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SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING |
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COMMITTEE: State Affairs TIME & DATE: 9:00 AM, Thursday, August 30, 2012 PLACE: Senate Chamber |
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The Senate Committee on State Affairs will meet to take up and consider the following interim charges:
Charge 3: Study the feasibility and fiscal impact to consumers of altering the insurance code to allow for the purchase of health insurance across state lines.
Charge 5: Study and make recommendations on statutory provisions and judicial decisions relating to the statute of limitations on a cause of action relating to consumer debt.
Charge 8: Consider the costs of benefits of the creation of liability protection for private companies and individuals when commissioned by the Texas Forest Service to assist in fighting a fire that is not on the company's or individual's own land. Examine whether state policy should prohibit an employer from terminating an employee who is a volunteer firefighter on the grounds that the employee missed work because the employee was responding to an emergency. Identify any appropriate limitations that should apply to such a policy.
*Public testimony will be limited to three minutes per person.*
*If submitting written testimony, please provide 20 copies with your affirmation card to committee staff prior to testifying.*
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