LOCAL AND UNCONTESTED BILLS

The following bills have been certified for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar to be held Thursday, April 18, 2013 at 8:00 AM.

Designating Nacogdoches as the official Garden Capital of Texas.

Relating to the transfer of a student from the school district of the student's residence to another district.

Relating to the issuance to veterans of specially marked licenses to carry a concealed handgun and specially marked personal identification certificates.

Relating to the absence of a student from school to visit with a parent or guardian who will be or has been deployed on military duty.

Relating to the designation for criminal prosecution and other purposes of certain chemicals commonly referred to as synthetic cannabinoids as controlled substances and controlled substance analogues under the Texas Controlled Substances Act.

Relating to the addition of certain substances to Penalty Groups 1-A and 2 of the Texas Controlled Substances Act for criminal prosecution and other purposes.

Relating to the regulation of speech-language pathology and audiology and the fitting and dispensing of hearing instruments.

Relating to the qualifications for appointment as a medical examiner.

Relating to a notification requirement if a public school campus or open-enrollment charter school does not have a nurse assigned to the campus during all instructional hours.

Relating to the establishment of the Expanded Learning Opportunities Council to study and make recommendations concerning expanded learning opportunities for public school students.

Relating to the creation of the Waller County Municipal Utility District No. 18; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

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

Relating to court-ordered outpatient mental health services.

Relating to the imposition and collection of a penalty for fraudulently obtaining unemployment compensation benefits.

Relating to the copying of certain records and files relating to a child who is a party to a juvenile proceeding.

Relating to the creation of the Brazoria County Municipal Utility District No. 47; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the eligibility for judge-ordered community supervision or for release on parole of certain defendants convicted of burglary with the intent to commit a sex offense.

Relating to the penalties prescribed for repeated violations of certain court orders or conditions of bond in a family violence case.

Relating to review and verification procedures, allowing certain claimants to file an application under the Crime Victims' Compensation Act, and the administration of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Crisis Services Act.

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

Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship.

Relating to requiring dental support for a child subject to a child support order.

Relating to notification regarding the anticipated release of a potential predator from civil commitment.

Relating to the provision of career and technology education courses in certain partnership programs to provide high school dropout recovery.

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

Relating to a handgun proficiency course that is taken to obtain or renew a concealed handgun license.

Relating to the marketing and advertising of the veterans' assistance lottery game.

Relating to the physician assistant board.

Relating to the application of certain concealed handgun license laws to the attorney general and to assistant attorneys general, United States attorneys, assistant United States attorneys, and special assistant United States attorneys, and to the authority of those attorneys to carry certain weapons.

Relating to certain election practices and procedures.

Relating to a behavior improvement plan adopted for certain students with an individualized education program.

Relating to the shared work unemployment compensation program.

Relating to reporting child abuse and neglect and to training regarding recognizing and reporting child abuse and neglect at schools, institutions of higher education, and other entities.

Relating to the authority of a municipality or county to retain certain fees.

Relating to the execution of a search warrant for taking a DNA specimen.

Relating to regulation by the Texas Medical Board of local anesthesia and peripheral nerve blocks administered in an outpatient setting.

Relating to authorizing broker agreements for the sale of real property by certain municipalities.

Relating to the powers and duties of the board of regents of the Texas Tech University System.

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

Relating to the regulation of residential mortgage loan originators, residential mortgage loan companies, mortgage bankers, and residential mortgage loan servicers under the jurisdiction of the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending; changing a fee.

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

Relating to the funding for and administration of travel and information operations by the Texas Department of Transportation.

Relating to the inclusion of natural gas as a public facility for a public facility corporation.

Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 208; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 209; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 210; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 211; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 212; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 213; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.

Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 532; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 533; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds.

Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 534; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Relating to the addition of land in the territory of the Ranch at Clear Fork Creek Municipal Utility District No. 1.

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

Relating to the transfer of certain state property in Walker County from the Texas Board of Criminal Justice to the board of regents of the Texas State University System.

Relating to tuition and fee exemptions for certain military personnel and their dependents.

Relating to the facilities to which Chapter 68, Water Code, applies.

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 guardianships, including assessments for and provision of guardianship services by the Department of Aging and Disability Services.

Relating to the relationship between Texas Department of Transportation toll projects and adjoining nontolled roads.

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.

Relating to the regulation of real estate inspectors; changing fees.

Relating to timeshare owners' associations.

Relating to notification procedures regarding the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

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

Relating to the use of digitized signatures for pleadings and orders in suits affecting the parent-child relationship.

Relating to the exemption of the Corpus Christi Aquifer Storage and Recovery Conservation District from certain provisions concerning the desired future conditions of an aquifer.

Relating to the abandonment of a county road.

Relating to the definition of "qualified employee" in an enterprise zone.

Relating to the validation of the dissolution of the Development Corporation of Presidio and the creation of the Presidio Municipal Development District.

Relating to the business of travel insurance; authorizing penalties.

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

Relating to voluntary donations to the Glenda Dawson Donate Life-Texas Registry.

Relating to the name and powers and duties of the Port O'Connor Municipal Utility District; providing authority to impose a sales and use tax.

Relating to the administration, powers, and duties of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 134.

Relating to the powers of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 188, including powers related to the construction, operation, and financing of roads; providing authority to issue bonds and impose a tax.

Relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Fort Bend Subsidence District.

Relating to the powers and duties of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 105; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose fees and taxes.

Relating to the powers and duties of Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 194.

Relating to the power and duties of the Fulshear Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Fort Bend County.

Relating to the operation of the juvenile board of Edwards County.

Relating to the creation of the Fulshear Municipal Utility District No. 2; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Relating to the election of members of the board of directors of the Pecan Valley Groundwater Conservation District.

Granting permission to the State of Texas to sue The University of Texas System.