House Committee on Appropriations - 69th R.S. (1985)
Committee Members
- Jim D. Rudd, Chair
- Doyle Willis, Vice Chair
- Bill Blanton
- Eddie Cavazos
- Bill Ceverha
- Paul Colbert
- Betty Denton
- Charles Finnell
- A. C. 'Tony' Garcia
- Gerald Geistweidt
- Dudley Harrison
- Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa
- Bill Hollowell
- Edmund Kuempel
- Bob Leonard, Jr.
- Frank Madla
- Roman Martinez
- Jim McWilliams
- René O. Oliveira
- Larry Don Shaw
- Ashley Smith
- Mark Stiles
- Lou Nelle Sutton
- Senfronia Thompson
- Mike Toomey
- D.R. 'Tom' Uher
- Jack Vowell
- Tom C. Waldrop
- Foster Whaley
- Steven Wolens
Charges
- Study the structure of funds within the state treasury, particularly the impact on legislative decision making of statutory and constitutionally dedicated funds.
- Study the practices of the state and its political subdivisions pertaining to deposits.
- Study and develop an appropriate economics forecasting model for projecting current state spending patterns and trends to the year 2000.
- Determine the feasibility of certain cost-cutting measures in state agencies, including the use of electric hand dryers, use of the expanded zip-code, and the sharing of cost-cutting or expense reducing computer software programs.
- Review the capital outlay requirements of various facilities operated by the state in order to determine the need for state-owned office space in Travis County, and establish priorities with regard to the capital construction needs of all state agencies.
- Study the implications of the Fair Labor Standards Act to state government and identify and assess the procedures established by major state agencies to manage overtime requirements.
- Develop procedures which provide for the orderly disposition of records and assets held by agencies discontinued by the legislature.
- Review the salary posture of state employees through a comparison with salary rates of employees in the private sector, other states, and the federal government; and an analysis of the net gain/loss since 1980.
- Study the potential cost/benefits to the State of privatization of corrections and mental health and mental retardation programs, in conjunction with Law Enforcement and Human Services Committees.
- Study the number of paid and unpaid state holidays granted to state public employees.
Notes
Rene Oliveira (Member) resigned from the Appropriations committee and Larry Don Shaw (Member) was appointed to replace him. (Press Release, Gibson D (Gib) Lewis, Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, 10/2/1986. See House Speaker Lewis Appointments, L1801.1 P926a 1985-92 2.)
2nd C.S.: No change in committee appointments, 8/26/1986.
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