Author:
Paxton
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
05/18/2007 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 18 2007 5:40PM
Caption:
Relating to the electronic database of major state contracts.
Author:
Gonzalez Toureilles
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the transfer of certain abandoned or forfeited property to county or municipal agencies or school districts.
Author:
Callegari | Flynn | Zedler
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
05/08/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to condemnation of historical sites at the direction of the Commission of Control for Texas Centennial Celebrations.
Author:
Callegari | Flynn | Zedler | Crabb
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the repeal of the law creating the Texas Deepwater Port Authority.
Author:
Hill
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
05/25/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to a prohibition on ex parte communications between a member of the board of directors and the chief appraiser of an appraisal district; providing a penalty.
Author:
Hochberg | Crabb
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the limitation on the maximum percentage increase in the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation.
Author:
Miller
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the offense of fraudulent use or possession of a person's identifying information.
Author:
Van Arsdale
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the collection and amount of restitution authorized to be collected from persons charged with or convicted of certain misdemeanor offenses.
Author:
Driver
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the continuing education requirements for chiefs of police.
Author:
Driver
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the continuing education requirements for constables.
Author:
Driver
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to disciplinary action by the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education against certain officers elected under the Texas Constitution.
Author:
Cook, Robby
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to mileage reimbursement for soil and water conservation district directors and delegates.
Author:
Brown, Fred | Zedler | Flynn | Crabb
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to a plan to provide services to an area annexed by a municipality.
Author:
Orr
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
05/20/2007 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 20 2007 3:08PM
Caption:
Relating to the application of the Texas Structural Pest Control Act to certain beekeepers.
Author:
Zerwas
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the filing for record of a plat or replat of a subdivision of real property.
Author:
Pena | Leibowitz
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to excepting certain crime victim information from required disclosure under the public information law.
Author:
Laubenberg
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
05/08/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the term of a food manager certificate.
Author:
Bonnen | Delisi | Flynn | Howard, Charlie | Keffer, Jim
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
05/08/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to immunization against human papillomavirus.
Author:
Farabee
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
05/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the confidentiality of certain information of a person licensed to practice law held by the State Bar of Texas.
Author:
Hilderbran
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
05/20/2007 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 20 2007 2:45PM
Caption:
Relating to the wasting of certain game, alligators, and shellfish; imposing penalties.
Author:
Smith, Wayne
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
05/23/2007 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption:
Relating to retention of certain engineering computations made regarding residential structures located in first tier coastal counties.
Author:
Howard, Charlie | Rodriguez
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
05/21/2007 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 21 2007 1:59PM
Caption:
Relating to providing notice of residence homestead exemptions from ad valorem taxation to owners of certain residential real property.
Author:
Driver
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
05/23/2007 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption:
Relating to exemption from application of the Private Security Act of certain peace officers employed by a law enforcement agency.
Author:
Kolkhorst
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the prohibition of signs on certain roads.
Author:
McReynolds
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the identification requirements for any device with the appearance of a fire hydrant that is nonfunctioning or otherwise unavailable for use in a fire emergency.
Author:
Pitts
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the planning, reporting, and review of the state's information resources.
Author:
Pitts
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the management and oversight of information resources projects.
Author:
Zerwas
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the date by which a prosecuting attorney may appeal certain orders, rulings, or sentences in a criminal case and to the posting of notice for a criminal court docket.
Author:
Bonnen
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
05/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the punishment for failing to stop following a motor vehicle accident.
Author:
Swinford
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
05/20/2007 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 20 2007 2:55PM
Caption:
Relating to the membership and area of operation of farmers' cooperative societies.
Author:
Elkins
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the licensing of certain peace officers by the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education.
Author:
Gattis
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
05/20/2007 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 20 2007 12:40PM
Caption:
Relating to mandatory dismissal of certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship and involving the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Author:
Patrick
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the prosecution of an offense prohibiting the exhibition, use, or threatened exhibition or use of a firearm in or on school property or a school bus.
Author:
Paxton | Lucio III
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the carrying of weapons by certain judges and justices and district and county attorneys.
Author:
Rose
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
05/19/2007 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 19 2007 1:12PM
Caption:
Relating to the requirement that certain economic development corporations hold a hearing before spending funds to undertake a project and to the authority of those economic development corporations to allow voters to elect to limit the period during which or the projects for which the tax is imposed.
Author:
Anderson
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
05/20/2007 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 20 2007 2:06PM
Caption:
Relating to the authority of a veterinarian to fill certain prescriptions in an emergency.
Author:
Morrison
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the composition of the board of navigation and canal commissioners of the Victoria County Navigation District.
Author:
Leibowitz | Martinez, "Mando"
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
05/16/2007 S No action taken in committee
Caption:
Relating to the accessibility of emergency crossovers on a state highway toll project.
Author:
Burnam
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
05/17/2007 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the rulemaking authority of the Texas Ethics Commission.
Author:
Aycock
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
05/20/2007 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 20 2007 1:07PM
Caption:
Relating to the authority of the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners to assess certain administrative costs.
Author:
Murphy
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the determination of prevailing wage rates in Texas counties.
Author:
Swinford
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
05/14/2007 S Reported from s/c favorably w/o amendments
Caption:
Relating to limited agricultural cooperatives; providing penalties.
Author:
Creighton
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to a petition for the creation of a fresh water supply district.
Author:
Creighton
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the qualification of supervisors of a fresh water supply district.
Author:
Bonnen | O'Day | Branch
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to certain agreements made with electric power generation facilities under the Property Redevelopment and Tax Abatement Act and to similar agreements and compliance reports under the Texas Economic Development Act.
Author:
Isett, Carl
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the implementation of enterprise resource planning by the comptroller.
Author:
Cook, Robby
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the issuance of certain search warrants.
Author:
Howard, Charlie
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
05/20/2007 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 20 2007 1:36PM
Caption:
Relating to the notice of the public hearings to be held on a proposal to increase the total ad valorem tax revenues of a taxing unit.
Author:
Cook, Robby
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the service areas of the Austin Community College District and the Blinn Junior College District.
Author:
Miller | O'Day
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to certain transportation studies.
Author:
Strama | Hughes | Van Arsdale | Garcia | Paxton
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption:
Relating to the availability of information about state expenditures and rules, including the creation of a state database containing information on state expenditures, and to certain comptroller reports, and to certain amounts received by institutions of higher education.
Author:
Van Arsdale
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 1/1/08
Caption:
Relating to the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of agricultural or open-space land.
Author:
O'Day | Garcia
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
05/20/2007 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 20 2007 1:11PM
Caption:
Relating to the taking or unloading of fish in this state.
Author:
Puente
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the acquisition of road powers by a municipal utility district.
Author:
Gonzalez Toureilles | Hardcastle | Chisum
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to regulation by the Railroad Commission of Texas of uranium exploration.
Author:
Gonzalez Toureilles | Hardcastle | Chisum
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to regulation of injection wells used for in situ uranium recovery by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Author:
Zerwas
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the powers and duties of the Cinco Southwest Municipal Utility District No. 4; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
Author:
Zerwas
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the powers and duties of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 58; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
Author:
Zerwas
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 190; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
Author:
Morrison
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Lavaca County Groundwater Conservation District; providing authority to impose a tax.
Author:
Cook, Robby
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Colorado County Groundwater Conservation District; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
Author:
Eiland
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Bolivar Yacht Basin Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 of Galveston County; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.
Author:
Kolkhorst
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
05/10/2007 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Designating Industry, Texas, as the Oldest German Settlement in the Lone Star State.
Author:
Rose
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
04/11/2007 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Honoring Emma Jean Schulle on her retirement as the Caldwell County district clerk.
Author:
Garcia
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
05/04/2007 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Commemorating the Texas Maritime Museum's 20th anniversary as the official State Maritime Museum of Texas.
Author:
Hochberg | Crabb | Branch | England
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
05/29/2007 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide that the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation is limited to the lesser of the most recent market value of the residence homestead as determined by the appraisal entity or 110 percent, or a greater percentage, of the appraised value of the residence homestead for the preceding tax year.