Business & Industry Committee

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Committee info:

  • Clerk:
  • Jeff Madden
  • Room:
  • EXT E2.128
  • Phone:
  • (512) 463-0766

Committee Members

Chair

Longoria

Rep. Longoria,
Oscar

Vice Chair

Vasut

Rep. Vasut,
Cody

 

Cole

Rep. Cole,
Sheryl

 

Frazier

Rep. Frazier,
Frederick

 

González

Rep. González,
Jessica

 

Hinojosa

Rep. Hinojosa,
Gina

 

Isaac

Rep. Isaac,
Carrie

 

Lambert

Rep. Lambert,
Stan

 

Neave Criado

Rep. Neave Criado,
Victoria

Jurisdiction:

Sec. 3. BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY. The committee shall have nine members, with jurisdiction over all matters pertaining to:
(1) industry and manufacturing;
(2) industrial safety and adequate and safe working conditions, and the regulation and control of those conditions;
(3) hours, wages, collective bargaining, and the relationship between employers and employees;
(4) unemployment compensation, including coverage, benefits, taxes, and eligibility;
(5) labor unions and their organization, control, management, and administration;
(6) the regulation of business transactions and transactions involving property interests;
(7) the organization, incorporation, management, and regulation of private corporations and professional associations and the Uniform Commercial Code and the Business Organizations Code;
(8) the protection of consumers, governmental regulations incident thereto, the agencies of government authorized to regulate such activities, and the role of the government in consumer protection;
(9) privacy and identity theft;
(10) homeowners' associations;
(11) oversight and regulation of the construction industry; and
(12) the following state agencies: the State Office of Risk Management, the Risk Management Board, the Division of Workers' Compensation of the Texas Department of Insurance, the workers' compensation research and evaluation group in the Texas Department of Insurance, the Office of Injured Employee Counsel, including the ombudsman program of that office, and the Texas Mutual Insurance Company Board of Directors.