Notice of Meeting for the
Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee of the City Council of the City of Georgetown
March 9, 2021 at 9:00 AM at Virtual
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Regular Session
(This Regular Session may, at any time, be recessed to convene an Executive Session for any purpose authorized by the Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code 551.)
A Roll Call --Mayra Cantu, Management Analyst B Call to Order --Mayra Cantu, Management Analyst
Focused Advocacy
Adjournment
Adjourn
Certificate of Posting
I, Robyn Densmore, City Secretary for the City of Georgetown, Texas, do hereby certify that this Notice of Meeting was posted at City Hall, 808 Martin Luther King Jr. Street, Georgetown, TX 78626, a place readily accessible to the general public as required by law, on the _____ day of _________________, 2021, at __________, and remained so posted for at least 72 continuous hours preceding the scheduled time of said meeting.
__________________________________ Robyn Densmore, City Secretary
City of Georgetown, Texas
Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
March 9, 2021
SUBJECT:
Presentation and Discussion Regarding the 87th Session of the Texas State Legislature - Snapper Carr, Focused Advocacy
ITEM SUMMARY:
During the Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee meeting, the City of Georgetown legislative consultants will provide an update on the 87th Texas Legislative Session. The update will include:
Governor Abbott’s emergency items State Budget
House/Senate Committee Assignments
Summary of bills filed-to-date that are relevant to the City of Georgetown
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
N/A
SUBMITTED BY:
Shirley Rinn on behalf of Bridget Hinze Weber, Assistant to the City Manager
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INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE
MARCH 9, 2021
LEGISLATIVE
TIMELINES
November 9th
Bill filing for the 87th Legislature begins January 12th 87th Legislature convenes Late January Committees are named March 12th Bill filing deadline March Appropriati on bills are brought to the floor March – May Committee and floor debates May 31st Sine Die (Governor has until June 20thto sign or veto bills)
• The Legislature can hold committee hearings in the early days of session, but per
the constitution, legislators can’t pass any bills during the first 60 calendar days —
unless the governor declares it an emergency item or it's an emergency
GOVERNORS
EMERGENCY ITEMS
• On February 1, Governor Abbott declared the following emergency items:
– Rural broadband
– Public safety budgets (i.e., punishing cities who “defund” law enforcement)
– Bail reform
– Election integrity
– Liability protection from COVID-19 related lawsuits
• Following the winter weather event, the Governor declared additional
emergency items:
– ERCOT reform
– Mandating winterization for Texas’ power system (as well as ensuring the
necessary funding)
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LT. GOV. PATRICK
31 PRIORITIES
• Senate Bill 1 – The State Budget • Senate Bill 2 – ERCOT Reform • Senate Bill 3 – Power Grid Stability
• Senate Bill 4 – Star Spangled Banner Protection Act • Senate Bill 5 – Statewide Broadband Access
• Senate Bill 6 – Pandemic Liability Protection Act • Senate Bill 7 – Election & Ballot Security
• Senate Bill 8 – The Heartbeat Bill • Senate Bill 9 – Abortion Ban Trigger
• Senate Bill 10 – Stop Taxpayer Funded Lobbying • Senate Bill 11 – Appellate Court Reorganization • Senate Bill 12 – Protect Free Speech on Social Media • Senate Bill 13 – Oil & Gas Investment Protection • Senate Bill 14 – Business Freedom and Uniformity Act • Senate Bill 15 – Ban Sale of Personal Data from Certain
State Agencies
• Senate Bill 16 – Protect State-held Personal Data • Senate Bill 17 – Protect Texas Trucking
• Senate Bill 18 – Protect Second Amendment Businesses • Senate Bill 19 – Stop Corporate Gun Boycotts
• Senate Bill 20 – Second Amendment Protections for Travelers
• Senate Bill 21 – Bail Reform
• Senate Bill 22 – First Responders Pandemic Care Act • Senate Bill 23 – Stop Local Police Defunding
• Senate Bill 24 – Law Enforcement Transparency Act • Senate Bill 25 – Family Nursing Home Visitation Rights • Senate Bill 26 – Protect Our Freedom to Worship • Senate Bill 27 – Expanding Virtual Learning Options • Senate Bill 28 – Charter School Equity Act
• Senate Bill 29 – Fair Sports for Women & Girls
• Senate Bill 30 – Remove Racist Restrictions from Real Estate Deeds
EXPECTED
LEGISLATIVE ISSUES
• ERCOT / PUC reform
• Winterization
• CREZ 2.0
• Billing
• Competition (customer choice)
• Governance / general fund transfer
• Purchasing generation review
• Increased PUC oversight (rate review,
appeals)
• Electric vehicles / battery storage
• Cybersecurity
• Renewables
• Broadband
• Community advocacy
5 Page 9 of 22COMMITTEE
ACTIVITY
• House State Affairs and House Energy Resources met jointly on February 25
thand
26
thto discuss the following:
– Consider the factors that led to statewide electrical blackouts during the recent
unprecedented weather event; the response by industry, suppliers, and grid
operators; and changes necessary to avoid future power interruptions.
– Invited testimony only
• House State Affairs held an organizational hearing on March 4
thwith only invited
testimony
– The Public Utility Commission, Office of Public Utility Council, Texas Facilities
Commission, Sunset Commission, and Texas Dept. of Information Resources
were invited to testify
COMMITTEE
ACTIVITY
• Senate Business & Commerce met on February 25
thand 26
thto discuss the
following:
– Examine extreme weather condition preparedness and circumstances that led
to the power outages as directed by Electric Reliability Council of Texas
(ERCOT). The committee will also review generator preparedness and
performance, utility outage practices, natural gas supply, and the reliability of
renewable generation, as well as overall ERCOT system resilience.
– Invited testimony only
• Senate Business & Commerce met on March 4
thto discuss the following:
– Examine the financial impacts to the electric grid and market participants
resulting from the extreme cold weather outages over February 14, 2021 to
February 19, 2021.
– Invited testimony only
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COMMITTEE
ACTIVITY
• Senate redistricting committee has met a dozen times. House redistricting has not yet
met.
• Senate Finance and House Appropriations began meeting in February
• Senate State Affairs and new Senate Local Government committee both held
organization meetings yesterday, March 8
th• House Urban Affairs will meet on March 10
thto discuss municipal water supply
challenges experienced during the recent winter storm
– The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs and Municipal Water
Utilities will be invited to testify on the Impact of Winter Storm Uri
• House State Affairs will meet on March 11
thto consider HB 3, which is intended to map
BILL FILING UPDATE
• This Friday, March 12
this the deadline for the unrestricted filing of
bills and joint resolutions (other than local bills, emergency
appropriations and emergency matters submitted by the governor)
• To date, over 4,500 bills have been filed by the Legislature
• Focused Advocacy is actively tracking 1,586+ bills
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PUCT
ACTIVITY
• Chair DeAnn Walker resigned (new chair: Commissioner Arthur D’Andrea)
• PUC IMM recommendations:
1. For operating days February 15 through February 20, reprice all day-ahead ancillary
services (AS) clearing prices to cap them at the System-Wide Offer Cap (SWCAP) of
$9,000 per MWh -
REJECTED 3/3/21
2. For operating days February 14 through February 19, invoke the "failure to provide"
settlement treatment for all AS that were not provided in real time. -
ADOPTED 3/3/21
3. Direct ERCOT to correct the real-time prices from 0:00 February 18 to 09:00 February
19, to remove the inappropriate pricing intervention that occurred during that time
period. -
REJECTED 3/5/21
• On March 8
th, Lt. Gov. Patrick issued a press release calling on both the PUC and ERCOT to
ERCOT
ACTIVITY
• Several board members have resigned:
1. Chair, Sally Talberg
2. Vice chair, Peter Cramton
3. Clifton Karnei
4. Terry Bulger
5. Raymond Hepper
6. Vanessa Anesetti-Parra
7. Jackie Sargent
8. Randall Miller
9. Craig Ivey
• CEO Bill Magness fired
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JURISDICTION:
SENATE COMMITTEES
• Senate Business & Commerce
– Sen. Kelly Hancock (Chair) (R-North Richland Hills)
– Sen. Robert Nichols (Vice Chair) (R-Jacksonville)
– Sen. Donna Campbell (R-San Antonio)*
– Sen. Brandon Creighton (R-Conroe)
– Sen. Nathan Johnson (D-Dallas)
– Sen. José Menéndez (D-San Antonio)
– Sen. Angela Paxton (R-McKinney)
– Sen. Charles Schwertner (R-Georgetown)*
– Sen. John Whitmire (D-Houston)
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JURISDICTION:
SENATE COMMITTEES
• Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development
– Sen. Brian Birdwell (Chair) (R-Granbury)
– Sen. Judith Zaffirini (Vice Chair) (D-Laredo)*
– Sen Carol Alvarado (D-Houston)
– Sen. Kelly Hancock (R-North Richland Hills)
– Sen. Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa (D-Edinburg)
– Sen. Bryan Hughes (R-Mineola)
– Sen. Lois Kolkhorst (R-Brenham)
– Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr. (D-Brownsville)*
– Sen. Kel Seliger (R-Midland)
JURISDICTION:
SENATE COMMITTEES
• Senate Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs
– Sen. Perry (Chair) (R-Lubbock)
– Sen. Drew Springer (Vice Chair) (R-Muenster)
– Sen. Brandon Creighton (R-Conroe)
– Sen. Sarah Eckhardt (D-Austin)*
– Sen. Roland Gutierrez (D-San Antonio)
– Sen. Nathan Johnson (D-Dallas)
– Sen. Lois Kolkhorst (R-Brenham)
– Sen. Beverly Powell (D-Fort Worth)
– Sen. Larry Taylor (R-Friendswood)
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JURISDICTION:
HOUSE COMMITTEES
• House State Affairs
– Rep. Chris Paddie (Chair) (R-Marshall)
– Rep. Ana Hernandez (Vice Chair) (D-Houston)
– Rep. Joe Deshotel (D-Beaumont)
– Rep. Sam Harless (R-Spring)
– Rep. Donna Howard (D-Austin)*
– Rep. Todd Hunter (R-Corpus Christi)
– Rep. Phil King (R-Weatherford)*
– Rep. Eddie Lucio III (D-Brownsville)*
– Rep. Will Metcalf (R-Conroe)
– Rep. Richard Peña Raymond (D-Laredo)
– Rep. Matt Shaheen (R-Plano)
– Rep. Shelby Slawson (R-Stephenville)*
– Rep. John Smithee (R-Amarillo)
JURISDICTION:
HOUSE COMMITTEES
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