REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS

Tuesday

February 26, 2013

SENATE BILLS

(Calendar Order)

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS

(Second Reading)

Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to appropriations for the preservation and perpetuation of certain items of historical value; allowing the legislature and state agencies to accept on behalf of the state gifts of items of historical value and contributions to purchase such items.

Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the making of a reverse mortgage loan for the purchase of homestead property and to amend certain requirements in connection with a reverse mortgage loan.

SENATE BILLS

(Second Reading)

Relating to the creation, purpose, implementation, and funding of the County Park Beautification and Improvement Program.

Relating to the regulation of the practice of public accountancy.

Relating to access to criminal history record information by the banking commissioner.

Relating to procedures for filing complaints with, and providing notice of certain violations to, the Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists.

Relating to the applicability of state law governing funds transfers to certain remittance transfers.

Relating to the amount of outstanding total liability of a mortgage guaranty insurer.

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.

Relating to the electronic submission of a request for an attorney general opinion.

Relating to a requirement for and the contents of a declarations page required for certain standard insurance policy forms for residential property insurance.

Relating to standards for power lines.

Relating to certain inquiries made by the Texas Department of Insurance to insurers.

Relating to the approval requirement for a rental-purchase agreement that includes a loss damage waiver provision.

Relating to the regulation of crafted precious metal dealers.

Relating to prepaid funeral benefits contracts.

Relating to authorizing the placement of a security freeze on the consumer file or other record created or maintained by a consumer reporting agency regarding a person under 16 years of age.

Relating to the administration, operation, supervision, and regulation of credit unions.

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

Relating to the administration and powers of the Red River Authority of Texas.

Relating to the licensing and regulation of military physicians who provide voluntary charity health care.

Relating to the child fatality review team committee.

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

Relating to the abatement of mosquitoes in stagnant water located on certain uninhabited residential property.

Relating to the requirements for issuance of a license to practice orthotics and prosthetics.

Relating to the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.

Relating to the amounts of administrative penalties assessed or imposed against certain health facilities.

Relating to the delegation of prescriptive authority by physicians to and the supervision by physicians of certain advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants.

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

Relating to the requirements of using certain technology to conduct certain mental health hearings or proceedings.

Relating to a defendant's obligation to pay a fine or court cost after the expiration of a period of community supervision.

Relating to the effective date of a new court cost or fee or of an amendment to the amount of a court cost or fee.

Relating to ballot language for an election to approve and finance a municipal or county venue project.

Relating to conforming the eligibility under a major events trust fund of a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Bowl Subdivision postseason event with the changes to the Bowl Championship Series system.

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.

Relating to the imposition of court costs in certain criminal proceedings.

Relating to the consideration of ownership interests of disabled veterans in determining whether a business is a historically underutilized business for purposes of state contracting.

Relating to the designation of Texas Historical Use Buildings.

Relating to the number of members of the Texas Historical Commission.

Relating to public high school graduation, including curriculum and assessment requirements for graduation and funding in support of certain curriculum authorized for graduation.

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

Relating to entrepreneurs-in-residence at state agencies.

Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to provide sewer service to areas within the municipal boundaries without obtaining a certificate of public convenience and necessity.

Relating to the provision and delivery of certain health and human services in this state, including the provision of those services through the Medicaid program and the prevention of fraud, waste, and abuse in that program and other programs.

Relating to the creation of certain funding formulas and policies and to certain public health evaluations by the Department of State Health Services.

Relating to criminal history record information concerning certain applicants and clients of the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services.

Relating to the prescription and pharmaceutical substitution of biological products.

Relating to eligibility of children's advocacy centers for contracts to provide services for children and family members in child abuse and neglect cases.

Relating to foster care placement decisions made by the Department of Family and Protective Services.

Relating to a home visiting program for at-risk families.

Relating to the regulation of certain child-care facilities and administrators of those facilities.

Relating to background and criminal history checks for parents or other relatives of children in residential child-care facilities.

Relating to the dismissal or nonsuit of a suit to terminate the parent-child relationship filed by a governmental entity.