Legislative News Service
TWCA Legislative News Service - 81st Legislative Session
a memo from Dean Robbins, TWCA Assistant General Manager
The Texas Water Conservation Association (TWCA) will again furnish a Legislative News Service for the Regular Session of the Eighty-First (81st) Texas Legislature, which convenes in January, 2009. Prefiling of bills begins on November 10, 2008. TWCA's Legislative News provides an analysis of bills of significant interest to TWCA members and the status of these bills as they move through the legislative process. The Legislative News also includes notice of committee hearings on bills. During the 80th legislative session, TWCA briefed and/or monitored approximately 300 bills considered to be of interest to TWCA members.
TWCA's Legislative News includes two tracking reports developed and maintained by TWCA staff, one for bills of general interest to TWCA members and one for bills considered to be of higher priority. The reports are kept up-to-date electronically on a regular basis beginning in November, 2008, and through the session. Reports will be e-mailed to subscribers as updates are made. A final update is provided for legislation passed. The Legislative News will also be available in the "Legislative Subscribers" section of TWCA's website. A password is required and will be assigned to subscribers. A subscription form is provided here:
Download the subscription form: download as MS Word.doc or .pdf format
TWCA water district members who subscribe to the Legislative News are also eligible for up to a $1,000 discount from TELICON, an on-line product of the Texas Legislative Service (TLS), which provides a combination of comprehensive data, analytical tools, and independent tracking for legislation in Texas and several other states. Please contact TLS at (512) 476-7596 if you are interested in this service.
Archived Legislative Documents
The following documents pertaining to Texas legislative sessions are made publicly available by TWCA:
81st Legislature
- TWCA Bills of Interest Passed
- TWCA Priority Bills of Interest Passed
- Summary of legislation that did not pass
80th Legislature
- TWCA Bills of Interest Passed
- TWCA Priority Bills of Interest Passed
Environmental Flows Advisory Committee - Draft Report (.pdf, TWDB website)
79th Legislature
- Priority Bills passed from the 79th Texas Legislature.