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88_R | HB 1376 | Read Bill | Lozano, Jose (R) | Failed: Referred to Public Education | 2023.03.03 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the use of average enrollment for purposes of the public school finance system. | Retains current language - 1/4 page legal notice Same as HB 31, HB 2841 and SB 263 |
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88_R | SB 985 | Read Bill | Paxton, Angela (R) | Failed: Referred to Local Government Committee | 2023.03.03 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the method of providing notice for certain municipal zoning changes. | Reid’s input: It looks like SB 985 does eliminate some newspaper notice regarding zoning changes. As Mike pointed out, this notice is currently required when a zoning change occurs within 200 feet of annexed property that doesn’t appear on a municipality’s tax roll. Instead of newspaper notice, a municipality could just send written notice to the most recent address on the tax roll. I’m not sure how often that comes into play. This bill does not change the underlying newspaper notice requirement for zoning regulations and district boundaries in Sec. 211.006(a): Sec. 211.006. PROCEDURES GOVERNING ADOPTION OF ZONING REGULATIONS AND DISTRICT BOUNDARIES. (a) The governing body of a municipality wishing to exercise the authority relating to zoning regulations and zoning district boundaries shall establish procedures for adopting and enforcing the regulations and boundaries. A regulation or boundary is not effective until after a public hearing on the matter at which parties in interest and citizens have an opportunity to be heard. Before the 15th day before the date of the hearing, notice of the time and place of the hearing must be published in an official newspaper or a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality. There is already some leeway given to municipalities in Sec. 211.007, regarding the manner of public notice when a zoning commission is involved: (d) The governing body of a home-rule municipality may, by a two-thirds vote, prescribe the type of notice to be given of the time and place of a public hearing held jointly by the governing body and the zoning commission. If notice requirements are prescribed under this subsection, the notice requirements prescribed by Subsections (b) and (c) and by Section 211.006(a) do not apply. |
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88_R | HB 1566 | Read Bill | Allison, Steve (R) | Failed: Referred to Ways & Means | 2023.03.03 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the ad valorem taxation of residential real property. | Current language retains existing 1/4-page notice provision |
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88_R | SB 1067 | Read Bill | Middleton, Mayes (F) (R) | Failed: Referred to Criminal Justice | 2023.03.03 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the consideration of certain information by a parole panel in determining whether to release an inmate on parole. | Contains new newspaper notice language. Watch for amendments Companion is HB 2805 |
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88_R | HB 1609 | Read Bill | Shine, Hugh (R) | Failed: Referred to Ways & Means | 2023.03.07 | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the electronic delivery of certain communications required or permitted under the Property Tax Code. | Need to monitor. Companion is SB 1487 by Bettencourt Donnis: On its face, it appears to be simply a measure to give individual taxpayers a right to choose electronic communications with the tax office rather than written communication. I wonder, though, if the wording is loose enough to encourage a rogue tax official to maintain that it provides cover for using e-notices rather than public notices in a newspaper. Reid's response: I see your concern here, but I think it would be very difficult to argue that public notice falls under these provisions. The bill defines “communication” as something “required or permitted to be delivered” to a property owner. That “delivered” language appears several times throughout the bill. I suppose a rogue official could argue that a newspaper (containing public notices) gets delivered, but I think that would be a real stretch, since public notice is typically discussed in the context of publication, not delivery. And certainly not in the context of delivery to an individual, who could choose to receive that delivery electronically.
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88_R | HB 1720 | Read Bill | Raymond, Richard (D) | Failed: Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety | 2023.03.07 | Open Records | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the dissemination of criminal history record information by the Department of Public Safety concerning certain intoxication offenses. | Nondisclosure intoxication record |
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88_R | HB 1719 | Read Bill | Raymond, Richard (D) | Failed: Referred to State Affairs | 2023.03.07 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to local option elections to legalize or prohibit the operation of eight-liners. | Local elections to legalize 8-liners, requires newspaper notice |
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88_R | HB 3881 | Read Bill | Bell, Cecil (R) | Failed: Reported from committee as substituted | 2023.03.09 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to board of directors meeting locations of certain rural area water districts. | Contains newspaper notice - monitor |
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88_R | SB 1116 | Read Bill | Perry, Charles (R) | Failed: Referred to Local Government | 2023.03.09 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the election of the board of directors of the Terry Memorial Hospital District. | Current language retains existing newspaper notice provisions |
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88_R | HB 2220 | Read Bill | Harrison, Brian (R) | Failed: Referred to Ways & Means | 2023.03.09 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the calculation of certain ad valorem tax rates of a taxing unit and the manner in which a proposed ad valorem tax rate that exceeds the voter-approval tax rate is approved. | Per Reid Pillifant: HB 220 Tweaks the text of the notice that’s required, but doesn’t alter where notice appears. Worth monitoring |
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88_R | HB 2221 | Read Bill | Harrison, Brian (R) | Failed: Referred to Ways & Means | 2023.03.09 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the vote required in an election to approve an ad valorem tax rate that exceeds a taxing unit's voter-approval tax rate. | Per Reid Pillifant: HB 2221 just changes the percentage required to approve a tax rate (from a majority to 60 percent). Suggests we monitor. |
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88_R | HB 2666 | Read Bill | Campos, Liz (D) | Failed: Referred to Ways & Means | 2023.03.13 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that a school district may impose on the residence homestead of an individual and the surviving spouse. | Current language retains existing 1/4-page notice provisions |
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88_R | HB 2519 | Read Bill | Thompson, Senfronia (D) | Failed: Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety | 2023.03.13 | Open Records | Monitor | 3 | Relating to law enforcement misconduct and law enforcement interactions with certain detained or arrested individuals and other members of the public, to public entity liability. | Pro-transparency section, but for the most part this will be seen as an anti-law enforcement bill. We shouldn't be associated with it. Let's monitor. |
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88_R | HB 2475 | Read Bill | Hunter, Todd (R) | See SB 1032 by Kolkhorst (Passed) | 2023.03.13 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to oyster certificates of location and the closure of oyster beds. | A Todd Hunter bill that ELIMINATES a newspaper notice in favor of placing a news release on a governmental agency’s website. Need to take up the issue with him - could be a drafting mistake. Companion is SB 1032 by Kolkhorst. Talk to her after Hunter. 2/28: Per Hunter’s suggestion Donnis spoke with David Eichler with TPWD and he’s fine with a committee sub on HB 2475 maintaining the existing newspaper notice requirement AND the press release they wanted to add on oyster bed closures. Eichler is going to notify Kolkhorst’s office. We will continue to monitor. |
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88_R | HB 2457 | Read Bill | Lozano, Jose (R) | Failed: Referred to Urban Affairs | 2023.03.13 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to notice requirements for certain municipal fees and the process to adopt a municipal budget that includes the use of revenue from those fees. | Go see author and see if we can add Newspaper Notice to the bill. Note that he is calling for a website notice with email notification which our statewide site can provide. |
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88_R | HB 3334 | Read Bill | Canales, Terry (D) | Failed: Referred to State Affairs | 2023.03.14 | Open Records | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the collection and disclosure of certain public information. | This bill would increase access to public information by eliminating some of the privileges that currently allow for withholding. The “basic information” piece would make clear that basic information about an incident (which the press has a right to) is not limited to just arrests and crimes, but would apply to incidents that don’t necessarily result in an arrest. The last section regarding “video” would ensure that audio recordings aren’t subject to the stricter standards for releasing body cams. Companion is SB 1658 by Chuy Hinojosa |
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88_R | hb 2911 | Read Bill | Metcalf, Will (R) | Failed: Referred to Natural Resources | 2023.03.14 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to approval by voters prior to the issuance of revenue bonds by the San Jacinto River Authority. | Refiled from last session (HB 4576). Adds a newspaper notice. |
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88_R | HB 3117 | Read Bill | Morales, Eddie (D) | Failed: Referred to State Affairs | 2023.03.14 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the type of newspaper required for the publication of notices by governmental entities or representatives in certain counties. | Trying to get notices into the Eagle Pass newspaper. Amends Gov't Code 2051.0441, counties with no newspaper. Allows local government to name newspaper of record. Same bill was filed last session, but didn’t get a hearing. 3/15/23: Discussed HB 3117, a bill to fix the problem with Eagle Pass and Maverick County notices having to run in San Antonio Express-News, 140 miles away. The bill could present unintended consequences. We suggested they amend the bill to the language that Fannin County used to carve out an exception. Aaron will contact Leg. Council to see about amending. Yvonne will be our contact 512-463-2910. 3/21 Follow up with Yvonne, She is waiting on Leg. Council for committee substitute. Chief of Staff Aaron Gibson requested a carve out like Fannin County has. |
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88_R | HB 2863 | Read Bill | Leo-Wilson, Terri (F) (R) | Failed: Referred to State Affairs | 2023.03.14 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to publication of certain notices on the Internet website of a newspaper. | 3/5/23 We met with Saul Mendoza in Leo-Wilson’s office. Reminded him of our previous meeting regarding HB 2863 and that he was supposed to encourage Leo-Wilson to visit with Hunter about the statewide notice bill (HB 2178). |
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88_R | HB 2841 | Read Bill | Rogers, Glenn (R) | Failed: Referred to Public Education | 2023.03.14 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the use of average enrollment for purposes of the public school finance system. | Retains current language - 1/4 page legal notice Same as HB 31, HB 1376, and SB 263 |