BILLS REFERRED TODAY |
Wednesday March 29, 2017 |
Committee referral on the following: |
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Relating to the abolishment of the County Court at Law No. 3 of Dallas County, County Court at Law No. 4 of Dallas County, and County Court at Law No. 5 of Dallas County and the transfer of cases to the County Court at Law No. 1 of Dallas County and County Court at Law No. 2 of Dallas County. State Affairs |
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Relating to the taxing power of the North Plains Groundwater Conservation District. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to requirements for a representative for a student in a special education due process hearing. Education |
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Relating to the repeal of the high school allotment under the Foundation School Program. Education |
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Relating to the basic allotment under the foundation school program. Education |
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Relating to the creation of a commission to recommend improvements to the public school finance system. Education |
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Relating to the public school finance system. Education |
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Relating to the application of and use of revenue from hotel occupancy taxes imposed by municipalities and counties. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the creation of the offense of engaging in organized election fraud activity. State Affairs |
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Relating to the sale of certain state property in Brazoria County by the Texas Board of Criminal Justice. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to early in-person voting by voters who reside at a residential care facility. State Affairs |
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Relating to a revocable deed that transfers real property at the transferor's death. State Affairs |
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Relating to certain political contributions by judicial candidates and officeholders and certain political committees. State Affairs |
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Relating to the transfer of certain unused franchise tax credits. Finance |
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Relating to the hours of instruction provided in barbering and cosmetology schools. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the amendment to an existing permit for a municipal solid waste landfill facility to accept increased amounts of Class 1 industrial solid waste. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the issuance or amendment of a permit for a solid waste landfill facility or hazardous waste land disposal unit to be located in a special flood hazard area. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the establishment of a grocery access investment fund program. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to parking privileges for people with disabilities; authorizing a fee; amending dismissal procedures for a criminal offense. Transportation |
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Relating to the requirements for a mass gathering or outdoor music festival permit. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to standards for advertising land for sale in certain border counties before a subdivision plat for the land has been approved; affecting the prosecution of a criminal offense. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the use of earnest money contracts and other offers for the sale of land before a subdivision plat is approved in certain border counties. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the approval or disapproval by county referendum of an application for a permit for a commercial surface disposal facility. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to a prohibition on the approval by the Railroad Commission of Texas of an application for a permit for a commercial surface disposal facility located near certain reservoirs. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the adoption of uniform rules for hours of work for certain county employees. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to staff-to-child ratios and group sizes in licensed day-care centers and reporting certain information related to child safety. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to day habilitation services for individuals with an intellectual disability; imposing an administrative penalty. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenues in certain municipalities. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the collection of consumer debt by debt buyers. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the disclosure of records produced in the course of an investigation related to educator misconduct. Education |
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Relating to treating ale and malt liquor in the same manner as beer for purposes of alcoholic beverage regulation. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the creation and operations of health care provider participation programs in hospital districts established under Chapter 281, Health & Safety Code. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the number of emissions inspections performed by certain vehicle inspection stations. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to determination of resident status. State Affairs |
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Relating to the operation and administration of the Texas Bullion Depository; depository agents; and to the appropriation of money from the fees, charges, penalties, and other amounts related to the depository and deposited to the general revenue fund for that purpose. Finance |
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Relating to the elimination of straight-party voting. State Affairs |
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Relating to the placement of certain substances in Penalty Groups 1 and 3 of the Texas Controlled Substances Act for the purposes of prosecution of criminal offenses involving those substances. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to transition planning for a public school student enrolled in a special education program. Education |
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Relating to judicial review of certain regulations that apply to state licensees. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the applicability of certain insurance laws to certain farm mutual insurance companies. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to financial records and audits of nonprofit corporations. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to prohibited adverse employment action against an employee who in good faith reports child abuse or neglect. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to measures to increase participation in state programs relating to saving money or prepaying for college. Higher Education |
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Relating to the creation of an innocence project grant program. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to new capital investment in the state. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the repeal of the driver responsibility program and the amount and allocation of state traffic fine funds; authorizing and increasing criminal fines. Transportation |
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Relating to the Live Oak Underground Water Conservation District. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the renewal of a certificate of registration by certain interior designers. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the average daily attendance calculation for students over 18 years of age who are in an off home campus instructional arrangement. Education |
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Relating to the appointment of an attorney pro tem for certain criminal proceedings. State Affairs |
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Relating to certain sexual offenses; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the economic impact of closures on the state highway system during certain periods. Transportation |
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Relating to the regulation of certain aggregate production operations by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; authorizing an increase in the amount of a fee. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to physician assistant services performed as volunteer care. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to a health care entity making available to patients and prospective patients charges for certain health care services, goods, or procedures; authorizing administrative penalties. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the requirements for annexation by a municipality of certain municipal utility districts. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to documentation of proof of identification for voting. State Affairs |
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Relating to interest that accrues under the Property Tax Code. Finance |
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Relating to the powers and duties of a county or municipality to impose taxes on behalf of a navigation district. Transportation |
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Relating to improving the quality of teachers employed by a school district, teacher performance appraisals, and the hiring of mentor teachers. Education |
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Relating to curriculum requirements in American history at institutions of higher education. Higher Education |
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Relating to the authority of school districts and school district students to participate in University Interscholastic League competitions. Education |
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Relating to the business of title insurance. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the administration of the certified capital company program by the office of the comptroller of public accounts. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the research and testing of motor vehicles with automated driving systems on highways in this state. Transportation |
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Relating to information required to be disclosed by certain investors of publicly traded companies whose headquarters are located in this state. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the appeal of a determination of the appraised value of certain property for ad valorem tax purposes. Finance |
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Relating to the transfer of the regulation of property tax professionals from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation to the comptroller of public accounts; providing civil and administrative penalties. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the regulation of package store permit holders. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to requirements for updating information provided by certain health benefit plans through the Internet. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to a demonstration program for real-time processing of workers' compensation authorizations of payment for medical services and medical bills. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to certain real estate brokerage and advertising activities and to certain functions of the Texas Real Estate Commission. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to state fiscal matters related to general government. Finance |
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Relating to state fiscal matters related to health and human services and state agencies administering health and human services programs. Finance |
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Relating to state fiscal matters related to public education. Finance |
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Relating to state fiscal matters regarding business and economic development. Finance |
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Relating to state fiscal matters. Finance |
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Relating to the creation and re-creation of funds and accounts in the state treasury, 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 directing payment, after approval, of certain miscellaneous claims and judgments against the state out of funds designated by this Act; making appropriations. Finance |
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Relating to the distribution of the consolidated court cost. State Affairs |
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Relating to increasing the punishment for certain sexual offenses committed against a child with a disability. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to insurance requirements for certain nonemergency medical transportation. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to Medicaid funding in this state, including the federal government's participation in that funding. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to health benefit plan coverage in this state. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to speech protections for student newspapers in public schools. Education |
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Relating to the renewal of the Texas Health Care Transformation and Quality Improvement Program waiver under Medicaid. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to an increase in the fee for permits issued for the movement of oversize or overweight vehicles carrying cargo in Hidalgo County. Transportation |
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Relating to the provision of eye health care by certain professionals and institutions as providers in the Medicaid managed care program. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to directing Blinn College to transfer control and custody of the Washington-on-the-Brazos Museum Building and its contents to the Texas Historical Commission. Administration |
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Relating to the transfer of the Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to the Texas Historical Commission. Administration |
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Relating to directing Blinn College to transfer control and custody of the Washington-on-the-Brazos Museum Building and its contents to the Parks and Wildlife Department. Administration |
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Relating to the emergency scheduling of certain controlled substances for the purpose of the prosecution and punishment of certain offenses under the Texas Controlled Substances Act; expanding the application of certain criminal offenses. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to contracting and purchasing of certain governmental entities and development corporations. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the collection of past due assessments and certain other charges by a property owners' association. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the creation of a mental health jail diversion and crisis stabilization unit pilot program. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the independent ombudsman for county jails. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to prescription medications for the care and treatment of inmates and prisoners in county jails. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to certain sexual offenses; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to ad valorem taxation. Finance |
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Relating to health care information provided by certain freestanding emergency medical care facilities. Business & Commerce |
Committee re-referral on the following: |
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Relating to confidentiality, sharing, sealing, and destruction of juvenile records. Re-referred from State Affairs to Criminal Justice |