Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Seventy-Sixth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1 Page: 51
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(3) regional councils of governments;
(4) multicounty boards or commissions;
(5) relationships or contracts between counties;
(6) other units of local government; and
(7) the following state agency: the Commission on Jail Standards.
Sec. 8. CRIMINAL JURISPRUDENCE. The committee shall have nine
members, with jurisdiction over all matters pertaining to:
(1) criminal law, prohibitions, standards, and penalties;
(2) probation and parole;
(3) criminal procedure in the courts of Texas;
(4) revision or amendment of the Penal Code; and
(5) the following state agencies: the Office of State Prosecuting
Attorney and the Office of Interstate Parole Compact Administrator for Texas.
Sec. 9. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. The committee shall have nine
members, with jurisdiction over all matters pertaining to:
(1) commerce, trade, and manufacturing;
(2) economic and industrial development;
(3) job creation and job-training programs;
(4) hours, wages, collective bargaining, and the relationship between
employers and employees;
(5) unemployment compensation, including coverage, benefits, taxes,
and eligibility;
(6) boiler inspection and safety standards and regulation;
(7) labor unions and their organization, control, management, and
administration;
(8) weights and measures;
(9) advances in science and technology, including
telecommunications, electronic technology, and automated data processing
and the regulation of those industries;
(10) the promotion of scientific research, technological development,
and technology transfer in the state;
(11) matters relating to cooperation of state and local governments
with the scientific and technological community, which includes industry, the
universities, and federal governmental laboratories; and
(12) the following state agencies: the Texas Department of Economic
Development [Co.tmerce], the Texas Workforce Commission, the Texas
Aerospace Commission, the Council on Workforce and Economic
Competitiveness, the Texas Strategic Economic Development Planning
Commission, and the Texas National Research Laboratory Commission.
Sec. 10. ELECTIONS. The committee shall have nine members, with
jurisdiction over all matters pertaining to:
(1) the right of suffrage in Texas;
(2) primary, special, and general elections;
(3) revision, modification, amendment, or change of the Election
Code;
(4) the secretary of state in relation to elections;
(5) campaign finance; and
(6) the following state agency: the Office of the Secretary of State.Thursday, January 14, 1999
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Seventy-Sixth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1, legislative document, 1999; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth97442/m1/55/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.