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| The Senate Finance Committee will meet on June 23, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. in |
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| room E1.036 of the Capitol Extension. The Committee will hear invited and |
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| public testimony regarding the Committee's interim charge to |
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| monitor the implementation of legislation addressed by the Senate |
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| Committee on Finance, 81st Legislature, Regular and Called Sessions, and |
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| make recommendations for any legislation needed to improve, enhance, |
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| and/or complete implementation. Specifically, monitor the following: |
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| The Legislative Budget Board effectiveness and efficiency review of |
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| Chapter 313, Tax Code. Consider whether tax provisions provide a net |
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| Monitor ongoing faculty recruitment and retention for Texas nursing |
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| schools, and assess the impact of increased state funds to nursing schools |
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| to increase faculty salaries and add new teaching schools. |
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| Monitor the use of Byrne Grant Border security funds, including whether |
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| additional funds need to be spent on communications interoperability |
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| Monitor the Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) |
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| implementation of SB 643, emergency legislation relating to Texas' state |
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| supported living centers (SSLCs), implementation of Special Provisions |
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| relating to All Health and Human Services Agencies, Section 48, |
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| Contingency Appropriation for the Reshaping of the System for Providing |
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| Services to Individuals with Developmental Disabilities, and |
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| implementation of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) Settlement |
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| Provide effective budget oversight of Texas Department of Transportation's |
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| implementation of Riders 55 and 56, appropriations from State Highway |
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| Fund No. 006 and Proposition 12 General Obligation Bonds for reducing |
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| Monitor the revenue receipts associated with the weight-based tobacco tax. |
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| Monitor the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas grant making |
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| process to ensure that funds are spent efficiently and effectively. |
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| Monitor the expenditure of federal American Resource and Recovery Act |
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| funds. Review the extent to which federal stimulus funds affected each |
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| agency's ability to meet or surpass its Performance Measure Targets. |
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| Consider the effect that delays in federal approvals have had on funding |
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| for public education and weatherization programs. |
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| Those wishing to give public testimony, please limit prepared remarks to 3 |
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| minutes. If submitting written testimony, please provide 25 copies, with |
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| your name on each copy, to the Committee during the hearing. |
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