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Local, Consent, and Resolutions Calendar

Wednesday, May 22, 2013
10:00 AM

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

SB 39               Zaffirini

SP: Naishtat

Relating to the evaluation and instruction of public school students with visual impairments.

SB 44               Zaffirini / et al.

SP: Burkett

Relating to maintaining and reporting certain information regarding certain child abuse or neglect cases and the provision of mental health services for children in those cases.

SB 67               Nelson

SP: Branch

Relating to reporting requirements for institutions of higher education conducting human stem cell research.

SB 168              Fraser

SP: Farney

Relating to the election of members of the board of directors of the Central Texas Groundwater Conservation District.

SB 221              Zaffirini

SP: Cortez

Relating to the composition and employees of the Texas Funeral Service Commission.

SB 251              West

SP: Carter

Relating to an unsworn declaration made by an employee of a state agency or political subdivision in the performance of the employee's job duties.

SB 306              Huffman

SP: Sheffield, Ralph

Relating to consideration of a student receiving treatment in a residential facility for public school accountability purposes.

SB 316              Uresti

SP: Davis, Sarah

Relating to continuing education for pharmacists regarding drug abuse and opioid drugs and an interim study regarding opioid abuse.

SB 320              Williams

SP: Toth

Relating to the powers and duties of the Montgomery County Water Control and Improvement District No. 3.

SB 321              Williams

SP: Toth

Relating to the powers and duties of the Montgomery County Water Control and Improvement District No. 2.

SB 392              West

SP: Lewis

Relating to notice to the attorney general of challenges to the constitutionality of Texas statutes.

SB 401              Lucio / et al.

SP: Allen

Relating to a notification requirement if a school counselor is not assigned to a public school campus.

SB 404              Schwertner

SP: Davis, Sarah

Relating to complaints filed with the Texas State Board of Pharmacy; authorizing fees.

SB 414              Ellis / et al.

SP: Davis, Sarah / Branch

Relating to a study and report regarding authorizing certain public junior colleges to offer baccalaureate degree programs to address regional workforce needs.

SB 429              Nelson

SP: Raymond

Relating to the dismissal or nonsuit of a suit to terminate the parent-child relationship filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services.

SB 443              Birdwell

SP: Orr

Relating to leave for reserve law enforcement officers for required training.

SB 453              Deuell

SP: Flynn

Relating to payment of tuition to attend public schools for students holding certain United States student visas.

SB 454              Hegar

SP: Stephenson

Relating to the authority of the Jackson County Navigation District to file an annual compilation or review report with the executive director of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality in lieu of filing an annual audit report.

SB 475              Van de Putte

SP: Rodriguez, Justin

Relating to the expiration of the municipal sales and use tax for street maintenance in certain municipalities.

SB 482              Williams

SP: Bell

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 136; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds and impose a tax.

SB 490              Seliger

SP: Patrick, Diane / Branch

Relating to the expiration of tuition equalization grant requirements for grants awarded before the 2005-2006 academic year.

SB 497              Seliger / et al.

SP: Branch

Relating to the number of semester credit hours required to earn an associate degree at public institutions of higher education.

SB 498              Seliger / et al.

SP: Guillen / Branch / Alonzo / Muñoz, Jr.

Relating to applying credit earned by a student at a general academic teaching institution to an associate's degree at a lower-division institution of higher education previously attended by the student.

SB 512              Carona

SP: Frullo

Relating to the specialized telecommunications assistance program.

SB 519              Deuell

SP: King, Susan

Relating to the definition of autism and other pervasive developmental disorders.

SB 555              Davis

SP: Laubenberg

Relating to provisions in protective orders regarding pets and other companion animals; providing a penalty.

SB 585              Hegar

SP: Morrison

Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue to enhance and upgrade sports facilities in certain municipalities.

SB 597              Birdwell / et al.

SP: Taylor, Van / Guillen / Moody

Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for certain Operation Enduring Freedom veterans.

SB 615              Estes

SP: King, Phil

Relating to the contracting authority of the Texas Historical Commission.

SB 624              Williams

SP: Toth

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 137; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

SB 637              Paxton

SP: Flynn

Relating to notice and election order requirements for bond approval elections held by political subdivisions.

SB 659              West

SP: Dutton

Relating to compliance with certain requirements of programs administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs.

SB 662              Carona

SP: Villalba

Relating to the composition of the drought preparedness council.

SB 680              West / et al.

SP: Patrick, Diane

Relating to a pilot program to improve student loan default rates and financial aid literacy among postsecondary students.

SB 683              Birdwell

SP: Goldman

Relating to the election of members of the board of directors of the Benbrook Water Authority.

SB 692              Carona

SP: Miller, Doug

Relating to the filing by electronic mail of financial disclosures by certain county officers, county employees, or candidates for county office.

SB 709              Lucio

SP: Allen

Relating to representation of a person in a special education impartial due process hearing.

SB 722              Ellis

SP: Johnson

Relating to eligibility to serve as an interpreter in an election.

SB 724              Williams

SP: Creighton

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 133; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

SB 725              Williams

SP: Creighton

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 134; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

SB 751              Patrick

SP: Fletcher

Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 531; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

SB 752              Patrick

SP: Riddle

Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 530; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

SB 757              Patrick

SP: Elkins

Relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 257; providing authority to issue bonds.

SB 768              Uresti

SP: Naishtat

Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship.

SB 809              Carona

SP: Frullo

Relating to Public Utility Commission of Texas consideration of the rates for certain equalization surcharges and emergency service fees.

SB 832              Davis

SP: Dukes

Relating to training for school district and open-enrollment charter school liaisons who assist students in the conservatorship of the state with school enrollments and transfers.

SB 837              Ellis / et al.

SP: Bohac

Relating to the authority of a municipality to require owners of real property to keep the property free of certain conditions.

SB 854              Van de Putte

SP: Harper-Brown

Relating to the regulation of motor vehicle dealers, manufacturers, distributors, and representatives.

SB 872              Deuell

SP: Coleman

Relating to county expenditures for certain health care services.

SB 906              Deuell / et al.

SP: Huberty

Relating to developmentally appropriate assessment of special education students.

SB 949              Nelson

SP: Sheffield, J. D.

Relating to the definition of license holder in the Medical Practice Act.

SB 950              Carona

SP: Thompson, Senfronia / Smith

Relating to requiring certain alcoholic beverage permittees to be the primary American source of supply for certain alcoholic beverages.

SB 1009             Fraser

SP: Farney

Relating to the creation of Burnet County Improvement District No. 1; providing authority to levy an assessment, impose a tax, and issue bonds.

SB 1029             Campbell / et al.

SP: Phillips

Relating to the conversion of a nontolled state highway or segment of the state highway system to a toll project.

SB 1040             Taylor

SP: Bohac

Relating to automated dial announcing devices.

SB 1058             Nelson

SP: King, Susan

Relating to the regulation of the practice of nursing.

SB 1080             Lucio / et al.

SP: Thompson, Senfronia

Relating to a study on the adequacy and appropriateness of additional compensation paid to certain county judges.

SB 1083             Rodríguez

SP: Lewis

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

SB 1090             Carona

SP: Geren / Smith

Relating to the manufacture, distribution, sale, and provision of alcoholic beverages and the regulation of those activities.

SB 1098             Hinojosa

SP: Hunter

Relating to the creation of the Padre Isles Management District; providing authority to issue bonds.

SB 1100             Van de Putte

SP: King, Susan

Relating to the licensing and inspection of certain out-of-state pharmacies by the Texas State Board of Pharmacy; authorizing fees.

SB 1116             Zaffirini

SP: Kuempel

Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, functions, operations, and financing of the Crystal Clear Special Utility District; providing authority to issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

SB 1145             Hegar

SP: Bell

Relating to the intercollegiate athletics fee at Prairie View A&M University; authorizing an increase in the fee.

SB 1158             Van de Putte / et al.

SP: Menéndez

Relating to higher education for veterans and their families.

SB 1159             Van de Putte

SP: Patrick, Diane

Relating to higher education for certain military personnel and their dependents.

SB 1175             Deuell

SP: Guillen

Relating to the establishment of a reuse program for durable medical equipment provided to recipients under the Medicaid program.

SB 1195             Ellis / et al.

SP: Davis, Sarah

Relating to a contract for the acquisition of goods or services to which The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center is a party.

SB 1210             Zaffirini / et al.

SP: Branch

Relating to conditions on the receipt of tuition and fee exemptions and waivers at public institutions of higher education.

SB 1255             Patrick

SP: Murphy

Relating to binding arbitration of an appraisal review board order determining a protest of an unequal appraisal of the owner's property.

SB 1256             Patrick / et al.

SP: Bohac

Relating to the requirements for a sale to be considered a comparable sale for ad valorem tax purposes.

SB 1266             Nichols

SP: Creighton

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 135; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

SB 1268             Lucio

SP: Guillen

Relating to recreational vehicles and recreational vehicle parks.

SB 1285             Williams

SP: Otto

Relating to the operation of the special prosecution unit.

SB 1289             Williams

SP: Bohac

Relating to certain business entities engaged in the publication of mug shots and other information regarding the involvement of an individual in the criminal justice system; providing a civil penalty.

SB 1297             Watson

SP: Branch

Relating to written electronic communications between members of a governmental body.

SB 1313             Schwertner

SP: Otto

Relating to the Correctional Management Institute of Texas at Sam Houston State University.

SB 1317             Whitmire

SP: Thompson, Senfronia

Relating to persons authorized to perform a marriage ceremony.

SB 1322             Van de Putte

SP: Oliveira

Relating to the provision of durable medical equipment and home health care services through informal and voluntary networks in the workers' compensation system; providing penalties.

SB 1373             Hinojosa

SP: Miller, Rick

Relating to display of the Honor and Remember flag.

SB 1393             Estes

SP: Pickett / Flynn

Relating to homeland security strategy.

SB 1394             Estes

SP: Pickett / Flynn

Relating to the statewide critical infrastructure protection strategy.

SB 1398             Estes / et al.

SP: Morrison

Relating to rules governing the allocation of delegates to a political party's national presidential nominating convention.

SB 1400             Estes

SP: Geren

Relating to the municipal and county regulation of air guns.

SB 1404             Patrick / et al.

SP: Parker

Relating to attendance at and completion of high school by students who are in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.

SB 1413             Deuell

SP: King, Susan

Relating to the administration of retirement systems for paid, partly paid, or volunteer firefighters.

SB 1419             West

SP: Lewis

Relating to funding for juvenile case managers through certain court costs and to the establishment of the truancy prevention and diversion fund.

SB 1457             Duncan

SP: Frullo

Relating to management services for the physical facilities of the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the Texas School for the Deaf.

SB 1508             Hegar

SP: Workman

Relating to the rendition of certain property for ad valorem tax purposes.

SB 1512             Ellis / et al.

SP: Vo

Relating to the confidentiality of certain crime scene photographs and video recordings.

SB 1525             Zaffirini

SP: Patrick, Diane

Relating to including disability awareness training in risk management programs required for members and advisors of student organizations at postsecondary educational institutions.

SB 1533             Carona

SP: Ratliff

Relating to municipal sales and use tax remittances by certain retailers.

SB 1553             Lucio / et al.

SP: Farias / Guillen

Relating to the Homes for Texas Heroes home loan program.

SB 1557             Lucio / et al.

SP: Villarreal

Relating to business and nonprofit organization participation in supporting early college high schools.

SB 1585             Rodríguez

SP: Nevárez

Relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a county hotel occupancy tax.

SB 1590             Zaffirini

SP: Branch

Relating to requirements for personal financial literacy training offered by public school districts and public universities.

SB 1597             Zaffirini

SP: Smithee

Relating to the development of state agency information security plans.

SB 1599             Zaffirini

SP: Lozano

Relating to county and municipal land development regulation.

SB 1601             Zaffirini

SP: Raymond

Relating to the creation of the Central Laredo Municipal Management District; providing authority to impose a tax, levy an assessment, impose a fee, and issue bonds.

SB 1604             Zaffirini

SP: Howard

Relating to asset management and acquisition by institutions of higher education.

SB 1606             Zaffirini

SP: Strama

Relating to ad valorem tax liens on personal property.

SB 1609             Schwertner

SP: Kolkhorst / Naishtat

Relating to the training of employees of certain covered entities.

SB 1610             Schwertner

SP: Kolkhorst / Naishtat

Relating to the notification of individuals following a breach of security of computerized data.

SB 1620             Paxton

SP: Lewis

Relating to certified communication access realtime translation providers.

SB 1630             West

SP: Lewis

Relating to the protection of defendants against vexatious litigants.

SB 1635             Deuell

SP: Burkett / Rose

Relating to the transfer of the assets of and the dissolution of the Dallas County Water Control and Improvement District No. 6.

SB 1658             Paxton

SP: Huberty

Relating to the effect of certain state aid on school districts required to take action to equalize wealth under the school finance system.

SB 1681             Zaffirini

SP: Harper-Brown

Relating to oversight and management of state contracts.

SB 1720             Patrick / et al.

SP: Clardy

Relating to the Math and Science Scholars Loan Repayment Program for teachers who agree to teach mathematics or science in certain school districts in this state.

SB 1806             Eltife

SP: Paddie

Relating to the Harrison County Court at Law.

SB 1810             Ellis

SP: Coleman

Relating to the intercollegiate athletics fee at Texas Southern University.

SB 1827             Deuell

SP: Gooden

Relating to an additional fee for filing civil cases in certain Rockwall County courts.

SB 1833             Uresti

SP: Nevárez

Relating to the rate of the hotel occupancy tax in certain counties.

SB 1842             Deuell

SP: Naishtat

Relating to restraint and seclusion procedures and reporting at certain facilities.

SB 1853             Fraser

SP: Hilderbran

Relating to the amendment of restrictions affecting real property in certain subdivisions and the authority of the Llano County Municipal Utility District No. 1 to issue bonds.

SB 1858             Huffman

SP: Stephenson

Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 184; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

SB 1863             Hinojosa

SP: Herrero

Relating to use of district funds by the Nueces County Hospital District.

SB 1867             Campbell

SP: Workman

Relating to the creation of the Cascades Municipal Utility District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes.

SB 1873             Estes

SP: Fallon

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

SB 1877             Estes

SP: Fallon

Relating to the creation of the Venable Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Denton County; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes.

SB 1879             Eltife

SP: Lavender

Relating to the powers of the TexAmericas Center.

SB 1891             Watson

SP: Howard

Relating to the imposition of an additional fee for filing civil cases in certain Travis County courts.

SB 1899             Zaffirini / et al.

SP: Isaac

Relating to the creation of the LaSalle Municipal Utility District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes.

SB 1906             Hegar

SP: Zerwas

Relating to the creation of Fort Bend County Municipal Management District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes.

SB 1908             West / et al.

SP: Lewis

Relating to a study conducted by the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System and the repeal of certain court fees and costs.

SB 1910             Hegar

SP: Zerwas

Relating to the creation of the Fulshear Municipal Utility District No. 3; providing authority to impose taxes and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

SB 1913             Nichols / et al.

SP: Creighton

Relating to authorizing certain special districts in Montgomery County to enter into strategic partnership agreements.

SB 1915             Campbell

SP: Miller, Doug

Relating to the creation of the Comal County Water Improvement District No. 3; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes.

SB 1916             West

SP: Johnson

Relating to the authority of the Dallas County Hospital District or a nonprofit corporation formed by the district regarding certain technology or intellectual property owned by or licensed to the district or corporation.

SB 1917             Birdwell

SP: Cook

Relating to the definition of an authorized emergency vehicle.

SB 1921             Hegar

SP: Stephenson

Relating to the creation of Kendleton Improvement District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes.

SCR 27              Rodríguez

SP: Márquez

Urging Congress to reauthorize Section 5056 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 and to appropriate sufficient funds for the Rio Grande Environmental Management Program.