SENATE BILLS RETURNED FROM HOUSE WITH AMENDMENTS

Friday

May 26, 2017

Relating to certain required reports prepared by state agencies and other governmental entities.

Relating to the dissolution of the Chisholm Trail Special Utility District.

Relating to the extraterritorial jurisdiction of certain municipalities in coastal border counties.

Relating to information regarding the number of school counselors in public schools.

Relating to the statewide preceptorship program in family medicine.

Relating to the abolishment of certain advisory committees and other state entities.

Relating to measures to facilitate the delivery of certain mental health services for veterans.

Relating to itemizing certain public notice expenditures in certain political subdivision budgets.

Relating to requiring the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to collect and study data on the participation of persons with intellectual disabilities in workforce education programs.

Relating to a report on the sale of retail electric power by the General Land Office.

Relating to the duties of the Texas Women Veterans Program.

Relating to choice of law and venue for certain construction contracts.

Relating to the use of open educational resources.

Relating to the board of directors of the Agua Special Utility District.

Relating to the licensing and regulation of providers of driver and traffic safety education.

Relating to The Woodlands Township.

Relating to the use of certain lighting equipment on airport security vehicles.

Relating to the transfer of certain probate proceedings to the county in which the executor or administrator of a decedent's estate resides.

Relating to limitations on courses that may be offered for dual credit by school districts and public institutions of higher education.

Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 84 as the Trooper Jonathan Thomas McDonald Memorial Highway.

Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to change the date of the general election for officers.

Relating to the conversion of the Hays Caldwell Public Utility Agency to the Alliance Regional Water Authority; providing authority to issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain; providing authority to impose fees.

Relating to responsibility for the consequences of defects in the plans, specifications, or related documents for the construction or repair of an improvement to real property.

Relating to the selection and summons of prospective grand jurors.

Relating to procedures regarding criminal defendants who are or may be persons with a mental illness or an intellectual disability and to certain duties of the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System related to persons with mental illness.

Relating to funding for the operations of the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission.

Relating to the prosecution of criminal offenses regarding unauthorized recordings.

Relating to the placement and use of video cameras in certain self-contained classrooms or other settings providing special education services.

Relating to requiring school districts and open-enrollment charter schools to report certain information regarding expanded learning opportunities.

Relating to de novo hearings in child protection cases.

Relating to the Texas college work-study program and to establishing a program for the off-campus employment of certain students at public or private institutions of higher education.

Relating to a study by the Texas Water Development Board of water needs and availability in this state.

Relating to certain powers and duties of the board of trustees of an independent school district and the governing body of an open-enrollment charter school.

Relating to the eligibility of certain municipalities to establish homestead preservation districts and reinvestment zones.

Relating to contributions to, benefits from, late fees imposed by, and the administration of systems and programs administered by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.

Relating to the conduct of primary elections and certain other election practices; increasing a criminal penalty; creating criminal offenses.

Relating to outreach and awareness for women veterans in this state.

Relating to the regulation of certain degree-granting postsecondary educational institutions by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; providing administrative penalties.

Relating to the elimination of certain formula funding and dropped course restrictions for returning adult students at public institutions of higher education and to the tuition rate that may be charged to those students for certain excessive undergraduate hours.

Relating to maternal mortality and morbidity and pregnancy-related deaths, including postpartum depression.

Relating to eligibility requirements for registration as an interior designer.

Relating to the allocation of housing tax credits to developments within proximate geographical areas.

Relating to the development of instructional modules and training for public schools on the prevention of sexual abuse and sex trafficking and participation by the human trafficking prevention task force in that development.

Relating to the creation of Lakewood Improvement District of Harris County; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes.

Relating to the creation of Montgomery County Improvement District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes.