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Committee: | House Intergovernmental Affairs | |
Title: | Interim Report | |
Library Catalog Title: | To the speaker and members of the Texas House of Representatives, 68th Legislature : report of the / Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, Texas House of Representatives, 67th Legislature. | |
Subjects: | Border economy | County budgets | County government | Federal government | Firefighters | International trade | Maquiladoras | Police officers | State employees | State Property Tax Board | Tax Assessor Examiners, Board of | | |
Library Call Number: | L1836.67 in8 | |
Session: | 67th R.S. (1981) | |
Online version: | View report [107 pages File size: 2,913 kb] | |
Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
1. | Oversight functions shall be conducted for all appropriations-related actions of those agencies assigned to this committee for appropriative purposes during the 67th Regular Session of the Legislature. In addition, a study should be made of the impact of any federal cuts, and the differences in the operational aspect of the agencies under block vs. categorical grants. Close scrutiny should be given to each agency to ascertain if legislative intent is being carried out in the rules promulgated by the agency and if the rules are feasible and practical in their application. These agencies include: Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations Tax Assessor Examiners State Property Tax Board | |
2. | Examine the concepts and practices of the "twin cities" programs along the border with Mexico to determine the benefit and impact of such programs. | |
3. | Examine the creation and operation of foreign trade zones, their functions, and their effects upon the community. Determine whether their roles should be expanded, and if so, in what manner. | |
4. | Determine the role the state should seek in the "new" systems of Intergovernmental Relations with concentration on block grants, pass throughs, the decline of federal influence and money, and impacts upon local governments. | |
5. | Investigate the current status of civil service in Texas and its impact on public employees. | |
6. | Study the role of county government, its importance, and its financial problems; consider a possible recodification of state laws relating to counties. | |
Committee: | House Intergovernmental Affairs | |
Title: | Interim Report | |
Library Catalog Title: | To the speaker and members of the Texas House of Representatives, 67th Legislature : report of the / Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, Texas House of Representatives, 67th [i.e. 66th] Legislature. | |
Subjects: | County budgets | County government | County sheriffs | Disaster relief | District attorneys | District courts | Emergency management | Extraterritorial jurisdiction | Hospital districts | Indigent health care | Judicial interpretation of legislation | Liability | Municipal utility districts | Municipalities | Natural disasters | Security guards | Sovereign immunity | State Property Tax Board | Tax Assessor Examiners, Board of | Water districts | | |
Library Call Number: | L1836.66 in8 | |
Session: | 66th R.S. (1979) | |
Online version: | View report [78 pages File size: 2,110 kb] | |
Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
1. | Oversight functions shall be conducted for all appropriations-related actions of those agencies assigned to this committee for appropriative purposes during the 66th Regular Session of the Legislature. The agencies include: Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations Texas Assessor Examiners State Property Tax Board (School Tax Assessment Practices Board) | |
2. | Review the legal status and effects of validation acts. | |
3. | Review the status of hospital districts in Texas created by general and special law, including processes of petition, election, funding and administration. | |
4. | Review the particular problems encountered by hospital districts which are required to treat large numbers of indigent patients or districts which support medical schools or teaching hospitals. Make recommendations regarding funding for indigent health care and residency programs. * | |
5. | Review county bidding, contracting and purchasing procedures. | |
6. | Determine the costs to counties caused by the district judicial and administrative system of Texas. | |
7. | Study risk management of elected and appointed officials of local government. | |
8. | Study the legal relationships between utility districts and cities' extraterritorial jurisdiction when the two units overlap. | |
9. | Determine the status of reserve deputy sheriffs in Texas with particular attention to the question of employment and compensation for work involving private security. | |
10. | Evaluate the adequacy of the Texas Disaster Act of 1975 to determine if more state effort is needed to assist local governments in disaster relief, cleanup operations, and evacuation planning and machinery. |
* This represents an abstract of the report contents. Charge text is incomplete or unavailable.
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