SENATE FLOOR ACTION |
Friday May 10, 2013 |
Committee referral on the following: |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of part of the market value of the residence homestead of a partially disabled veteran or the surviving spouse of a partially disabled veteran if the residence homestead was donated to the disabled veteran by a charitable organization. Finance |
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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. Finance |
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Relating to gifts and other consideration made to state agencies for state employee salary supplement or other purposes, and to publication by state agencies of staff compensation and related information. Government Organization |
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Relating to measures to facilitate the transfer, academic progress, and timely graduation of students in public higher education; authorizing a fee. Higher Education |
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Relating to the types of beverages that may be sold to students on public school campuses. Education |
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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. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the representation of certain applicants for writs of habeas corpus in cases involving the death penalty. Criminal Justice |
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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. State Affairs |
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Relating to the waiver of sovereign immunity for certain design and construction claims arising under written contracts with state agencies. State Affairs |
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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. Business & Commerce |
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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. Open Government |
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Relating to reimbursing public institutions of higher education for tuition and fee exemptions for certain military personnel and their dependents. Higher Education |
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Relating to access by certain military personnel to juvenile and criminal history information. Criminal Justice |
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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. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to ad valorem tax payments and refunds. Finance |
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Relating to the use by a peace officer of the officer's rank or status to advertise or promote certain private businesses. Criminal Justice |
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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. Transportation |
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Relating to the creation of a commission to study unclaimed land grant mineral proceeds. State Affairs |
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Relating to the review of the creation of certain proposed municipal utility districts by county commissioners courts. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the smuggling of persons. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the transfer of the limitation on school district, county, municipal, or junior college district ad valorem taxes on the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled to a subsequent homestead of that person. Finance |
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Relating to exceptions to mental health information disclosure prohibitions. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to images captured by unmanned vehicles and unmanned aircraft; providing penalties. Agriculture, Rural Affairs & Homeland Security |
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Relating to venue for the offense of failure to attend school. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to venue for the offense of a parent contributing to a child's failure to attend school. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the rights of an accused person in and the written waiver of extradition proceedings. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to certain assessments for children in the conservatorship of the state. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the penalties for illegally passing a stopped school bus. Transportation |
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Relating to the payment of restitution for the taking of wildlife resources without the property owner's consent. Agriculture, Rural Affairs & Homeland Security |
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Relating to foster care placement decisions made by the Department of Family and Protective Services. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the temporary exemption of certain tangible personal property related to data centers from the sales and use tax. Finance |
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Relating to the exclusion of certain service costs in determining a taxable entity's taxable margin for purposes of the franchise tax. Finance |
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Relating to the appointment of counsel to represent certain youths and indigent defendants. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to consent to the immunization of certain children. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the authority of a county road department to accept donations. Transportation |
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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. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to an exemption for certain facilities that provide shelter and care to child victims of human trafficking from child-care licensing requirements. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to customer notification of water loss by a retail public utility. Natural Resources |
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Relating to confidential communications between an insurance carrier and a covered employer under the Texas Workers' Compensation Act. State Affairs |
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Relating to the rates of sales and use taxes imposed by municipalities; authorizing an increase or decrease in the rate of those taxes. Finance |
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Relating to the offense of money laundering. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to creating an advisory committee to study child abuse and neglect fatalities. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to county and municipal land development regulation. Administration |
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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. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to governmental entities subject to the sunset review process. Transportation |
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Relating to an exemption from ad valorem and sales and use taxes for property used in connection with an offshore spill response containment system. Finance |
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Relating to the authority of the mayors of certain municipalities to call a special meeting. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to certain procedures for defendants who successfully complete a period of state jail felony community supervision. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to limitations on the automatic admission of undergraduate students to general academic teaching institutions. Higher Education |
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Relating to the allocation of certain revenue to the Texas rail relocation and improvement fund and the Texas emissions reduction plan fund and for congestion mitigation projects. Transportation |
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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. Economic Development |
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Relating to the revocation and reinstatement of an end user number for purposes of purchasing dyed diesel fuel. Finance |
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Relating to eligibility for appointment as a central counting station manager. State Affairs |
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Relating to the authority of a municipality or county to contract for the collection of certain amounts; authorizing a fee. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to a tax lien. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the creation of a commission to identify future higher education and workforce needs of this state and make related recommendations to address those needs by the state's bicentennial. Higher Education |
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Relating to addressing disproportionality and disparities in the education, juvenile justice, child welfare, health, and mental health systems, the continuation and operation of the Interagency Council for Addressing Disproportionality, and the duties of the Center for Elimination of Disproportionality and Disparities. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the operation of certain condominium unit owners' associations. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to a written statement made by an accused as a result of custodial interrogation. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the salary for certain employees of the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas. Finance |
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Relating to state policies and the evaluation of practices regarding water development and conservation. Natural Resources |
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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. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to apportionment of certain receipts of a broadcaster under the franchise tax. Finance |
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Relating to the motor fuel tax on compressed natural gas and liquefied natural gas; providing penalties; imposing a tax. Finance |
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Relating to the abolition of wind erosion conservation districts. Agriculture, Rural Affairs & Homeland Security |
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Relating to the period of ineligibility from participation in the Medicaid program by providers found liable for certain unlawful acts under the program. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to an annual assessment on insurers for the examination of insurers; imposing an assessment. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to increasing the courses offered in the career and technology education curriculum. Education |
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Relating to the qualifications of the chief appraiser of an appraisal district. Finance |
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Relating to a study on homeless youth. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to authorizing certain counties to impose a county hotel occupancy tax. Economic Development |
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Relating to creating the offense of voyeurism; providing a penalty. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the use of an electronic device to capture a voter's signature for the signature roster. State Affairs |
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Relating to eliminating the requirement that a combined group include in its franchise tax report information about gross receipts of members who do not have nexus with this state. Finance |
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Relating to the penalty for certain family violence committed in the presence of or in proximity to a child. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of solar energy property. Finance |
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Relating to the development of brackish groundwater and the use of brackish water and seawater; providing a penalty. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the foreclosure sale of property subject to oil or gas lease. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the value of personal property that is exempt from seizure to pay a crime victim under an order of restitution. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the transfer of money from the tax increment fund established for a tax increment financing reinvestment zone to the fund established for an adjacent zone. Finance |
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Relating to access to criminal history record information by a county tax assessor-collector. 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 the sale of a vehicle by an unlicensed seller; creating an offense. Transportation |
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Relating to the form of the ballot proposition to be used in an election to approve a school district tax rate that exceeds the rollback tax rate. Finance |
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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. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the creation of the Texas competitive knowledge fund to support excellence at qualifying institutions of higher education. Higher Education |
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Relating to the investment of a portion of the economic stabilization fund balance. Finance |
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Relating to the establishment of research technology corporations by institutions of higher education; providing for tax exemptions. Higher Education |
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Relating to rainwater harvesting and other water conservation initiatives. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the circumstances under which an appraisal review board hearing shall be closed to the public. Finance |
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Relating to changing the wet or dry status of a justice precinct. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the provision of durable medical equipment and supplies under the Medicaid program. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to military leave time accounts for police and fire departments. Veteran Affairs & Military Installations |
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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. Administration |
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Relating to exempting premiums for certain insurance covering stored or in-transit baled cotton from surplus lines insurance premium taxes. Finance |
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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. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the authority of the Texas Workforce Commission to use certain unemployment compensation funds for reemployment activities. Economic Development |
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Relating to the underground storage of water for later retrieval and beneficial use; authorizing the imposition of fees. Natural Resources |
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Relating to a recall election for officials of certain general-law municipalities. State Affairs |
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Relating to licensing and regulation of auctioneers; authorizing a fee. Business & Commerce |
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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. Economic Development |
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Relating to the payment of state funds by the secretary of state directly to an entity conducting a primary election under contract. State Affairs |
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Relating to display of the Honor and Remember flag. Veteran Affairs & Military Installations |
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Relating to the requirements for a person who has recently moved to vote in the precinct of the person's former or current residence. State Affairs |
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Relating to an optional exemption from the diesel fuel tax for materials blended with taxable diesel fuel. Finance |
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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. Transportation |
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Relating to handguns used to demonstrate proficiency in handgun use for purposes of obtaining a concealed handgun license. Agriculture, Rural Affairs & Homeland Security |
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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. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the penalty for delivery of certain miscellaneous substances under the Texas Controlled Substances Act. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the coverage by certain health benefit plans for the screening and treatment of autism spectrum disorder. State Affairs |
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Relating to the uprooting of seagrass plants; creating an offense. Agriculture, Rural Affairs & Homeland Security |
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Relating to a list of mental health, substance abuse, and suicide prevention programs that may be selected for implementation by public schools. Education |
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Relating to homestead preservation districts and reinvestment zones. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the eligibility of a person to serve on the appraisal review board of an appraisal district. Finance |
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Relating to the representation of a property owner by an agent in a property tax matter. Finance |
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Relating to the authority of a member of an appraisal review board of an appraisal district to perform the duties and functions of a member. Finance |
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Relating to the deadline for filing certain appeals of certain appraisal review board orders. Finance |
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Relating to the persons entitled to intervene in an appeal to a district court of an ad valorem tax-related matter. Finance |
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Relating to an exemption from the franchise tax for certain insurance entities. Finance |
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Relating to a requirement that a student's postsecondary transcript include the average or median grade awarded in each class. Higher Education |
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Relating to activities conducted in connection with a state or federal disease control or eradication program for animals. Agriculture, Rural Affairs & Homeland Security |
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Relating to the authority of the School Land Board to designate certain revenue for deposit in the real estate special fund account of the permanent school fund. Finance |
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Relating to the determination that a voter is deceased. State Affairs |
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Relating to the awarding of governmental contracts. Government Organization |
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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. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the duties of the Council on Children and Families. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the creation of the Office of Small Business Assistance Advisory Task Force. Economic Development |
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Relating to the date of a hearing on an application for an order to authorize psychoactive medication for a person receiving inpatient mental health services. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the authority of a prosecutor in a juvenile case to appeal certain judicial decisions. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the destruction of the records of businesses, state and local governments, and nonprofit entities stored on copy machines; providing a civil penalty. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to impose term limits on the members of their governing bodies. State Affairs |
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Relating to the suspension of a person's driver's license or permit on conviction of a fifth offense relating to the operating of a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to motorcycle equipment and training requirements. Transportation |