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5 Document(s) [ Subject: Licensing and Regulation, Texas Department of ]
| Committee: | Senate State Affairs | |
| Title: | Interim Report | |
| Subjects: | Abortion | Biometric identification | Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act | Employees Retirement System of Texas | Human trafficking | Investment of public funds | Licensing and Regulation, Texas Department of | Privacy | Public retirement systems | Sexually oriented businesses | Teacher Retirement System of Texas | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.87 St29a | |
| Session: | 87th R.S. (2021) | |
| Online version: | View report [36 pages File size: 779 kb] | |
| Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
| 1. | Protecting the Unborn: Monitor the impact of SB 8, 87th R.S., The Texas Heartbeat Act, and the expanded funding for alternatives to abortion programs passed by the 87th Legislature. Study alternatives to abortion programs' effectiveness in meeting the needs of pregnant and post-partum women and recommend how the Legislature should strengthen the program. Recommend ways to provide additional alternatives to abortion and comprehensive informed consent resources to mothers who are expecting. | |
| 2. | Human Trafficking: Examine opportunities and make recommendations to reduce the profitability of and demand for human trafficking in Texas. Determine ways to increase public awareness of the proliferation of human trafficking, as well as resources for victims and survivors. Monitor the implementation of HB 1540, 87th R.S., and examine changes in arrest rates, judicial dispositions, and sentencing amongst offenders due to provisions of the legislation. Examine opportunities for attorneys to combat human trafficking in their local communities, including use of the Deceptive Trade Practices Act, to generate revenue for local law enforcement officials combatting human trafficking. Make any other recommendations to further prevent human trafficking. | |
| 3. | Privacy and Transparency: Review the current state laws that protect and secure individuals' biometric identifiers. Explore ways to protect against the use of biometric identifiers for unintended purposes without an individual's consent and make recommendations to the Senate. Study websites that closely resemble government websites or fraudulently represent companies that they are not, including websites that use names of state agencies or licenses. Make recommendations to ensure that Texans' are not mislead, taken advantage, or defrauded, especially when they try to seek assistance from a state website. | |
| 4. | Investment Practices: Study the investment practices of financial services firms and how those practices affect the state’s public pensions. Make recommendations to ensure the state’s public pension funds are not being invested to further political or social causes. | |
| Committee: | House Licensing and Administrative Procedures | |
| Title: | Interim Report | |
| Subjects: | Alcohol laws and regulations | Alcoholic Beverage Commission, Texas | Gambling | Human trafficking | Licensing and Regulation, Texas Department of | Occupational licenses | Wine and wine industry | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.86 L616 | |
| Session: | 86th R.S. (2019) | |
| Online version: | View report [31 pages File size: 559 kb] | |
| Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
| 1. | Monitor the agencies and programs under the Committee's jurisdiction and oversee the implementation of relevant legislation passed by the 86th Legislature. Conduct active oversight of all associated rulemaking and other governmental actions taken to ensure intended legislative outcome of all legislation, including the following:
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| 2. | Study efforts by the TABC to combat human trafficking at all licensed locations. Make recommendations to increase the TABC's ability to rescue victims and successfully prosecute more criminals, including recommending harsher penalties for permit holders that have been identified as participating in human trafficking, and to make regulatory or statutory changes needed to prevent human trafficking in this state. | |
| 3. | Examine "control label" products and their impact on the three-tier system and alcoholic beverage industry in the state. Make recommendations to regulate control label products in a way that promotes economic growth, benefits the consumer, and stabilizes the three-tier system. | |
| 4. | Evaluate the Texas wine industry and the current labeling requirements associated with the use of "Texas" as an appellation. Determine if current regulations and permitting rules are adequate to support the industry's development. | |
| 5. | Monitor the State Auditor's review of agencies and programs under the Committee's jurisdiction. The Chair shall seek input and periodic briefings on completed audits for the 2019 and 2020 fiscal years and bring forth pertinent issues for full committee consideration. | |
| Committee: | Senate Finance | |
| Title: | Interim Report - General Government, Public Safety and Economic Development | |
| Library Catalog Title: | Interim report of the Senate Finance Committee : recommendations to the 79th Legislature. | |
| Subjects: | Economic development incentives | Fees | Health care costs | Licensing and Regulation, Texas Department of | Prison population | Prisons | Texas Enterprise Fund | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.78 F49 v. 2 | |
| Session: | 78th R.S. (2003) | |
| Online version: | View report [219 pages File size: 9,919 kb] | |
| Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
| 1. | Natural Resources & Economic Development Fund 006. Review revenue sources into and appropriations out of Fund 006. Review policy decisions by the 78th Legislature that will impact the future of the Fund. Make recommendations for improvement, as needed. Enterprise Fund. Monitor and report on current and potential future uses of the Enterprise Fund. Study and develop recommendations for using economic development funds and assessing potential projects, including, but not limited to, establishing criteria for investment, developing standards for cost-benefit analyses, leveraging local participation, and incorporating claw-back provisions if goals are not met. | |
| 2. | General Government, Regulatory, & Judiciary Review of Fees. Conduct comprehensive review of and report on fees at state regulatory agencies, including historical information on fee amount, expenditures, appropriations, populations affected and general impact to the state budget. Revisit Rising Health Care Cost Study of the 77th Legislature. Review the cost study and determine which cost elements of the study have not been controlled and make recommendations to the 79th Legislature to address bringing them under control. Examine the budget impact of policy decisions of the 78th Legislature and make recommendations for improvement. | |
| 3. | Criminal Justice & Public Safety Adult and Juvenile Correction Populations. Monitor population trends in the adult and juvenile correction facilities and determine if budget decisions made in the 78th Legislature remain viable. Make recommendations for improvement, as necessary. | |
| Committee: | Senate Government Organization | |
| Title: | Interim Report | |
| Library Catalog Title: | Interim report to the 79th Legislature | |
| Subjects: | Agriculture, Texas Department of | Animal Health Commission, Texas | Barber Examiners, Texas State Board of | Building and Procurement Commission, Texas | Commission on the Arts, Texas | Cosmetology Commission, Texas | Debt collection | Historical Commission, Texas | Library & Archives Commission, Texas State | Licensing and Regulation, Texas Department of | Soil and Water Conservation Board, Texas | State government reorganization | State land | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.78 G747o | |
| Session: | 78th R.S. (2003) | |
| Online version: | View report [96 pages File size: 4,976 kb] | |
| Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
| 1. | Study consolidation of those agencies related to the arts, cultural, and library services; consolidation of certain agricultural-related agencies; and consolidation of certain licensing agencies or their administrative functions. | |
| 2. | Study the management of state assets and leases, including real estate, leased space, inventory and other assets by the General Land Office, the Texas Building and Procurement Commission, as well as other agencies. Explore and make recommendations on the possible use of sale-leaseback opportunities for properties that the state now owns. Review allegations of theft of state property and make recommendations on enhancing security of state assets. | |
| 3. | Review the use of inventory management in transportation and other programs. Explore the cost efficiencies and economic benefits of co-locating agencies in small, mid-size, and large cities around the State. | |
| 4. | Study the effectiveness and make recommendations on improving debt collection strategies across all state programs and the identification of uncollectible state receivables. | |
| Committee: | House Licensing and Administrative Procedures | |
| Title: | Interim Report | |
| Library Catalog Title: | House Committee on Licensing & Administrative Procedures, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 2004 : a report to the House of Representatives, 79th Texas Legislature | |
| Subjects: | Architectural Examiners, Texas Board of | Bingo | Electricians | Interior designers | Licensing and Regulation, Texas Department of | Lottery Commission, Texas | Mold remediation | Occupational licenses | Underage drinking | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.78 L616 | |
| Session: | 78th R.S. (2003) | |
| Online version: | View report [36 pages File size: 268 kb] | |
| Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
| 1. | Actively monitor the implementation of HB 2519, 78th R.S., to streamline bingo processes at the Lottery Commission, review the commission's processes for leasing of facilities and the commissions's audit authority. Also compare the distributions to charities as a percentage of revenues in Texas with charitable bingo in other states. | |
| 2. | Monitor the implementation of SB 283, 78th R.S., sunset legislation for the Board of Architectural Examiners. Pay particular attention to the interior designer's transformation to a "Practice Act." | |
| 3. | Monitor the implementation of HB 1487, 78th R.S., creating a state wide license for electricians. Pay particular attention to any unintended consequences, such as any erosion in Texas right-to-work laws. | |
| 4. | Monitor the implementation of HB 329, 78th R.S., licensing mold remediators. | |
| 5. | Identify licenses and duties that could be handled more efficiently at the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. Estimate cost savings and policy implications associated with such moves. | |
| 6. | Study ways to reduce the incidence of underage drinking in Texas. Include and analysis of best practices in other states. | |
| 7. | Monitor agencies and programs under the committee's jurisdiction. | |
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