Senate Interim Charges 2015. 6 Committees. 1 Select Subcommittee. 15 Charges.

• Veteran Affairs and Military Installations Subcommittee on Border Security
  • Will examine sanctuary cities
• Senate State Affairs
  • Ethics laws: transparent and ethically principled government; public officials’ reporting requirements &  Texas Rangers are doing with their pubic integrity unit
  • ERS  member contributions &  proposed reforms TRS
• ​Senate Natural Resources
  • Economic Development: “​Effectiveness and necessity of programs and resources currently used to support economic development in Texas”
  • Monitor aerospace tax incentives
• ​Senate Inter-governmental Relations
  • ​Debt transparency at the ballot box
• Senate Finance
  • Appraisal Process (Select Subcommittee on Property Tax Reform & Relief)
  • Reduce tax burden on property owners (Select Subcommittee on Property Tax Reform & Relief)
  • Franchise Tax: eliminate, study dynamic effects, alternative to fund property tax relief
  • Sales tax holidays- is there an economic benefit?
  • Property tax relief
  • Reduce state pension liability
  • Monitor the gradual phase out of franchise tax
  • Monitor contracting reform
• Senate Business & Commerce
  • Property tax liens