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Spring 2017 Vol. 6, No. 3 General Editor Lynne Liberato Executive Editor David Furlow
Spring 2017 Vol. 6, No. 3 General Editor Lynne Liberato Executive Editor David Furlow Columns Lead Articles Message from the President The Role of Juries in Libel Litigation A 21st Century Clash with Prohibition: By Macey Reasoner Stokes under the Texas Constitution The First Amendment Meets Texas’s Since my last By Chip Babcock message, there have Arcane Alcohol Laws The Texas Declaration been a number of By Peter D. Kennedy of Independence developments I would For almost two hundred contained a complaint like to share with you. years, the Constitution that there had been a Read more... did not protect your Macey Reasoner denial of the right to right to true information Stokes jury. Read more... Chip Babcock about products for Executive Director’s Page sale—like a well-made beer. Read more... Peter D. Kennedy By Pat Nester In my quest to entice Don’t Mess with the you to attend the First Amendment in Texas Texas State Historical By Alicia Wagner Calzada When LBJ Got His Way: The Making Association Annual Texas has some of the of a Texas Federal Judge, 1959 Meeting, here are some nation’s strongest laws By Stephen Pate nuggets from the March protecting the rights of Pat Nester In 1959 a powerful 2 –4 event. Read more... a free press and free Senator stalled all speech. But it was not pending judicial always this way. Alicia Wagner nominations until his Read more... Fellows Column Calzada preferred candidate By David J. Beck was nominated by the Our acclaimed judicial President. Read more... Stephen Pate civics and history book Free Speech and Prior Restraint in Taming Texas: How Law and Order Came Texas, with Some Help from Hollywood to the Lone Star State, By JT Morris continues to be taught Despite the renown in schools throughout David J. -
Policy Report Texas Fact Book 2010
Texas Fact Book 2010 Legislative Budget Board LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD EIGHTY-FIRST TEXAS LEGISLATURE 2009 – 2010 DAVID DEWHURST, JOINT CHAIR Lieutenant Governor JOE STRAUS, JOINT CHAIR Representative District 121, San Antonio Speaker of the House of Representatives STEVE OGDEN Senatorial District 5, Bryan Chair, Senate Committee on Finance ROBERT DUNCAN Senatorial District 28, Lubbock JOHN WHITMIRE Senatorial District 15, Houston JUDITH ZAFFIRINI Senatorial District 21, Laredo JIM PITTS Representative District 10, Waxahachie Chair, House Committee on Appropriations RENE OLIVEIRA Representative District 37, Brownsville Chair, House Committee on Ways and Means DAN BRANCH Representative District 108, Dallas SYLVESTER TURNER Representative District 139, Houston JOHN O’Brien, Director COVER PHOTO COURTESY OF HOUSE PHOTOGRAPHY CONTENTS STATE GOVERNMENT STATEWIDE ELECTED OFFICIALS . 1 MEMBERS OF THE EIGHTY-FIRST TEXAS LEGISLATURE . 3 The Senate . 3 The House of Representatives . 4 SENATE STANDING COMMITTEES . 8 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES STANDING COMMITTEES . 10 BASIC STEPS IN THE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE PROCESS . 14 TEXAS AT A GLANCE GOVERNORS OF TEXAS . 15 HOW TEXAS RANKS Agriculture . 17 Crime and Law Enforcement . 17 Defense . 18 Economy . 18 Education . 18 Employment and Labor . 19 Environment and Energy . 19 Federal Government Finance . 20 Geography . 20 Health . 20 Housing . 21 Population . 21 Science and Technology . 22 Social Welfare . 22 State and Local Government Finance . 22 Transportation . 23 Border Facts . 24 STATE HOLIDAYS, 2010 . 25 STATE SYMBOLS . 25 POPULATION Texas Population Compared with the U .s . 26 Texas and the U .s . Annual Population Growth Rates . 27 Resident Population, 15 Most Populous States . 28 Percentage Change in Population, 15 Most Populous States . 28 Texas Resident Population, by Age Group . -
20070730 TDHCA Board of Directors Meeting Transcript
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS BOARD MEETING Capital Extension Auditorium State Capital 1500 N. Congress Avenue Austin, Texas July 30, 2007 9:30 a.m. MEMBERS: ELIZABETH ANDERSON, Chair C. KENT CONINE, Vice Chair SHADRICK BOGANY SONNY FLORES NORBERTO SALINAS GLORIA RAY ON THE RECORD REPORTING (512) 450-0342 A G E N D A PAGE CALL TO ORDER, ROLL CALL 6 CERTIFICATION OF QUORUM PUBLIC COMMENT 7 CONSENT AGENDA 37 ITEM 1: Approval of the following items presented in the Board materials: General Administration: 37 a) Minutes of the Board Meeting of June 28, 2007 Disaster Recovery Division 37 b) Presentation, Discussion and Possible Approval of requests for Amendments to CDBG contracts administered by Office of Rural Community Affairs (ORCA) Multifamily Finance Division 37 c) Presentation, Discussion and Possible Action for Housing Tax Credit Extensions (if recommended) d) Presentation, Discussion and Possible 38 Issuance of Determination Notices for Housing Tax Credits Associated with Mortgage Revenue Bond Transactions with other issuers HOME Division 41 e) Presentation, Discussion and Possible Approval of a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for approximately $10,000,000 utilizing unawarded and deobligated HOME funds for the HOME Rental Housing Development (RHD) Program f) Presentation, Discussion and Possible 50 Approval of a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for approximately $6,000,000 utilizing unawarded and deobligated HOME CHDO funds for the HOME Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO) Rental Housing -
82Nd Leg Members
Representative Party District Phone Number Jose Aliseda R HD35 512-463-0645 Alma Allen D HD131 512-463-0744 Roberto Alonzo D HD104 512-463-0408 Carol Alvarado D HD145 512-463-0732 Rafael Anchia D HD103 512-463-0746 Charles (Doc) Anderson R HD56 512-463-0135 Rodney Anderson R HD106 512-463-0694 Jimmie Don Aycock R HD54 512-463-0684 Marva Beck R HD57 512-463-0508 Leo Berman R HD6 512-463-0584 Dwayne Bohac R HD138 512-463-0727 Dennis Bonnen R HD25 512-463-0564 Dan Branch R HD108 512-463-0367 Fred Brown R HD14 512-463-0698 Cindy Burkett R HD101 512-463-0464 Lon Burnam D HD90 512-463-0740 Angie Chen Button R HD112 512-463-0486 Erwin Cain R HD3 512-463-0650 Bill Callegari R HD132 512-463-0528 Stefani Carter R HD102 512-463-0454 Joaquin Castro D HD125 512-463-0669 Warren Chisum R HD88 512-463-0736 Wayne Christian R HD9 512-463-0556 Garnet Coleman D HD147 512-463-0524 Byron Cook R HD8 512-463-0730 Tom Craddick R HD82 512-463-0500 Brandon Creighton R HD16 512-463-0726 Myra Crownover R HD64 512-463-0582 Drew Darby R HD72 512-463-0331 John Davis R HD129 512-463-0734 Sarah Davis R HD134 512-463-0389 Yvonne Davis D HD111 512-463-0598 Joe Deshotel D HD22 512-463-0662 Joe Driver R HD113 512-463-0574 Dawnna Dukes D HD46 512-463-0506 Harold Dutton D HD142 512-463-0510 Craig Eiland D HD23 512-463-0502 Rob Eissler R HD15 512-463-0797 Gary Elkins R HD135 512-463-0722 Joe Farias D HD118 512-463-0714 Jessica Farrar D HD148 512-463-0620 Allen Fletcher R HD130 512-463-0661 Sergio Munoz, Jr. -
District 16 District 142 Brandon Creighton Harold Dutton Room EXT E1.412 Room CAP 3N.5 P.O
Elected Officials in District E Texas House District 16 District 142 Brandon Creighton Harold Dutton Room EXT E1.412 Room CAP 3N.5 P.O. Box 2910 P.O. Box 2910 Austin, TX 78768 Austin, TX 78768 (512) 463-0726 (512) 463-0510 (512) 463-8428 Fax (512) 463-8333 Fax 326 ½ N. Main St. 8799 N. Loop East Suite 110 Suite 305 Conroe, TX 77301 Houston, TX 77029 (936) 539-0028 (713) 692-9192 (936) 539-0068 Fax (713) 692-6791 Fax District 127 District 143 Joe Crab Ana Hernandez Room 1W.5, Capitol Building Room E1.220, Capitol Extension Austin, TX 78701 Austin, TX 78701 (512) 463-0520 (512) 463-0614 (512) 463-5896 Fax 1233 Mercury Drive 1110 Kingwood Drive, #200 Houston, TX 77029 Kingwood, TX 77339 (713) 675-8596 (281) 359-1270 (713) 675-8599 Fax (281) 359-1272 Fax District 144 District 129 Ken Legler John Davis Room E2.304, Capitol Extension Room 4S.4, Capitol Building Austin, TX 78701 Austin, TX 78701 (512) 463-0460 (512) 463-0734 (512) 463-0763 Fax (512) 479-6955 Fax 1109 Fairmont Parkway 1350 NASA Pkwy, #212 Pasadena, 77504 Houston, TX 77058 (281) 487-8818 (281) 333-1350 (713) 944-1084 (281) 335-9101 Fax District 145 District 141 Carol Alvarado Senfronia Thompson Room EXT E2.820 Room CAP 3S.06 P.O. Box 2910 P.O. Box 2910 Austin, TX 78768 Austin, TX 78768 (512) 463-0732 (512) 463-0720 (512) 463-4781 Fax (512) 463-6306 Fax 8145 Park Place, Suite 100 10527 Homestead Road Houston, TX 77017 Houston, TX (713) 633-3390 (713) 649-6563 (713) 649-6454 Fax Elected Officials in District E Texas Senate District 147 2205 Clinton Dr. -
Subcommittee Assignments
H OUSE A PPROPRIATIONS C OMMITTEE TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES P.O. BOX 2910 • AUSTIN, TEXAS 78768-2910 GREG BONNEN CAMERON COCKE CHAIR COMMITTEE DIRECTOR MARY GONZÁLEZ Room E1.032 VICE CHAIR 512-463-1091 TO: MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE FROM: REPRESENTATIVE GREG BONNEN, M.D., CHAIRMAN DATE: FEBRUARY 18, 2021 RE: SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS Members, Due to inclement weather, the House Appropriations Committee will not convene for the previously posted hearing on Thursday, February 18, 2021. Pursuant to Rule 4, Sections 43 and 44, each committee may conduct its business through the use of subcommittees as determined by the chair, who shall appoint the membership of each subcommittee. Therefore, contingent upon entry of subcommittee appointments into the committee record, I create the following subcommittees and name the following chairs and members of each subcommittee: Subcommittee on Articles I, IV, and V Representative Mary González, CHAIR Representative Matt Schaefer, VICE CHAIR Representative Trent Ashby Representative Justin Holland Representative Carl Sherman Subcommittee on Article II Representative Giovanni Capriglione, CHAIR Representative Toni Rose, VICE CHAIR Representative Donna Howard Representative John Raney Representative Jay Dean Representative Julie Johnson Representative Gary Gates Representative Ann Johnson Subcommittee on Article III Representative Terry Wilson, CHAIR Representative Erin Zwiener, VICE CHAIR Representative Geanie Morrison Representative Gene Wu Representative Gary VanDeaver Representative -
The Big Freeze I Am Glad to See Warmer Weather No Way for the County to Continue Normal Operations Has Returned to Tarrant County
March 2021 County News Update Volume 4 No. 1 The Big Freeze I am glad to see warmer weather no way for the County to continue normal operations has returned to Tarrant County. It under such extenuating circumstances. I am glad to has been a while since we have say the county was only closed for one week in or- seen temperatures that cold. der for us to address critical repairs needed for us to While I believe locally we did all operate. within our power to keep folks Of particular note, our Juvenile Detention Center safe and warm, there were many experienced a litany of challenges. From heating Tarrant County Judge shortcomings statewide which units failing to a water main break which caused a B. Glen Whitley could have and should have been water pressure loss to the entire facility, our staff avoided. I, like many of you, went days without responded well to the situation and worked tirelessly power at a time when we needed it the most to keep along with the City of Fort Worth to restore services our homes warm and our water flowing. Equally as as quickly as possible to those under our care. frustrating was sitting on hold to schedule an ap- pointment with a plumber to fix ruptured pipes. This is something that no Texan should ever have to experience. While the finger pointing continues in Austin, Tar- rant County and its facilities continue to recover. I would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to all of the first responders who braved these winter storms to minimize what could have been an even more catastrophic event. -
Select Committee on Judicial Interpretation Of
TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SELECT COMMITTEE ON JUDICIAL INTERPRETATIONS OF LAW INTERIM REPORT TO THE 77TH TEXAS LEGISLATURE FRED M. BOSSE Chairman Committee Clerk CRAIG P. CHICK Committee On Select Committee on Judicial Interpretations of Law December 5, 2000 Fred M. Bosse P.O. Box 2910 Chairman Austin, Texas 78768-2910 The Honorable James E. "Pete" Laney Speaker, Texas House of Representatives Members of the Texas House of Representatives Texas State Capitol, Rm. 2W.13 Austin, Texas 78701 Dear Mr. Speaker and Fellow Members: The Select Committee on Judicial Interpretations of Law of the Seventy-Sixth Legislature hereby submits its interim report including recommendations for consideration by the Seventy-Seventh Legislature. Respectfully submitted, Fred M. Bosse, Chairman Jim Dunnam Toby Goodman Patricia Gray Peggy Hamric Juan Hinojosa Todd Smith Members: Jim Dunnam; Toby Goodman; Patricia Gray; Peggy Hamric; Juan Hinojosa; Todd Smith; and Burt Solomons Burt Solomons TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ...................................................................ii Review of Identified Appellate Court Decisions .........................................2 I. Decisions Clearly Failing to Properly Implement Legislative Purposed ..........3 II. Decisions Finding Two or More Statutes to be in Conflict ..................5 III. Decisions Holding a Statute Unconstitutional ..........................15 IV. Decisions Expressly Finding a Statute to be Ambiguous ..................19 V. Decisions Expressly Suggesting Legislative Action .......................34 -
Constitutional Amendments Proposed for the November 2021 Ballot
August 18, 2021 No. 87-3 FOCUS report Constitutional amendments proposed for the November 2021 ballot Texas voters have approved 507 amendments to the state Constitution since its adoption in 1876, according to the Legislative Reference Library. Eight more proposed amendments will be submitted for voter approval at the general election on Tuesday, November 2, 2021. The following report contains an explanation of the process by which constitutional amendments are adopted and information on the proposed 2021 amendments, including a background, analysis, and arguments for and against each proposal. Amending the Texas Constitution ............................................................................................................ 2 Previous election results ............................................................................................................................ 4 Proposition 1: Authorizing the Legislature to permit charitable raffles at rodeo events .............................. 5 Proposition 2: Authorizing counties to issue debt backed by property tax increment ................................ 7 Proposition 3: Constitutionally prohibiting state limits on religious services ............................................. 9 Proposition 4: Changing eligibility requirements for appellate and district judges .................................. 11 Proposition 5: Permitting SCJC to accept complaints on all candidates for judicial office ...................... 13 Proposition 6: Creating right of long-term care residents -
April 29, 2020 the Honorable Greg Abbott Governor of Texas P.O. Box
April 29, 2020 The Honorable Greg Abbott Governor of Texas P.O. Box 12428 Austin, TX 78711 Delivered via Email Dear Governor Abbott: Long-term care facilities like nursing homes, state supported living centers, and group homes are now the epicenters of the COVID-19 pandemic. While media outlets have rightly focused on the deaths in nursing homes across the country, people with disabilities and older adults face increased risks in all institutional and congregate settings. Like nursing homes, there have been similar outbreaks and deaths in our state supported living centers, state hospitals, and group homes. Our state government can and must do more to protect our most vulnerable Texans. That is why we respectfully request the following critical measures to defend our elderly Texans, Texans with disabilities, and the Texans on the frontline serving these communities. • Immediate additional funding through an emergency Texas Medicaid rate increase for long-term and intermediate care facilities to help cover increased costs for direct-care staff wages and personal protective equipment (PPE); • Greater transparency in the reporting of COVID-19 deaths and cases in nursing home facilities, state supported living centers, state hospitals, and group homes; • Mandatory available COVID-19 testing for every employee and resident of a nursing home facility, state supported living centers, state hospitals, or group home in Texas. Thank you for your consideration of our request, and ensuring Texas protects our most vulnerable. Please do not hesitate -
Licensing and Administrative Procedures
Interim Report to the 87 th Texas Legislature House Committee on Licensing and Administrative Procedures January 2021 HOUSE COMMITTEE ON LICENSING AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES INTERIM REPORT 2020 A REPORT TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 87TH TEXAS LEGISLATURE TRACY O. KING CHAIRMAN COMMITTEE CLERK SAM BACARISSE Committee On Licensing and Administrative Procedures January 7, 2021 Tracy O. King P.O. Box 2910 Chairman Austin, Texas 78768-2910 The Honorable Dennis Bonnen Speaker, Texas House of Representatives Members of the Texas House of Representatives Texas State Capitol, Rm. 2W.13 Austin, Texas 78701 Dear Mr. Speaker and Fellow Members: The Committee on Licensing and Administrative Procedures of the Eighty-sixth Legislature hereby submits its interim report including recommendations and drafted legislation for consideration by the Eighty-seventh Legislature. Respectfully submitted, _______________________ Tracy O. King _______________________ _______________________ Craig Goldman Charlie Geren _______________________ _______________________ Ryan Guillen Sam Harless _______________________ _______________________ Ana Hernandez Abel Herrero _______________________ _______________________ Ken King John Kuempel _______________________ _______________________ Chris Paddie Senfronia Thompson Craig Goldman Vice-Chairman Members: Charlie Geren, Ryan Guillen, Sam Harless, Ana Hernandez, Abel Herrero, Ken King, John Kuempel, Chris Paddie, Senfronia Thompson Craig Goldman Vice-Chairman Members: Charlie Geren, Ryan -
Nobel Endeavors in Immunology Introducing Dr
SPRING 2012 A PUBLICATION OF SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL FOUNDATION Nobel Endeavors in Immunology Introducing Dr. Bruce Beutler, UT Southwestern’s fifth Nobel Laureate, and the new Center for the Genetics of Host Defense Southwestern Medical Foundation Board of Trustees 2011-2012 Edward M. Ackerman Joe M. Haggar, III Richard R. Pollock Sara Melnick Albert Nancy S. Halbreich Caren H. Prothro The Heritage Society Rafael M. Anchia LaQuita C. Hall Carolyn Perot Rathjen OF SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL FOUNDATION Table of Contents Charlotte Jones Anderson Paul W. Harris* Mike Rawlings table of contents Barry G. Andrews Linda W. Hart Jean W. Roach Joyce T. Alban Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. McCullough Marilyn H. Augur Joe V. (Jody) Hawn, Jr. Linda Robuck Mr. and Mrs. James R. Alexander Christopher F. McGratty Robert D. Rogers Ralph W. Babb, Jr. Jess T. Hay Anonymous (11) Carmen Crews McCracken McMillan Editor Doris L. Bass Frederick B. Hegi, Jr. Catherine M. Rose George A. Atnip# Ferd C. and Carole W. Meyer Nobel Endeavors in Immunology Peter Beck Jeffrey M. Heller* Billy Rosenthal Marilyn Augur* William R. and Anne E. Montgomery Heidi Harris Cannella The threads of Dr. Bruce Beutler’s scientific 3 # Jill C. Bee Julie K. Hersh Lizzie Horchow Routman* Paul M. Bass* Kay Y. Moran career are inextricably woven into the fabric of W. Robert Beavers, M.D. Barbara and Robert Munford Gil J. Besing Thomas O. Hicks Robert B. Rowling* Creative Director UT Southwestern’s history. From intern to mid-career Drs. Paul R. and Robert H. Munger# Jan Hart Black Sally S. Hoglund Stephen H.