Texas Special Legislative Session Will Address Flood Issues

(WBAP/KLIF) Austin – Governor Greg Abbott has announced a special session with the top agenda items dealing with the recent flood disaster in the state.

Here is a look at items on the agenda as reported by WFAA TV:

Flood warning systems: Legislation to improve emergency communications and response infrastructure in flood-prone areas of Texas.
Relief funding for Hill Country flooding: Legislation to provide relief funding for recovery and response to the storms in Central Texas on July 4.
Natural disaster preparation and recovery: Legislation to improve preparedness and recovery from natural disasters.
Eliminate the STAAR test: Legislation to replace the STAAR test with other tools for assessing student progress and ensure school district accountability.
Cut property taxes: Legislation to reduce Texans’ property taxes and impose limits on entities authorized to impose property taxes.
Restrict THC from children: Legislation to make it a crime to provide hemp-derived products to anyone under 21.
Regulate hemp-derived products: Legislation to regulate hemp-derived products without banning them entirely.
Abortion legislation: Legislation addressing unborn children and their mothers.
Ban taxpayer-funded lobbying: Legislation prohibiting the use of tax dollars to hire lobbyists and payment of tax dollars to associations that lobby Congress.
Human trafficking victims: Legislation to protect human trafficking victims from criminal liability for non-violent acts tied to their victimization.
Police personnel records: Legislation preventing the disclosure of unsubstantiated complaints in police officers’ personnel records.
Women’s spaces: Legislation addressing sex-segregated spaces.
Attorney General election powers: Legislation allowing the Texas attorney general to prosecute state election crimes.
Redistricting: Legislation to provide a revised congressional redistricting plan.
Title theft and deed fraud: Legislation to strengthen protections against title theft and deed fraud.
Water project incentives: Legislation authorizing political subdivisions to reduce impact fees for builders including water conservation measures.
State judicial department: Legislation relating to the state’s judicial department.