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• My entire district is... My entire district is encompassed by the UL campus. One second. Rep.
• That's a good question, Judge.
• It is, Judge.
• We've got Amy Lance districts. We've got railroad districts.
• The problem is our smaller guys, our smaller drainage districts and super districts.

Bills: HB55, HB608, HB997, HB1035, HB1045, HB1048, HB1049, HB1057, HB1131, HB1177, HB1201

Keywords: juror confidentiality, public records, criminal procedure, privacy, court disclosure, intercollegiate athletics, confidentiality, revenue sharing, student athletes, official journal, public notices, government transparency, local government, municipal website, school board notices, parish council, police jury, special districts, levee district, drainage district

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• employed by the district.
• Each district is different.
• with the district.
• Within their school district.
• District.

Bills: SB2920, SB2929, SB2398, SB865, SB401, SB2619, SB2927, SB1395, SB1972, SB2540, SB1635, SB1581, SB2008

Keywords: steroids, student athletes, athletic competition, University Interscholastic League, medical purpose, gender transition, school athletics, spectator conduct, referees, ejection policy, extracurricular activities, concussion, brain injury, school policy, academic accommodations, student welfare, cardiac arrest, emergency response, CPR training, automated external defibrillators

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• While the intent of Chapter 49 is to promote equity across districts.
• Districts are paying 40 to 50% more in property insurance costs compared to inland districts solely due
• We're all very proud of our school districts, but there are also some districts that are struggling.
• It examines how affluent districts are performing against other affluent districts and how less affluent
• B comes from a less affluent district.

Bills: SB2920, SB2929, SB2398, SB865, SB401, SB2619, SB2927, SB1395, SB1972, SB2540, SB1635, SB1581, SB2008

Keywords: steroids, student athletes, athletic competition, University Interscholastic League, medical purpose, gender transition, school athletics, spectator conduct, referees, ejection policy, extracurricular activities, concussion, brain injury, school policy, academic accommodations, student welfare, cardiac arrest, emergency response, CPR training, automated external defibrillators

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• For one requires the agency to notify school districts when there will be changes to the accountability
• That's what you probably have been hearing from your school districts that they wanted when the last
• that Travis and Bear County commissioners registered against the bill earlier, as did the County Judges

Bills: HB8, HB26, HB192

Keywords: HB 8, Texas public school accountability, school accountability, public school transparency, STAAR, state assessments, instructionally supportive assessment program, Student Success Tool, Texas Education Agency, TEA, accountability ratings, A-F ratings, through-year assessment, benchmark testing, norm-referenced assessment, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plan, school district performance, campus turnaround

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• I am Supervisor, District 3, in Santa Cruz County.
• I just want to say thank you to the Chairwoman for inviting my district to be part of this conversation
• Judge Rubin, sorry. Yes, sir. So how much rain does Nogales get?
• Who has Salome in their district? That would be Mr. B. Succi. Yeah, Salome's yours.
• Who has Salome in their district? That would be Mr. B. Succi. Yeah, Salome's yours.

Bills: HB2113, HB2237, HB2824, HB2926, HB2939, HB2950

Keywords: utility consumer, rate intervention, public service corporation, Arizona Revised Statutes, residential rates, consumer protection, appropriation, Apache Junction, tourism, recreation, Superstition trails, funding, infrastructure, C-PACE, capital expenditure, special assessment, property improvement, local government financing, energy efficiency, water conservation

Bills: SB3038, SB3045, SB3065, SB3069, SB3071, HB2025, HB2149, HB3370, HB4205, HB4506, HB5424, HB5652, HB24, HB3687

Keywords: Fort Bend County, Municipal Utility District, MUD, special district, Rosenberg, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, TCEQ, ad valorem tax, bond issuance, assessments, fees, taxes, eminent domain, road district, storm drainage, infrastructure financing, development agreement, municipal consent, temporary directors, public utility district

Summary: The Senate Committee on Local Government met with a quorum and took up a series of pending bills, mostly local-government measures. Early action included final committee approval of Senate Bill 1633 and S.J.R. 60, followed by Senate Bill 3038 and Senate Bill 3045, both reported favorably and placed on the local and uncontested calendar. The committee also considered House Bill 24, adopted a committee substitute, and reported the substitute version favorably; House Bill 2025 was likewise reported favorably and sent to the local and uncontested calendar. Members then handled several companion and local bills, including House Bill 2713 as the companion to Senate Bill 1331, which was reported favorably and placed on the local and uncontested calendar. House Bill 3348, House Bill 3370, House Bill 3505, and House Bill 4506 were each reported favorably, with no objections to local-and-uncontested placement. House Bill 5424 passed on a 6-1 vote, and House Bill 5652 passed with one present-not-voting, both also sent to the local and uncontested calendar. The committee also adopted substitutes and reported House Bill 3687 and House Bill 4205, though both were later reconsidered because the wrong script had been read. After reconsideration, House Bill 3687 and House Bill 4205 were each re-voted and reported favorably to the full Senate, with both placed on the local and uncontested calendar. Senate Bill 3071 was also reported out on a 5-2 vote after adoption of a committee substitute. The meeting ended with no further business and the committee standing at recess subject to the call of the chair.

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• These two bills, and especially SB 23, combined with the 6.8 pennies, The school district tax rate compression

Bills: SB23, SJR85, SB 23

Keywords: homestead exemption, elderly, disabled, ad valorem taxation, school district funding, Texas constitutional amendment, property tax relief, school district taxes, ad valorem tax, residence homestead, elderly homeowners, senior citizens, disabled homeowners, age 65 or older, school finance, tax exemption increase, local school taxes, property tax exemption, homestead tax relief, voter approval

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• Now is to make sure that all the issues that we've seen in the local school districts, Round Rock, even
• If you want to protect women, then tell our judges to start holding abusers accountable.
• It is not my place or anybody here to judge. You're excused. Thanks for your testimony.
• , fire districts, mosquito districts...
• Each time, I caught it as an Election judge working the polls.

Bills: SB6, SB7, SB8, SB11, SB12, SB13, SB15, SB 6, SB 7, SB 8, SB 11, SB 12, SB 13, SB 15, SB 17

Keywords: SB 6, Woman and Child Protection Act, abortion, abortion-inducing drugs, medication abortion, mifepristone, misoprostol, pro-life, pro-choice, Texas abortion law, civil liability, qui tam, private enforcement, bounty hunter law, attorney general, parens patriae, abortion litigation, anti-SLAPP, Texas Citizens Participation Act, fee shifting

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• to become appellate-level judges.
• Judge Lewis went from Circuit Court—I forgot what county—to the Court of...
• We give that discretion to the judge... ...we give that discretion to the judge because we don't want
• So the judge is... Representative Paul, thank you.
• — ...if you go in front of a judge, a judge can enter an order.

Bills: HB37, HB187, HB177, SB63, HB82, SB48, HB33, HB37, HB33

Keywords: judicial compensation, salary increase, court system, Alabama legislation, judges, HB187, court fees, docket fee, sheriff's fund, sheriff's office, jail operations, law enforcement, county sheriff, court filing fees, Alabama Code 12-19-312, solicitor's fund, clerk's fund, forensic services trust fund, budget flexibility, public safety

Bills: SB 1065, SB 2117, SB 2217, SB 2363, SB 2533, SB 2742, SB 2743, SB 2881, SB 2964, SB 3013, SB 3014

Keywords: election procedures, voting systems, ballot counting, voter registration, electronic voting, electioneering, public funds, political advertising, civil penalties, school district, election offenses, prosecution, criminal procedure, district attorney, disqualification, voting by mail, election process, ballot correction, voter notification, electoral integrity

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• One is it requires... the agency to notify school districts when there will be changes to the accountability
• That's what you probably have been hearing from schools. school districts that they wanted when the last
• that Travis and Bexar County Commissioners registered against the bill earlier, as did the County Judges

Bills: HB8, HB26, HB192

Keywords: HB 8, Texas public school accountability, school accountability, public school transparency, STAAR, state assessments, instructionally supportive assessment program, Student Success Tool, Texas Education Agency, TEA, accountability ratings, A-F ratings, through-year assessment, benchmark testing, norm-referenced assessment, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plan, school district performance, campus turnaround

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• They can jointly establish a medical examiner's district, allowing them to share resources, costs, and
• this is by allowing counties to come together and share resources. something on a multi-county or district

Bills: SB1370

Keywords: medical examiner, forensic services, county coroner, autopsy, death investigation, forensic pathology, county government, commissioners court, medical examiners district, regional district, public health, criminal justice, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, Article 49.25, county population threshold, interlocal agreement, 1184, house, all

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• Our district spans Bear, Wilson, Carnes, and Goliad Counties.
• I am rural Texas when I'm talking about House District 74.
• The utility districts.
• Um, Harris County Freshwater Supply District 61. I'm the general manager.
• It's Harris County Freshwater Supply District 61. That's fine. Thank you. Thank you.

Bills: HB206

Keywords: HB206, school district bonds, bond election, voter approval, Education Code, Chapter 45, Section 45.003, Section 45.0034, Texas schools, school finance, local tax election, bond referendum, school construction, capital improvements, election frequency, five-year waiting period, district bonds, public school funding

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• This establishes the Hills of Walnut Creek municipality district, which will support.
• Seeing none, we'll open up public testimony, and we have Judge Shepard.
• My name is Judge Shepard. I'm a policy analyst for the Texas Public Policy Foundation.
• Senate Bill 3065 amends a special district local to create the Wolf Creek Municipal Management District
• M&O taxes for the flight control district are permanent. The rest of it...

Bills: SB3038, SB3045, SB3065, SB3069, SB3071, HB2025, HB2149, HB3370, HB4205, HB4506, HB5424, HB5652, HB24, HB3687, HB24

Keywords: Fort Bend County, Municipal Utility District, MUD, special district, Rosenberg, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, TCEQ, ad valorem tax, bond issuance, assessments, fees, taxes, eminent domain, road district, storm drainage, infrastructure financing, development agreement, municipal consent, temporary directors, public utility district

Bills: HB24, SB3038, SB3045, SB3065, SB3069, SB3071, HB2025, HB2149, HB3370, HB4205, HB4506, HB5424, HB5652, HB24, HB3687

Keywords: groundwater, conservation, water permits, sustainability, resource management, Fort Bend County, Municipal Utility District, MUD, special district, Rosenberg, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, TCEQ, ad valorem tax, bond issuance, assessments, fees, taxes, eminent domain, road district, storm drainage

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• Thank you, Judge. The chair calls John Schrode, Judge, Association of District Judges.
• I'm the presiding judge of the 124th District Court in Gregg County, Texas. It's in Longview.
• I'm a district judge. ...in Northeast Texas, Bowie County, and Cass Counties.
• Jared, or Judge, I've got you here on behalf of the Texas Association for District Judges and yourself
• Judges, and on behalf of those 504 district judges.

Bills: HB4011, HB2680, HB4325, HB4327, HB4944, HB1761, HB4688, HB3453, HB40, HB1707, HB4749, HB2322, HB3647, HB4139, HB4081, HB2203, HB2100, HB4170, HB3104, HB4623, HB40

Keywords: partition, heirs' property, real estate, co-ownership, family property, non-heir cotenant, right of first refusal, pilot services, liability limitation, maritime commerce, Matagorda Bay, Lavaca Bay, transportation code, maritime industry, civil liability, barratry, penalties, legal actions, damages, wrongful death

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• judges, and the district attorneys.
• The District Judges Association represents more than 500 district judges across the state, representing
• I'm also an administrative district judge for one of my counties, and I'm one of three district judges
• I'm a judge of the 41st Judicial District Court in El Paso. I'm one of 16 district courts.
• I'm the judge for the district courts, or by statute, the local administrative district court judge.

Bills: HB4011, HB2680, HB4325, HB4327, HB4944, HB1761, HB4688, HB3453, HB40, HB1707, HB4749, HB2322, HB3647, HB4139, HB4081, HB2203, HB2100, HB4170, HB3104, HB4623, HB40

Keywords: partition, heirs' property, real estate, co-ownership, family property, non-heir cotenant, right of first refusal, pilot services, liability limitation, maritime commerce, Matagorda Bay, Lavaca Bay, transportation code, maritime industry, civil liability, barratry, penalties, legal actions, damages, wrongful death

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• as part of this landmark district.
• </c> that are important to their districts that are important to their districts and<00:13:45.360><c>
• </c><00:14:21.040><c> and</c> is part of a landmark district and is part of a landmark district and there's
• These landmark districts certain areas.

Bills: HB542, HB566, SB270, HB618, HB617, HB542, HB566, SB270, HB618, HB617

Keywords: HB542, district attorney, prosecutor, supernumerary district attorney, Employees' Retirement System, ERS, Alabama retirement, public employee retirement, pension, retirement benefits, post-retirement employment, salary cap, dual participation, double dipping, District Attorneys' Plan, assistant district attorney, deputy district attorney, state pension, survivor benefits, Office of Prosecution Services

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• Districts. Districts.
• Um, part of my concern there is because I've got very rural districts, school districts in my district
• who leaves the district for a charter or neighboring district.
• , between traditional districts and themselves, other traditional districts, and between districts in
• </c><01:13:47.600><c> districts</c><01:13:48.080><c> to</c> disabilities from districts districts to

Bills: HF3790, HF3654, HF3371, HF3470, HF1099

Keywords: education finance, lease levy authority, graduation ceremonies, school districts, Minnesota Statutes, local revenue, funding increase, education, state appropriation, local control, HF3371, local optional revenue, school finance, general education aid, school district funding, referendum revenue, referendum market value, equalization aid, state aid, property tax levy

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• My district is 47% Black. Um, it's not a majority-Black district.
• </c> district is 47% black. district is 47% black.
• </c> My district is 47% black. My district is 47% black.
• </c> it's not a majority black district. it's not a majority black district.
• Not just in my district. district. district.

Bills: HB1

Keywords: HB1, Alabama, elections, primary election, special primary, runoff, congressional districts, redistricting, reapportionment, district boundaries, federal court, injunction, judgment, Governor proclamation, nominee certification, party nominee, general election 2026, election calendar, voting rights, congressional race