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• Midland delivers for Texas.
• This legislation will benefit Texas agriculture, Texas economy, and Texas environment, and I ask that
• We often just go by Texas Baptist.
• Lubbock is the home of Texas Tech University, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Texas Chris
• Then I applied for property tax relief under Texas tax code chapter 11, Section 11.131, subchapter B,

Bills: HB249

Keywords: real property, ad valorem tax, tax appraisal, property value limitation, real estate taxation, property ownership

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• tax code.
• House Bill 3699 would amend the Texas Labor Code to define last work and.
• Section 552,130 of the government code and Section 730007 of the Transportation code to clarify that
• By amending Chapter 201, Texas Labor Code, House Bill 33,700 would ensure that all programs at TWC have
• Labor Code.

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• Texas adopted the conservation amendment to the Texas Constitution, which granted an on the Texas legislature
• East Texas residents work.
• East, our counties, all East Texas, and potentially the entire state of Texas.
• Texas.
• Look out for the interest of all of East Texas, and for that matter, rural Texas.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• I want to read to you Texas Administrative Code, Section 265.15E.
• Rules and Responsibilities under Chapter 418 of the Texas Government Code, challenges that we face,
• Explain Code Red. Great question. Code Red is a trade name. Code Red is a reverse telephone system.
• We are Texas. We are bad." We are Texas. We are better than anybody else.
• Isn't that required by the Texas Administrative Code?

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Texas.
• road signs, Texas dump trailers, and Texas dump trucks and trailers.
• I'm a proud native of East Texas. I grew up in Pittsburgh, Texas.
• , real Texas.
• I'm the East Texas field representative for Texas Realtors.

Summary: The committee held a hearing on high-capacity groundwater wells proposed in Anderson, Henderson, and Houston counties, with members framing the issue as one of local water supply, fairness, and the need to modernize groundwater law while protecting private property rights. Opening remarks focused on the scale of the proposed Redtown Ranch and Pine Bliss projects, the potential export of tens of thousands of acre-feet of groundwater annually, and concerns that the applications lacked sufficient technical detail and could harm nearby landowners, cities, agriculture, and manufacturing. Members also noted the broader context of the recent flooding tragedy in central Texas and the Legislature’s intent to address water-related loss of life in the upcoming special session. Witnesses from the Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts and the Texas Water Development Board explained the current groundwater management framework. They described groundwater conservation districts as the state’s preferred management method, the role of groundwater management areas and desired future conditions, and how the Water Development Board uses those conditions to calculate modeled available groundwater. They emphasized that districts rely on local data, monitoring wells, and planning processes, but that information is often more limited in areas without a district, where the rule of capture applies. Members pressed witnesses on recharge rates, export permits, subsidence, the effect of pumping on nearby wells, the age and real-time availability of model data, and whether the proposed project would exceed modeled available groundwater in some counties. TCEQ explained its limited oversight role over groundwater conservation districts, including inquiries, compliance actions, and, in extreme cases, dissolution authority. Water Development Board staff also outlined funding programs, saying the New Water Supply for Texas Fund is limited to projects such as brackish desalination, reuse, ASR, and other new-supply projects, and does not fund fresh groundwater exports alone. They said the project at issue had not applied for board funding. A water lawyer then testified on the rule of capture, ownership in place, and district regulation, arguing that districts must use permitting and other tools to manage production within modeled available groundwater and that the Legislature could consider additional authority over groundwater exports under current law.

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• Utility Commission of Texas, also known as PUC.
• Lastly, item four, the Texas Advanced Nuclear Reactor, Texas Nuclear Energy Fund.
• I am directing the Public Utility Commission of Texas, which is y'all, to immediately take the following
• The Texas Energy Fund is a program that's currently underway by the state of Texas.
• I would say the responsibility for the state of Texas, the electric and water... electric and water utilities

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Because if we want Texas to be the best place to raise a family, we have to make sure Texas is the best
• The Texas Education Code and past actions of this body have prioritized a well-rounded education for
• Lieutenant, Cushing ISD, East Texas.
• We stand tall for the U.S. and Texas flags.
• I know the worth of Texas children, and I'm sorry to say this bill does not reflect the worth of Texas

Bills: HB2

Keywords: public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, 1185, senate, all

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• I represent the Texas Public Policy Foundation.
• I represent the Texas Public Policy Foundation.
• No matter where you live in Texas, this only applies to municipally owned utilities.
• This only applies to municipally owned utilities. It does not limit or cap utility rates.
• I represent the Texas Public Policy Foundation.

Bills: HB103

Summary: The Senate Committee on Local Government heard a series of local and special-purpose bills, mostly with brief sponsor explanations and little or no public opposition. Topics included fireworks sales near the Texas-Mexico border for Cinco de Mayo (HB 1629), allowing larger counties to use their own inspectors for county buildings (HB 3234), updating governance and financial rules for the Wood County Central Hospital District (HB 5664), clarifying firefighter collective bargaining and impasse procedures (HB 3171), and exempting certain Fort Worth ETJ properties from release rules to protect infrastructure investments (HB 2512). The committee also heard bills on border subdivision rules in Cameron County (HB 3680), extending a property tax exemption to surviving spouses of certain veterans affected by the PACT Act (HB 2508/HJR 133), drainage district election timing and procedures (HB 5693, HB 2694), utility transparency for municipally owned systems (HB 1991), and management district and hospital district election or appointment changes (HB 5698, HB 2293). Another major bill, HB 1449, would expand a food truck permitting pilot program to counties over one million population; witnesses supported the concept but asked the committee to coordinate it with related fee and standards bills, and the bill was left pending for further work. The committee also heard HB 3732, which would let fire departments obtain extensions to comply with new NFPA protective equipment standards, and HB 5431, which would clarify that mayors and at-large council members do not need new elections after reapportionment; both were left pending after questions about their scope. Several transparency and tax-related bills were also discussed, including HB 103, creating a statewide database of local bond and tax election information, and HB 851, requiring reporting on homestead tax ceiling properties; both drew support and were later voted out. After testimony, the committee reported multiple bills favorably, often unanimously, and recommended many for the local and uncontested calendar. The committee also used procedural swaps to substitute House companions for Senate bills on several measures, then recessed with plans to return later to process additional bills.

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• I represent the Texas Public Policy Foundation.
• system website, and in the Texas Register. maintained by the Secretary of State.
• This ensures that utility rate information is centralized, accessible, and easy to find.
• Keep in mind, no matter where you live in Texas, this only applies to municipally owned utilities.
• I represent the Texas Association of School Boards. I'm here to testify on the bill.

Bills: HB103

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• West Texas Panhandle at the South Plains region.
• So our projections for Healthy Texas Women are based off of agencies' utilization data.
• So looking at the projected utilization.
• Texas Civil Commitment Office Good morning.
• It started in Texas in 1999.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Commission of Texas, also known as PUC.
• Lastly, item 4, the Texas Advanced Nuclear Reactor, um, Texas Nuclear Energy Fund and Texas Nuclear Energy
• To achieve these goals, I am directing the Public Utility Commission of Texas, which is y'all, to immediately
• So the Texas Energy Fund.
• The acquiring utility, investor owned utility has the ability to raise rates. Is that correct?

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• For the Gateway and Veterans bridges, the Texas Administrative Code uses the word “between.”
• Those locations are Sunray, Texas, Gonzales, Texas, and Brownwood, Texas.
• annually by 23 Texas ports. $53.46 is returned to Texas for every dollar invested in Texas ports.
• Constitution and subject to the provisions of Texas Water Code Chapter 60.
• So maybe it used to be Transportation Code, but now it's another tax code, and under the tax code they

Summary: The Senate Transportation Committee heard several bills focused on transportation infrastructure, public safety, and local commemorations. SB 2841 would clarify the overweight corridor designation for the Port of Brownsville so all three statutorily approved bridges are treated uniformly for northbound and southbound overweight traffic; the Port of Brownsville testified in support, and the bill was left pending. SB 39 would restore the commercial motor vehicle “admission rule” framework in collision cases; Senator Birdwell explained the committee substitute, and the bill was later reported favorably. The committee also heard and later advanced SB 682, SB 1369, and SB 1422, which rename stretches of highway or a bridge in honor of fallen firefighters and military service members, with no opposition testimony and all left pending before final votes. The committee also heard SB 2366, which would create a grant program for short-line railroad projects through rural rail transportation districts for track, bridge, capacity, and restoration work. Senator Hughes and several witnesses from rural rail districts and rail advocacy groups supported the bill, while TxDOT explained current rail funding is limited and that the bill would be the first such grant program for Class 3 short lines; members discussed that the bill would need a floor amendment because state funds cannot be paid directly to railroads. SB 1013 would expand crosswalk protections under the Lisa Torrey-Smith Act to include certain driveway curb cuts along sidewalks; it was supported by the author and left pending before later being reported favorably. The committee also considered SB 2080, which would modernize port and navigation district rules by easing records and procurement requirements, exempting certain security and cybersecurity discussions from recording, and expanding some operational authority. Port Houston and the Texas Ports Association supported the bill, while the City of Corpus Christi raised concerns that the language could expand port economic-development authority beyond navigation purposes and affect local tax bases; the Port of Galveston also noted concerns about the filed version but supported the bill as presented, and the committee substitute was later reported favorably. SB 2001 would create specialty license plates and related parking/toll benefits for permanently disabled peace officers; SB 2705 would codify registration exemptions for certain farm equipment and some specialty plates. Both were supported by witnesses, adopted with committee substitutes where applicable, and reported favorably. Final votes on the reported bills were largely unanimous or near-unanimous, and the committee recessed after leaving some motions open briefly.

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• Texas has utilized LPPF programs across the state since 2013.
• Local Government Code Section 130.913.
• I think it's, uh, local government code.
• To standardize the code, bless you, to standardize the code and hopefully spread their risk, bless you
• , testifying on behalf of Texas Hospital Association for the bill.

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• Thomas Gleason, Chairman, Public Utility Commission of Texas. Connie Corona, Executive Director.
• to ensure that rates charged by electric and water utilities in Texas are just and reasonable.
• OPEC serves as the voice for Texas small commercial and residential consumers in utility proceedings.
• Texas, right?
• And Texas is a.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Utility bills are skyrocketing lives.
• more per square foot in utility bills. more per square foot in utility bills.
• <01:03:55.920> really manufactured housing codes really manufactured housing codes really
• per year on their utility bills. per year on their utility bills.
• 3rd, 2025, the gentleman from Texas, Mr. 3rd, 2025, the gentleman from Texas, Mr.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Friday, January 9, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Texas, Research Texas, and now Court Analytics Texas.
• rates or water rates when a large water utility comes and takes in over. over a local water utility
• The Texas government code to impose statutory deadlines or timeframes. on the amount of time that these
• The system is governed by the Texas disciplinary rules of professional conduct and the Texas rules of
• The executive director of the Texas State Law Library.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Thomas Gleason, Chairman of Public Utility Commission of Texas.
• Connie Corona, executive Director of Public Utility Commission of Texas. Thank you very much.
• to ensure that rates charged by electric and water utilities in Texas are just and reasonable.
• OPEC serves as the voice for Texas small commercial and residential consumers in utility proceedings,
• We have 10 number of new jobs in Texas, new businesses in Texas, new houses.

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• Section 153002 Texas Family Code states, and I'm quoting from the statute here, of the child shall always
• Texas Family Law Foundation, and we are neutral on Senate Bill 2052.
• I'm an attorney in Galveston, Texas.
• or a PCS. under Chapter, under Section 264 of the Family Code.
• I'm an attorney in Galveston, Texas, and president of the Texas Association of Family Defensives. attorneys

Bills: SB387, SB1650, SB1838, SB1839, SB1923, SB1940, SB2052

Keywords: judicial bond, guardianship, probate law, county judge, statutory county court, attorney general, criminal prosecution, public order, law enforcement, jurisdiction, attorney ad litem, parent-child relationship, compensation, legal representation, government entity, probate, court proceedings, record delivery, wills, legal documentation

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• It's not a Texas.
• Uh, Texas has not done so.
• So, uh, pole access for investor owned utilities, uh, facilities in Texas, like about half the states
• Correct, and that that act the the outcome of that calculation can vary from utility to utility, a utility
• timeline for Texas.

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• This language came to me by the Texas Association of Counties in collaboration with the Texas Association
• Um, current Texas election code 61.014 has not been updated since 2007 and technology and people's use
• You're here representing the Texas Association of, don't worry, your time's not out, Texas Association
• Uh, under Section 16.033 of the Texas Election Code, if a person responds to a jury summons to say that
• This legislation amends the Texas election code to prohibit candidates from filing applications for a