Senate Committee Takes Up OIEC 'Sunset' Bill at Public Hearing

By Bill Kidd, Central Bureau ChiefThe Texas state Senate's Committee on Governmental Organization was expected to take up legislation to extend the life of the Office of Injured Employee Counsel (OIEC) at a hearing Monday, in deliberations that appeared set to last late into the night.The hearing initially was scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m., but a late session of the Senate delayed the committee's start until 3 p.m. Consideration of the OIEC legislation was delayed further by extensive testimony on the fate of the Texas Railroad Commission, which regulates the oil and gas industry in ...