Special Purpose Districts Committee, Texas House of Representatives (decommissioned)

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The Special Purpose Districts Committee was a standing committee of the Texas House of Representatives.

Function

The 2013 Texas House rules described the functions of the committee as outlined below.

“

The committee shall have nine members, with jurisdiction over all matters pertaining to:

the creation of any special purpose district not otherwise assigned by these rules to other standing committees, including a crime control and prevention district, library district, public improvement district, municipal management district, municipal development district, irrigation district, water improvement district, water control and improvement district, river authority, or navigation district; and
any other local government special purpose district authorized or created under law that as the result of its creation may levy or impose a tax, assessment, or fee for a special purpose.^[1]^[2]

”

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.

Special Purpose Districts Members, 2017
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (5)
• Mary Ann Perez, Vice chair	• Jim Murphy, Chair
• Philip Cortez	• Cecil Bell, Jr.
	• Scott Cosper
	• Mike Lang
	• Leighton Schubert

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.

Special Purpose Districts Members, 2015
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (5)
• Carol Alvarado, Vice-Chair	• Doug Miller (Texas), Chair
• Trey Martinez Fischer	• Wayne Faircloth
	• Pat Fallon
	• Jonathan Stickland
	• Bill Zedler

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.

Special Purpose Districts Members, 2013
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (7)
• Carol Alvarado	• Dennis Bonnen, Chair
• Eddie Lucio III	• Doug Miller, Vice chair
	• Travis Clardy
	• Craig Goldman
	• Matt Krause
	• Jonathan Stickland
	• Ed Thompson

↑ Texas State Legislature, "House Rules," accessed February 4, 2014(Rule 3-33)
↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

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