REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS |
Friday May 17, 2013 |
SENATE BILLS (Calendar Order) |
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS (Second Reading) |
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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. |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide that the governor, and the lieutenant governor when acting as governor, retain executive authority unless unavailable as provided by law. |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment concerning the limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations of revenue. |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the reduction of amounts paid by Texans to provide health care to the uninsured if Medicaid eligibility is expanded in accordance with the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; requiring hospital district and county tax rate reductions. |
SENATE BILLS (Third Reading) |
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Relating to an electric utility surcharge to assist owners of certain historic structures with electric bill payments and to promote energy conservation and efficiency. |
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Relating to development regulations for certain unincorporated areas located near the Tornillo-Guadalupe Port of Entry; providing a penalty. |
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Relating to the satisfaction of annual renewable energy requirements by certain utilities. |
SENATE BILLS (Second Reading) |
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Relating to the creation, purpose, implementation, and funding of the County Park Beautification and Improvement Program. |
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Relating to public high school graduation, including curriculum and assessment requirements for graduation and funding in support of certain curriculum authorized for graduation. |
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Relating to the regulation of temporary common worker employers; providing a criminal penalty; authorizing fees. |
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Relating to authorizing certain current and former members of the state legislature to conduct a marriage ceremony. |
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Relating to the delay in the implementation of the abolishment of small claims courts. |
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Relating to access to birth records of certain adopted children. |
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Relating to equal opportunity for access by private and parochial school students to certain University Interscholastic League sponsored activities. |
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Relating to the provision of and parental approval for a student's participation in human sexuality and family planning instruction in public schools. |
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Relating to the right of a person to enter the person's residence or former residence accompanied by a peace officer to recover certain personal property; providing penalties. |
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Relating to the period during which an employee may file a claim for unpaid wages with the Texas Workforce Commission. |
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Relating to liability of certain electric utilities that allow certain uses of land that the electric utility owns, occupies, or leases. |
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Relating to the development, hosting, and management of computer software for state agencies. |
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Relating to end-of-course assessment instruments administered to public high school students and other measures of secondary-level performance. |
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Relating to certain residential and other structures and mitigation of loss to those structures resulting from natural catastrophes; providing a criminal penalty. |
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Relating to building code standards for new residential construction in the unincorporated area of a county. |
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Relating to minimum standards for abortion facilities. |
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Relating to the governor's executive authority while traveling outside of the state. |
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Relating to the regulation and enforcement of dam safety by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. |
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Relating to the authority of a statutory probate court in Collin County to hear and determine certain matters pending in a district or statutory county court. |
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Relating to unlawful employment practices regarding discrimination in payment of compensation. |
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Relating to distributing or prescribing abortion-inducing drugs; providing penalties. |
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Relating to the electronic filing system established by rule or order of the Texas Supreme Court; authorizing fees. |
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Relating to the creation of DNA records for the DNA database system. |
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Relating to the establishment of the statewide electronic filing system fund and to certain court fees and court costs to fund the account; imposing fees. |
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Relating to a requirement that students at an open-enrollment charter school recite the pledges of allegiance to the United States flag and the state flag. |
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Relating to the designation of a portion of Interstate Highway 35W as the Cesar Chavez Memorial Freeway. |
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Relating to the shared work unemployment compensation program. |
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Relating to the use by a medical examiner of certain medical waste and autopsy records. |
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Relating to public school performance ratings that reflect acceptable and unacceptable performance. |
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Relating to the recognition and validity of a license to carry a concealed handgun issued by another state. |
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Relating to the prosecution of the offense of indecency with a child. |
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Relating to the Corn Hill Regional Water Authority. |
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Relating to an animal identification program. |
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Relating to access to certain archaic information. |
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Relating to use of the money from the Texas Enterprise Fund and the Texas emerging technology fund to benefit certain historically underutilized businesses. |
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Relating to consumption of alcoholic beverages in certain public entertainment facilities. |
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Relating to attaining reserve capacity margins in power regions to meet expected peak demand. |
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Relating to the certification of sheriffs and deputy sheriffs to enforce commercial motor vehicle safety standards in certain counties. |
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Relating to the replatting of a subdivision without vacating the preceding plat in certain municipalities. |
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Relating to the authority of a county to advertise on leased vehicles. |
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Relating to the Weatherford College District service area. |
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Relating to the temporary licensing of a dentist who performs voluntary charity care. |
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Relating to the display of flags at half-staff at state buildings to honor service members killed in action. |
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Relating to the approval of certain alcoholic beverages by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission. |
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Relating to the application of foreign laws and foreign forum selection in certain family law proceedings. |
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Relating to the provision of electronic courses in public schools, the state virtual school network, and school district digital capabilities. |
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Relating to the regulation of game rooms in certain counties; providing penalties; authorizing a fee. |
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Relating to water management planning by the Lower Colorado River Authority. |
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Relating to use of telemedicine in certain trauma facilities. |
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Relating to clarifying liability and damages for certain liens placed on and certain court records of real property. |
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Relating to the determination that a voter is deceased. |
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Relating to a school choice program for certain students with disabilities. |
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Relating to the establishment of the Texas Equal Opportunity Scholarship Program. |
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Relating to the fraudulent use of identifying information by certain sex offenders; providing criminal penalties. |
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Relating to the repeal of the offense of homosexual conduct. |
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Relating to creating a disadvantaged business assistance program to be operated by the Texas Department of Transportation. |
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Relating to the Texas Economic Development Act. |
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Relating to the membership of and the beef marketing, education, research, and promotion programs of the Texas Beef Council. |
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Relating to the reformation of the sentences of juveniles convicted of capital felonies. |
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Relating to orders of nondisclosure issued for records of certain fine-only misdemeanors; authorizing a fee. |
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Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Education Agency and to the abolition of the State Board for Educator Certification and the transfer of its functions to the Texas Education Agency; changing the amounts of certain fees and providing for the ad valorem tax rate to be imposed after annexation of an insolvent or inoperative school district. |
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Relating to the procedure for action by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on applications for certain environmental permits. |
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Relating to the administration of oaths and issuance of subpoenas in an arbitration proceeding involving firefighters or police officers in certain political subdivisions. |
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Relating to requirements for physicians who perform abortions; creating an offense. |
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Relating to civil penalties under the Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act. |
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Relating to the procedural requirements for action by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on applications for production area authorizations. |
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Relating to the authority of a county to establish a centralized sex offender registration authority. |
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Relating to the authority of certain counties and the General Land Office to temporarily close a beach or beach access point. |
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Relating to the administration of the Texas Commission on Fire Protection. |
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Relating to determination of the amount of certain child support obligations. |
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Relating to a prohibition of employment of a member or former member of the State Board of Education by an open-enrollment charter school; providing a penalty. |
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Relating to the authority of a county to deposit fees collected by a county bail bond board in a separate county fund. |
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Relating to the establishment of a down payment assistance program by the manufactured housing division of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs for the purchase of manufactured homes by low-income individuals and families. |
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Relating to the territory of the East Aldine Management District. |
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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. |
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Relating to comprehensive development agreements for the financing, design, acquisition, construction, maintenance, or operation of certain passenger rail projects. |
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Relating to the creation of a regional food economy and food access task force. |
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Relating to the establishment of a community development grocery store and healthy corner store revolving loan fund program. |
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Relating to the constitutional limit on the rate of growth of appropriations of revenue. |
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Relating to the release by a sheriff of certain defendants to an electronic monitoring or house arrest program. |
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Relating to inclusion in school district improvement plans of policies to prevent dating violence and bullying. |
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Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to file a lien for the costs of abatement of a floodplain ordinance violation; providing a civil penalty. |
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Relating to requiring municipalities to reimburse the Texas Department of Transportation for compensation paid for certain signs required to be relocated due to road construction. |
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Relating to the licensing and regulation of amusement redemption machines at certain locations; providing penalties. |
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Relating to the cost effects of expanding eligibility for medical assistance under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. |
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Relating to the determination of the boundaries of, and the enforcement of the law governing access to, public beaches. |
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Relating to distributed renewable generation and compensation for excess electricity generated by distributed renewable generation. |
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Relating to a pilot program for a three-year high school diploma plan and cost-neutral expansion of full-day prekindergarten programs. |
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Relating to the elimination of straight-party voting for judicial offices. |
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Relating to exclusion of land from certain water districts that fail to provide service to the land; clarifying and limiting the authority of those districts with outstanding bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to impose taxes on excluded land; providing for a financial review. |
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Relating to the regulation of advanced meters and the interconnection of ERCOT with another grid; requiring a study on the health effects of advanced meters; authorizing an administrative penalty. |
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Relating to municipal swimming pool requirements for certain dwellings. |
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Relating to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits accounts. |
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Relating to the motor fuel tax on compressed natural gas and liquefied natural gas; providing penalties. |
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Relating to the operation of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association and the FAIR Plan Association and the renaming of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association as the Texas Residual Insurance Plan. |
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Relating to the punishment for the offense of prostitution. |
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Relating to the period for confirmation of the Williamson County Municipal Utility District No. 21. |
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Relating to the creation of the Hidalgo County Hospital District; granting the authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain. |
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Relating to the financing of transportation projects; authorizing fees. |
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Relating to the electronic recording of certain statements made by an accused as a result of custodial interrogation. |
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Relating to the boundaries of the East Montgomery County Municipal Utility Districts Nos. 6 and 7. |
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Relating to a drug testing requirement for candidates for certain public elective offices. |
HOUSE BILLS (Calendar Order) |
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTIONS (Second Reading) |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment repealing the constitutional provision authorizing the creation of a hospital district in Hidalgo County. |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize a political subdivision of this state to extend the number of days that aircraft parts that are exempt from ad valorem taxation due to their location in this state for a temporary period may be located in this state for purposes of qualifying for the tax exemption. |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a home-rule municipality to provide in its charter the procedure to fill a vacancy on its governing body for which the unexpired term is 12 months or less. |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the market value of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a member of the armed services of the United States who is killed in action. |
HOUSE BILLS (Second Reading) |
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Relating to the certification of sheriffs and deputy sheriffs to enforce commercial motor vehicle safety standards in certain counties. |
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Relating to eligibility of certain persons for enrollment in school district summer school courses. |
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Relating to identification numbers on vessels. |
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Relating to unemployment compensation eligibility and chargebacks regarding certain persons who leave work to attend training. |
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Relating to the dissemination of information regarding employment opportunities in this state to secondary school students. |
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Relating to the transfer of certain amounts from the employment and training investment holding fund and the training stabilization fund. |
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Relating to the recognition of a portion of U.S. Highway 83 as a memorial to Trooper Eduardo Chavez. |
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Relating to the issuance of military specialty license plates; providing an exemption from a fee. |
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Relating to consecutive sentences for certain offenses involving injury to a child, an elderly individual, or a disabled individual and arising out of the same criminal episode. |
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Relating to requiring notice of a hotel's firearms policy and other guest policies; providing a criminal penalty. |
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Relating to access to criminal history record information by certain hospitals and other facilities. |
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Relating to the composition of the housing and health services coordination council. |
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Relating to the authority of a psychologist to delegate the provision of certain care to a person under the psychologist's supervision, including a person training to become a psychologist. |
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Relating to the temporary licensing of a dentist who performs voluntary charity care. |
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Relating to the dismissal of a charge for the offense of failing to secure a child in a child passenger safety seat system. |
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Relating to the offense of the unauthorized duplication of certain recordings. |
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Relating to possession of or access to a child. |
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Relating to the court in which a hearing regarding the towing of a motor vehicle may be held. |
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Relating to permitting of greenhouse gas emissions by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; limiting the amount of a fee. |
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Relating to the display of flags at half-staff at the Capitol building to honor service members killed in action. |
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Relating to a medal for certain members of the state military forces who served during the Cold War; authorizing a fee. |
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Relating to privileged parking for veterans of World War II. |
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Relating to the awarding of the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor. |
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Relating to apprenticeship requirements for occupational licenses issued to applicants with military experience. |
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Relating to the disposition of unclaimed cremated remains of certain veterans. |
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Relating to the mental health program for veterans. |
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Relating to limiting the liability of persons who employ persons with criminal convictions. |
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Relating to the secretary of state providing information to voters regarding their voting status through an Internet website. |
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Relating to excused absences from public school for certain students. |
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Relating to the use of an Internet application to allow access by court-appointed volunteer advocates to child protective services case information. |
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Relating to the authority of a property owners' association to regulate the use of certain lots for residential purposes. |
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Relating to the notice provided by the chief appraiser of an appraisal district of the availability of agreement forms authorizing certain electronic communications. |
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Relating to the requirement that certain ad valorem tax-related notices be delivered to a property owner by certified mail. |
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Relating to the authority to issue bonds of the Rockett Special Utility District. |
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Relating to the creation of the Windsor Hills Municipal Management District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments and fees. |
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Relating to the ability of a tenant representative to serve as a commissioner of a local housing authority. |
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Relating to the responsibility for keeping fire-fighting equipment furnished to a volunteer fire department by a county in good working order. |
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Relating to the definition of an authorized emergency vehicle. |
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Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 529; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes. |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the Hidalgo County Water Control and Improvement District No. 19; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose fees and taxes. |
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Relating to the Eastland Memorial Hospital District. |
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Relating to the dissolution of the Cisco Hospital District; authorizing the imposition of a tax. |
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Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 139; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes. |
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Relating to the donation of surplus real property by certain municipalities. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Relating to the election and authority of the board of directors of the McCulloch County Hospital District. |
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Relating to the McCamey County Hospital District; authorizing the issuance of bonds; authorizing the imposition of a tax. |
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Relating to the creation of the Willacy County Drainage District No. 3; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes. |
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Relating to the proceedings of certain municipal courts held in the corporate limits of a contiguous incorporated municipality. |
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Relating to the dissolution of the Lipan Creek Flood Control District. |
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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. |
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Relating to the territory of the East Aldine Management District. |
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Relating to the exercise of urban renewal powers by certain counties. |
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Relating to eligibility to serve on the appraisal review board of an appraisal district. |
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Relating to the authority of municipalities to file a lien for the costs of abatement of a floodplain ordinance violation; providing a civil penalty. |
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Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs; authorizing and otherwise affecting the application of certain fees. |
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Relating to information regarding postsecondary education and career opportunities and workforce needs in this state. |
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Relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a county hotel occupancy tax. |
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Relating to excluding certain short-term employment from unemployment compensation chargebacks and grounds for benefit disqualification. |
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Relating to the facilitation and operation of space flight activities in this state. |
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Relating to alternative methods of dispute resolution in certain disputes between the Department of Aging and Disability Services and an assisted living facility licensed by the department. |
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Relating to the regulation of the practice of physical therapy; authorizing fees. |
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Relating to the requirements for members appointed to the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists. |
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Relating to the assessment of an elderly or disabled person's psychological status for purposes of an emergency order authorizing protective services. |
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Relating to the establishment of community partnerships and the development of policy recommendations for increasing physical activity and improving fitness among public school students. |
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Relating to the establishment of a pilot program in Harris County to provide maternity care management to certain women enrolled in the Medicaid managed care program. |
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Relating to measures to prevent or control the entry into or spread in this state of certain communicable diseases; providing a penalty. |
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Relating to the transitional living services program for certain youth in foster care. |
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Relating to notice of residential services available for persons with intellectual disabilities. |
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Relating to the issuance of remedial plans to resolve complaints filed with the Texas Optometry Board; authorizing a fee. |
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Relating to the protection and care of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. |
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Relating to the notation of death on a birth certificate and the release of birth certificate information for certain purposes. |
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Relating to the authority of the commissioners court of a county to alter speed limits on county roads. |
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Relating to the designation of a portion of Recreational Road 255 in Jasper County as Sam Rayburn Parkway. |
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Relating to the application of restrictions on drivers under 18 years of age. |
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Relating to the designation of U.S. Highway 175 in Kaufman County as the Veterans Memorial Highway. |
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Relating to aid provided to certain voters; providing criminal penalties. |
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Relating to the deadlines by which provisional ballots must be processed and the state canvass must be conducted for certain elections. |
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Relating to procedures for certain audits of pharmacists and pharmacies. |
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Relating to eligibility of certain dependents for coverage under the state employee group benefits program. |
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Relating to the disclosure of certain information to the secretary of state for use in voter registration or the administration of elections. |
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Relating to the interlocutory appeal of a denial of a motion to dismiss in an action involving the exercise of certain constitutional rights. |
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Relating to political parties' governance and conventions. |
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Relating to the review of certain skills development fund workforce training programs. |
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Relating to the adoption of wellness policies and programs by state agencies. |
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Relating to the Texas Economic Development Act. |
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Relating to an optional procedure for the issuance of a permit by a certain regional mobility authority for the movement of oversize or overweight vehicles carrying cargo; authorizing a fee. |
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Relating to the operation of a golf cart or utility vehicle on a public highway in certain counties; authorizing a fee. |
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Relating to the amount of a fine for certain traffic offenses committed in a construction or maintenance work zone. |
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Relating to the regulation of motor vehicles by counties and the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles; authorizing a fee; creating an offense. |
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Relating to the designation by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles of the registration year for certain vehicles sold by a dealer. |
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Relating to the authority to propose the creation of a fire control, prevention, and emergency medical services district. |
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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. |
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Relating to a study regarding the effects on international trade of wait times at points of entry between the United States and the United Mexican States. |
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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. |
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Relating to the dissolution of the Parker County Utility District No. 1. |
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Relating to the regulation of roadside vendors and solicitors in certain counties. |
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Relating to the election of directors of the board of the Ector County Hospital District. |
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Relating to the recording and indexing of property owners' association management certificates in the county real property records. |
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Relating to the authority of a county to deposit fees collected by a county bail bond board in a separate county fund. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Relating to the authority of certain municipalities and counties to regulate subdivisions in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality by agreement. |
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Relating to the business leave time account for a police officer employee organization in certain municipalities. |
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Relating to the creation of a county assistance district. |
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Relating to the Jack County Hospital District; authorizing the imposition of a tax. |
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Relating to the practice of dentistry; imposing surcharges and fees. |
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Relating to a study regarding the use of certain public transportation services by persons with disabilities. |
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Relating to a plan to increase outcomes in the summer food service program. |
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Relating to the Hispanic Heritage Center of Texas. |
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Relating to the development of a model contract management process for use with low-risk state procurements. |
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Relating to charitable contributions by state employees to assist domestic victims of human trafficking. |
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Relating to an interim study regarding the method by which certain judicial officers are selected. |
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Relating to a correction, clarification, or retraction of incorrect information published. |
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Relating to low income housing tax credits awarded to at-risk developments. |
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Relating to cable operators' attachments on distribution poles owned or controlled by electric cooperatives. |
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Relating to the manufacture of malt beverages, including under alternating brewery proprietorship and contract brewing arrangements. |
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Relating to compensatory payments made in connection with the issuance of certain title insurance policies. |
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Relating to the regulation of money services businesses. |
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Relating to interest on commercial loans. |
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Relating to the payment for liquor by a retailer. |
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Relating to the disconnection of electric or gas utility service. |
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Relating to the regulation of banks, trust companies, and bank holding companies. |
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Relating to the appointment of building contractors to certain trade advisory boards of the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. |
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Relating to the collection of surplus lines insurance premium taxes for insurance placed with a managing underwriter. |
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Relating to prohibited conduct by insurance adjusters, public insurance adjusters, and roofing contractors. |
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Relating to interruption of electric service by a residential landlord. |
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Relating to the regulation of certain surety companies. |
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Relating to providing notice of certain proposed municipal zoning changes to a school district. |
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Relating to the urban land bank demonstration program in certain municipalities. |
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Relating to the Seminole Hospital District of Gaines County, Texas, and to the fiscal year of the Dallam-Hartley Counties Hospital District. |
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Relating to the administration of primary elections, the nomination of candidates by convention, and voting by certain military and overseas voters. |
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Relating to a school district's recognition of and education regarding traditional winter celebrations. |
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Relating to the periodic review and revision of college and career readiness standards in public education. |
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Relating to a personal financial literacy credit for high school programs. |
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Relating to a pilot program for a three-year high school diploma plan and cost-neutral expansion of full-day prekindergarten programs. |
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Relating to the issuance of interest-bearing time warrants and certain notes by school districts. |
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Relating to the amount of the fees paid by certain peace officers, correctional officers, members of the state military forces, and veterans of the armed forces for a license to carry a concealed handgun and to the issuance of such a license to certain peace officers and members of the state military forces; authorizing a fee. |
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Relating to certain procedures for submitting legible and classifiable fingerprints with an application for a license to carry a concealed handgun. |
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Relating to the qualifications for certain positions with the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas. |
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Relating to fever tick eradication; creating a penalty. |
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Relating to liability for injuring a trespassing sheep or goat. |
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Relating to compensation of property owners whose property is damaged as a result of a pursuit involving a law enforcement agency. |
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Relating to the membership of and the beef marketing, education, research, and promotion programs of the Texas Beef Council. |
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Relating to the punishment for violating certain rules or permit terms under a permit to trap, transport, and transplant certain animals. |
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Relating to the Texas Statewide Mutual Aid System. |
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Relating to the composition of the structural pest control advisory committee. |
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Relating to the uprooting of seagrass plants; creating an offense. |
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Relating to images captured by unmanned vehicles and unmanned aircraft; providing penalties. |
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Relating to certain firearms, firearm accessories, and firearm ammunition within the State of Texas; providing an exemption from federal regulation and providing penalties. |
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Relating to a study regarding the prohibition of dairy farming in certain areas of the state. |
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Relating to the adoption of rules by the Parks and Wildlife Commission to protect the public water of this state from the spread of aquatic invasive species. |
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Relating to the unlawful seizure of a firearm by a governmental officer or employee; providing penalties. |
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Relating to certain regulatory programs administered by the Department of Agriculture; providing penalties; imposing fees. |
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Relating to the accessing and use of electronically readable personal identification information obtained from driver's licenses or personal identification certificates. |
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Relating to the regulation of real estate inspectors; changing fees. |
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Relating to a qualifying cogeneration facility's ability to sell electric energy to multiple purchasers. |
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Relating to debit card or stored value card surcharges. |
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Relating to the period of time allowed for issuance of decisions by the commissioner of education in certain appeals against school districts. |
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Relating to the donation of office space owned by a legislator or a legislator's business for use as the legislator's district office. |
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Relating to the location of certain public sales of real property. |
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Relating to the composition of the Texas Private Security Board. |
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Relating to the disclosure by a member of the legislature or the lieutenant governor of certain information concerning a resident of this state to a governmental body. |
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Relating to a public hearing held on the issue of making a payment in excess of the compensation contracted for by a political subdivision. |
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Relating to the confidentiality of certain home address information in ad valorem tax appraisal records. |
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Relating to the carrying of concealed handguns on the premises of and certain other locations associated with institutions of higher education. |
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Relating to continuing education requirements for certain educators. |
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Relating to the filing of financial disclosure statements by trustees of certain independent school districts; providing criminal and civil penalties. |
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Relating to the provision of certain opportunities to career and technical students by public school districts under the college credit program. |
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Relating to instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation in secondary education curriculum. |
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Relating to public school educator preparation and alternative certification programs. |
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Relating to the provision of credit by examination for public school students. |
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Relating to the enforcement of certain federal laws regulating firearms, firearm accessories, and firearm ammunition within the State of Texas. |
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Relating to limiting the amount of a fee or assessment imposed by the Rio Grande Regional Water Authority. |
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Relating to the authority of a water and sewer utility to collect voluntary contributions on behalf of a local library. |
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Relating to interbasin transfers of state water. |
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Relating to the implementation of a water conservation plan and drought contingency plan, as applicable, by certain entities. |
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Relating to the composition and use of money in the oil and gas regulation and cleanup fund. |
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Relating to the Red River Boundary Compact and the creation of the Red River Boundary Commission. |
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Relating to bids for construction contracts for certain conservation and reclamation districts. |
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Relating to the definitions of advanced clean energy projects and clean energy projects and to franchise tax credits for certain of those projects. |
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Relating to the transfer of territory, assets, liabilities, and duties of the former Cuadrilla Improvement Corporation to the Lower Valley Water District. |
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Relating to fees of office for directors of groundwater conservation districts. |
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Relating to the election of members of the board of directors of the Benbrook Water Authority. |
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Relating to the use for administrative costs of a portion of money received by certain entities to implement a supplemental environmental project. |
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Relating to junior college district territory annexation and program approval in certain counties. |
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Relating to partnerships between the Texas State Technical College System and public junior colleges. |
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Relating to the Houston Community College System District service area. |
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Relating to authorizing the board of regents of The University of Texas System to acquire certain property in the city of Arlington. |
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Relating to the sex offender status of a person who becomes a resident of certain group home facilities. |
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Relating to the confidentiality of certain records maintained by a victims of trafficking shelter center and the creation of minimum standards for certain facilities that provide services to victims of trafficking. |
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Relating to the regulation of child-care providers by the Texas Workforce Commission and local workforce development boards. |
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Relating to the registration of volunteer health practitioners and the services of volunteer health practitioners during disasters. |
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Relating to the practice of psychology; authorizing a fee. |
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Relating to regulation of cottage food products and cottage food production operations. |
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Relating to certain information about housing for persons with mental illness provided through the Texas Information and Referral Network Internet site. |
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Relating to advertising by certain facilities that provide emergency services; providing an administrative penalty. |
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Relating to information provided by the Department of State Health Services on food regulation. |
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Relating to the sunset review of certain powers and duties performed by the Department of State Health Services. |
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Relating to a study on alcohol and controlled substance statistics prepared by the Department of Family and Protective Services and the Department of State Health Services. |
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Relating to a pilot program conducted by the Department of Aging and Disability Services to authorize certain accreditation surveys of assisted living facilities. |
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Relating to the educational needs of children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services. |
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Relating to licensing and certification requirements for certain health facilities and to the allocation of Medicaid beds in certain of those facilities; increasing fees. |
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Relating to the reporting of health care associated infections. |
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Relating to nutrition and wellness education for certain recipients of certain state benefits. |
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Relating to licensing requirements for newly constructed assisted living facilities. |
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Relating to the determination of an applicant's eligibility for any program administered by the Health and Human Services Commission. |
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Relating to the appointment of counsel to represent certain youths and indigent defendants. |
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Relating to the certification of alcohol awareness programs required for minors convicted of or receiving deferred disposition for certain alcohol offenses. |
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Relating to permitting an alternative plea for a defendant detained in jail pending trial for a Class C misdemeanor. |
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Relating to the civil prosecution of racketeering related to trafficking of persons; providing penalties. |
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Relating to the creation of a task force on domestic violence. |
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Relating to the sale of a cemetery plot; providing penalties; authorizing a fee. |
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Relating to the reimbursement of utilities for relocation of utility facilities following improvement or construction of certain tolled highways. |
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Relating to the business, supervision, and regulation of state savings and loan associations and state savings banks; providing a criminal penalty. |
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Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Lottery Commission; providing penalties; imposing and changing fees. |
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Relating to the transportation of certain patients to a mental health facility. |
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Relating to creating the Texas Teacher Residency Program. |
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Relating to certain information to be provided by school districts to parents concerning supplemental educational services and to Texas Education Agency approval and investigation of supplemental educational services providers. |
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Relating to the guarantee of refinanced open-enrollment charter school bonds by the permanent school fund. |
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Relating to electioneering conducted near a polling place. |
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Relating to limits on prizes for bingo games. |
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Relating to the waiver of sovereign immunity in certain employment lawsuits by nurses and in certain employment discrimination actions in connection with a workers' compensation claim. |
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Relating to certain political party officials visiting a primary election polling place for administrative purposes. |
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Relating to eligibility for appointment as a central counting station manager. |
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Relating to the eligibility of certain employees of public institutions of higher education to participate in a state group benefits program. |
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Relating to the use of an electronic device to capture a voter's signature for the signature roster. |
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Relating to a provision in a will or trust that would cause a forfeiture of or void an interest for bringing any court action, including contesting the will or trust. |
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Relating to the payment of and contracts with health care providers by certain entities under contract with a certified workers' compensation network. |
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Relating to health benefit plan coverage for brain injury. |
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Relating to the taxation of certain tangible personal property located inside a defense base development authority. |
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Relating to the exemption from the sales and use tax for certain coins and precious metals. |
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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. |
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Relating to the pilot program authorizing a property owner to appeal to the State Office of Administrative Hearings regarding certain appraisal review board determinations. |
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Relating to an exemption for land owned by a school from the additional tax imposed on the change of use of land appraised for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified open-space land. |
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Relating to the contents of an application by certain persons for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the person's residence homestead. |
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Relating to the searchable state expenditure database maintained by the comptroller. |
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Relating to the allocation of amounts deposited into the oyster sales account and the abolishment of the oyster advisory committee. |
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Relating to the waiver of penalties and interest on certain delinquent ad valorem taxes. |
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Relating to the exclusion by taxable entities engaged in providing services as an agricultural aircraft operation of certain costs in determining total revenue for purposes of the franchise tax. |
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Relating to the qualifications for the exemption from ad valorem taxation for aircraft parts located in this state for a limited time. |
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Relating to the designation of U.S. Highway 80 as a historic highway. |
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Relating to the designation of the structure on Loop 150 in the city of Bastrop connecting the east and west banks of the Colorado River as the Chief Petty Officer (SOC) Stephen "Matt" Mills Bridge. |
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Relating to funding for certain commercial service airport projects. |
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Relating to the penalties for illegally passing a stopped school bus. |
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Relating to the authority of a county road department to accept donations. |
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Relating to funding and donations for county transportation projects, including projects of county energy transportation reinvestment zones. |
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Relating to motor vehicle inspection requirements for vehicles equipped with compressed natural gas containers. |
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Relating to a study on the feasibility of requiring title for all trailers, semitrailers, and travel trailers not considered manufactured housing. |
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Relating to Air Medal and Air Medal with Valor specialty license plates. |
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Relating to the regulation of automotive wrecking and salvage yards in certain counties; increasing the civil penalty. |
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Relating to the eligibility of certain vehicles to be operated as farm vehicles on a road or highway in this state. |
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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. |
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Relating to punishment for the offense of driving a commercial motor vehicle without a commercial driver's license. |
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Relating to an individual's responsibilities following an accident reasonably likely to result in injury to or death of a person; imposing criminal penalties. |
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Relating to the issuance of Foundation School Program license plates. |
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Relating to the designation of the Officer Angel David Garcia Memorial Interchange. |
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Relating to the rates of municipal and county hotel occupancy taxes in certain municipalities and counties and the use of certain revenue from those taxes; changing the rates of taxes. |
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Relating to increasing the maximum rate at which certain municipalities may impose a hotel occupancy tax and to the use of revenue from that tax. |
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Relating to the allocation of state hotel occupancy tax revenue to certain municipalities for cleaning and maintenance of and erosion control for public beaches. |
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Relating to a study to determine the reasons major manufacturers have chosen to invest in other states after considering development in this state. |
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Relating to the collection, study, and reporting by the Texas Workforce Commission of certain information regarding shortages in high-wage, high-demand occupations. |
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Relating to the proper classification of workers performing services in connection with governmental contracts; providing a penalty. |
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Relating to use of sales and use tax proceeds by certain economic development corporations for certain job-related skills training. |
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Relating to the statute of limitations on municipal and county hotel occupancy taxes and interest on delinquent payments of municipal hotel occupancy taxes. |
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Relating to unemployment compensation eligibility and chargebacks regarding certain persons who are victims or whose immediate family members are victims of sexual assault. |
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Relating to the filing of reports of political contributions and expenditures and of personal financial statements by certain officeholders and candidates. |
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Relating to certain notices, reports, and descriptions provided by or filed with court and county clerks. |
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Relating to an annual term for the 47th District Court. |
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Relating to certain procedures in family or juvenile law proceedings. |
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Relating to the use of money deposited to a justice court technology fund in certain counties. |
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Relating to a case transferred from one district court to another district court. |
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Relating to an appeal from an interlocutory order of certain courts. |
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Relating to the use of an unsworn declaration, the disposition of certain court exhibits, and the seal of a constitutional county court or county clerk. |
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Relating to the concurrent jurisdiction of the municipal courts of certain neighboring municipalities to hear criminal cases. |
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Relating to the appointment of bailiffs for certain district courts. |
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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. |
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Relating to restoring the jurisdiction of the constitutional county court in Brazos County. |
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Relating to the issuance of a marriage license for an absent applicant, the participation of a proxy in certain marriage ceremonies, and the maintenance and submission of records relating to a marriage license issued for an absent applicant. |
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Relating to the enforcement of an order to pay child support by contempt and the awarding of costs and fees in certain proceedings. |
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Relating to persons entitled to notice of and to participation in certain hearings regarding a child in the conservatorship of the state. |
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Relating to certain procedures regarding an application for a writ of habeas corpus filed in a noncapital felony case. |
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Relating to the allowance in lieu of exempt property in the administration of a decedent's estate. |
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Relating to the duties of and the application of the professional prosecutors law to the county attorney in Lavaca County and to the duties of the district attorney for the 25th Judicial District. |
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Relating to the duties of and the application of the professional prosecutors law to the county attorney in Gonzales County and to the duties of the district attorney for the 25th Judicial District. |
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Relating to the restriction of access to the records and files of a child charged with or convicted of certain fine-only misdemeanor offenses. |
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Relating to electronically filing any court document in a criminal case in Hidalgo County. |
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Relating to the termination of the parent-child relationship and the duty to pay child support in circumstances involving mistaken paternity. |
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Relating to a justice or judge having an interest in a business entity that owns, manages, or operates a private correctional or rehabilitation facility. |
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Relating to information that may be requested by the Department of Public Safety from a person applying for or renewing a concealed handgun license. |
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Relating to search warrants issued in this state and other states for certain customer data, communications, and other related information held in electronic storage in this state and other states by providers of electronic communications services and remote computing services. |
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Relating to the administration and operation of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department. |
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Relating to the penalty for an offense involving motor vehicle airbags. |
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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. |
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Relating to authorizing an optional county fee on vehicles registered in certain counties to fund transportation projects. |
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Relating to the regulation of motor vehicle dealers, manufacturers, and distributors. |
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Relating to donations of landscape materials and services to the Texas Department of Transportation. |
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Relating to creating a recognition day in honor of Willie Velasquez. |
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Relating to an exemption from air conditioning and refrigeration contracting regulation for installation of a thermostat. |
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Relating to production requirements for holders of winery permits. |
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Relating to the licensing of a journeyman lineman. |
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Relating to requirements for open meetings held by videoconference call. |
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Relating to the amount of a chargeback for unemployment compensation benefits paid to a person who is partially unemployed. |
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Relating to the use of local hotel occupancy tax revenue to conduct an audit. |
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Relating to the allocation and transfer of money from the capital access fund by the Texas Economic Development Bank. |
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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. |
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Relating to use of sales and use tax proceeds by economic development corporations in connection with housing facilities for certain institutions of higher education. |
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Relating to procedural requirements for action by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on applications for production area authorizations. |
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Relating to certain energy security technologies for critical governmental facilities. |
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Relating to the use of state water; providing a penalty. |
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Relating to municipal fire suppression standards in certain municipalities. |
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Relating to the renewal of a controlled substance registration by physicians; changing the payment schedule for a fee. |
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Relating to the licensing and regulation of emergency medical services providers and a moratorium on the issuance of emergency medical services provider licenses. |
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Relating to eligibility of municipalities to participate in the historic courthouse preservation and maintenance programs administered by the Texas Historical Commission. |
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Relating to the cultural and fine arts district program administered by the Texas Commission on the Arts. |
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Relating to career and technical education and workforce development grant programs. |
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Relating to the requirement that certain information be reported to the Texas Department of Insurance and the confidentiality of that information. |
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Relating to an exemption from the use of an emergency notification system by certain public service providers. |
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Relating to licensing and regulation of auctioneers; authorizing a fee. |
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Relating to delinquent payment of an alcoholic beverage retailer's account for liquor. |
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Relating to the possession of stamps indicating the payment of taxes by certain permittees. |
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Relating to an annual assessment on insurers for the examination of insurers; imposing an assessment. |
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Relating to the requirements for issuance of certain barbering and cosmetology licenses and certificates for applicants holding licenses issued by other states; imposing fees. |
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Relating to the use of a credit or charge card by certain state agencies to make certain purchases. |
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Relating to the criteria for commitment or detention of a person with mental illness. |
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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 lower-division institutions of higher education. |
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Relating to the authority of the Texas Workforce Commission to use certain unemployment compensation funds for reemployment activities. |
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Relating to the Texas emerging technology fund; redesignating the fund as the Texas Research Technology Fund. |
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Relating to the sale and advertisement of portable fire extinguishers. |
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Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of pollution control property. |
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Relating to recommendations by the Health and Human Services Commission or a designated health and human services agency regarding mental health workforce shortages. |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority. |
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Relating to authorizing the sale of certain real property in Brazoria County by the Texas Board of Criminal Justice. |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the Department of Information Resources and the Legislative Budget Board regarding information resources technologies of state agencies. |
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Relating to posting suggestions and ideas on cost-efficiency on certain state agency websites. |
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Relating to the regulation of game rooms by certain counties; providing penalties; authorizing a fee. |
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Relating to circumstances under which a vacancy on the governing body occurs in certain municipalities. |
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Relating to the ability of a property owners' association to contract with an association board member or certain other persons or entities associated with the board member. |
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Relating to certain offenses relating to carrying concealed handguns on property owned or leased by a governmental entity; providing a civil penalty. |
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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. |
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Relating to the creation of the North San Gabriel Municipal Utility District of Williamson County; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes. |
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Relating to the power of the Nueces County Road District No. 4 to lease or sell land. |
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Relating to filling certain vacancies on the governing body of certain home-rule municipalities. |
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Relating to municipal consent provisions applicable to the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 126. |
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Relating to installment payments of ad valorem taxes. |
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Relating to the authority of a municipality to confiscate packaged fireworks; providing an affirmative defense for possessing fireworks in certain circumstances. |
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Relating to the operation of master mixed-use property owners' associations. |
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Relating to the authority of a municipality or county to contract for the collection of certain amounts; authorizing a fee. |
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Relating to the authority to issue bonds of the Marilee Special Utility District. |
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Relating to financial disclosure reports made by a member of a county planning commission. |
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Relating to the election of the board of directors of the Hamlin Hospital District. |
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Relating to procedures for the dissolution of the Hamlin Hospital District; authorizing the imposition of a tax. |
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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. |
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Relating to the Knox County Hospital District; authorizing the imposition of a tax. |
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Relating to the merger of housing authorities in certain municipalities and counties. |
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Relating to the appointment of a board member of a property owners' association to fill a vacancy. |
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Relating to the establishment and functions of certain urban land bank demonstration programs. |
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Relating to audit requirements of certain emergency services districts. |
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Relating to expenditures made by emergency services districts. |
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Relating to the creation of Rock Prairie Management District No. 2; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes. |
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Relating to the creation of Rock Prairie Management District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments or fees. |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the Canyon Falls Water Control and Improvement District No. 2 of Denton County; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose taxes. |
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Relating to revising provisions in certain laws governing certain banks and trust companies in this state to conform to changes in terminology made by the Business Organizations Code. |
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Relating to use of the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry in connection with the regulatory authority of the consumer credit commissioner; affecting fees. |
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Relating to the recusal or disqualification of a statutory probate judge or other judge authorized to hear probate, guardianship, or mental health matters, and the subsequent assignment of another judge. |
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Relating to the governance of public institutions of higher education in this state. |
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Relating to the state contracting duties of the quality assurance team and Contract Advisory Team. |
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Relating to the Angleton-Danbury Hospital District of Brazoria County, Texas. |
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Relating to determination of the amount of certain child support obligations. |
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Relating to the review of the creation of certain proposed municipal utility districts by county commissioners courts. |
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Relating to the sale and purchase of shark fins or products derived from shark fins; creating an offense. |
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Relating to exclusion of land from certain water districts that fail to provide service to the land; clarifying and limiting the authority of those districts with outstanding bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to impose taxes on excluded land; providing for a financial review. |
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Relating to customer notification of water loss by a retail public utility. |
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Relating to fees charged to certain recreational vehicle parks. |
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Relating to the efficiency review of river authorities. |
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Relating to the treatment and recycling for beneficial use of certain waste arising out of or incidental to the drilling for or production of oil or gas. |
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Relating to the power of the Railroad Commission of Texas to adopt and enforce safety standards applicable to the transportation by pipeline of hazardous liquids, carbon dioxide, and natural gas in rural locations. |
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Relating to the adjudication of certain claims under a written contract with a special-purpose district or authority or local governmental entity. |
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Relating to the evaluation by the Texas Water Development Board of applications for financial assistance for certain retail public utilities. |
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Relating to water districts in Bandera County. |
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Relating to the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District; providing authority to increase certain fees; authorizing a fee. |
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Relating to powers of the North Harris County Regional Water Authority relating to certain wells. |
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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. |
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Relating to the operation of certain condominium unit owners' associations. |
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Relating to the authority of the Near Northside Management District to undertake tax increment financing. |
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Relating to the creation of the Generation Park Management District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes. |
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Relating to the name of The Woodlands Road Utility District No. 1, of Montgomery County, Texas, and to the administration, powers, and duties of the district. |
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Relating to the period for confirmation of the Williamson County Municipal Utility District No. 21. |
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Relating to the boundaries of the Near Northside Management District and to coordination by the district with other entities in providing projects and services. |
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Relating to lost, damaged, or overdue county library property; authorizing fines; authorizing a civil penalty. |
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Relating to the continued employment of municipal employees who become candidates for public office. |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the Ellis County Municipal Utility District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose taxes. |
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Relating to the boundaries of the East Montgomery County Municipal Utility Districts Nos. 6 and 7. |
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Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 537; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes. |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 402 regarding road projects. |
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Relating to the creation of the Office of Small Business Assistance Advisory Task Force. |
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Relating to sports and community venue projects. |
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Relating to the administration of and benefits payable by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. |
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Relating to the creation of the Old Celina Municipal Management District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose an assessment or fee. |
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Relating to the regulation of plumbing. |
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Relating to changing the wet or dry status of a justice precinct. |
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Relating to limitations on the automatic admission of undergraduate students to general academic teaching institutions. |
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Relating to the creation of an extension center of the Texas State Technical College System. |
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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. |
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Relating to the intercollegiate athletics fee at Texas Southern University. |
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Relating to taxes and bonds for a junior college district branch campus. |
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Relating to the foreclosure sale of property subject to oil or gas lease. |
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Relating to access by certain military personnel to juvenile and criminal history information. |
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Relating to the offense of money laundering. |
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Relating to the courts authorized to issue an occupational driver's license. |
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Relating to an agreement between a county and the Department of Public Safety for the joint operation of certain fixed-site facilities. |
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Relating to the operation of all-terrain vehicles and recreational off-highway vehicles; creating an offense. |
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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. |
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Relating to prohibitions and restrictions on using county roads in certain circumstances. |
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Relating to access to criminal history record information by a county tax assessor-collector. |
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Relating to the sale of a vehicle by an unlicensed seller; creating an offense. |
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Relating to route designation for the issuance of a permit for the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles in certain counties. |
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Relating to the authorization by referendum election of an increase in optional fees imposed on vehicles registered in certain counties to fund transportation projects. |
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Relating to the compensation of the members of the board of port commissioners of the Port of Port Arthur Navigation District of Jefferson County. |
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Relating to the designation of a segment of U.S. Highway 75 in Dallas County as the George W. Bush Expressway. |
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Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 358 as the Peace Officers Memorial Highway. |
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Relating to temporary increases in the records archive fees and the records management and preservation fees charged by district and county clerks. |
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Relating to enforcement of a lien against certain decedents' interests in real property. |
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Relating to the operation and administration of, and practice in courts in, the judicial branch of state government and the composition of certain juvenile boards; imposing a fee. |
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Relating to the confidentiality of certain home address information in ad valorem tax appraisal records. |
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Relating to the right of a member of the board of trustees of a school district to obtain information, documents, and records. |
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Relating to requirements applicable to meetings of the governing board of certain junior college districts. |
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Relating to the determination of the boundaries of, and the enforcement of the law governing access to, public beaches. |
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Relating to a tax credit for investment in certain communities; imposing a monetary penalty; authorizing a fee. |
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Relating to the eligibility of temporary election officers for unemployment compensation. |
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Relating to unlawful employment practices regarding discrimination in payment of compensation. |
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Relating to a project that may be undertaken by certain development corporations in connection with infrastructure improvements necessary for municipal area development and revitalization. |
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Relating to the recovery of uniform statewide accounting project costs from state agencies and vendors. |
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Relating to requiring child safety alarms in certain vehicles used by child-care facilities to transport children. |
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Relating to the authority of the mayors of certain municipalities to call a special meeting. |
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Relating to the regulation of game rooms in certain counties; providing penalties; authorizing a fee. |
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Relating to an agreement to allocate sales and use tax after a municipality annexes land in an emergency services district and to the provision of emergency services in that area. |
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Relating to the release of delinquent tax liens on manufactured homes. |
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Relating to the regulation and enforcement of dam safety by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. |
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Relating to life settlement contracts for the payment of long-term care services and support and the consideration of a life insurance policy in determining eligibility for medical assistance. |
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Relating to the release of extraterritorial jurisdiction by certain municipalities. |
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Relating to the composition of an administrative authority for a defense economic readjustment zone. |
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Relating to military leave time accounts for police and fire departments. |
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Relating to an annual report on the Public Assistance Reporting Information System. |
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Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for surviving spouses of disabled veterans of the United States armed forces; authorizing a fee. |
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Relating to reciprocity for emergency medical services personnel certification for certain United States military personnel. |
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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. |
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Relating to a voluntary contribution to the fund for veterans' assistance when applying for a driver's license or personal identification certificate. |
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Relating to discount programs for certain veterans provided by toll project entities. |
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Relating to the display of the Honor and Remember flag. |
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Relating to the qualification of an area inside a base defense authority as an enterprise zone. |
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Relating to provisions in the dedicatory instruments of property owners' associations regarding display of flags. |
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Relating to availability of certain benefits under individual accident and health insurance policies. |
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Relating to lobbying expenditures that are made jointly. |
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Relating to signature verification on an early voting ballot voted by mail. |
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Relating to requirements for certain election officers. |
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Relating to the prosecution and punishment of offenses related to trafficking of persons and to certain protections for victims of trafficking of persons. |
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Relating to the procedure under which a person may renew a license to carry a concealed handgun. |
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Relating to the addition of Salvia divinorum and its derivatives and extracts to Penalty Group 3 of the Texas Controlled Substances Act. |
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Relating to the establishment, operation, and funding of victim-offender mediation programs; authorizing a fee. |
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Relating to the duties of the Texas Crime Stoppers Council to encourage individuals to report criminal activity related to trafficking of persons. |
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Relating to the rights of an accused person in and the written waiver of extradition proceedings. |
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Relating to reconsideration of parole eligibility for certain inmates convicted of injury to a child, elderly person, or disabled person. |
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Relating to the prosecution of the offenses of harassment and stalking. |
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Relating to notice provided when a bail bond surety is in default. |
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Relating to the authority of a county to contract with a private vendor for the operation of a detention facility. |
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Relating to the duties of a law enforcement agency regarding certain children who are reported to be missing. |
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Relating to the offense of making or causing a false alarm or report involving a public or private institution of higher education. |
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Relating to the definition of emergency services personnel for purposes of the enhanced penalty prescribed for an assault committed against a person providing services in that capacity. |
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Relating to the representation of certain applicants for writs of habeas corpus in cases involving the death penalty. |
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Relating to certain actions taken by certain licensing authorities regarding a license holder or applicant who received deferred adjudication for certain offenses. |
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Relating to certain criminal offenses for violations of the law regulating metal recycling entities. |
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Relating to certain procedures for defendants who successfully complete a period of state jail felony community supervision. |
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Relating to the criminal consequences of engaging in certain conduct with respect to a switchblade knife. |
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Relating to the Upshur County Juvenile Board. |
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Relating to a written statement made by an accused as a result of custodial interrogation. |
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Relating to restoration of a person's right to purchase a firearm on termination of a guardianship. |
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Relating to requiring computer technicians to report images of child pornography; providing a criminal penalty. |
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Relating to collecting and reporting information concerning inmates who have been in the conservatorship of a state agency responsible for providing child protective services and concerning inmate parole, reentry, and integration. |
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Relating to the authority of a county to establish a centralized sex offender registration authority. |
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Relating to procedures related to juvenile cases. |
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Relating to the recording of testimony before a grand jury. |
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Relating to the discharge of an officer or employee of the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas. |
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Relating to a limitation on sanctions imposed on school districts for the sale of foods of minimal nutritional value. |
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Relating to the abolition of wind erosion conservation districts. |
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Relating to handguns used to demonstrate proficiency in handgun use for purposes of obtaining a concealed handgun license. |
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Relating to requiring the Texas Commission on Fire Protection to conduct a study and prepare a report on administrative attachment. |
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Relating to the establishment of a variable speed limit pilot program by the Texas Transportation Commission. |
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Relating to certain requirements applicable to meetings of the governing board of a general academic teaching institution or a state university system. |
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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. |
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Relating to the award and performance of certain state contracts. |
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Relating to a requirement that a state agency post its internal auditor's audit plan and audit report and other audit information on the agency's Internet website. |
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Relating to the determination that a voter is deceased. |
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Relating to certification and operation of independent review organizations. |
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Relating to the confidentiality of certain identifying information of peace officers, county jailers, security officers, employees of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or a prosecutor's office, or judges and their spouses. |
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Relating to a program allowing certain military voters on active duty overseas to cast a ballot electronically. |
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Relating to purchasing and other contracts by certain governmental entities. |
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Relating to postjudgment interest on damages subject to Medicare subrogation. |
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Relating to the location of early voting polling places for elections held on the November uniform election date by a political subdivision. |
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Relating to the availability on the Internet of reports of political expenditures and contributions filed in connection with certain county and municipal offices. |
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Relating to the waiver of sovereign immunity for certain design and construction claims arising under written contracts with state agencies. |
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Relating to governmental entities subject to the sunset review process. |
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Relating to powers, duties, and services of counties and entities serving counties. |
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Relating to the imposition of a sentence of life without parole on certain repeat sex offenders and to certain restrictions on employment for certain sex offenders. |
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Relating to the types of beverages that may be sold to students on public school campuses. |
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Relating to state control of teacher appraisal criteria, curriculum standards, and assessment instruments. |
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Relating to determining a child's eligibility for a school district's special education program on the basis of a visual impairment. |
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Relating to the creation of a new category of law enforcement officer who shall be designated a school marshal, the training and appointment of certain employees of a school district or open-enrollment charter school as school marshals, and the rights, restrictions, limitations, and responsibilities of school marshals; authorizing the imposition of a fee. |
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Relating to the administration to public school students in certain grades of state-administered assessment instruments. |
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Relating to measures to evaluate and improve student participation and performance in public schools and open-enrollment charter schools, including a grant program for certain school districts to provide summer instruction primarily for students who are educationally disadvantaged. |
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Relating to the authority of the University Interscholastic League regarding activities involving sports officials. |
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Relating to employment of persons by open-enrollment charter schools. |
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Relating to increasing the courses offered in the career and technology education curriculum. |
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Relating to including oral health education as part of the coordinated health program for public elementary, middle, and junior high school students. |
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Relating to the representation through a telephone conference call of a school district employee under a district grievance policy. |
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Relating to the Texas High Performance Schools Consortium. |
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Relating to the requirements for obtaining a health science technology education teaching certificate and to the scope of courses a person may teach holding a technology applications teaching certificate. |
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Relating to the Texas Workforce Innovation Needs Program; authorizing a fee. |
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Relating to the public school educator excellence innovation program. |
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Relating to the eligibility requirements for plumbing licenses issued to applicants with military service. |
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Relating to the eligibility requirements for electrician licenses issued to applicants with military service. |
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Relating to the application of certain contracting laws to a defense base development authority. |
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Relating to the qualification of an area inside a defense base development authority as an enterprise zone. |
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Relating to allowing certain minors convicted of certain alcohol offenses to perform community service instead of attending an alcohol awareness program. |
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Relating to the commemoration of September 11, 2001, at public schools. |
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Relating to establishing a committee in certain counties to recommend a uniform truancy policy. |
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Relating to events to educate students about Type 2 diabetes in certain school districts. |
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Relating to a sales and use tax refund for tangible personal property used to provide cable television service, Internet access service, or telecommunications services and to the exclusion of that property in certain economic development agreements. |
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Relating to a sales and use tax exemption and a franchise tax credit related to certain research and development activities. |
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Relating to the disposition of fees collected by or on behalf of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles; authorizing fees. |
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Relating to the motor fuel tax on compressed natural gas and liquefied natural gas; providing penalties; imposing a tax. |
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Relating to the salary for certain employees of the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas. |
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Relating to directing payment, after approval, of certain miscellaneous claims and judgments against the state out of funds designated by this Act; making appropriations. |
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Relating to certain health programs and councils. |
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS (Second Reading) |
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Requesting the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of representatives to provide for a joint interim legislative study regarding the development and potential economic impact of a cruise industry on the Texas coast between Calhoun and Cameron Counties. |
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Encouraging school districts to adopt policies that promote the use of technology and technological devices in classrooms. |
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Requesting the creation of a joint interim committee to study recruiting firearms and ammunition manufacturers to Texas. |
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Designating March 5 as Charles Goodnight Day for a 10-year period beginning in 2013. |
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Designating peach cobbler as the official cobbler of Texas. |
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Designating the first Saturday in May as Texas Academic College Scholarship Day for a 10-year period beginning in 2014. |
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Designating the first full week of May as Texas Teacher Appreciation Week for a 10-year period beginning in 2013. |
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Designating Floydada as the Pumpkin Capital of Texas. |
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Designating the pumpkin as the official State Squash of Texas. |
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Designating Garland as the Cowboy Hat Capital of Texas. |
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Directing the Texas Facilities Commission to rename the State Insurance Building Annex in the Capitol Complex the John G. Tower State Office Building. |
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Requesting the creation of a joint interim committee to study education policy as it relates to developing a skilled workforce. |
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Designating Jewett as the Sculpture Capital of Texas and commemorating the third annual Leon County Art Trail. |
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Requesting the speaker and lieutenant governor to create a joint interim committee to study seawater desalination on the Texas coast. |
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