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March 31, 2020|
Legislative News
TAC staff joined county officials from Texas and from across the country in attending the 2020 National Association of Counties' Legislative Conference this month in Washington, DC.
March 31, 2020|
Legislative News
TAC has highlighted recent Attorney General Opinions and Requests for Opinions of interest to counties.
February 24, 2020|
Legislative News
Work on the 2020 Unfunded Mandates (UFM) Survey is about to begin. In coordination with the Texas Association of County Auditors, the County Treasurers' Association of Texas, the County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas and the Conference of Urban Counties, TAC is reviewing the 2018 UFM survey in preparation for the start of the 2020 survey.
February 24, 2020|
Legislative News
The first of nine educational events on Texas Senate Bill 2 implementation kicked off on Feb. 11 in College Station. The series, organized by the Texas Association of Counties (TAC), is taught by elected officials and includes four different sessions.
February 24, 2020|
Legislative News
The biennial Texas Association of Counties (TAC) Salary Survey is in progress. We sent the survey out on Jan. 21 to collect salary information on all elected county offices and appointed county auditors.
February 24, 2020|
Legislative News
On Feb. 5, 2020, the House Ways and Means Committee held a legislative hearing to discuss the following interim charge.
February 24, 2020|
Legislative News
The Texas biennial appropriations bill is the one piece of legislation that the Legislature must enact before the end of a legislative session or come back during a special session to complete.
February 24, 2020|
Legislative News
Fee collections from the Low-Income Vehicle Repair Assistance, Retrofit, and Accelerated Vehicle Retirement Program (LIRAP), also known as the AirCheckTexas program, totaling an estimated $151.2 million as of January 2020, are being held by the state instead of being returned to counties.
February 24, 2020|
Legislative News
Registration is now open for the Texas Association of Counties' (TAC) cybersecurity training course that is certified by the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR).
February 24, 2020|
Legislative News
The beautiful Piney Woods of deep East Texas was the setting for a recent Luncheon with Legislators event in Kennard with State Rep. Trent Ashby (R-Lufkin). Houston County Judge Jim Lovell hosted the luncheon at Larry Bruce Gardens and welcomed more than 35 county officials from five of the counties in House District 57.
February 24, 2020|
Legislative News
On Dec. 20, 2019, the federal government appropriated $425 million in Help America Vote Act (HAVA) grant funds to states through the U.S. Election Assistance Commission to improve administration of elections, enhance technology and make election security improvements.
February 24, 2020|
Legislative News
On Jan. 15, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) commissioners approved the publication of proposed rule revisions to 30 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) Chapter 344, Landscape Irrigation.
February 24, 2020|
Legislative News
TAC has highlighted recent Attorney General Opinions and Requests for Opinions of interest to counties.
January 28, 2020|
Legislative News
Effective Sept. 1, 2019, the funding formula for the County Transportation Infrastructure Fund (TIF) program changed to clarify distributions.
January 28, 2020|
Legislative News
Legislators passed many high priority emergency management bills to address preparedness as well as recovery and response, including bills that withdraw billions from the Rainy Day Fund and that will help secure billions more from federal recovery and flood mitigation dollars.
January 28, 2020|
Legislative News
We mailed survey forms for the 2020 TAC Salary Survey during the week of Jan. 21. We will mail printed copies of the report to the responding offices once we receive salary information from at least 240 counties and county judges in the responding counties will receive a courtesy copy of the report.
January 28, 2020|
Legislative News
The Texas Demographic Center (TDC), which supports the work of the Texas State Demographer, functions as a focal point for the distribution of Census Bureau information for Texas.
January 28, 2020|
Legislative News
An alarming rise in cyberattacks prompted the Texas Legislature last session to pass House Bill 3834 authored by Rep. Giovanni Capriglione (R-Southlake), which requires all county officials and their staffs to take a training course, certified by the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR), to prevent attacks by cyber criminals.
January 28, 2020|
Legislative News
Speaker Dennis Bonnen (R-Angleton) created a special committee in December 2019 to study the driver's license program.
January 28, 2020|
Legislative News
The legislature's interim work is well underway with committee chairs gaveling in members. Meetings began as early as December. Here are the highlights.
January 28, 2020|
Legislative News
March 1 is the deadline to file your annual Tier II report for 2019. If you store hazardous chemicals or extremely hazardous substances above the established threshold quantities at your facility, you are required to report them to the Texas Commission of Environmental Quality (TCEQ).
January 28, 2020|
Legislative News
TAC has highlighted recent Attorney General Opinions and Requests for Opinions of interest to counties.
November 04, 2019|
Legislative News
Several bills during the 86th legislative session made modifications to the Public Information Act (PIA). Senate Bill 944 by Sen. Kirk Watson (D-Austin) garnered a lot of attention for its potential impact to county government operations.
November 01, 2019|
Legislative News
House Bill 1421 by Rep. Celia Israel (D-Austin), which became effective Sept. 1, 2019, requires county election officials to request annual cybersecurity training and a cybersecurity assessment of their county's election system from the Texas Secretary of State.
November 01, 2019|
Legislative News
On the Nov. 5 ballot, voters will be asked to decide on 10 constitutional amendments and, depending upon their location, may have the chance to participate in special elections and local city and county propositions.
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