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• pursuant to section 2B2 of the<00:15:30.399><c> commission</c><00:15:30.720><c> to</c><00:15:30.959>
• Section 401 of the Clean Water Act has turned into a procedural choke point, with varying application
• </c> instead of having to obtain a section instead of having to obtain a section 401<00:21:26.240><c>
• </c><00:22:29.840><c> 401</c> Without statutory reforms to section 401 Without statutory reforms to section
• 401 authority to obstruct section 401 authority to obstruct interstate<00:29:30.240><c> projects.

Bills: HB3668

Keywords: pipeline, natural gas, Natural Gas Act, FERC, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, NEPA, environmental review, permitting reform, LNG, liquefied natural gas, certificate of public convenience and necessity, section 7, section 3, Clean Water Act, section 401, water quality certification, state authority, interagency coordination, pipeline safety, pipeline security

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• Constitution, Article II, Section 1, and Section 3.
• </c><02:14:06.159><c> at</c><02:14:06.639><c> section</c><02:14:07.119><c> 3.
• </c><02:14:07.840><c> In</c> section one 1 ID at section 3. In section one 1 ID at section 3.
• Constitution, Article II, Section 1, and Section 3.
• /c> partially pay for the massive $7 partially pay for the massive $7 trillion<08:00:55.440><c> tax</

Bills: HB2987 , HB2931

Keywords: small business lending company, SBLC, SBA lending, Small Business Administration, section 7 loans, small business loans, loan guarantee, lender cap, financial institutions, credit access, small business finance, nonprofit lenders, business lending, CEASE Act, House passage, Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, sanctuary jurisdictions, office relocation, immigration policy, government operations

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• First, going to section three, which is the only section in the bill that pertains to hospitals, one
• I'm an advocate for the Purple Alert section in SB 6070.
• Washington's Constitution, Article I, Section 7, grants a strong fundamental right to privacy, protecting
• Article I, Section 7, guarantees that people shall not be disturbed in their private affairs without
• And lastly, the third section, section 3.6, the hit from the ALPR camera should be sufficient as reasonable

Bills: SB5925 , SB5906 , SB6070 , SB6002

Committee: Senate Law & Justice

Keywords: Attorney General, civil investigative demand, CID, subpoena-like demand, investigative authority, consumer protection, civil enforcement, pre-suit investigation, document production, interrogatories, deposition, oral testimony, confidentiality, trade secrets, judicial review, enforcement action, Washington RCW, law enforcement powers, government transparency, due process

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• The chair lays out H.J.R. 7.
• And I'm here to testify in support of H.J.R. 7.
• Thank you for supporting HJR 7.
• I'm testifying for House Joint Resolution 7.
• I'm here today testifying for SGR 7 in favor.

Bills: HB 1089 , HB 1163 , HB 1177 , HB 1238 , HB1318 , HB1400 , HB1407 , HB1532 , HJR7 , HJR7

Committee: House Natural Resources

Keywords: coastal protection, environmental management, Gulf Coast, storm risk management, funding, Texas General Land Office, healthcare, insurance reform, patient access, insurance regulation, affordable care, health insurance, consumer rights, coverage transparency, claims process, insurance regulations, aggregate production, environmental impact, financial responsibility, reclamation

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• When I look at section 28.8. 0.207 of it, it seems to imply that if a court created a cost perpendic
• It's the it's chairman Harris's to vote out House Bill 1400, House H.J.R. 7 as pending business. along
• 1298 1299 1300 1301 1302 1303 1304 1305 1306 1307 1308 The chair lays out as pending business H.J.R. 7.

Bills: HB 1089 , HB 1163 , HB 1177 , HB 1238 , HB1318 , HB1400 , HB1407 , HB1532 , HJR7 , HJR7

Committee: House Natural Resources

Keywords: coastal protection, environmental management, Gulf Coast, storm risk management, funding, Texas General Land Office, healthcare, insurance reform, patient access, insurance regulation, affordable care, health insurance, consumer rights, coverage transparency, claims process, insurance regulations, aggregate production, environmental impact, financial responsibility, reclamation

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• Drainage District 7 DD7 was established in 1946 and serves over 100 square miles in Jefferson, South
• Heath Armstrong: We have about 7, I believe, large volume users in the outside city limits of Corpus
• The chair lays Chairman: Out as pending business Senate Bill 7.
• The committee substitute changes section 562.051 of the local government Chairman: Code to narrow the
• Chairman: Additionally, a sunset provision is added under Section 562.052, which will terminate the Act

Bills: HB3115 , HB5671 , HB5693 , SB790 , SB1055 , SB1302 , SB1504 , SB1625 , SB1663 , SB2692

Committee: House Natural Resources

Keywords: Cow Creek Groundwater Conservation District, groundwater, water wells, domestic well, livestock well, exempt well, metering device, well meter, groundwater conservation district, Special District Local Laws Code, Water Code, Section 36.117, groundwater regulation, water rights, aquifer management, municipal utility, retail public utility, groundwater export, water supply contract, election

Summary: The Committee on Natural Resources heard testimony on a series of water, utility, and groundwater-related bills. Early items included HB 5693, which would let Drainage District 7 hold board elections in November of odd-numbered years when a countywide election is occurring, and HB 5671, which would update the Johnson County Special Utility District by clarifying board eligibility, allowing bond issuance, and removing redundant TCEQ approval language to reduce costs and delays. Both bills were left pending after brief testimony from bill sponsors and local witnesses. The committee also heard SB 1504, which would update the Gulf Coast Authority to allow video-conference participation in meetings, and SB 1302, aimed at closing a TCEQ permitting loophole that allowed dischargers with prior denials or suspensions to reapply through an automated process without meaningful review. SB 2692 drew substantial discussion: it would change the signature threshold for outside-city-limits customers appealing municipal utility rates to the PUC by customer class. Valero supported the bill as a way to avoid requiring large-volume users to gather signatures from unrelated residential customers, while the City of Corpus Christi opposed it, arguing that lowering the threshold to one customer could trigger expensive appeals costing $500,000 to $1 million. A PUC witness said such cases are increasing and that the agency would need additional staff under the fiscal note. SB 790, creating a simplified PUC complaint process for small water and wastewater billing disputes, and SB 1663, expanding TCEQ notice requirements for nearby residents when groundwater contamination is discovered, were also heard and left pending. Additional bills included HB 3115, clarifying that the Cow Creek Groundwater Conservation District cannot require meters on exempt domestic or livestock wells; SB 1055, raising the Southeast Texas Groundwater Conservation District’s production fee cap from 1 cent to 7 cents per 1,000 gallons; and SB 1625, requiring private water and wastewater utilities to report cybersecurity incidents to TCEQ and DIR. The committee then took up pending business and adopted a substitute for SB 7, which made several changes to water fund use, eminent domain coordination, and EDAP-related provisions, and voted 10-0 to report it favorably. The committee also adopted a substitute for HB 2347, a county water conservation program bill, and reported it favorably 9-1. HB 5675 and SB 2476 were each reported favorably 10-0. The meeting concluded with adjournment.

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• This two with the following section two.
• section shall cease no later than September 30, 2029.
• </c><00:20:59.440><c> Section</c><00:20:59.919><c> 5A.
• Section 5A. The with the following. Section 5A.
• Replace on line 46 through 47 on page two with the following: section 1, sections 12-17-227.4 and 12-

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

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• </c> of eligible foods under 7 CFR 271.2. of eligible foods under 7 CFR 271.2. two,<00:16:54.880><c>

Bills: HB589 , HB591 , HB609 , HB614 , SB57 , SB280 , SB332 , HB589 , HB591 , HB609 , HB614 , SB57 , SB280 , SB332 , HB627

Committee: House Ways and Means General Fund

Keywords: Jefferson County, building regulations, zoning, public health, building commissioner, permits, construction, land use, county tax, lodging tax, Henry County, transient accommodations, hospitality industry, local act, sheriff, sheriff's office, task force, abandoned property, stolen property, unclaimed property

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• in a different section.
• So that's a different bill, different section.
• One, in section one, it uses the term 'threat.'
• One, in section one, it uses the term 'threat.'
• One, in section one, it uses the term 'threat.'

Bills: SB5837 , SB6011 , SB6009 , SB5868 , SB5974 , SB5720 , SB5833 , SB5936 , SB5993 , SB6070 , SB6002 , SJM8014 , SB6086

Committee: Senate Law & Justice

Keywords: guardianship, conservatorship, protective arrangement, protective arrangements, supported decision-making, supported decision making, court visitor, adult guardianship, limited guardianship, full guardianship, adult conservatorship, less restrictive alternative, capacity, legal capacity, respondent rights, due process, vulnerable adults, disability rights, elder abuse, estate management

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• wastewater treatment plants, like you're going to hear from the rest of the group today, they run 24/7.
• Looks like an important water and sewer infrastructure project. $7 million.
• Uh, this is in regards to improvements along Highway 7.
• Uh this is a bill Highway 7 can be.
• 7. 7.

Bills: HF4710 , HF4055 , HF3848 , HF3989 , HF4599 , HF3767 , HF3592 , HF3575 , HF3574 , HF3543 , HF4606 , HF4489 , HF3891 , HF3438 , HF3811 , HF3400

Committee: House Capital Investment

Keywords: capital investment, water infrastructure, sewer systems, public funding, municipal development, Eveleth, wastewater treatment, state bonds, environmental compliance, infrastructure, bonds, economic development, local government, transportation, intersection improvements, Lake Elmo, HF4599, St. Joseph, Minnesota bonding bill, bond proceeds fund

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• Section 2. The bills referred to in the first section of this resolution are as follows: A.
• </c><02:11:52.239><c> Section</c><02:11:52.639><c> two</c><02:11:53.199><c> the</c> motion to recommit
• Section two the motion to recommit.
• Section two the bills<02:11:53.840><c> referred</c><02:11:54.239><c> to</c><02:11:54.400><c> in</c><02
• first section bills referred to in the first section of<02:11:55.599><c> this</c><02:11:55.840><c> resolution

Bills: HCR24 , HR352 , HB2243 , HR405 , HB2215

Keywords: Jewish American Heritage Month, Jewish Heritage Week, antisemitism, anti-Jewish hate, Jewish Americans, Jewish community, Hamas, October 7, Israel, hate crimes, civil rights, religious freedom, campus antisemitism, synagogues, public education, heritage month, diversity, inclusion, Holocaust remembrance, community safety

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• Alabama Code Section 17-1-16-2 outlines how our state conducts recounts.

Bills: SB245 , SB246 , HB30 , HB30

Committee: Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund

Keywords: SB245, public assistance, Medicaid, SNAP, food assistance, Alabama Medicaid Agency, Department of Human Resources, eligibility verification, self-attestation, data matching, fraud prevention, improper payments, program integrity, benefit eligibility, income verification, residency verification, asset verification, electronic benefit transfer, EBT, cross-checks

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• In accordance with section 1012A States.
• Next year we're going to borrow about 7 billion. I'm going to show you some charts.
• Next year we're going to borrow about 7 billion. I'm going to show you some charts.
• Next year we're going to borrow about 7 billion. I'm going to show you some charts.
• Today, we spend $1 on young people and $7 on those over 65. It's the deal.

Bills: HB1804 , HB1642 , HB1621 , HB1634 , HR789 , HR787 , HB1816 , HB3490 , SB160

Keywords: 7(a) loan program, Small Business Administration, SBA, small business lending, loan brokers, loan consultants, referral agents, loan intermediaries, fraud oversight, transparency, reporting requirements, loan fees, referral fees, interest rates, business financing, small business loans, lender oversight, application assistance, Congressional reporting, small business

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• For unemployed, 7% have incomes below the poverty line.
• Members, under Article I, Section 8 of the U.S.
• That duty and obligation. is to go ahead and declare the war and then in Article 2, Section 2, by the
• But, of course, the Constitution was never amended to say that Article 1, Section 8, Clause 11 was no
• Article 1, section 8 of the Constitution, as you've heard many times today, this the power to declare

Bills: HB39 , HB227 , HB930 , HB 1078 , HB39 , HB227

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

Keywords: highway designation, veteran recognition, commemorative, transportation, Brazoria County, Texas National Guard, combat duty, military activation, state requirements, emergency response, active combat duty, military service, Congressional action, Governor responsibilities, Congressional declaration, state law, conflict, armed forces, congressional approval, war declaration

Bills: SB100 , SB122 , SB127 , HB182 , HB275 , SB100 , SB122 , SB127 , HB182 , HB275

Committee: House Boards, Agencies and Commissions

Keywords: property tax, ad valorem tax, real property assessment, assessment cap, county-wide reappraisal, CPI-U, Consumer Price Index, tax assessor, Class II property, Class III property, local government revenue, property tax relief, reappraisal, tax increment district, retroactive tax law, Alabama Code 40-7-2.2, appropriation, education funding, Southern Preparatory Academy, fiscal responsibility

Bills: HR939 , HR940 , HB3383 , HB3638 , HB3628 , HR432 , SB1071 , HB3857 , HR936

Keywords: impeachment, presidential power, violence, judiciary, political climate, democracy, executive abuse, lawmakers, committee election, House of Representatives, governance, legislative process, representation, investment, private funds, economic growth, capital formation, small businesses, financial regulation, senior investors

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• I just want to thank you for this opportunity to lay out SB- The Texas Water Code, Chapter 16, Section
• 16.34, along with Local Government Code Chapter 232, Section 232.
• Section 232.0013, Work to Assure Orderly Development of Real Property Outside the Boundaries of a municipality
• Yeah, so when you make subdivisions of property of 10 acres and less, the Local Government Code Section
• That was the whole crux of another bill that came through this committee. ...Section 7 of the bill, and

Bills: SB1708 , SB2523 , SB1450

Committee: House Land & Resource Management

Keywords: county platting, subdivision platting, Local Government Code Chapter 232, Section 232.022, Section 232.0014, model subdivision rules, Water Code Section 16.343, Texas county subdivision law, residential subdivision, land conveyance, gift deed, family transfer, consanguinity, affinity, third degree relative, five acres or less, county land use, platting exemption, rural land division, property subdivision

Bills: S2907 , H4890 , H4909 , H4879 , H4846 , H4848 , H3924 , H4740 , H4741 , H4267 , H4799 , S2750

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Public Service

Keywords: police, firefighters, retirement, civil service, credible service, public safety, H4890, Quincy, Quincy Retirement Board, public safety personnel, accidental disability retirement, Chapter 32, Section 94, Section 94A, Section 94B, pre-employment physical examination, medical records, retirement benefits, disability retirement, public employees

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• Section<00:03:03.200><c> four</c> Section four Section four uh uh uh gives<00:03:05.200><c> notice</c
• Code 42, section 4955.
• So I will go on to section two, which is now going to be section one.
• And then moving on to the next section, section three in the original, now section two, deals with the
• ,</c> And then moving on to the next section, And then moving on to the next section, um um um section

Bills: HF3127 , HF3816 , HF3814 , HF3815 , HF3817

Committee: Senate Taxes

Keywords: taxation, pass-through entity, qualifying owner, partnership, S corporation, tax return, corporate franchise tax, individual income tax, research expenditures, federal compliance, Minnesota Statutes, income tax, corporate tax, section 179, federal conformity, HF3815, Minnesota taxes, tax conformity, Internal Revenue Code, IRC conformity

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• because of the cost of doing business<00:36:48.119><c> in</c><00:36:48.440><c> the</c><00:36:48.800><c> 7<
• County</c><00:36:49.440><c> Metro</c><00:36:49.880><c> I</c><00:36:49.960><c> would</c> business in the 7
• County Metro I would business in the 7 County Metro I would assume<00:36:50.480><c> that</c><00:36:50.680

Bills: HF1013 , HF1598 , HF1656 , HF2162

Committee: House Energy Finance and Policy

Keywords: energy, economic development, funding, renewable resources, Clean Energy Economy Minnesota, air ventilation, geothermal, school financing, Minnesota Climate Innovative Finance Authority, geothermal energy, renewable energy, construction funding, Como Zoo, energy efficiency, HF2162, Minnesota, planning grants, renewable development account, clean energy, Department of Commerce