Economic Development

TX - Senator Mike Jackson (U)

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Chair

TX - Senator Kevin Eltife (U)

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Vice Chair

TX - Senator Brian Birdwell (U)

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Member

TX - Senator Kirk Watson (U)

Title:

Member

TX - Senator Judith Zaffirini (U)

Title:

Member

TX - HB271 Relating to the designation of enterprise projects during a biennium.

TX - HB161 Relating to block grant funding for certain workforce training and employment programs and functions by the Texas Workforce Commission.

TX - HB270 Relating to the definition of qualified employee for purposes of the enterprise zone program.

TX - HB873 Relating to incentives for the film, television, video, and digital interactive media production industries.

TX - HB394 Relating to use of the money from the Texas Enterprise Fund to benefit certain small businesses and certain projects.

TX - HB752 Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to enter into an agreement with a school district to dedicate revenue from a tax increment fund to the district for the acquisition, construction, or reconstruction of an educational facility.

TX - HB656 Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy taxes.

TX - HB773 Relating to extending the expiration date of the Property Redevelopment and Tax Abatement Act.

TX - HB1052 Relating to the creation, powers, and duties of film districts.

TX - HB1134 Relating to the authority of the Dallas County Flood Control District No. 1 to enter into a tax abatement agreement and to designate a reinvestment zone.

TX - HB1637 Relating to normal weekly hours of work under the shared work unemployment compensation program.

TX - HB1277 Relating to the Texas Enterprise Fund, including the use of money from the fund, the terms of a grant agreement, and the duties of a grant recipient or entity that acquires a grant recipient.

TX - HB1770 Relating to the Tax Increment Financing Act.

TX - HB1789 Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue to enhance and upgrade sports facilities, coliseums, and multiuse facilities in certain municipalities.

TX - HB2032 Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use tax revenue for certain venue projects.

TX - HB2521 Relating to a preference in state purchasing for certain media-related services offered by businesses based in Texas.

TX - HB2169 Relating to the establishment of additional job incentive programs by the Texas Workforce Commission using the skills development fund.

TX - HB2531 Relating to a reporting requirement regarding the Texas emerging technology fund.

TX - HB3098 Relating to the use by certain municipalities of hotel occupancy tax revenue for the construction of a recreational venue near hotels.

TX - HB3072 Relating to the transfer of municipal property to economic development corporations by certain municipalities.

TX - HB3333 Relating to the creation and operation of the Texas-Louisiana border region economic development steering committee; authorizing an assessment.

TX - HB3222 Relating to the authority of two or more municipalities to designate a joint tax increment financing reinvestment zone.

TX - HB3103 Relating to a change in ownership of entities awarded grants from the Texas Enterprise Fund.

TX - HB3676 Relating to the Texas Economic Development Act.

TX - HB3519 Relating to the coordination and administration of the Texas Career Opportunity Grant Program.

TX - HB4360 Relating to revenue sources for certain venue projects.

TX - HB3896 Relating to the authority of the governing body of a municipality or the commissioners court of a county to enter into an ad valorem tax abatement agreement.

TX - HB3983 Relating to the imposition of property taxes on the residential homesteads of low-income and moderate-income persons.

TX - HB4328 Relating to the establishment of the Interagency Literacy Council for the study, promotion, and enhancement of literacy in this state.

TX - HB4525 Relating to qualified manufacturing project zones.

TX - HB4376 Relating to the authority of the Baytown Municipal Development District to use sales tax revenue to promote new or expanded business development.

TX - SB295 Relating to a project that may be undertaken by a development corporation to promote higher education opportunities in this state.

TX - HCR54 Urging the United States Congress to enact legislation facilitating a technology-based solution that allows consumers to subscribe to Internet services that exclude adult content.

TX - SB605 Relating to incentives for the film, television, video, and digital interactive media production industries.

TX - SB576 Relating to the implementation of a project plan or financing plan for a reinvestment zone under the Tax Increment Financing Act and the granting of exemptions from ad valorem taxes imposed on real property in a reinvestment zone under that Act.

TX - SB250 Relating to a report on use of money from the Texas Enterprise Fund.

TX - SB355 Relating to use of the money from the Texas Enterprise Fund to benefit small businesses.

TX - SB251 Relating to the posting of certain business tax incentives on Internet websites maintained by certain political subdivisions.

TX - SB108 Relating to the establishment and funding of a green job skills training program that includes training for certain youths and young veterans.

TX - SB313 Relating to the term of a reinvestment zone and to the assessment and payment of tax increments under the Tax Increment Financing Act.

TX - SB636 Relating to the imposition of the franchise tax and local sales and use taxes, including the authority of a county or other local governmental entity to receive local sales tax information.

TX - SB1633 Relating to certain restrictions on the composition of a tax increment financing reinvestment zone.

TX - SB500 Relating to the powers, duties, and financing of cultural education facilities finance corporations.

TX - SB542 Relating to the use of money from the Texas emerging technology fund for the research and development of clean energy.

TX - SB741 Relating to jurisdiction over a wage claim filed after the deadline.

TX - SB783 Relating to the Texas emerging technology fund, including transfers between the fund and the Texas Enterprise Fund.

TX - SB1247 Relating to the imposition and use of the municipal hotel occupancy tax by certain eligible central municipalities.

TX - SB885 Relating to a franchise tax credit for certain research and development activities.

TX - SB945 Relating to unemployment compensation benefits.

TX - SB1207 Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue to finance a convention center hotel in certain municipalities.

TX - SB878 Relating to use of the money from the Texas enterprise fund to promote renewable energy technology.

TX - SB859 Relating to initial claims under the unemployment compensation system.

TX - SB1033 Relating to the purposes and powers of the Temple Health and Bioscience Economic Development District.

TX - SB856 Relating to the expiration of certain parts of the Texas Economic Development Act.

TX - SB960 Relating to eligibility of certain job trainees for extended unemployment compensation benefits.

TX - SB1105 Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to extend the termination date for a reinvestment zone created under the Tax Increment Financing Act.

TX - SB1314 Relating to the regulation of the practice of acupuncture.

TX - SB1674 Relating to the coordination and administration of the Texas Career Opportunity Grant Program.

TX - SB1341 Relating to work performed in sports and community venue districts in certain municipalities.

TX - SB1451 Relating to limiting use of money in the Texas Enterprise Fund to recipients that provide health benefit plans.

TX - SB1569 Relating to unemployment compensation modernization.

TX - SB1470 Relating to the creation of a separate local workforce development board for certain counties.

TX - SB1311 Relating to the authority of the governing body of a municipality or the commissioners court of a county to enter into an ad valorem tax abatement agreement.

TX - SB1453 Relating to the eligibility of certain individuals with a terminally ill parent for unemployment compensation.

TX - SB1421 Relating to the adoption of modernizations to unemployment compensation benefit eligibility.

TX - SB1429 Relating to tax credits for business development in low-income communities.

TX - SB1671 Relating to the permissible uses of money in an ad valorem tax increment account for a transportation reinvestment zone established by a municipality.

TX - SB1743 Relating to the use of money from the Texas Enterprise Fund to recruit automotive manufacturing facilities.

TX - SB1458 Relating to the authority of certain taxing units to enter into an ad valorem tax abatement agreement.

TX - SB1602 Relating to creating a microloan guarantee program using funds appropriated to the Texas Enterprise Fund.

TX - SB1515 Relating to a major events trust fund, a motor sports racing trust fund, and an events trust fund for sporting and non-sporting events.

TX - SB1593 Relating to agreements for limitations on appraised value under the Texas Economic Development Act.

TX - SB1642 Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue for certain transportation systems.

TX - SB1543 Relating to the establishment of the Interagency Literacy Council for the study, promotion, and enhancement of literacy in this state.

TX - SB1770 Relating to the creation, operation, and funding of the Texas YouthBuild Program.

TX - SB1684 Relating to the use of state hotel occupancy tax revenue to clean and maintain beaches in certain municipalities.

TX - SB1850 Relating to the establishment of a home- and community-based services workforce council.

TX - SB1959 Relating to the allocation of revenue from the state hotel tax for certain purposes in certain municipalities.

TX - SB1936 Relating to the ceiling of the unemployment compensation fund.

TX - SB1929 Relating to the designation of qualified media production locations in media production development zones and to exemptions from the sales and use tax for items used for media production facilities in qualified media production locations.

TX - SB1975 Relating to normal weekly hours of work under the shared work unemployment compensation program.

TX - SB1952 Relating to the authorization of certain municipalities and counties to issue public securities for the financing of permanent improvements for use by an institution of higher education.

TX - SB1934 Relating to the authority of certain governmental entities to receive local sales tax information.

TX - SB1947 Relating to the authority of two or more municipalities to designate a joint tax increment financing reinvestment zone.

TX - SB1778 Relating to the eligibility of property used in connection with a data center for economic benefits authorized by the Texas Economic Development Act.

TX - SB1833 Relating to county participation in the enterprise zone program.

TX - SB1965 Relating to the regulation of retail installment contracts for commercial vehicles.

TX - SB2026 Relating to the establishment and administration of the Texas Essential Workers Program.

TX - SB2174 Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to enter into an agreement with a school district to dedicate revenue from a tax increment fund to the district for the acquisition, construction, or reconstruction of an educational facility.

TX - SB2576 Relating to the authority of a commissioner of the Texas Workforce Commission.

TX - SB2496 Relating to the powers of the Westchase District.

TX - SB2173 Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use hotel occupancy tax revenue for certain venue projects.

TX - SB2388 Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy taxes for ecological tourism events.

TX - SB2338 Relating to the creation, operations and financing of tax increment reinvestment zones.