BILLS REFERRED TODAY |
Tuesday March 24, 2015 |
Committee referral on the following: |
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Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship and the enforcement of child support. State Affairs |
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Relating to the duties of the Title IV-D agency regarding the establishment, collection, and enforcement of child support. State Affairs |
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Relating to the days and hours that early voting is conducted by personal appearance. State Affairs |
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Relating to programs for imposing or increasing a toll on and increasing the vehicle registration fee for a commercial motor vehicle. Transportation |
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Relating to the administration by the General Land Office of money allocated to this state from the national Housing Trust Fund. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to honor recipients of the Gallantry Cross Medal and the Prisoner of War Medal. Transportation |
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Relating to state contracting standards and oversight for purchases made by certain state agencies and institutions of higher education. Finance |
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Relating to the confidentiality of a physician's patient information in certain judicial proceedings. State Affairs |
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Relating to the eradication of Carrizo cane along the Rio Grande River. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain military personnel and their dependents. Higher Education |
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Relating to the creation and re-creation of funds and accounts, 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 designation of a segment of State Highway 83 in Hidalgo County as the World War II Veterans of the 349th Regiment of the 88th Infantry Division Memorial Highway. Transportation |
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Relating to the development and production of marine seawater desalination, integrated marine seawater desalination, and facilities for the storage, conveyance, and delivery of desalinated marine seawater. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the procedure by which the assessor for a taxing unit is required to provide certain ad valorem tax-related information to a property owner or the owner's agent. Finance |
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Relating to the authority of certain judges in criminal cases to review and modify a bail bond set by a municipal court judge or justice of the peace. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the use of Texas Emissions Reduction Plan funds for the diesel emissions reduction incentive program. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to immigration visa waivers for physicians. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to expanding the powers and duties of the office of capital writs and renaming the office of capital writs the Texas office of post-conviction defender. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to funding for and a study of county health care services. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the liability of the state for a violation of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act. State Affairs |
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Relating to a prohibition on requiring a defendant to enter a plea of guilty or nolo contendere as a condition of entering certain pretrial intervention programs. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the establishment of an infrastructure improvement council by the Rio Grande Regional Water Authority. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the nonpartisan election of members to the State Board of Education; providing for a fee. State Affairs |
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Relating to citrus pest and disease management. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the requirements for employment positions provided through the Texas college work-study program. Higher Education |
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Relating to the provision of funding under the foundation school program on the basis of property values that exclude one-half of optional homestead exemptions. Education |
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Relating to prekindergarten programs in public schools. Education |
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Relating to the identification requirements of certain health care providers associated with a hospital. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to advertising by certain licensed freestanding emergency medical care facilities; providing an administrative penalty. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to named driver insurance policies and certain related exclusions. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to agreements between the Department of Public Safety and 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 authorization for a school district board of trustees to grant charters for the establishment of certain charter schools. Education |
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Relating to the panel of experts appointed to advise the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the transportation of unsecured objects by a vehicle; creating an offense. Transportation |
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Relating to the transparent and equitable application of ad valorem taxation procedures. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the authority and obligation of this state to comply with and implement a Clean Power Plan. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the provision of medical care to inmates confined by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the calculation of taxable wages paid by a professional employer organization for purposes of the Texas Unemployment Compensation Act. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the allocation and use of certain funds for public transportation projects. Transportation |
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Relating to provisional authority for certain individual insurance license applicants to act as insurance agents; authorizing a fee; requiring an occupational provisional permit. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to exemptions from certain regulation for small honey production operations. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to certain required reports, plans, and other documents prepared by state agencies and institutions of higher education. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to certain diseases or illnesses suffered by firefighters and emergency medical technicians. State Affairs |
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Relating to the period of days in which a student is enrolled in a school in the United States for purposes of determining a number of years for which the student may receive an alternative or exemption from student assessment. Education |
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Relating to a single common course numbering system for public institutions of higher education in this state. Higher Education |
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Relating to the Texas High Performance Schools Consortium. Education |
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Relating to the retirement system in certain municipalities for firefighters and police officers. State Affairs |
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Relating to the retirement benefits for certain elected state officials. State Affairs |
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Relating to the definition of serious mental illness for purposes of certain group health benefit plans. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the acquisition of certain professional services by a school district. Education |
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Relating to the exemption from the assessment requirements of the Texas Success Initiative for students who successfully complete certain college preparatory courses. Higher Education |
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Relating to the continuation of certain public benefits, including medical assistance, for individuals after release from confinement in a county jail. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to photo identification requirements for certain stored value card purchases. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the order of candidate names on a runoff expedited election ballot. State Affairs |
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Relating to the administration of rabies vaccine under a local rabies control program. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to euthanasia as a last resort in a county or municipal animal shelter in certain counties. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the status of separate legal entities for purposes of the sales and use tax on aircraft. Finance |
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Relating to apportionment of certain receipts of a broadcaster under the franchise tax. Finance |
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Relating to information regarding the number of school counselors in public schools. Education |
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Relating to governmental actions affecting the use or value of private property. State Affairs |
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Relating to the regulation of petroleum coke storage and transport. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to an alert system for notification of the release of toxic chemicals by a manufacturing facility. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to county energy transportation reinvestment zones. Transportation |
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Relating to the authority of certain holders of a wine and beer retailer's permit to manufacture and sell wine and engage in certain related activities. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the manufacture, sale, distribution, possession, and use of drugs not approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration and the false representation that a substance is a drug approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration; creating criminal offenses. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to disclosures on selection or modification of an account by a customer of a financial institution. State Affairs |
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Relating to access to a financial institution account of a person who dies intestate. State Affairs |
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Relating to the exemption of certain mobility items and daily general use items for the elderly to be exempted from sales taxes. Finance |
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Relating to the requirement to obtain a license to practice as an anesthesiologists assistant; imposing fees. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to creating a defense to prosecution for the offense of resisting arrest, search, or transportation or the offenses of escape or permitting or facilitating escape. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to a vacancy in the office of a member of the legislature on final conviction of a felony. State Affairs |
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Relating to the limitation on the amount of supplemental payments under the Texas Economic Development Act. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the Texas High Performance Schools Consortium. Education |
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Relating to the religious freedom of a conscientious objector to act or fail to act with respect to certain issues of marriage. State Affairs |
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Relating to the computation of cost of goods for purposes of the franchise tax by certain taxable entities. Finance |
Committee re-referral on the following: |
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Relating to defining the duties and penalties concerning pain management clinics. Re-referred from Health & Human Services to Criminal Justice |