BILLS REFERRED TODAY |
Monday April 29, 2013 |
Committee referral on the following: |
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Relating to certain specialty license plates. Administration |
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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. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the authority of the Dallas County Hospital District or a nonprofit corporation formed by the district regarding certain technology or intellectual property developed or in development by or for the district or corporation. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the definition of an authorized emergency vehicle. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to certain regulatory requirements placing expiration dates on land development permits and the use of land conveyed to the state or a political subdivision for a public purpose. State Affairs |
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Relating to the condemnation of conservation easements. State Affairs |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment to eliminate an obsolete requirement for a State Medical Education Board and a State Medical Education Fund. Higher Education |
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Relating to the creation of a commission to investigate convictions after exoneration and to prevent wrongful convictions. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the classification of certain entities as primarily engaged in retail trade for purposes of the franchise tax. Finance |
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Relating to tort liability arising from a volunteer's operation of a Parks and Wildlife Department motor-driven vehicle or motor-driven equipment. State Affairs |
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Relating to the transfer of extraterritorial jurisdiction between certain home-rule and general-law municipalities and annexation of certain territory by the general-law municipalities. Intergovernmental Relations |
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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. Open Government |
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Relating to the practice of dentistry. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the registration of token trailers. Transportation |
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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. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to newborn screening for critical congenital heart disease and other disorders. Health & Human Services |
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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. Education |
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Relating to Prairie View A&M University's eligibility to participate in the research development fund. Higher Education |
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Relating to instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of automated external defibrillators in secondary education curriculum. Education |
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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. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to making supplemental appropriations and reductions in appropriations and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding appropriations. Finance |
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Relating to the repeal of the statutory authority for the State Medical Education Board. Higher Education |
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Relating to posting suggestions and ideas on cost-efficiency on certain state agency websites. Government Organization |
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Relating to the transfer of a certificate of convenience and necessity in certain municipalities. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the authority of the board of directors of the Nacogdoches County Hospital District to employ physicians. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to information regarding the number of public school students with dyslexia. Education |
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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. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the taxation of certain tangible personal property located inside a defense base development authority. Finance |
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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. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the distribution of certain civil penalties and civil restitution received by the attorney general. State Affairs |
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Relating to certain regulatory programs administered by the Department of Agriculture; providing penalties; imposing fees. Agriculture, Rural Affairs & Homeland Security |
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Relating to the designation of a segment of U.S. Highway 75 in Collin County as the Sam Johnson Highway. Transportation |
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Relating to the replatting of a subdivision without vacating the preceding plat in certain municipalities. Administration |
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Relating to the authority of a municipality to file a lien for the costs of abatement of a floodplain ordinance violation; providing a civil penalty. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to excluding certain short-term employment from unemployment compensation chargebacks and grounds for benefit disqualification. Economic Development |
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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. Health & Human Services |
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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. Higher Education |
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Relating to identification requirements for certain fire hydrants and flush valves. Natural Resources |
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Relating to certain energy security technologies for critical governmental facilities. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the election and authority of the board of directors of the McCulloch County Hospital District. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to professional development training for certain public school personnel regarding student disciplinary procedures. Education |
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Relating to reciprocity for emergency medical services personnel certification for certain United States military personnel. Veteran Affairs & Military Installations |
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Relating to the provision of 9-1-1 services; providing criminal penalties. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the authority of public institutions of higher education to make certain investments to support technology commercialization. Higher Education |
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Relating to municipally owned utility systems; authorizing the imposition of fees by a utility board of trustees. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Lottery Commission; providing penalties; imposing and changing fees. State Affairs |
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Relating to apprenticeship requirements for occupational licenses issued to applicants with military experience. Veteran Affairs & Military Installations |
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Relating to signing electronic or digital court documents, to the electronic filing system established by the Texas Supreme Court, to the statewide electronic filing system fund, and to certain court fees and court costs; imposing and authorizing certain fees. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to an animal identification program. Administration |
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Relating to the ad valorem taxation of certain tangible personal property located inside a defense base development authority. Finance |
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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. Administration |
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Relating to an exemption from the franchise tax for certain political subdivision corporations. Finance |
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Relating to the applicability of the law governing emergency authorizations by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for the use of state water to certain emergency orders concerning water rights issued by the executive director of the commission. Natural Resources |
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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. Health & Human Services |
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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. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the dissolution of the Lipan Creek Flood Control District. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Designating Gregg County the Balloon Race Capital of Texas and commemorating the 36th anniversary of the Great Texas Balloon Race. Administration |
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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. Economic Development |