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| | The Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations will meet on Thursday, | 
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| | April 10,2008 at 1:00 p.m. in room E1.028.  The Committee will hear invited | 
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| | and public testimony on the following interim committee charges: | 
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| | Study the provision of fire and emergency medical services through | 
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| | Emergency Service Districts (ESDs) and make recommendations concerning the | 
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| | provision of those services, and for reconciling potential conflicts due | 
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| | to overlapping taxing jurisdictions in the areas of the state served by | 
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| | Review the process for the creation of Municipal Utility Districts (MUDs) | 
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| | and other special districts, and investigate whether the creation of a | 
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| | standard municipal utility district statute is feasible, and whether it | 
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| | would enable the legislature to more efficiently evaluate proposed | 
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| | districts during the legislative session. | 
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| | Monitor the implementation of legislation addressed by the | 
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| | Intergovernmental Relations Committee, 80th Legislature, Regular Session, | 
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| | and make recommendations for any legislation needed to improve, enhance, | 
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| | and/or complete implementation.  Specifically, report on changes made by | 
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| | SB 968, relating to financing tools for certain obligations for public | 
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| | improvements and for certain obligations of The University of Texas System | 
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| | and evaluate the need for further changes to Chapter 1371 Texas Government | 
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