Stayed tuned for the final legislative report from the 83rd Regular Session.
Urban Counties Chairman Eddie Arnold created several special committees to study areas of interest to counties:
Roads & Transportation Committee (will review local option funding, overweight or damage causing vehicles, diversions, etc.); Indigent Health Care Committee (will review indigent health care funding, Medicaid 1115 waiver and other reforms); Courts & Jails Committee (will review criminal justice related cost drivers); Mental Health Committee (will review mental health care availability and funding, and its impact on jails); Water Committee (will review water policy issues and drought issues); and Growth in Unincorporated Areas Committee (will review the substantial growth in demand for services in unincorporated areas).
Roads & Transportation Committee (will review local option funding, overweight or damage causing vehicles, diversions, etc.);
Indigent Health Care Committee (will review indigent health care funding, Medicaid 1115 waiver and other reforms);
Courts & Jails Committee (will review criminal justice related cost drivers);
Mental Health Committee (will review mental health care availability and funding, and its impact on jails);
Water Committee (will review water policy issues and drought issues); and
Growth in Unincorporated Areas Committee (will review the substantial growth in demand for services in unincorporated areas).
For more information on the special committees and how to participate, please contact Michael at 512/476-6174 or via email.
The County Associations Letter on Eminent Domain is located here.
The final legislative report from the 82nd Legislative Session located here.
The next Urban Counties Membership Luncheon will be held on August 14, 2013 at the Austin Sheraton Hotel at 701 East 11th Street in Downtown Austin, Texas.
The 2012 Education and Policy Conference was a great success. Thank you to all who participated!
