Per the formal posting, the Texas Senate Committee on Business and Commerce will hold its organizational meeting at 9:00 AM on Tuesday, January 29th, 2013, in Room E1.016 of the State Capitol extension, Austin. The Committee will consider and adopt Committee Rules, introduce members and their staffs, discuss the Committee schedule, provide information related to committee process for the session, and conduct any other organizational business deemed necessary by the Chair. Additionally, the Committee will hear updates from the following agencies: the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI), the Public Utility Commission (PUC), and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). At this meeting, the Committee will hear invited testimony only. You can monitor the hearing by watching the live stream at http://www.senate.state.tx.us/bin/live.php and reading the testimony at http://bandc.posterous.com/. You can receive updates during the hearing on this site or by following the @txlegebc twitter account.
The regular schedule for committee hearings has not yet been released. When it is released, we will post a note on this site. We will also post agency quarterly updates and testimony for this hearing on this site. After the hearing, the updates and testimony will be moved to the official Texas Senate website at http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Senate/commit/c510/c510.htm. You can contact the Committee office by email at bc@senate.state.tx.us or by telephone at 512-463-0365 or fax at 512-463-1613.
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