Lt Governor Patrick this week issued his interim assignments to Senate committees. Committees are to study each “interim charge,” and address them in a report for the next legislature. Interim charges are often, but not always, a harbinger of legislation yet to come. Each committee was given a charge to monitor the implementation of legislation passed in…

For a session many initially thought would be fraught with fiscal peril, lawmakers returned to Austin this past January facing a much healthier state treasury than anticipated.

Agenda Dates of Interest Budget & Fiscal Franchise Tax Sales Tax School Finance Property Tax

Agenda 1.Dates of Interest 2.Budget & Fiscal Legislation 3.Public Education 4.Property Tax 5.Sales Tax 6.Tax Administration/Other 7.Economic Development 8.Franchise Tax