SENATE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE:
State Affairs
TIME & DATE:
9:30 AM, Thursday, April 09, 2009
PLACE:
Senate Chamber
CHAIR:
Senator Robert Duncan
The Committee will meet to take up the following bills as new business:
 
SB 96
 
Van de Putte
Relating to swimming pool safety; providing a civil penalty.
 
SB 331
 
Carona
Relating to access to certain information under the public information law concerning public officers and employees.
 
SB 392
 
Patrick, Dan
Relating to the elimination of straight-party voting for judicial offices.
 
SB 563
 
Jackson, Mike
Relating to the designation of a candidate as an incumbent on a primary ballot.
 
SB 908
 
Williams
Relating to the crediting and charging of investment gains and losses on the assets held in trust by the Texas Municipal Retirement System and providing a guaranteed minimum credit to employee accounts.
 
SB 1063
 
Watson
Relating to the powers of certain hospital districts and to the retirement benefits of employees of the districts and related entities.
 
SB 1106
 
Van de Putte
Relating to payment of claims to pharmacies and pharmacists.
 
SB 1153
 
Hinojosa
Relating to the liability of a landowner for an act or omission of a peace officer on the property of the landowner.
 
SB 1182
 
Wentworth
Relating to the public information law.
 
SB 1201
 
Carona
Relating to an affidavit required to be filed in a cause of action against certain licensed or registered professionals.
 
SB 1402
 
Hinojosa
Relating to requiring certain political subdivisions to enter a contract with the county elections administrator to perform election services.
 
SB 1548
 
Ogden
Relating to the monitoring and oversight of certain public retirement systems and public investments; providing civil penalties.
 

SB 1628
 
Wentworth
Relating to the pension retirement system in certain municipalities for firefighters and police.
 
SB 1867
 
Ellis
Relating to procedures related to the placement of a voter on the suspense list.
 
SB 1930
 
Watson
Relating to the use of a confidential identity for the plaintiff in a civil action involving sexual abuse of a minor.
 
SB 2038
 
Duncan
Relating to statutory revision and construction of revised statutes.
 
SB 2072
 
Duncan
Relating to contracting with the secretary of state for the filing of personal financial statements by officers and employees of certain counties.
 
SB 2074
 
Duncan
Relating to the delivery of proposed state agency rules to the lieutenant governor, a member of the legislature, or a legislative agency.
 
SB 2105
 
Uresti
Relating to limiting the liability of space flight entities.
 
SB 2226
 
Duncan
Relating to filling vacancies in appellate judicial offices by appointment, partisan elections for all judicial offices, and nonpartisan elections for the retention or rejection for all judicial offices.
 
SJR 44
 
Duncan
Proposing a constitutional amendment for filling vacancies in appellate judicial offices by appointment, for partisan elections for all judicial offices, and for subsequent nonpartisan retention elections for all judicial offices.
 
 
At the chairman's discretion, the Committee may also take up any pending
business.
Public testimony will be limited to 3 minutes per person.
Those wishing to provide written testimony need to submit 20 copies, along
with your witness affirmation card, to committee staff.