The Brief
- The Texas House and Senate will each create a nine-person select committee to look into Texas flooding and disaster preparedness.
- The committees will meet jointly when the special session begins later this month.
- The committees plan to hold a session in Kerrville, to hear from residents.
AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas House and Senate will appoint a nine-person select committee to look at disaster preparedness and the recent flooding across Central Texas.
The two committees will meet jointly when Texas lawmakers return to Austin for a special legislative session.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said the first meeting would take place at the Capitol on July 23. A second meeting of the committees will happen the next week in Kerrville, Texas to allow residents of the hardest hit areas to be heard.…