COMMITTEE: Local
Government
TIME & DATE: 3:15
PM, Monday, March 17, 2025
PLACE: E1.028
(Hearing Room)
CHAIR: Senator Paul Bettencourt
SB 393 Sparks
Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to issue debt to
purchase or lease tangible personal property.
SB 414 Middleton
Relating to the text of ballot propositions for bond elections.
SB 472 Sparks
Relating to the right of the chief appraiser of an appraisal district, the
appraisal district, or the appraisal review board of the appraisal district
to bring certain claims in an appeal of an order of the appraisal review
board.
SB 578 West
Relating to surveillance cameras for housing developments that receive an
allocation of low income housing tax credits.
SB 617 Schwertner
Relating to hearing and public notice requirements regarding the conversion
by a municipality of certain properties to house homeless individuals.
SB 710 Eckhardt
Relating to the establishment and use of a written electronic communications
system accessible to the public by certain municipal entities.
SB 785 Flores
Relating to the regulation of new HUD-code manufactured housing.
SB 973 Eckhardt
| et al.
Relating to the prohibition on posting on the Internet information held by an
appraisal district regarding certain residential property.
SB 1059 Parker
| et al.
Relating to the authority of the governing body of a home-rule municipality
to submit a proposed charter amendment to the voters for approval if
application of the provisions of the amendment would be contrary to state
law.
SB 1062 Kolkhorst
Relating to the type of newspaper required for publication of public notices.
SB 1352 Hinojosa,
Adam
Relating to the deadline for filing an application for certain ad valorem tax
exemptions or allocations and the calculation of the penalty for filing a
late application for such an exemption or allocation.
SB 1450 Bettencourt
Relating to third-party review of development documents and inspection of
improvements required to be approved by a political subdivision.
SB 1502 Bettencourt
Relating to the authority of the governing body of a school district to adopt
an ad valorem tax rate that exceeds the district’s voter-approval tax rate.
SB 1547 Zaffirini
Relating to fees charged by county clerks for certain property records.
SB 1566 Bettencourt
Relating to connection of utilities by certain entities in certain
subdivisions formerly located in a municipality’s extraterritorial
jurisdiction.
SB 1567 Bettencourt
| et al.
Relating to the authority of home-rule municipalities to regulate the
occupancy of dwelling units.
The committee may also consider pending business.
Public Testimony:
Oral testimony is limited to 2 minutes. If providing
written testimony,
please bring 18 copies with your name on each copy to
E1.028, and send an
electronic copy to ross.leake_sc@senate.texas.gov and
jared.yust_sc@senate.texas.gov. All written testimony
will be distributed
to the Committee Members during or after the hearing.
Those registering a
position only may do so at any Senate kiosk by the end of
the hearing.
·Oral testimony: Please use the kiosks outside in the
extension hallways.
·Oral and written testimony: Please use the kiosks in the
extension
hallways and submit your written testimony to Committee
staff located in
E1.028.
·Position only: Register using the Senate kiosk located
in the extension hallways or by going to http://swrs on
public-capitol. Kiosk registration will open at 12:00 p.m. the morning of the
hearing.
·Written testimony only: If providing written testimony,
please bring 18 copies with your name on each copy to E1.028 and submit to
Committee staff, and submit electronically to ross.leake_sc@senate.texas.gov
and jared.yust_sc@senate.texas.gov.
·All written testimony will be distributed to the
Committee Members during or after the hearing.
For those unable to appear in person, comments may be
provided directly to
each Committee Member, whose contact information can be
found at:
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