BILLS REFERRED TODAY |
Wednesday May 6, 2015 |
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 all or part of the market value of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a 100 percent or totally disabled veteran who died before the law authorizing a residence homestead exemption for such a veteran took effect. Finance |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit using revenues, other money, or account or fund balances dedicated by law for nondedicated general governmental purposes or for certification of appropriations for nondedicated purposes or entities. Finance |
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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 amounts, availability, and use of certain statutorily dedicated revenue and accounts; providing for the dedication and use of certain state revenue; reducing or affecting the amounts or rates of certain statutorily dedicated fees and assessments; redesignating the bingo prize fee as a prize tax and providing for the collection and use of the tax. Finance |
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Relating to authorizing patients with certain terminal illnesses to access certain investigational drugs, biological products, and devices that are in clinical trials. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to disclosure of certain relationships with local government officers and vendors; creating criminal offenses. State Affairs |
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Relating to decreasing the state sales and use tax rate. Finance |
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Relating to the computation and rates of the franchise tax; decreasing tax rates; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty. Finance |
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Relating to financial assistance administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs in certain rural areas. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the purchase of food and beverages by the Texas Division of Emergency Management for certain division personnel. Finance |
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Relating to an alternative means of payment of certain past due criminal fines and court costs. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to interstate cooperation to address regional water issues. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to privileged parking for Distinguished Flying Cross medal recipients. Transportation |
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Relating to the allocation of costs and attorney's fees incurred by a Court of Inquiry. State Affairs |
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Relating to the enforcement of municipal rules, ordinances, or police regulations prohibiting illegal dumping; increasing a penalty. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to designating May 24 as Lung Cancer Awareness Day. Administration |
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Relating to the retirement benefits for certain elected state officials. State Affairs |
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Relating to allowing the holder of a brewpub license to sell ale and malt liquor to certain wholesalers. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the public transportation advisory committee. Transportation |
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Relating to venue for the offense of failure to attend school. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to license plates issued to female veterans with disabilities. Transportation |
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Relating to an alcohol awareness program or drug education program for certain minors convicted of or adjudicated to have engaged in, or placed on deferred disposition or community supervision for, certain drug or alcohol related offenses; authorizing a fee. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the repeal of the Texas B-On-time student loan program. Higher Education |
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Relating to the hunting or fishing license fee waiver for certain disabled veterans. Veteran Affairs & Military Installations |
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Relating to the essential knowledge and skills of the required public school curriculum and to certain state-adopted or state-developed assessment instruments for public school students. Education |
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Relating to the Texas Military Preparedness Commission. Veteran Affairs & Military Installations |
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Relating to the purchase of certain insurance coverage and the performance of related risk management services for the Texas State University System and the component institutions of that system. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the forms of payment that the operator of a vehicle storage facility must accept. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the tasting of alcoholic beverages by students enrolled in certain courses. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the authority of a person who is licensed to carry a handgun to openly carry a holstered handgun; creating a criminal offense; providing penalties; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty. State Affairs |
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Relating to water well drillers and pump installers; authorizing fees. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of the total appraised value of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a 100 percent or totally disabled veteran. Finance |
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Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of property used to collect, process, and deliver landfill-generated gas. Finance |
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Relating to the establishment of stormwater control and recapture planning authorities in certain counties. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the sale by package stores of containers of liquor with a capacity of less than six fluid ounces. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 145; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. Administration |
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Relating to certain death benefits for survivors of certain law enforcement officers, firefighters, and others killed in the line of duty. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to criminal liability for certain federal motor carrier safety violations; creating a criminal offense. Transportation |
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Relating to increasing the punishment for the offense of possession or promotion of child pornography; changing the eligibility for parole. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to reports regarding the confinement of pregnant prisoners in county jails. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to sexual harassment protection for unpaid interns. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the compensation of property owners whose property is damaged as a result of a pursuit involving a federal law enforcement agency. State Affairs |
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Relating to the transfer of compensation experience for purposes of the Texas Unemployment Compensation Act. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to a report on laws, standards, and policies regarding parking for persons with disabilities to be prepared by the Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to route designation for the issuance of a permit for the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles in certain counties. Transportation |
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Relating to the approval of certain alcoholic beverages by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the creation of the Cotton Center Municipal Utility District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. Administration |
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Relating to the standard valuation for life insurance, accident and health insurance, and annuities and the nonforfeiture requirements of certain life insurance policies; amending provisions that may be subject to a criminal penalty. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the composition, governance, and authority of a regional tollway authority that has or proposes to have projects located in counties that are not part of the authority. Transportation |
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Relating to the restoration of expired eminent domain authority of certain rural rail transportation districts. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the procedure for determining that certain land is no longer eligible for appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes as agricultural or open-space land. Finance |
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Relating to Parks and Wildlife Department procedures for the transfer of ownership of boats or outboard motors; providing penalties; creating a criminal offense. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to liability of persons who lease dwellings to persons with criminal records. State Affairs |
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Relating to a voluntary donation to the fund for veterans' assistance when applying for a hunting or fishing license. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the disqualification of certain temporary employees for unemployment compensation benefits. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to Medicaid billing for the services of substitute dentists. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to notice of water level fluctuations to purchasers of real property adjoining an impoundment of water. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the prosecution of offenses against public administration, including ethics offenses. State Affairs |
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Relating to the closing, abandoning, and vacating of a public road by a county; authorizing the imposition of a fee. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to building energy efficiency performance standards. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to route designation for the issuance of a permit for the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles in certain counties. Transportation |
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Relating to the creation of a health care advocacy program for veterans. Veteran Affairs & Military Installations |
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Relating to the jurisdiction and powers of and the referral of certain proceedings to a criminal law hearing officer in Cameron County. Criminal Justice |
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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 suits brought by local governments for violations of certain laws under the jurisdiction of, or rules adopted or orders or permits issued by, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; affecting civil penalties. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the applicability of the sales and use tax to certain insurance services. Finance |
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Relating to notice of hospital and emergency medical services liens. State Affairs |
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Relating to the eligibility of land for appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified open-space land. Finance |
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Relating to the frequency with which the Board of Pardons and Paroles considers the eligibility of certain inmates for release on parole. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the allocation of state hotel occupancy tax revenue to certain barrier island coastal municipalities. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the application to vote early by mail in more than one election. State Affairs |
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Relating to compensation and leave for certain peace officers. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the administration and oversight of overweight corridors; authorizing a fee. Transportation |
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Relating to hearings that concern the issuance of permits by a groundwater conservation district. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to vacancies on the governing body of a Type A general-law municipality. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the authority of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to authorize an injection well used for oil and gas waste disposal to be used for the disposal of nonhazardous brine produced by a desalination operation or nonhazardous drinking water treatment residuals. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the transfer or termination of certain timeshare interests. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the certification by the comptroller to the commissioner of education of the taxable value of property in each school district. Finance |
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Relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain laws concerning community supervision granted in criminal cases, including conforming amendments. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the exemption from certain registration and licensing requirements and taxes for certain businesses and employees who enter this state in response to a disaster or emergency. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the establishment of a task force to promote uniformity in the collection and reporting of information relating to family violence, sexual assault, stalking, and human trafficking. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to transferring from the state to a county the revenue derived from oil and gas leases of land owned by the county to be used by the county for road maintenance purposes. Finance |
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Relating to health benefit plan coverage of certain treatments for enrollees diagnosed with a terminal illness; authorizing administrative and civil penalties. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the prosecution of and punishment for assaulting a disabled individual; increasing a criminal penalty. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the ability of certain county assistance districts to annex roads. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to a report to the legislature regarding the elimination of toll roads. Transportation |
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Relating to the value of personal property exempt from seizure by creditors. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to recovery of covered unemployment compensation debt through participation in the federal Treasury Offset Program. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the composition of the juvenile board of Atascosa County. State Affairs |
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Relating to the definition of homeland security activity. Veteran Affairs & Military Installations-S/C Border Security |
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Relating to the authority of a municipality or county to obtain criminal history record information for certain persons, including employees, independent contractors, and volunteers. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the municipal sales and use tax for street maintenance. Finance |
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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 low income housing tax credits awarded for at-risk developments. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the preservation of the Alamo complex and surrounding area and to the Alamo Preservation Advisory Board. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the establishment of the Texas Competency-Based Education Grant Program for certain students enrolled in competency-based baccalaureate degree programs at certain institutions of higher education. Higher Education |
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Relating to the determination of eligible costs and expenses for purposes of the franchise tax credit for the rehabilitation of historic structures. Finance |
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Relating to training and education for state agency administrators and employees. Finance |
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Relating to interstate compacts and cooperative agreements relating to state purchasing. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to improving the delivery and quality of Medicaid acute care services and long-term care services and supports. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to prohibiting camping and building fires in certain areas; creating a criminal offense. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the employment status of certain individuals engaged in rehabilitative work-training programs. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the redaction of personally identifiable information of victims from juvenile court records. State Affairs |