Texas Legislature

Author:

Menendez

Whitmire

06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09

Relating to delaying parole eligibility for an individual convicted of certain violent offenses who evades arrest and to the punishment prescribed for the offense of evading arrest or detention.

Author:

Hughes | Paxton | Madden | Lewis | Eiland

Whitmire

06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09

Relating to the information displayed on certain licenses.

Author:

Guillen

Whitmire

06/19/2009 E Effective immediately

Relating to the eligibility of certain applicants for occupational licenses.

Author:

Bolton | Herrero | Moody

Whitmire

06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09

Relating to notice provided to certain victims or witnesses regarding certain inmates or defendants who are electronically monitored.

Author:

Turner, Sylvester | Guillen | Martinez, "Mando" | Veasey | Marquez

Whitmire

06/19/2009 E See remarks for effective date

Relating to requiring the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to establish a comprehensive reentry and reintegration plan for offenders released or discharged from a correctional facility.

Author:

Madden

Whitmire

06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09

Relating to the authority of the inspector general of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to issue administrative subpoenas for certain communications records.

Author:

Kuempel

Whitmire

05/20/2009 E Effective immediately

Relating to eliminating the limitation on lottery advertising expenses based on the lottery prize payout percentage.

Author:

Moody

Whitmire

06/19/2009 E See remarks for effective date

Relating to the prevention, investigation, prosecution, and punishment for certain gang-related and other criminal offenses, including engaging in organized criminal activity, and to the consequences and costs of engaging in certain activities of a criminal street gang or certain other criminal activity; providing penalties.

Author:

Dutton

Whitmire

06/19/2009 E Effective immediately

Relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 403; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Author:

Turner, Sylvester | Marquez

Whitmire

06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09

Relating to a personal identification certificate or driver's license issued to present or former inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Author:

Madden | McReynolds | Marquez

Whitmire

06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09

Relating to discharging or releasing inmates from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice at or near certain department facilities.

Author:

Thibaut | Guillen

Whitmire

06/19/2009 E See remarks for effective date

Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain peace officers enrolled in criminal justice or law enforcement course work and for certain educational aides.

Author:

Dutton | Flynn

Whitmire

06/19/2009 E Effective immediately

Relating to a contract between a water district and a municipality for the provision of fire-fighting services in certain counties.

Author:

Rodriguez | Leibowitz

Whitmire

06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09

Relating to the definition of playgrounds and to including those playgrounds in the designation of certain places as drug-free zones for purposes of criminal penalties.

Author:

McReynolds

Whitmire

06/19/2009 E Effective immediately

Relating to allowing certain claimants to file an application under the Crime Victims' Compensation Act.

Author:

Herrero | Cohen | Creighton

Whitmire

06/19/2009 E See remarks for effective date

Relating to protections provided by the Department of Agriculture for certain consumers; providing penalties.

Author:

Coleman

Whitmire

06/19/2009 E Effective immediately

Relating to the mandatory testing of persons suspected of exposing employees of a juvenile probation department to certain diseases.

Author:

Thompson | Lucio III | Rodriguez | Rose | Leibowitz

Whitmire

05/13/2009 S Referred to Criminal Justice

Relating to the licensing and regulation of commercial dog and cat breeders and the regulation of dog and cat dealers; providing penalties.

Author:

Madden

Whitmire

06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09

Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of arson.

Author:

Madden

Whitmire

06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09

Relating to the offense of prohibited substances and items in correctional facilities.

Author:

Marquez | Hodge | Madden

Whitmire

06/19/2009 E Effective immediately

Relating to a policy regarding the receipt of books by mail by an inmate in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Author:

Madden

Whitmire

05/30/2009 H Senate appoints conferees-reported

Relating to the court-ordered administration of psychoactive medication to certain criminal defendants and to the release of those defendants from certain facilities.

Author:

Driver | Merritt

Whitmire

03/12/2009 E Signed by the Governor

Congratulating Colonel Thomas A. Davis, Jr., on his retirement from the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Author:

Driver | Merritt

Whitmire

03/12/2009 E Signed by the Governor

Congratulating Lieutenant Colonel David McEathron on his retirement from the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Author:

Legler | Davis, John | Taylor | Smith, Wayne | Weber

Whitmire

05/01/2009 E Signed by the Governor

Congratulating Michelle Jackson on her selection as the 2009 Cherry Blossom Princess for the State of Texas.

Author:

Driver

Whitmire

06/19/2009 E Signed by the Governor

Directing the Texas Facilities Commission to submit a proposal to the presiding officers of the Texas Legislature to name Building A at the DPS Headquarters Complex in Austin in honor of Thomas A. Davis, Jr., former director of the Texas Department of Public Safety.