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| The Senate Committee on Government Organization will hold a hearing to |
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| discuss the following interim committee charges: |
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| Examine criminal background check requirements across Texas health and |
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| human service, law enforcement, and education agencies, as well as other |
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| licensed professionals. Determine best practices, develop cross-agency |
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| standards, and make recommendations for reducing costs and streamlining |
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| Study the economic and security costs and benefits, both short-term and |
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| long-term, of adoption of an open document format for state-created |
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| Monitor the implementation of legislation addressed by the Government |
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| Organization Committee, 80th Legislature, Regular Session, and make |
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| recommendations for any legislation needed to improve, enhance, and/or |
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| Study options for developing a new master-planned campus to serve the |
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| needs of state government and provide for future growth. Consider |
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| locations accessible to the government center, as well as relative prop- |
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| erty values and lease rates. Consider divestiture of certain real estate |
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| assets within Travis County to take advantage of favorable market |
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| conditions and the cost and benefits of reducing reliance on leased |
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| facilities. Coordinate activities with the Texas Facility Commission and |
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| The committee will hear invited and public testimony. |
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