Texas Legislature

Author:

Casteel

01/31/2005 H Referred to Judiciary

Relating to the composition of the Comal County Juvenile Board.

Author:

Casteel

Fraser

06/18/2005 E Effective immediately

Relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax.

Author:

Casteel

03/23/2005 H Left pending in committee

Relating to duties of a landowner with respect to certain equine activities on the owner's land.

Author:

Casteel

04/27/2005 H Committee report sent to Calendars

Relating to the collection of fines and costs imposed in a criminal case following a defendant's default in payment.

Author:

Casteel

Wentworth

06/17/2005 E Effective on 9/1/05

Relating to park and recreation districts.

Author:

Casteel | Farabee | Olivo

02/07/2005 H Referred to Land & Resource Management

Relating to the authority of a county to regulate land development after a local option election.

Author:

Casteel

05/12/2005 H Placed on General State Calendar

Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of criminal trespass.

Author:

Casteel

02/07/2005 H Referred to Local Government Ways and Means

Relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax.

Author:

Casteel

02/08/2005 H Referred to Land & Resource Management

Relating to the regulation of the subdivision of land under the jurisdiction of counties.

Author:

Casteel

03/30/2005 H Left pending in committee

Relating to the allocation of revenue from the state hotel tax for certain purposes in certain municipalities located in counties in a park and recreation district.

Author:

Casteel

Ellis

06/18/2005 E Effective immediately

Relating to charitable contributions by state employees to certain General Land Office programs.

Author:

Casteel

Madla

06/18/2005 E Effective on 9/1/05

Relating to fees for filing certain documents with a county clerk.

Author:

Casteel

02/24/2005 H Left pending in committee

Relating to the requirements for recording property owners' association management certificates in the county records.

Author:

Casteel

04/26/2005 H Left pending in committee

Relating to limits on the size of prekindergarten classes in public schools.

Author:

Casteel

Wentworth

06/18/2005 E Effective on 9/1/05

Relating to the creation of a management trust by a probate court.

Author:

Casteel

Wentworth

05/30/2005 E Effective on 9/1/05

Relating to the authority of a guardian of the estate of a ward to make certain gifts of the ward's estate for estate planning purposes.

Author:

Casteel | Solomons

Madla

06/18/2005 E Effective on 9/1/05

Relating to requiring the operator of a vehicle storage facility to accept certain forms of payment for the delivery or storage of a vehicle.

Author:

Casteel

04/26/2005 H Committee report sent to Calendars

Relating to excepting certain real property appraisal information from required disclosure under the public information law.

Author:

Casteel

05/12/2005 H Placed on General State Calendar

Relating to the authority of another institution of higher education to conduct vocational or technical courses in the service area of a junior college district.

Author:

Casteel

04/27/2005 H Left pending in committee

Relating to the perfection of a child support lien on a motor vehicle.

Author:

Casteel

Barrientos

06/17/2005 E Effective immediately

Relating to employment positions with the Texas Department of Transportation.

Author:

Casteel

03/14/2005 H Referred to Civil Practices

Relating to the eligibility of persons to participate in the public sale in certain counties of certain real property.

Author:

Casteel

04/25/2005 S Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec.

Relating to the identification and administration of land located in a future transportation corridor of a county.

Author:

Casteel

05/03/2005 H Left pending in committee

Relating to the authority of the court to exclude a spouse from the marital residence pending a suit for divorce in certain circumstances.

Author:

Casteel

05/03/2005 H Left pending in committee

Relating to county regulation of billboards.

Author:

Casteel

05/11/2005 H Placed on General State Calendar

Relating to the annexation of land for which property taxes are imposed based on the land's value for agricultural or wildlife management purposes.

Author:

Casteel

04/18/2005 H Reported favorably as substituted

Relating to the authority of the Cow Creek Groundwater Conservation District to require permits for certain wells.

Author:

Casteel

05/17/2005 S Referred to Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to erecting an off-premise sign adjacent to and visible from certain roads.

Author:

Casteel

03/15/2005 H Referred to Transportation

Relating to erecting an off-premise sign adjacent to and visible from certain roads.

Author:

Casteel

Madla

05/24/2005 E Effective on 9/1/05

Relating to the eligibility for a commercial establishment to have its name displayed on a specific information logo sign.

Author:

Casteel

03/15/2005 H Referred to Environmental Regulation

Relating to water quality control policies.

Author:

Casteel

03/15/2005 H Referred to County Affairs

Relating to the authority of counties to enact noise regulations; providing a criminal penalty.

Author:

Casteel

04/26/2005 H No action taken in committee

Relating to the recall of school trustees.

Author:

Casteel

03/16/2005 H Referred to Local Government Ways and Means

Relating to the authority of counties to impose a local tax on the sale of gasoline.

Author:

Casteel

03/17/2005 H Referred to Culture, Recreation, and Tourism

Relating to the administration and operation of the Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Memorial Naval Museum.

Author:

Casteel

03/17/2005 H Referred to Judiciary

Relating to the methods and fees for filing court documents.

Author:

Casteel

Wentworth

06/18/2005 E Effective on 9/1/05

Relating to the filing for record of a plat or replat of a subdivision of real property.

Author:

Casteel

03/21/2005 H Referred to Judiciary

Relating to the sale of property of a decedent's estate.

Author:

Casteel

05/03/2005 H Left pending in committee

Relating to mandatory jail time for certain child support obligors who fail or refuse to pay child support.

Author:

Casteel

04/25/2005 H Left pending in committee

Relating to the creation of an additional judicial district in Comal County.

Author:

Casteel

Wentworth

06/18/2005 E Effective immediately

Relating to the composition of the Comal County Juvenile Board.

Author:

Casteel

03/30/2005 H Left pending in committee

Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the state from reducing the proportion of the costs paid by the state for a function imposed by the state on political subdivisions; from requiring political subdivisions to perform a new function or to perform an existing function in a more costly way unless the state pays for the new or additional costs; and from otherwise adopting a law that requires the expenditure of money by a political subdivision for any purpose unless state funding for the purpose is provided.

Author:

Casteel

04/19/2005 H Left pending in committee

Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the recall of school trustees.

Author:

Casteel

03/14/2005 H Referred to Ways & Means

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a county to impose a local tax on the sale of gasoline.

Author:

Casteel

03/14/2005 H Reported enrolled: Mar 14 2005 12:05PM

Honoring the life of Marine Lance Corporal Tony Leigh Hernandez of Canyon Lake.

Author:

Casteel

02/24/2005 H Reported enrolled: Feb 24 2005 8:00AM

Honoring the Tax Assessor-Collectors Association of Texas on its Legislative Day, February 23, 2005.

Author:

Casteel

03/23/2005 H Reported enrolled: Mar 23 2005 8:11PM

Congratulating George Wolff of Boerne on his racehorse being named 2004 Texas Horse of the Year.

Author:

Casteel

03/23/2005 H Reported enrolled: Mar 23 2005 8:13PM

Congratulating Danny Procknow on his retirement from the New Braunfels Fire Department.

Author:

Casteel

04/04/2005 H Reported enrolled: Apr 4 2005 11:23AM

Honoring Ralph and Alma Wheat of New Braunfels on their 60th wedding anniversary.

Author:

Casteel

04/25/2005 H Reported enrolled: Apr 25 2005 6:10PM

Honoring Solomon D. David, Jr., and Nancy David for their invaluable contributions to the New Braunfels community.

Author:

Casteel

05/21/2005 H Reported enrolled: May 21 2005 9:12PM

In memory of Carlin Dale Wicker of Fredericksburg.

Author:

Casteel

05/22/2005 H Reported enrolled: May 22 2005 12:50PM

Honoring Texas Air National Guard Major Scott Galliardt of Boerne for his service to his country and for his contributions in behalf of his fellow soldiers.

Author:

Casteel

05/26/2005 H Reported enrolled: May 26 2005 10:36AM

Honoring Texas Air National Guard Major Scott Galliardt of Boerne for his service to his country and for his contributions in behalf of his fellow soldiers.

Author:

Casteel

06/06/2005 H Reported enrolled: Jun 6 2005 10:50AM

Honoring Hannah Maenius of Fredericksburg High School for winning gold at the 2005 state track meet.

Author:

Casteel

06/06/2005 H Reported enrolled: Jun 6 2005 10:50AM

Honoring Lucille H. Rochs of Fredericksburg on the occasion of her 90th birthday on June 27, 2005.

Author:

McClendon | Goolsby | Menendez | Chavez | Casteel

Van de Putte

05/09/2005 E Effective immediately

Relating to designating August 26 as Women's Independence Day.

Author:

Pena | Casteel | Goolsby

04/18/2005 H Left pending in committee

Relating to a qualified privilege of a journalist not to testify.

Author:

Naishtat | Allen, Alma | Casteel

05/03/2005 H Left pending in committee

Relating to the adoption of public school textbooks.

Author:

Keel | Casteel | Hupp | Hodge | Talton

West, Royce

06/18/2005 E Effective immediately

Relating to the effect of an expunction.

Author:

Rodriguez | Krusee | Casteel | Hughes

04/12/2005 H Left pending in committee

Relating to air quality control measures proposed pursuant to an early action compact.

Author:

Jones, Jesse | Casteel

04/19/2005 S Referred to Criminal Justice

Relating to security fees in certain civil and criminal cases.

Author:

Farabee | Casteel

05/09/2005 H Committee report sent to Calendars

Relating to the authority of a county to enact certain land development regulations after a local option election.

Author:

Goodman | Nixon | Pitts | Pickett | Casteel

02/17/2005 H Referred to Judiciary

Relating to the compensation of state judges.

Author:

Hilderbran | Casteel | Branch

Fraser

06/18/2005 E Effective immediately

Relating to the transfer of jurisdiction over the National Museum of the Pacific War and other historical sites from the Parks and Wildlife Department to the Texas Historical Commission.

Author:

Callegari | Hegar | Casteel | Miller | Hamric

05/11/2005 H Laid on the table subject to call

Relating to a motor vehicle financial responsibility verification program; providing a penalty.

Author:

Morrison | Truitt | Olivo | Brown, Betty | Casteel

05/04/2005 H Committee report sent to Calendars

Relating to the reporting of abortion; creating an offense.

Author:

Cook, Robby | Chisum | McReynolds | Hardcastle | Casteel

05/26/2005 S Received from the House

Memorializing Congress to preserve the community development block grant program and its funding at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.