With the Texas Legislature about to convene, issues relating to infrastructure, oil and gas, and education will be among those most watched by West Texans.
The charges include reviewing subjects related to education, property taxes and appraisals, state investments, and more.
The eleventh-hour bill authorizes public colleges to issue $3.3 billion worth of debt to finance building and renovation projects.
Since West Texas land funds the PUF, an endowment reserved exclusively for A&M and UT, it became an unavoidable subject at the hearing.
The new medical school in Tyler is projected to bring in around $1.9 billion annually in revenue and some 18,000 jobs in East Texas.
