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| The Senate Intergovernmental Relations Committee will meet on Tuesday, |
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| April 6, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. at Texas Southern University, Mickey Leland |
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| Barbara Jordan School of Public Affairs, Lecture Hall 114, located at 3802 |
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| Tierwester, Houston, TX 77004 (at the corner of Tierwester St and Cleburne |
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| St). The Committee will hear invited and public testimony on the |
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| following interim charges: |
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| Monitor the proliferation of municipal utility districts (MUDs) outside |
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| the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of municipalities |
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| and whether increased oversight of these districts by other political |
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| subdivisions is needed. Review the process for the creation of municipal |
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| utility districts (MUDs) through the template developed during the 81st |
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| Legislative Session, including any changes needed to increase the |
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| efficiency and oversight over the creation of proposed districts. Review |
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| the process for creating special districts, including whether the creation |
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| of a template, similar to the one created for municipal utility districts |
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| (MUDs), is feasible and would enable the legislature to more effectively |
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| evaluate other proposed special districts during future Sessions. |
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| Assess ways to facilitate property ownership registration to better enable |
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| individuals to participate in federal programs and make recommendations |
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| to improve processing times to provide improved access to funds. |
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| Review the statutory authority granted to municipal management districts |
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| (MMDs) and to emergency service districts (ESDs), the authority of |
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| municipalities and counties to create public improvement districts (PIDs). |
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| Determine whether the authority granted for each entity is adequate to |
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| accomplish the goals of local governments. Assess whether the |
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| consolidation of ESDs under one statute would improve uniformity and |
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| provision of fire and emergency services through these districts. |
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| *Public Testimony will be limited to 3 minutes. |
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