Senate Committee on State Affairs
NOTE: This is archived committee information from the 77th Legislative Session.
Committee Information
CHAIR
Florence Shapiro
VICE-CHAIR
Carlos F. Truan
MEMBERS
Kenneth Armbrister
John Carona
Troy Fraser
Mario Gallegos, Jr
Chris Harris
Frank L. Madla
Eliot Shapleigh
CLERK:
Cindy Hodges
TEL:
(512) 463-0380
Video/Audio — Archives
77th Session Interim
- June 20, 2002
- April 29, 2002 — State Affairs: Subcommittee on Native American Affairs
- April 12, 2002 — Hearing in Dallas, TX; audio only.
- January 30, 2002 — State Affairs: Native American Affairs Subcommittee
- January 29, 2002 — Hearing in El Paso, TX; audio only (*audio issues).
- October 29, 2001 — State Affairs: Subcommittee on Native American Affairs
- October 29, 2001
77th Regular Session
- May 11, 2001 (Part 3)
- May 11, 2001 (Part 2)
- May 11, 2001 (Part 1)
- May 10, 2001
- May 9, 2001
- May 8, 2001 — audio only
- May 7, 2001
- May 3, 2001
- April 30, 2001
- April 23, 2001
- April 17, 2001
- April 9, 2001
- April 3, 2001 — audio only
- April 2, 2001
- March 26, 2001
- March 22, 2001
- March 19, 2001
- March 12, 2001
- March 5, 2001
- March 1, 2001
- February 26, 2001
- February 19, 2001
- February 12, 2001
- February 5, 2001
- January 22, 2001
Reports
The following reports are available for download:
- The following items are the Senate Committee on State Affairs Interim Reports to the 78th Legislature:
- Final Report (144 KB, PDF format)
- Appendices (3.7 MB, PDF format)
- Subcommittee on Native Amarican Affairs Report (80 KB, PDF format)
- Subcommittee on Native Amarican Affairs Appendices (228 KB, PDF format)
Interim Charges
- Actively monitor the Texas Department of Transportation's update of the Texas Transportation Plan. The Committee shall assess the plan in terms of how it addresses relevant issues such as transportation funding, traffic congestion, multimodal transportation, rural transportation planning, NAFTA-related traffic, and establishment of acceptable levels of service for mobility. The Committee may make recommendations to improve upon planning procedures used by the Texas Department of Transportation as well as statutory changes necessary to facilitate implementation of the Texas Transportation Plan. The Committee may also recommend solutions to the state's transportation funding shortfall.
- Monitor developments at the federal level relating to the re-authorization of TEA-21and the creation of new innovative transportation financing techniques.
- Evaluate developments related to the commercial trucking industry. This study should include, but not necessarily be limited to, the following: an evaluation of the state's ongoing efforts to enforce truck safety regulations efficiently and fairly; developments at the state and federal levels related to opening our highways to Mexican truck traffic; and the effect of heavy truck traffic on our state and local roadways.
- Examine the need and feasibility for establishing a state agency or commission for Native American affairs. The Committee should determine whether certain issues facing the Native American community are being adequately addressed by existing state agencies. The issues to be examined should include diabetes susceptibility, alcohol abuse prevention, educational opportunities, water rights, land ownership, burial ground disturbance, historical representation, and tax administration.
- The Committee shall review the recently proposed Texas Department of Transportation Access Management Rules and the associated Draft Access Management Manual dated May 30, 2002. In the course of the review, the Committee should examine the public input procedures followed by the Transportation Commission and assess, if possible, the overall effect the proposed policy changes will have on the constituents of the Texas Senate.
