SENATE FLOOR ACTION |
Tuesday May 7, 2013 |
The Senate suspended the necessary rules to consider and finally pass: |
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Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 136; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds and impose a tax. |
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Relating to the creation of regional emergency communications districts; authorizing the issuance of bonds; authorizing a fee. |
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Relating to the authority of the Department of State Health Services to admit certain nonresident tuberculosis patients to a state chest hospital. |
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Relating to the sale and use of certain land used for a world exposition. |
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Relating to the definition of and access to public information. |
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Relating to the transfer of the assets of and the dissolution of the Dallas County Water Control and Improvement District No. 6. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the authority to issue bonds of the Mustang Special Utility District. |
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Relating to the creation of the LaSalle Municipal Utility District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes. |
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Relating to the creation of the Fulshear Municipal Utility District No. 3; providing authority to impose taxes and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain. |
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Relating to authorizing certain special districts in Montgomery County to enter into strategic partnership agreements. |
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Relating to the elections to which certain applications for a ballot to be voted by mail are applicable. |
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Relating to legal representation for civil suits against peace officers employed by a school district. |
The Senate suspended the regular order, read the second time, and passed to third reading: |
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Relating to the preference given by state agencies to goods offered by bidders in this state or manufactured, produced, or grown in this state or in the United States. |
The Senate adopted the following resolutions: |
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In memory of Jimmie DeVeril Norman. |
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Recognizing May 7, 2013, as Caldwell County Day. |
The Senate concurred in House amendments to the following: |
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Relating to the creation of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso as a component institution of the Texas Tech University System. |
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Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Commission on the Arts. |
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Relating to the transfer of adult education and literacy programs from the Texas Education Agency to the Texas Workforce Commission. |
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Relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax for the maintenance, operation, and promotion of and improved access to a coliseum in the county; authorizing a tax. |
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Relating to annual and special meetings of and election procedures for members of boards of directors for water supply or sewer service corporations. |
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Relating to the amounts of the administrative, civil, and criminal penalties for violating certain statutes under the jurisdiction of, rules or orders adopted by, or licenses, permits, or certificates issued by the Railroad Commission of Texas. |
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Relating to the identification requirements of certain health care providers associated with a hospital. |
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Relating to the purposes and designation of a transportation reinvestment zone. |
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Relating to the regulation of professional employer services; authorizing fees. |
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Relating to voluntary donations to the Glenda Dawson Donate Life-Texas Registry. |
The Senate refused to concur in House amendments and requested the appointment of a Conference Committee on the following: |
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Relating to the continuation and functions of the State Pension Review Board. |
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Relating to the regulation and practice of veterinary medicine; authorizing a fee. |
Committee referral on the following: |
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Relating to the creation and re-creation of funds and accounts in the state treasury, the dedication and rededication of revenue, and the exemption of unappropriated money from use for general governmental purposes. Finance |
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Relating to the amounts, availability, and use of certain statutorily dedicated revenue and accounts; reducing or affecting the amounts or rates of certain statutorily dedicated fees and assessments; imposing certain court costs. Finance |
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Relating to a central database containing information about offenders who have committed certain offenses against children or offenses involving family or dating violence. Criminal Justice |
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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. Higher Education |
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Relating to the occupational licensing of spouses of members of the military and the eligibility requirements for certain occupational licenses issued to applicants with military experience. Veteran Affairs & Military Installations |
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Relating to the exemption from the sales and use tax for certain coins and precious metals. Finance |
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Relating to funding for certain commercial service airport projects. Transportation |
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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. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the allocation of outpatient mental health services and beds in certain mental health facilities and the commitment of certain persons to receive mental health services. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the $1 million total revenue exemption for the franchise tax. Finance |
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Relating to reporting requirements related to school districts that obtain exceptions from class size limits. Education |
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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. Finance |
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Relating to employer access to the personal accounts of certain employees and job applicants through electronic communication devices; establishing an unlawful employment practice. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the authority to propose the creation of a fire control, prevention, and emergency medical services district. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the filing of financial disclosure statements by trustees of certain independent school districts; providing criminal and civil penalties. Education |
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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. Open Government |
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Relating to the regulation of child-care providers by the Texas Workforce Commission and local workforce development boards. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to providing a federal postcard applicant with a ballot for certain elections in which the applicant is eligible to vote. State Affairs |
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Relating to the courts authorized to issue an occupational driver's license. Transportation |
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Relating to the restoration of certain rights to a criminal defendant. Criminal Justice |
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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. Education |
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Relating to certain health programs and councils. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to postjudgment interest on damages subject to Medicare subrogation. State Affairs |
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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. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the location of certain public sales of real property. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the registration of volunteer health practitioners and the services of volunteer health practitioners during disasters. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the immunization data included in and excluded from the immunization registry. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the McMullen Groundwater Conservation District; providing for the imposition of and limiting the rate at which the district may impose an ad valorem tax. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the regulation of electrical contracting, including the licensing of a journeyman lineman. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the definitions of certain terms for purposes of the ad valorem taxation of certain dealer's heavy equipment inventory. Finance |
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Relating to an agreement between the Department of Public Safety and certain counties for the provision of renewal and duplicate driver's license and other identification certificate services; authorizing a fee. Transportation |
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Relating to the establishment of the Texas Fast Start Program to promote rapid delivery of workforce education and development. Economic Development |
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Relating to requiring public school districts to provide certain opportunities to career and technical students under the college credit program. Education |
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Relating to the sale and purchase of shark fins or products derived from shark fins; creating an offense. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the administration to public school students in certain grades of state-administered assessment instruments. Education |
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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. Transportation |
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Relating to the notification of certain legislators of the death of a child in foster care. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to regulation of cottage food products and cottage food production operations. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the eligibility of temporary election officers for unemployment compensation. Economic Development |
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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. State Affairs |
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Relating to the penalty for causing certain assaultive physical contact with a child. Criminal Justice |
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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. Health & Human Services |
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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. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to a home loan program operated by the Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the regulation of certain surety companies. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to a study regarding the prohibition of dairy farming in certain areas of the state. Agriculture, Rural Affairs & Homeland Security |
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Relating to family cost share provisions in the early childhood intervention program. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to performance and payment security for certain comprehensive development agreements. Transportation |
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Relating to the collection of information regarding trafficking of persons. Criminal Justice |
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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. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to authorizing an optional county fee for vehicle registration in certain counties. Transportation |
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Relating to the peace officers authorized to operate an authorized emergency service vehicle used to conduct a police escort. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the application of the professional prosecutors law to the district attorney for the 79th Judicial District. Jurisprudence |
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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. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the election of members of the board of directors of the Benbrook Water Authority. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the release of an inmate on parole. Criminal Justice |
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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. Intergovernmental Relations |
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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. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the electronic submission of a request for an attorney general opinion. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the disposition of certain seized weapons. Criminal Justice |
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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. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to events to educate students about Type 2 diabetes in certain school districts. Education |
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Relating to the designation of U.S. Highway 175 in Kaufman County as the Veterans Memorial Highway. Transportation |
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Relating to jurisdiction over the removal of remains. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the commemoration of September 11, 2001, at public schools. Education |
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Relating to the authority of a county to contract with a private vendor for the operation of a detention facility. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to notice provided when a bail bond surety is in default. Criminal Justice |
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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. Intergovernmental Relations |
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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. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the prosecution of the offenses of harassment and stalking. Criminal Justice |
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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. State Affairs |
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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. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the use of local hotel occupancy tax revenue to conduct an audit. Economic Development |
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Relating to the regulation of banks, trust companies, and bank holding companies. Business & Commerce |
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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. Veteran Affairs & Military Installations |
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Relating to the regulation of motor vehicle dealers, manufacturers, and distributors. Transportation |
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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. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the public school educator excellence innovation program. Education |
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Relating to a correction, clarification, or retraction of incorrect information published. State Affairs |
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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. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to suspension or denial of issuance or renewal of a license for failure to pay child support. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to an appeal from an interlocutory order of certain courts. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to a case transferred from one district court to another district court. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to low income housing tax credits awarded to at-risk developments. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the dissolution of the Parker County Utility District No. 1. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the allocation of amounts deposited into the oyster sales account and the abolishment of the oyster advisory committee. Finance |
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Relating to the waiver of penalties and interest on certain delinquent ad valorem taxes. Finance |
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Relating to the operation of the state virtual school network and courses provided through other distance learning arrangements. Education |
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Relating to the criteria for commitment of a person with mental illness. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to use of sales and use tax proceeds by certain economic development corporations for certain job-related skills training. Economic Development |
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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. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to financing statements and other records under the secured transactions law. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to interest on commercial loans. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the enterprise zone program. Economic Development |
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Relating to the proper classification of workers performing services in connection with governmental contracts; providing a penalty. Economic Development |
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Relating to the eligibility requirements for plumbing licenses issued to applicants with military service. Veteran Affairs & Military Installations |
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Relating to the eligibility requirements for electrician licenses issued to applicants with military service. Veteran Affairs & Military Installations |
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Relating to a qualifying cogeneration facility's ability to sell electric energy to multiple purchasers. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the authority to issue bonds of the Marilee Special Utility District. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the regulation of plumbing. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to services for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing and licensing requirements for interpreters for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing; providing an administrative penalty; requiring a fee and changing the rate of a fee. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to improving access to nursing education programs. Higher Education |
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Relating to the transitional living services program for certain youth in foster care. Health & Human Services |
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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. State Affairs |
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Relating to the regulation of money services businesses. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to eligibility of certain dependents for coverage under the state employee group benefits program. State Affairs |
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Relating to the disposition of fees collected by or on behalf of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles; authorizing fees. Finance |
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Relating to the authority of the Texas Transportation Commission to establish variable speed limits. Transportation |
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Relating to the confidentiality of certain home address information in ad valorem tax appraisal records. Open Government |
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Relating to an exemption from air conditioning and refrigeration contracting regulation for installation of a thermostat. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the membership of and the beef marketing, education, research, and promotion programs of the Texas Beef Council. Agriculture, Rural Affairs & Homeland Security |
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Relating to public school educator preparation and alternative certification programs. Education |
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Relating to the designation of a portion of Recreational Road 255 in Jasper County as Sam Rayburn Parkway. Transportation |
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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. State Affairs |
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Relating to life settlement contracts for the payment of long-term care services under the medical assistance program and the consideration of a life insurance policy in determining eligibility for medical assistance. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to requirements for open meetings held by videoconference call. Open Government |
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Relating to tuition for certain students residing outside of a junior college district. Higher Education |
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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. Finance |
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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. Economic Development |
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Relating to taxes and bonds for a junior college district branch campus. Higher Education |
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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. Economic Development |
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Relating to the territory that may be included in a single county election precinct. State Affairs |
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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. State Affairs |
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Relating to production requirements for holders of winery permits. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to an annual report on the Public Assistance Reporting Information System. Veteran Affairs & Military Installations |
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Relating to the authority of municipalities to create freight rail districts that have the powers of rural rail transportation districts; granting the power of eminent domain. Transportation |
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Relating to the reimbursement of utilities for relocation of utility facilities following improvement or construction of certain tolled highways. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the representation through a telephone conference call of a school district employee under a district grievance policy. Education |
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Relating to reporting and information availability requirements for persons impounding, diverting, or otherwise using state water; providing a penalty. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the educational needs of children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the creation of a task force on domestic violence. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to disclaimers of estate property by certain beneficiaries. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to certification and operation of independent review organizations. State Affairs |
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Relating to a personal financial literacy credit for high school programs. Education |
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Relating to Seminole Hospital District of Gaines County, Texas. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to bids for construction contracts for certain conservation and reclamation districts. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the cultural and fine arts district program administered by the Texas Commission on the Arts. Government Organization |
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Relating to the authorization, regulation, and function of dedicated personal insurers; creating offenses; imposing a fee. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the regulation of motor vehicles by counties and the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles and to certain vehicles purchased outside this state; authorizing a fee; creating an offense. Transportation |
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Relating to promulgation by the supreme court of standard forms for use in certain expedited foreclosure proceedings. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to authorizing a municipality to file a lien on homestead property for the costs incurred by the municipality related to a dangerous structure on the property. Intergovernmental Relations |
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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. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the exclusion of certain flow-through funds in determining total revenue for purposes of the franchise tax. Finance |
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Relating to the authority of the commissioner of insurance to disapprove rate changes for certain health benefit plans. State Affairs |
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Relating to delinquent payment of an alcoholic beverage retailer's account for liquor. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the authority of a county to establish a centralized sex offender registration authority. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the urban land bank demonstration program in certain municipalities. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the regulation of real estate inspectors; changing fees. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to decedents' estates. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to trusts. Jurisprudence |
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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. State Affairs |
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Relating to the use of a credit or charge card by certain state agencies to make certain purchases. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to service of citation in connection with an expedited judicial foreclosure proceeding. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the qualification of an area inside a defense base development authority as an enterprise zone. Veteran Affairs & Military Installations |
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Relating to the qualification of an area inside a base defense authority as an enterprise zone. Veteran Affairs & Military Installations |
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Relating to the composition of an administrative authority for a defense economic readjustment zone. Veteran Affairs & Military Installations |
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Relating to debit card surcharges. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to an exemption from the use of an emergency notification system by certain public service providers. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the election of directors of the board of the Ector County Hospital District. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to availability of certain benefits under individual accident and health insurance policies. State Affairs |
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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. Transportation |
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Relating to limiting the amount of a fee or assessment imposed by the Rio Grande Regional Water Authority. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the practice of dentistry; imposing surcharges and fees. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the civil prosecution of racketeering related to trafficking of persons; providing penalties. Criminal Justice |
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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. Transportation |
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Relating to the manufacture of malt beverages, including under alternating brewery proprietorship and contract brewing arrangements. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the administration of and benefits payable by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. State Affairs |
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Relating to the Texas Economic Development Act and the Tax Increment Financing Act; authorizing a fee. Economic Development |
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Relating to donations of landscape materials and services to the Texas Department of Transportation. Transportation |
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Relating to the establishment and functions of certain urban land bank demonstration programs. Intergovernmental Relations |
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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. Transportation |
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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. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the administration, collection, and enforcement of taxes on mixed beverages; imposing a tax on sales of mixed beverages; decreasing the rate of the current tax on mixed beverages. Finance |
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Relating to the implementation of a water conservation plan and drought contingency plan, as applicable, by certain entities. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the evaluation by the Texas Water Development Board of applications for financial assistance for certain retail public utilities. Natural Resources |
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Relating to licensing requirements for newly constructed assisted living facilities. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the construction of detention ponds by the Texas Department of Transportation. Transportation |
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Relating to the determination of an applicant's eligibility for any program administered by the Health and Human Services Commission. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the recording and indexing of property owners' association management certificates in the county real property records. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to municipal fire suppression standards in certain municipalities. Intergovernmental Relations |
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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. Intergovernmental Relations |
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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. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the Jack County Hospital District; authorizing the imposition of a tax. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Requesting the speaker and lieutenant governor to create a joint interim committee to study seawater desalination on the Texas coast. Natural Resources |
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