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• You know, counties with large populations like Bexar County, where I reside, are required by state law
• allowed. or a designated county executive.
• Okay, so in my county, if we took away and let Keith be designated to whoever's office in the county,
• On the fee, the $3 fee, this is going to be exempted for all military license plates, is that correct
• This is going to wipe out that $3 fee. That first $3 fee. On all of them? Yes, sir.

Bills: HB4458 , SB651 , SB1227 , SB1931

Committee: House S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs

Keywords: veterans, service members, military transition, Texas Veterans Commission, pilot program, self-reliance, employment assistance, housing assistance, mental health services, career training, veterans service organizations, spouses and dependents, military families, Texas military forces, post-separation support, reentry services, workforce development, benefits navigation, transition assistance, SB 651

Bills: SF317 , SSB1213 , SF219 , SF285 , SF522

Committee: Joint Ways and Means

Keywords: sex offender, registration fee, law enforcement, Iowa law, annual fee, beer tax, wine tax, quarterly reporting, tax compliance, permit holders, forest reservation, fruit-tree reservation, property tax exemption, agricultural land, conservation land, county general fund, per-acre fee, Iowa Code chapter 427C, homestead, county treasurer

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• What this would do is allow the county commission to grant an exemption to the mandatory solid waste
• collection program fees to any household whose total income does not exceed 75% of the federal poverty
• Chairman, are there any income exemptions in Lee County for this? Now, I don't think there is.
• This was a resolution by the county commission and asked for by the Lee County Commission.

Bills: SB293

Committee: House Lee County Legislation

Keywords: SB293, Lee County, solid waste, waste collection fees, garbage fees, trash collection, county commission, fee exemption, low-income households, poverty level, federal poverty level, public sanitation, local act, municipal services, waste management

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• County<00:15:08.800><c> can</c> County can County can That's<00:15:11.120><c> correct</c><00:15:11.440
• Louns County provider in those counties.
• We are receiving patients from Kofi County, from Geneva County into Houston County.
• We are receiving patients from Kofi County, from Geneva County into Houston County.

Bills: HB185 , HB378 , SB28 , HB400 , SB155 , HB312 , HB185 , HB378 , SB28 , HB400 , SB155 , HB312

Committee: House Ways and Means General Fund

Keywords: appropriation, transportation, judicial system, funding, state budget, Pickens County, local act, vehicle tag fee, registration fee, issuance fee, motor vehicle registration, license plate, replacement tag, transfer tag, renewal fee, county revenue, earmarked funds, ambulance service, emergency medical services, EMS

Bills: SB293 , SB293

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: SB293, Lee County, solid waste, waste collection fees, garbage fees, trash collection, county commission, fee exemption, low-income households, poverty level, federal poverty level, public sanitation, local act, municipal services, waste management, first responder, interference, criminal law, public safety, law enforcement

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• Got you on that one, Senator Woods, representing all the parts of seven counties.
• the Hatch Valley to Sierra County.
• Thank you, and George Munoz, I represent portions of McKinley County.
• How are we stacking up now with our neighboring states in terms of fees?
• The County Road Funds, Municipal Street Funds, and then County and Municipal Government Funds are distributed

Bills: SB2 , SB2

Committees: Senate Senate Finance , Senate House Appropriations & Finance

Keywords: SB 2, State Highway Project Bonds, highway funding, transportation bonds, state road fund, motor vehicle fees, vehicle registration fees, electric vehicle fee, EV surcharge, plug-in hybrid fee, weight distance tax, road construction, infrastructure financing, Department of Transportation, State Transportation Commission, bonding authority, county road funds, municipal road funds, transportation improvement program, state highways

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• I'm looking at Lee County, Los Alamos... Sotero, San Juan, Sandoval, and Valencia.
• Socorro County, yes, Mr. Chair, Madam. Secretary, I'm sorry to disagree with your numbers.
• I'm not sure is that the only provider in Socorro County? No, there's two.
• Well, in Sierra County, there could be out-of-school time care providers. Okay, thank you.
• And for home visiting, we have home visiting now in every county.

Bills: SB2

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance

Keywords: SB 2, State Highway Project Bonds, highway funding, transportation bonds, state road fund, motor vehicle fees, vehicle registration fees, electric vehicle fee, EV surcharge, plug-in hybrid fee, weight distance tax, road construction, infrastructure financing, Department of Transportation, State Transportation Commission, bonding authority, county road funds, municipal road funds, transportation improvement program, state highways

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• Birmingham's the largest city in Jefferson County. >> Oh, I'm sorry. Okay. Okay.
• Uh, is this for all 67 counties? >> January. >> Oh, January. Okay. Thank you.
• Uh, is this for all<00:27:08.799><c> of</c><00:27:09.039><c> the</c> &gt;&gt; counties?
• <00:27:12.559><c> 67</c><00:27:13.120><c> counties.</c> &gt;&gt; counties? 67 counties.
• &gt;&gt; counties? 67 counties. &gt;&gt; January. &gt;&gt; January. &gt;&gt; January.

Bills: SB182 , SB251 , SB252 , HB74 , HB159 , HB292 , SB182 , SB251 , SB252 , HB74 , HB159 , HB292

Committee: Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund

Keywords: psychoactive cannabinoids, cannabis, beverage prohibition, criminal penalties, youth access, Jefferson County, pistol permit, gun permit, concealed carry, firearm permit, sheriff fee, permit fee, weapons license, gun licensing, school security, Jefferson County Sheriff's Fund, retirement system, Gardendale, Birmingham legislative office, local bill

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• first one, SB301 by Hobie, is related to electronic filing of business property taxes allowed by the county

Bills: SB301 , SB329

Committee: House Lee County Legislation

Keywords: Lee County, Alabama, business personal property tax, business property tax, personal property tax return, electronic filing, e-filing, tax administration, revenue commissioner, county tax, business tax return, tax preparer, third-party preparer, property tax returns, online tax filing, local legislation, land redemption, taxation, administrative fee

Bills: SF300 , SSB1161

Committee: Joint Transportation

Keywords: vehicle title, certificate of title, replacement title, lost title, destroyed title, duplicate title, county treasurer, Department of Transportation, DOT, motor vehicle, lienholder, security interest, title fee, county general fund, retroactive applicability, Iowa Code 321.42, Iowa Code 321.152, school bus driver, authorization, education department

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• HB5380 permits counties to adopt criteria after public notice in which the county commission... may take
• We want to leave it up to the county to allow them to...
• HB 5380 empowers counties to require parkland dedication or collect a fee from new subdivisions.
• We feel that if a county wants to have a park, then all the county citizens should contribute to that
• Chairman Hunter, you know this: all the counties and cities...

Bills: HB407 , HB871 , HB882 , HB2011 , HB3572 , HB3578 , HB4038 , HB4866 , HB4897 , HB4978 , HB5380 , HB5555 , HB5668 , HB5670 , HB5674 , HB5676 , HB5679 , HB5688 , SB673

Committee: House Land & Resource Management

Keywords: solar energy, residential construction, building code, municipal regulations, energy compliance, building codes, interconnection, education, funding, teacher support, student resources, school infrastructure, municipal requirements, environmental sustainability, municipalities, construction, agricultural operation, International Code Council, county regulations, construction fees

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• to municipalities with a population of more than 150,000, which are located wholly or partly in a county
• You did it in 2019 when it came to building permit fees.
• This stems from if you're in a county of 300,000 or more? Is that correct?
• So, Rockwall County is 130,000. The largest city is 54,000. Will we be racking it out of the bill?
• We are a rapidly growing community. in Southeastern Collin and Hunt Counties.

Bills: HB407 , HB871 , HB882 , HB2011 , HB3572 , HB3578 , HB4038 , HB4866 , HB4897 , HB4978 , HB5380 , HB5555 , HB5668 , HB5670 , HB5674 , HB5676 , HB5679 , HB5688 , SB673

Committee: House Land & Resource Management

Keywords: solar energy, residential construction, building code, municipal regulations, energy compliance, building codes, interconnection, education, funding, teacher support, student resources, school infrastructure, municipal requirements, environmental sustainability, municipalities, construction, agricultural operation, International Code Council, county regulations, construction fees

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• State Amtrak Cascades Passenger Rail Advisory Committee to be composed of delegations appointed by county
• legislative authorities in counties in which a rail station on the Amtrak Cascades route is located.
• What I'm excited about with this bill is that it provides parity to counties that have county ferries
• This bill has to do with transportation benefit district vehicle fees.
• Some people are concerned about an increase in fees.

Bills: HB2092 , HB2114 , HB2172 , HB2251 , HB2374 , HB2410 , HB2552 , HB2588 , HB2718 , HB2722 , HB2727

Committee: House Transportation

Keywords: passenger rail, transportation, committee, advisory, infrastructure, defective license plates, vehicle registration, Department of Licensing, state regulations, route jurisdiction, abandonment, local governance, climate change, commitment act, emission reductions, sustainability, environmental policy, electric bicycles, electric motorcycles, regulation

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• Members, when a county road is closed, abandoned, or vacated by a county commissioner's court, county
• Webb County, my home county, has expressed concerns regarding a particular road which if conveyed, would
• Jorge Calderon, Webb County planning director.
• when they're applying for these permit fees.
• You just don't have to pay the fee for it. OK, Mr.

Bills: SB215 , SB1104 , SB1351 , SB1931 , SB2245 , SB2589 , SB2707 , SB2807 , SB1423 , SB1568

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: education, funding, school districts, local control, equity, digital identification, identity verification, Department of Public Safety, Texas legislature, wireless communication, Texas, technology, identification program, fee structure, wireless devices, public safety, hunting license, handgun license, fingerprinting, dealer license

Summary: The Senate Committee on Transportation heard several bills, mostly local memorial highway designations and transportation-related regulatory measures. Senator Hinojosa presented SB 1351 to designate part of US 281 in Hidalgo County as the Jose Rodriguez Lua Memorial Highway in honor of a Border Patrol processing coordinator killed by a drunk driver; a family member testified emotionally in support, and the bill was left pending. The committee also heard and left pending SB 2245 on bonded titles for vehicles when a lienholder has gone out of business, SB 1568 on animal-friendly specialty license plates with a second “spay, neuter, adopt” plate, SB 2589 on handling closed county roads in Webb County, SB 1104 on allowing large retailers to use one fingerprinted employee of record across multiple Texas locations, SB 1423 naming the Bill Stout Parkway in Longview, and SB 1931 naming part of US 83 the Rodolfo Valdez Memorial Highway. Most of these bills drew supportive testimony or were presented as local measures with no opposition. The committee also took up broader policy bills. SB 215 would create a digital identification program for Texas driver’s licenses and certain other licenses, but the sponsor said he was mainly laying the bill out for discussion and study; testimony was limited and the bill was left pending. SB 2707 would clarify that government entities such as TxDOT and the military remain exempt from fees on oversized/overweight permit authority, though a county commissioner raised questions about road-use impacts and fee revenue. SB 2807 drew the most discussion: it would prevent a motor carrier’s use of safety technology, training, and related practices from being used as evidence that an independent contractor is actually an employee. Supporters said the bill would encourage adoption of safety tools like cameras and braking systems without increasing misclassification risk, while opponents from the trial lawyers’ side warned the wording could conflict with existing labor-code definitions and create litigation. The sponsor and committee members discussed possible clarifying floor amendments. After public testimony, the committee voted on the pending bills. All measures were reported favorably on 6-0 votes, with committee substitutes adopted where applicable. SB 1351, SB 1423, SB 1568, SB 1931, SB 2245, SB 2589, SB 2707, SB 2807, and SB 2841 were all sent to the full Senate, and several were recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. The committee recessed subject to the call of the chair after completing the votes.

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• Um, this bill was requested by the Baldwin County Commission.
• Uh, basically the only change that this is doing is saying that the county commission may appoint, versus
• shall appoint, the contract employees of county administrator, emergency management director, juvenile
• detention director, personnel director, building official, the clerk, treasurer, county engineer, and
• </c> My only question when you say the county My only question when you say the county commission<00:

Bills: HB606 , HB606

Committee: House Baldwin County Legislation

Keywords: HB606, Alabama, Department of Transportation, DOT, public highways, utility relocation, right-of-way, state right-of-way, road construction, bridge, tunnel, toll road, interstate highway, defense highway, utility facilities, broadband, telecommunications, cable, electricity, gas

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• County Housing First Initiative fees. Homelessness is a rampant problem in Texas.
• The fee collected when certain county fees are paid is deposited into a special account and can only
• Whether a fee is to be levied in a given county is determined by the Commissioner's Court in that county
• This allows individual counties to determine if a fee is a good fit and provides flexibility in addressing
• Fee. So the county commissioners will come up with the fee amount, correct?

Bills: HB1597 , HB2364 , HB2437 , HB3205 , HB3253 , HB3310 , HB3648 , HB3906 , HB4259 , HB5645

Committee: House S/C on County & Regional Government

Keywords: county jailer, jail training, veterans, Texas Veterans Commission, Texas Commission on Law Enforcement, TCOLE, criminal justice system, county jail, law enforcement training, mental health training, jail standards, correctional officers, veteran services, veteran interaction, occupations code, jailer licensing, parking, county courthouse, infrastructure, local government

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• The bill would require counties and authorized municipalities to establish a daily administration fee
• She explained that loopholes had allowed higher fees to be charged without ensuring those fees were warranted
• She said current law requires counties to establish a daily administrative fee for towing and storage
• , and every county in Florida is required to do so.
• The state has 420 cities and 67 counties.

Bills: S0260 , S1220 , S1352 , S1362 , S1370

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: electric vehicle, EV, battery fire, lithium-ion battery, towing, wrecker service, vehicle storage, submerged vehicle, saltwater damage, fire marshal, fire safety, tow yard, impound, storage fee, administration fee, local ordinance, county ordinance, municipal ordinance, insurance coverage, motor vehicle insurer

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• So, to me, this is about providing Whatcom County and other counties the same options that other counties
• and Wahkiakum County.
• now we seem to have lots of different fees that get added on instead of one simple fee.
• When it comes to transportation benefit district fees, there is just this one fee that is paid.
• Commercial vehicle fees at 10,000 pounds, weight fees at $30 per ton kicks in, and a project weight fee

Bills: HB2588 , HB2722 , HB2727

Committee: House Transportation

Keywords: county ferry district, ferry district, passenger-only ferry, passenger ferry, Puget Sound, Vashon, Seattle, Southworth, county transportation, local taxing authority, property tax levy, general obligation bonds, municipal corporation, public transportation benefit area, WTSC, Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission, ferry terminal, wharf, shuttle service, marine transportation

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• Members, House Bill 4018 grants a county sheriff the exclusive right, when activated by the sheriff,
• House Bill 4018 grants a county sheriff the exclusive right, when activated by the sheriff, to regulate
• , and manage county jails.
• This is just in support of our county sheriffs.
• Cochise County? I concur, Mr. Chair. I was about to say something, although, Mr.

Bills: HB2170 , HB2417 , HB2418 , HB2771 , HB2772 , HB4018 , HCR2059

Committees: Senate Public Safety , Senate Senate Public Safety Committee of Reference

Keywords: procurement, foreign adversary, China, state contracts, information technology, security, speeding, speed limit, traffic enforcement, driver safety, speed inhibiting device, appropriation, law enforcement, task forces, funding, criminal justice, community supervision, rehabilitation, supervision fee, victim compensation

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• I paid the filing fee, the excess fees that you want to give away.
• I paid the excess fees for a guardian for my father because he was being abused.
• I represent four counties in Northeast Texas: Collin County, Rockwall County, Hunt County, and Kaufman
• County.
• Thank you, Michael. ...and charging a fee or changing a fee.

Bills: SB1015 , SB2933

Committee: House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Keywords: statutory probate courts, probate court fees, judicial fund, county reimbursement, comptroller, Texas Government Code, Local Government Code, court fees, fee allocation, excess contributions, judicial education and support fund, presiding judge salary, county finance, court administration, Texas judiciary, revenue distribution, SB 2933, elder abuse, neglect, judicial training

Summary: The Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence heard testimony on Senate Bill 1015, which would clarify that the comptroller is responsible for distributing excess judicial fund payments back to statutory probate courts. Judge Guy Herman testified in support, saying the bill would help ensure probate courts receive funding they are entitled to, while Ed Heimlich testified against the bill with broad criticism of probate courts and judicial practices. The committee then heard Senate Bill 2933, which would add elder abuse training to required judicial education for several categories of judges and judicial officers; Dr. Bruce Hargrave supported the bill, citing the prevalence and underreporting of elder abuse and the need for judges to recognize warning signs. No votes were taken on either of those bills, and SB 2933 was left pending. The committee then reconsidered Senate Bill 38, an eviction-related bill, and Vice Chair Hayes described two agreed floor amendments: one limiting the summary disposition procedure to forcible entry and detainer cases involving squatters, and another requiring a notice to pay rent or vacate for tenants who had been timely payers but missed a payment. After discussion, the committee voted 6-4 to report SB 38 without amendments. The committee also adopted or advanced a series of other bills and resolutions, including SB 293, SB 1141, SB 1448, SB 1536, SB 1558, SB 1838, SB 1940, SB 2127, SB 53, SB 251, SB 311, SB 387, SB 441 (with a substitute), SB 1164, SB 1335, SB 1574 (with a substitute), SB 1719, SB 1760, SB 1839, SB 1923 (with a substitute), SB 2807, and SJR 27 (with a substitute). Most measures were reported favorably on largely party-line or near-unanimous votes, with a few close votes on SB 942, SB 311, SB 2807, and SJR 27. SB 942, relating to retroactive child support beginning at conception, initially failed 5-5 but was reconsidered and then passed 6-5. The committee adjourned after completing its agenda.