly so the final total was about $191.16 million; eligible programs were proportionately increased. Staff also highlighted a few changes made during the legislative process, including adjustments to the Roso Lake rehabilitation phase three project, the conservation partners legacy grant language, and statutory provisions affecting the council.
The recap also covered policy changes in the bill: a public member term limit of eight years, with a short vacancy exception and transition rules for current members; a revised executive director hiring process allowing the Legislative Coordinating Commission to provide support while preserving the council’s final hiring authority and permitting closed meetings for candidate discussions; and an extension of the Upper Mississippi River invasive carp deterrent design deadline to June 30, 2027. Members discussed the Roso Lake amendment at length, with Senator Lang and Representative Burkel explaining that the added delay and injunction-related language were intended to address local concerns and preserve the council’s process while litigation proceeds. The meeting ended without any additional formal action beyond receiving the updates and discussion.
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations - Room 210; 20 January, 2026: 8:45 AM
Appropriations
Transcript Highlights:
- I don't have the number right at the top of my head, but at least four of our dams are high hazard dams
- hazard dam.
- </c><01:00:40.640><c> Little</c><01:00:40.880><c> Black</c> dams are high hazard dams.
- Little Black dams are high hazard dams.
- dams are high hazard All three of those dams are high hazard and<01:01:29.200><c> we've</c><01:01:29.440
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate - 01/29/25
Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> base load capacity hydroelectric dams base load capacity hydroelectric dams located<00:01:16.680
- </c> flows through each of those six dams flows through each of those six dams generating<00:03:51.519
- The dams are very small.
- Does this mean a dam, a large hydro dam, is going in tomorrow somewhere? Absolutely not.
- was actually a hydro dam, right?
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Finance Division I (02/20/2026)
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, 64 of them are considered high hazard risk, at high risk.
- </c> state of New Hampshire owns 275 dams. state of New Hampshire owns 275 dams.
- </c> Um, 64 of them are considered high Um, 64 of them are considered high hazard<00:09:02.320><c> risk
- ,</c><00:09:04.800><c> high</c> hazard risk, at high risk, uh, high hazard risk, at high risk, uh, high
- hazard<00:09:05.519><c> risk.
Summary:
The committee first considered House Bill 241, which would provide information about alternative pain treatments rather than mandate services. Members cited support from the prime sponsor, medical organizations, insurers, and other stakeholders, and noted there was no fiscal impact. The committee voted unanimously, 7-0, to ought to pass the bill.
It then took up House Bill 629, which raises a boat decal fee and dedicates the revenue to the dam maintenance fund. Members described the state’s deteriorating dam infrastructure, noting the large number of dams, the high-hazard sites, and the much larger funding need, while saying the bill would provide only a modest start. They also said boat owners generally did not strongly object to the fee. The committee voted 7-0 to ought to pass.
House Bill 1042, concerning an increase in the unified contingent credit limit for New Hampshire Business Finance Authority projects, drew more divided discussion. Supporters said the higher cap would provide needed flexibility and liquidity for business development and that the state treasurer and BFA had explained the credit structure and low historical loss rate; opponents warned the increase would raise state exposure too much, too soon. After debate, the chair postponed the bill, then later returned with an amendment lowering the proposed limit from 450 million to 400 million, which the committee adopted unanimously. The committee then moved to ought to pass as amended.
Finally, the committee considered House Bill 1411, which would have allowed withholding payments to the federal government in response to federal actions. Members opposing the bill argued that withholding employee-related funds would be unlawful and ineffective, while supporters said it could serve as a statement and suggested interim study instead. The committee rejected the bill on a 4-3 vote and voted to inexpedient to legislate.