BILLS REFERRED TODAY |
Wednesday March 11, 2015 |
Committee referral on the following: |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment providing that a statute or appropriations act that furthers a legitimate state purpose or interest such as efficiency or local control meets the requirement of providing an efficient system of public schools and that this requirement is the prerogative of the legislature. Education |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment prescribing the purposes for which revenues from motor vehicle registration fees and taxes on motor fuels and lubricants may be used. Finance |
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Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification a regulation freedom amendment to the U.S. Constitution. State Affairs |
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Relating to the functions of the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the territory and board of the Canyon Regional Water Authority. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to public school choice, including school campus information, student transfers, the public education grant program, and the transportation allotment. Education |
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Relating to local control school districts. Education |
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Relating to periodic zero-based budgeting for certain political subdivisions. Finance |
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Relating to the possession of and access to a child in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship in which there is evidence of family violence, child abuse or neglect, or the sexual assault of one parent by the other parent. State Affairs |
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Relating to limiting the amount of assistance a person may provide a voter; creating a criminal offense. State Affairs |
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Relating to participation in certain programs by, and insurer premium tax credits for investments in, certified capital companies. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the decertification of a certified capital company. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the provision of direct primary care. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to abatement of public nuisances on undeveloped land in the unincorporated area of a county. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the designation of the trustee of an express trust as a beneficiary of a trust account or a P.O.D. payee of a P.O.D. account. State Affairs |
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Relating to reporting requirements for certain unclaimed property. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to an unsworn declaration made by a private process server in the performance of the server's job duties. State Affairs |
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Relating to the designation of van-only parking spaces for use by persons with disabilities; creating an offense. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to eligibility for course credit and high school diplomas of students enrolled in educational programs provided by the Windham School District in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to supplemental compensation paid to certain county judges. Finance |
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Relating to the regulation of the sale of dextromethorphan to minors; providing civil penalties. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to refunding certain taxes remitted by racing associations in consideration for enhancing racing purses. Finance |
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Relating to the imposition and use of the municipal hotel occupancy tax by certain eligible central municipalities. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to undertake a qualified hotel project. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to a sales and use tax exemption for certain equipment used for digital audio broadcasting. Finance |
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Relating to a provisional license to practice funeral directing or embalming. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to authority for certain state employees to work flexible hours and to work from home or other authorized alternative work sites. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to relating to the definition of a dependent for health benefit plans offered by certain university systems. State Affairs |
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Relating to the applicability of canceling an annual application for a ballot to be voted by mail to subsequent elections. State Affairs |
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Relating to the oversight of state border security activities. Veteran Affairs & Military Installations-S/C Border Security |
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Relating to leadership development of public school administrators. Education |
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Relating to law enforcement training programs and policies on using appropriate nonlethal force and nonviolent restraint; changing the education requirements for licensure as a peace officer. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to a study by the General Land Office regarding the feasibility of creating a mechanism by which a governmental entity could acquire small parcels of real property in an area and convey them to a developer in order to ensure the property is developed in compliance with model subdivision rules. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to seeking federal authorization to provide health benefit plan coverage to certain low-income individuals through the private marketplace. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the courts authorized to hear certain matters relating to a capias pro fine. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to required disclosures in ballot proposition language authorizing political subdivisions to issue bonds or impose or change a tax. Finance |
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Relating to fiscal transparency and accountability of certain political subdivisions. Finance |
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Relating to the regulation of motor vehicles by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles; creating a criminal offense; providing a penalty; authorizing fees. Transportation |
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Relating to the authority of a customer to choose not to have an advanced meter and to liability for damages caused by an advanced meter. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Transportation to enter into a design-build contract for the Interstate Highway 635 East project. Transportation |
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Relating to disclosure of financial studies and reports associated with a toll project. Transportation |
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Relating to abolishing the Texas Enterprise Fund and the disposition of the balance of that fund. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to prohibiting the use of certain federal funds for a mass transit passenger rail project. Transportation |
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Relating to an exemption from the franchise tax and certain filing fees for certain businesses owned by veterans during an initial period of operation in the state. Finance |
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Relating to the suspension of an election judge or clerk. State Affairs |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the North Fort Bend Water Authority. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |