BILLS REFERRED TODAY

Tuesday

May 14, 2013

Committee referral on the following:

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.

Education

Relating to the use of human remains for forensic science education, including the training of search and rescue animals.

Agriculture, Rural Affairs & Homeland Security

Relating to an exemption for certain persons who sell signs from the requirement to be licensed as an electrician.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the designation of an agent or office for service of process, notice, or demand by a person doing business under an assumed name.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the authority of the Near Northside Management District to undertake tax increment financing.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to signature verification on an early voting ballot voted by mail.

State Affairs

Relating to an exemption from the state hotel occupancy tax for certain members of the Texas State Guard.

Finance

Relating to the Texas High Performance Schools Consortium.

Education

Relating to the number of student absences that constitute a failure to attend school.

Education

Relating to the determination of the boundaries of, and the enforcement of the law governing access to, public beaches.

Natural Resources

Relating to the creation of the Generation Park Management District and required notice by municipal management districts of certain actions; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes.

Intergovernmental Relations

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.

Intergovernmental Relations

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.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to water districts in Bandera County.

Natural Resources

Relating to the boundaries of the East Montgomery County Municipal Utility Districts Nos. 6 and 7.

Intergovernmental Relations

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.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the creation of the Comal Trinity Groundwater Conservation District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or surcharges.

Natural Resources

Relating to the period for confirmation of the Williamson County Municipal Utility District No. 21.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to powers of the North Harris County Regional Water Authority relating to certain wells.

Natural Resources

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

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.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 402 regarding road projects.

Intergovernmental Relations

Committee re-referral on the following:

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.

Re-referred from Finance to Veteran Affairs & Military Installations