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Lara Keel Texas 83rd Legislative Session Lobbyist Report: HB 178

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Lara Keel Texas 83rd Legislative Session Lobbyist Report: HB 178 http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/83R/analysis/html/HB00178H.htm House Bill 178 was filed in November of 2012, and it currently pending in committee. The bill is about the importance of water conservation. If passed, it would amend the Tax Code and provide a sales tax exemption to the sale of a specified […]

83rd Legislative Session Update

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83rd Legislative Session Update http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/83R/fiscalnotes/html/HB00060I.htm Fiscal notes are designed to inform Legislators and Representatives about economic costs attached to proposed pieces of Legislation.  This individual note is from The Director of the Legislative Budget Board, (Ursula Parks), to the Chair of the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence, (Abel Herrero). This bill would make failure to […]

Lara Keel Texas Lobbyist Update: Notice of Senate Committee Meetings

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Lara Keel Texas Lobbyist Update: Notice of Senate Committee Meetings The following a public document available at the state of Texas official website. COMMITTEE: Business & Commerce TIME & DATE: 8:00 AM, Tuesday, March 19, 2013 PLACE: E1.016 (Hearing Room) CHAIR: Senator John Carona The Senate Committee on Business and Commerce will convene at 8:00 […]

Lara Keel Texas Lobbyist Report: Texas vs. California

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Lara Keel Texas Lobbyist Report: Texas vs. California The following is a digest of a story that originally appeared on the Fox News Business website. Mike Toomey is posting this summary as a public service for other state lobbyists, political consultants, and interested parties. In the last ten years, Texas’s population has grown at nearly […]