A NEW LEGISLATIVE YEAR BEGINS
Dear Friends,
Thank you for allowing me the privilege of once again serving the people of House District 32. It was truly an honor for me to return to the Texas Capitol as a State Representative in 2009. As many of you will recall, I served as the State Representative for District 32 during certain years between 1989-1997. Upon my return to the legislature, I recognized quickly that new times brought new challenges both for the state and for our coastal area. Over the last two legislative sessions, I have been proud to be a voice for the coastal bend and look forward to continuing that role during the 83rd Texas Legislative Session.
During the 82nd Legislative Session, Speaker of the House named me Chairman of the House Calendars Committee. This proved to be an important appointment for the Coastal Bend. The Calendars Committee is responsible for setting the daily agenda of bills to be voted on in the Texas House during the legislative session. Other committees that I had been appointed to in the last session include: Corrections, General Investigating and Ethics, Human Services, Redistricting and Chair of Election Contest. In addition, during the interim I was appointed to the Cruise Industry, Human Trafficking, Seacoast Territory and Oversight of Windstorm Insurance committees. The new committees will be assigned in the coming weeks.
Over the past year and a half I have been proud to help organize a number of summits in and around the Coastal Bend. The Summits provided an important opportunity to look at key issues facing the State of Texas. The summits covered such key issues as Higher Education, Energy, Human Trafficking, Cruise Ship Industry, Film Industry and the Video Game Industry. Hearing from individuals about these important subjects and from members of our communities is a very important part of the overall process. The information gathered from these summits will be helpful in addressing the issues during this 2013 legislative session.
This year the 83rd Legislative Session officially begins on January 8, 2013. Members of the 83rd Texas Legislature will be sworn-in that day at noon. For those that can make it on January 8th, I would like to personally invite you to join us here in Austin for the opening day ceremonies. However if you are unable to join us on January 8th, I would still like to invite you to come to Austin sometime during the 83rd session and get to know my staff. We want you to be a part of your Texas Legislature and the decisions that are made and the impact that it may have on your daily lives. For those who have visited my office over the past four years, we have recently moved. The new office is located on the Ground Floor of the Capitol and the number is GW. 18.
I want you to know that I look forward to working with and hearing from the people of District 32 on all the legislation that will come before the Texas House this coming session. As always if you have any questions, ideas or comments on any pending legislation, please do not hesitate to call my Capitol or District Office. My offices are always available to you at any time to assist with those questions, concerns or comments (Capitol Office, 512-463-0672; District Office, 361-949-4603).
– State Representative Todd Hunter, District 32
Rep. Hunter currently represents Part of Nueces County. He can be contacted at todd.hunter@house.state.tx.us or at 512-463-0672.
