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Local, Consent, and Resolutions Calendar

Thursday, May 02, 2013
10:00 AM

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********** SENATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS **********

SB 162              Van de Putte / et al.

SP: Flynn

Relating to the occupational licensing of spouses of members of the military and the eligibility requirements for certain occupational licenses issued to applicants with military experience.

SB 166              Deuell / et al.

SP: Larson

Relating to the use by certain health care providers of electronically readable information from a driver's license or personal identification certificate.

SB 274              Williams

SP: Eiland

Relating to permits for oversize and overweight vehicles in a certain county.

SB 276              Watson / et al.

SP: Crownover

Relating to the authority of certain transportation authorities to create a local government corporation.

SB 649              Rodríguez

SP: Thompson, Senfronia

Relating to the exemption of certain property from seizure by creditors.

SB 748              Nelson

SP: Geren

Relating to the use of certain tax revenue to enhance and upgrade convention center facilities, multipurpose arenas, venues, and related infrastructure in certain municipalities.

SB 820              Williams / et al.

SP: Guillen

Relating to the management, breeding, and destruction of deer and to procedures regarding certain deer permits.

SB 852              Taylor

SP: Smithee

Relating to availability of certain property and casualty insurance forms.

SB 905              Van de Putte / et al.

SP: Kuempel

Relating to the sale of distilled spirits to ultimate consumers by the holder of a distiller's and rectifier's permit.

SB 965              Williams

SP: Bohac

Relating to the correction of employment termination reports for law enforcement officers.


********** HOUSE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS **********

HB 138              Raymond

Relating to funding for certain commercial service airport projects.

HB 168              Callegari

Relating to the operation, powers, and duties of certain water districts; providing clarification of existing authority with regard to the imposition or use of certain assessments, fees, or taxes; providing authority to change a fee or repeal a tax.

HB 239              Guillen / Sheets / Elkins

Relating to verification of motor vehicle financial responsibility information.

HB 274              Alvarado / Aycock / Huberty / Villarreal / Farney / et al.

Relating to reporting requirements related to school districts that obtain exceptions from class size limits.

HB 294              Rodriguez, Eddie

Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain property owned by a charitable organization and used in providing housing and related services to certain homeless individuals.

HB 340              Rodriguez, Eddie

Relating to the power of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to authorize certain injection wells that transect or terminate in the Edwards Aquifer.

HB 385              Thompson, Senfronia

Relating to bond requirements for county officers and employees, district attorneys, and criminal district attorneys.

HB 396              Thompson, Senfronia

Relating to providing a federal postcard applicant with a ballot for certain elections in which the applicant is eligible to vote.

HB 505              Lozano

Relating to authorizing certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax.

HB 687              Márquez

Relating to preliminary review of complaints filed with a county ethics commission.

HB 693              Phillips

Relating to the authority of a water and sewer utility to collect voluntary contributions on behalf of a local library.

HB 746              Ashby

Relating to the registration of volunteer health practitioners and the services of volunteer health practitioners during disasters.

HB 796              Thompson, Senfronia

Relating to the regulation of electrical contracting, including the licensing of a journeyman lineman.

HB 842              Bell / Turner, Sylvester / Davis, John / Reynolds / Rodriguez, Eddie / et al.

Relating to requiring public school districts to provide certain opportunities to career and technical students under the college credit program.

HB 843              Lucio III / Gonzalez, Naomi / Fallon

Relating to persons entitled to notice of and to participation in certain hearings regarding a child in the conservatorship of the state.

HB 894              Kolkhorst

Relating to the use of dealer's license plates on vehicles by independent motor vehicle dealers to transport vehicles to or from a point of sale.

HB 932              Turner, Sylvester / Rose

Relating to the notification of certain legislators of the death of a child in foster care.

HB 934              Lewis

Relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax for the maintenance, operation, and promotion of and improved access to a coliseum in the county; authorizing a tax.

HB 987              Márquez

Relating to certain motor vehicle records excepted from disclosure under the Public Information Act.

HB 1018             Patrick, Diane / Kolkhorst / et al.

Relating to the establishment of community partnerships and the development of policy recommendations for increasing physical activity and improving fitness among public school students.

HB 1020             Reynolds

Relating to the certification of alcohol awareness programs required for minors convicted of or receiving deferred disposition for certain alcohol offenses.

HB 1044             Eiland

Relating to the operation of all-terrain vehicles and recreational off-highway vehicles; creating an offense.

HB 1184             Thompson, Senfronia

Relating to an exemption from registration and regulation requirements for steam cookers.

HB 1185             Thompson, Senfronia / Longoria

Relating to the retention of certain records in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship by a child's attorney ad litem, guardian ad litem, or amicus attorney.

HB 1198             Raymond / et al.

Relating to authorizing an optional county fee for vehicle registration in certain counties.

HB 1203             Parker

Relating to expedited credentialing for certain podiatrists and therapeutic optometrists providing services under a managed care plan.

HB 1214             Lucio III

Relating to the irrigation powers and functions of certain water districts; providing authority for a district by rule to change fees; clarifying a district's authority to impose certain assessments.

HB 1224             Hilderbran / et al.

Relating to continuing education requirements and a registration exemption for county tax assessor-collectors.

HB 1249             Nevárez / Menéndez / Farias / et al.

Relating to the designation of portions of State Highway 17 and United States Highway 67 as the General Alfred Valenzuela Highway.

HB 1354             Farney

Relating to the creation of the Leander Hills Municipal Utility District of Williamson County; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

HB 1355             Farney

Relating to the creation of the North San Gabriel Municipal Utility District of Williamson County; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

HB 1412             Bonnen, Dennis

Relating to the licensing of certain experienced plumbers as responsible master plumbers.

HB 1442             Fletcher

Relating to the authority of a county to deposit fees collected by a county bail bond board in a separate county fund.

HB 1454             Gonzalez, Naomi

Relating to events to educate students about Type 2 diabetes in certain school districts.

HB 1458             Gooden

Relating to the designation of U.S. Highway 175 in Kaufman County as the Veterans Memorial Highway.

HB 1472             Rodriguez, Eddie

Relating to jurisdiction over the removal of remains.

HB 1492             Bell

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 140; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

HB 1506             Bell

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 106; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

HB 1520             Bonnen, Dennis

Relating to the liability of certain persons for damages arising from training exercises to prepare the persons to respond to certain emergencies.

HB 1547             Zerwas

Relating to the power of the North Fort Bend Water Authority to impose a charge on certain wells or classes of wells.

HB 1563             King, Tracy O.

Relating to fees of office for directors of groundwater conservation districts.

HB 1586             Creighton

Relating to municipal consent provisions applicable to the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 126.

HB 1593             Huberty

Relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 505; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose fees and taxes.

HB 1594             Huberty

Relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 504; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose fees and taxes.

HB 1632             Fletcher

Relating to certain identifying information of peace officers, county jailers, security officers, and employees of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or a prosecutor's office excepted from disclosure under the Public Information Act.

HB 1678             Frullo

Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for surviving spouses of disabled veterans of the United States armed forces; authorizing a fee.

HB 1687             Oliveira / Lucio III

Relating to the composition and powers of a governing body in certain municipalities.

HB 1737             Naishtat

Relating to the terms of the public members of the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission.

HB 1744             Elkins

Relating to authorizing local governments to participate in statewide technology centers.

HB 1781             King, Ken / Otto / Thompson, Senfronia / et al.

Relating to a limitation on sanctions imposed on school districts for the sale of foods of minimal nutritional value.

HB 1792             Paddie

Relating to safety standards and practices applicable to the transportation by pipeline of certain substances.

HB 1800             Huberty

Relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 422; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose fees and taxes.

HB 1801             Huberty

Relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 423; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose fees and taxes.

HB 1804             Callegari

Relating to the authority of political subdivisions to offer certain deferred compensation plans to employees.

HB 1874             Lewis

Relating to an appeal from an interlocutory order of certain courts.

HB 1875             Lewis

Relating to a case transferred from one district court to another district court.

HB 1888             Anchia

Relating to low income housing tax credits awarded to at-risk developments.

HB 1895             King, Phil

Relating to the dissolution of the Parker County Utility District No. 1.

HB 1906             Eiland

Relating to insurers' duty to provide information in a fraud investigation.

HB 1922             Thompson, Senfronia

Relating to certain information to which a social study evaluator is entitled in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship; providing a criminal penalty.

HB 1928             Oliveira

Relating to social purposes of a for-profit corporation and the consideration of social purposes and other interests by officers and directors of a for-profit corporation.

HB 1947             Burkett / Naishtat / Gonzalez, Naomi

Relating to the criteria for commitment of a person with mental illness.

HB 1950             Thompson, Senfronia

Relating to the repeal of certain offenses relating to certain occupations regulated by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

HB 1964             Harper-Brown / Kolkhorst / Pickett / Frank / Martinez, "Mando"

Relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Transportation to participate in certain federal transportation programs.

HB 1971             Davis, John

Relating to a pilot program conducted by the Department of Aging and Disability Services to authorize certain accreditation surveys of assisted living facilities.

HB 1982             Murphy

Relating to the enterprise zone program.

HB 1995             Reynolds

Relating to the requirement that an unemployed individual be actively seeking work to be eligible for unemployment compensation benefits.

HB 2000             Thompson, Senfronia

Relating to the qualification of certain nonprofit schools and educational institutions for exemption from state laws regulating career schools and colleges and to complaints made against those entities.

HB 2028             Turner, Chris / Turner, Scott / Farias / et al.

Relating to the eligibility requirements for plumbing licenses issued to applicants with military service.

HB 2029             Turner, Chris / Turner, Scott / Farias / et al.

Relating to the eligibility requirements for electrician licenses issued to applicants with military service.

HB 2055             Phillips

Relating to the authority to issue bonds of the Marilee Special Utility District.

HB 2099             Guillen

Relating to improving access to nursing education programs.

HB 2112             Raymond

Relating to financial disclosure reports made by a member of a county planning commission.

HB 2135             Cortez

Relating to waivers and grants of credit for the requirements to obtain certain private security licenses to individuals who hold security credentials from the United States armed forces.

HB 2155             Callegari

Relating to eligibility of certain dependents for coverage under the state employee group benefits program.

HB 2204             Pickett

Relating to the authority of the Texas Transportation Commission to establish variable speed limits.

HB 2293             Kuempel

Relating to the use of certain types of steel slag in road construction by the Texas Department of Transportation.

HB 2312             Kacal

Relating to the membership of and the beef marketing, education, research, and promotion programs of the Texas Beef Council.

HB 2318             Aycock

Relating to public school educator preparation and alternative certification programs.

HB 2356             White

Relating to the designation of a portion of Recreational Road 255 in Jasper County as Sam Rayburn Parkway.

HB 2362             Keffer

Relating to the efficiency review of river authorities.

HB 2407             Naishtat

Relating to restoration of a person's right to purchase a firearm on termination of a guardianship.

HB 2409             Naishtat

Relating to a court administrator hired by a statutory probate court.

HB 2424             Martinez, "Mando"

Relating to the designation of the part of U.S. Highway 83 Business in Hidalgo and Cameron Counties as a portion of the national Purple Heart Trail.

HB 2448             Turner, Sylvester

Relating to tuition for certain students residing outside of a junior college district.

HB 2454             Frank

Relating to reimbursement of health care services rendered by a health care provider for an inmate of a county jail or another county correctional facility.

HB 2474             King, Phil

Relating to the use of proceeds from a junior college district branch campus maintenance tax.

HB 2478             Alvarado / Davis, John

Relating to the collection, study, and reporting by the Texas Workforce Commission of certain information regarding shortages in high-wage, high-demand occupations.

HB 2482             Alvarado / Davis, John / Murphy / Rodriguez, Eddie / Isaac

Relating to a study to determine the reasons major manufacturers have chosen to invest in other states after considering development in this state.

HB 2537             Geren

Relating to production requirements for holders of winery permits.

HB 2549             Patrick, Diane

Relating to the periodic review and revision of college and career readiness standards in public education.

HB 2550             Patrick, Diane

Relating to the consolidation of the Higher Education Enrollment Assistance Program and the Higher Education Assistance Plan and the transfer of certain enrollment assistance duties to institutions of higher education.

HB 2580             Harper-Brown

Relating to the authority of municipalities to create freight rail districts that have the powers of rural rail transportation districts; granting the power of eminent domain.

HB 2586             King, Phil / Bonnen, Dennis / Goldman

Relating to the exercise of the power of eminent domain by certain authorized entities.

HB 2610             Pitts

Relating to the issuance of interest-bearing time warrants and certain notes by school districts.

HB 2619             Naishtat

Relating to the educational needs of children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.

HB 2620             Collier

Relating to the creation of a task force on domestic violence.

HB 2621             Creighton / et al.

Relating to disclaimers of estate property by certain beneficiaries.

HB 2645             Turner, Chris

Relating to certification and operation of independent review organizations.

HB 2688             Perry

Relating to Seminole Hospital District of Gaines County, Texas.

HB 2704             Callegari

Relating to bids for construction contracts for certain conservation and reclamation districts.

HB 2718             Guillen

Relating to the cultural and fine arts district program administered by the Texas Commission on the Arts.

HB 2743             Phillips

Relating to the powers and jurisdiction of a regional mobility authority.

HB 2749             Parker

Relating to promulgation by the supreme court of standard forms for use in certain expedited foreclosure proceedings.

HB 2766             Hunter

Relating to the exclusion of certain flow-through funds in determining total revenue for purposes of the franchise tax.

HB 2806             Geren

Relating to delinquent payment of an alcoholic beverage retailer's account for liquor.

HB 2912             Thompson, Senfronia

Relating to decedents' estates.

HB 2913             Thompson, Senfronia

Relating to trusts.

HB 2935             Hunter

Relating to the interlocutory appeal of a denial of a motion to dismiss in an action involving the exercise of certain constitutional rights.

HB 2947             Harper-Brown

Relating to the notice provided by a purchaser of a motor vehicle of the designated county of title issuance.

HB 2995             King, Tracy O. / Martinez, "Mando"

Relating to the administration of the citrus budwood certification program and the creation of the citrus nursery stock certification program; providing civil, criminal, and administrative penalties and authorizing fees.

HB 3028             Davis, John

Relating to the use of the skills development fund and other funds available to the Texas Workforce Commission to support certain joint credit courses offered by school districts under agreements with public junior colleges.

HB 3063             Menéndez

Relating to the qualification of an area inside a defense base development authority as an enterprise zone.

HB 3066             Menéndez

Relating to the qualification of an area inside a base defense authority as an enterprise zone.

HB 3067             Menéndez

Relating to the composition of an administrative authority for a defense economic readjustment zone.

HB 3097             Lewis

Relating to the election of directors of the board of the Ector County Hospital District.

HB 3125             Lucio III

Relating to route designation for the issuance of a permit for the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles in certain counties.

HB 3137             Lucio III

Relating to limiting the amount of a fee or assessment imposed by the Rio Grande Regional Water Authority.

HB 3178             Phillips

Relating to the Texas Statewide Mutual Aid System.

HB 3209             Alonzo / Menéndez

Relating to the designation of May 9 as Willie Velasquez Day.

HB 3212             Phillips

Relating to the Red River Boundary Compact and the creation of the Red River Boundary Commission.

HB 3256             Kacal

Relating to the eligibility of certain vehicles to be operated as farm vehicles on a road or highway in this state.

HB 3281             Ritter

Relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain local laws concerning special districts, including conforming amendments.

HB 3357             Callegari / Murphy

Relating to the administration of and benefits payable by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.

HB 3397             Bonnen, Dennis

Relating to comprehensive reviews of certain special districts.

HB 3412             Flynn

Relating to the qualifications for certain positions with the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas.

HB 3413             Flynn

Relating to the operation and movement of authorized emergency vehicles.

HB 3422             Lavender

Relating to donations of landscape materials and services to the Texas Department of Transportation.

HB 3483             Fletcher

Relating to requirements for a driver education course and the eligibility of persons under 18 years of age to operate a motor vehicle at certain times.

HB 3511             Ritter

Relating to the adjudication of claims arising under certain written contracts with local governmental entities.

HB 3523             Lewis

Relating to punishment for the offense of driving a commercial motor vehicle without a commercial driver's license.

HB 3662             Clardy / Isaac / Branch / Paddie

Relating to the Texas Workforce Innovation Needs Program; authorizing a fee.

HB 3672             Fletcher

Relating to a requirement that members of the Public Safety Commission hold a secret security clearance.

HB 3677             Farney / Phillips / King, Susan / Pickett / et al.

Relating to the issuance of Foundation School Program license plates.

HB 3729             Coleman

Relating to licensing requirements for newly constructed assisted living facilities.

HB 3748             Farrar

Relating to the costs associated with proceedings regarding cruelly treated animals; authorizing fees and costs.

HB 3756             Farrar

Relating to the construction of detention ponds by the Texas Department of Transportation.

HB 3764             Coleman

Relating to audit requirements of certain emergency services districts.

HB 3787             Perry

Relating to the determination of an applicant's eligibility for any program administered by the Health and Human Services Commission.

HB 3795             Coleman / Reynolds

Relating to the creation of a county assistance district.

HB 3798             Coleman

Relating to expenditures made by emergency services districts.

HB 3813             Howard

Relating to municipal fire suppression standards in certain municipalities.

HB 3862             Harper-Brown

Relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted codes, to the nonsubstantive codification or disposition of various laws omitted from enacted codes, and to conforming codifications enacted by the 82nd Legislature to other Acts of that legislature.

HB 3874             Raney / Kacal

Relating to the creation of Rock Prairie Management District No. 2; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes.

HB 3875             Raney / Kacal

Relating to the creation of Rock Prairie Management District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments or fees.

HB 3905             Bonnen, Dennis

Relating to the Angleton-Danbury Hospital District of Brazoria County, Texas.

HB 3925             Smith

Relating to the dissolution of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 213; the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 213-A; the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 213-B; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes.

HCR 51              King, Ken / Price / Smithee / Perry / Frullo

Designating March 5 as Charles Goodnight Day for a 10-year period beginning in 2013.

HCR 62              Kleinschmidt

Designating October 2 as "Come and Take It" Day for a 10-year period beginning in 2013.

HCR 68              Farney

Designating the first full week of May as Texas Teacher Appreciation Week for a 10-year period beginning in 2013.

HCR 82              Hunter

Requesting the creation of a joint interim committee to study education policy as it relates to developing a skilled workforce.

HCR 89              Hunter

Requesting the creation of a joint interim committee to study recruiting firearms and ammunition manufacturers to Texas.