SENATE BILLS RETURNED FROM HOUSE WITH AMENDMENTS

Thursday

May 23, 2013

Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the State Water Implementation Fund for Texas and the State Water Implementation Revenue Fund for Texas to assist in the financing of priority projects in the state water plan.

Relating to drug screening or testing as a condition for the receipt of unemployment compensation benefits by certain individuals.

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.

Relating to the disclosure by a court of criminal history record information that is the subject of an order of nondisclosure.

Relating to the creation of a mental health and substance abuse public reporting system.

Relating to the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.

Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a member of the armed services of the United States who is killed in action.

Relating to ethics of public servants, including the functions and duties of the Texas Ethics Commission; the regulation of political contributions, political advertising, lobbying, and conduct of public servants; and the reporting of political contributions and expenditures and personal financial information; providing civil and criminal penalties.

Relating to the dispensing of aesthetic pharmaceuticals by physicians and therapeutic optometrists; imposing fees.

Relating to the application of the professional prosecutors law to the district attorney for the 287th Judicial District and the county attorney of Oldham County.

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

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

Relating to the abolition of the state boot camp program.

Relating to funding for the operations of the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission.

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

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

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

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

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.

Relating to the creation of a prostitution prevention program; authorizing a fee.

Relating to the licensing and regulation of prescribed pediatric extended care centers; providing penalties; imposing fees.

Relating to the commitment of certain juveniles to local post-adjudication secure correctional facilities in certain counties and to the release under supervision of those juveniles.

Relating to penalties for engaging in organized criminal activity.

Relating to the creation of a standard request form for prior authorization of prescription drug benefits.

Relating to court-ordered outpatient mental health services.

Relating to providing transparency in the budget adoption process of municipalities and counties.

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

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

Relating to county expenditures for certain health care services.

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

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

Relating to the creation of the Texas Nonprofit Council to assist with faith-based and community-based initiatives.

Relating to a review of and report regarding the use of adult and juvenile administrative segregation in facilities in this state.

Relating to search warrants issued in this state and other states for certain customer data, communications, and other information held in electronic storage in this state and other states by providers of electronic communications services and remote computing services.

Relating to the regulation of the practice of nursing.

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

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.

Relating to a provider protection plan that ensures efficiency and reduces administrative burdens on providers participating in a Medicaid managed care model or arrangement.

Relating to higher education for veterans and their families.

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

Relating to water conservation.

Relating to procedures for the sentencing and placement on community supervision of defendants charged with the commission of a state jail felony.

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

Relating to the creation of a standard request form for prior authorization of medical care or health care services.

Relating to the establishment of an employment-first policy and task force to promote competitive employment opportunities that provide a living wage for individuals with disabilities.

Relating to the prevention of truancy and the offense of failure to attend school.

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.

Relating to DNA testing of biological evidence in certain capital cases.

Relating to persons authorized to perform a marriage ceremony.

Relating to contracts by certain state governmental entities that involve the exchange or creation of public information.

Relating to display of the Honor and Remember flag.

Relating to identity recovery services; imposing a fee.

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

Relating to regulation of traffic in a conservation and reclamation district by a commissioners court.

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

Relating to the applicability of certain public works contracting requirements.

Relating to the annexation by a municipality of territory of an emergency services district.

Relating to county and municipal land development regulation.

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.

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

Relating to certified communication access realtime translation providers.

Relating to the creation and operations of health care funding districts in certain counties located on the Texas-Mexico border.

Relating to the protection of defendants against vexatious litigants.

Relating to the monitoring of prescriptions for certain controlled substances; providing penalties.

Relating to oversight and management of state contracts.

Relating to residential property insured by the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association.

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.

Relating to the use of the Texas emissions reduction plan fund.

Relating to funding and donations for county transportation projects, including projects of county energy transportation reinvestment zones.

Relating to the creation of a select interim committee to review and make recommendations for substantive changes to ethics laws.

Relating to the regulation of navigators for health benefit exchanges.

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.

Relating to the state cemetery.

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.

Relating to the transportation and storage of firearms and ammunition in private vehicles on the campuses of institutions of higher education.

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.

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.

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.

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.