The Legislature's part-time status doesn’t stop lawmakers in Austin from working in the off-years, State Sen. Jeff Wentworth notes in a Wednesday column in the San Antonio Express-News.
Committees still take seats in conference rooms at the State Capitol, witnesses testify and experts are heard. The only difference is the immediacy factor; what lawmakers hear will not result in a bill within months. But they will keep in mind what they hear for next session.
On Tuesday, the senate’s business and commerce committee will meet and receive updates from the Texas Department of Insurance and the Public Utility Commission. Follow on Twitter with the hashtag #BandC.
The schedule for hearings can be found at the Texas Legislature website. Here’s another good source for hearing schedules.
Wentworth, R-San Antonio, notes that “meeting notices will state whether or not the meeting is open to public testimony. Regardless, the meetings are always open to the public, and I invite you to attend.”
One more bit of fun for those looking forward; the Sunset Commission, which can recommended shuttering an agency if it isn’t performing up to snuff, has a list of agencies it will consider in the next session, which starts in January 2013.
These agencies are starting their self-justification campaigns with self-evaluations, which are posted here.
Nestled among the goodies here is the acknowledgement by the Texas Commission on the Arts that it currently has “more Commissioners than staff.”
On Tuesday, the senate’s business and commerce committee will meet and receive updates from the Texas Department of Insurance and the Public Utility Commission. Follow on Twitter with the hashtag #BandC.
The schedule for hearings can be found at the Texas Legislature website. Here’s another good source for hearing schedules.
Wentworth, R-San Antonio, notes that “meeting notices will state whether or not the meeting is open to public testimony. Regardless, the meetings are always open to the public, and I invite you to attend.”
One more bit of fun for those looking forward; the Sunset Commission, which can recommended shuttering an agency if it isn’t performing up to snuff, has a list of agencies it will consider in the next session, which starts in January 2013.
These agencies are starting their self-justification campaigns with self-evaluations, which are posted here.
Nestled among the goodies here is the acknowledgement by the Texas Commission on the Arts that it currently has “more Commissioners than staff.”
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