Author:
Paxton | Bonnen
Last Action:
04/19/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the determination of resident status of students by public institutions of higher education.
Author:
Paxton | Flynn | Bonnen
Last Action:
04/16/2007 H No action taken in committee
Caption:
Relating to requiring certain applicants for and recipients of medical assistance to provide proof of citizenship or nationality and of identity.
Author:
Paxton | Madden | Hughes
Sponsor:
Seliger
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the confidentiality of home address information of certain public officials and their spouses and to the immunity from liability of certain agencies.
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:
Paxton | Gattis | Harper-Brown | Taylor | Hughes
Last Action:
04/10/2007 H Referred directly to subcommittee by chair
Caption:
Relating to the issuance of "Choose Life" license plates and to the creation of the Choose Life account in the general revenue fund.
Author:
Paxton | Olivo | Escobar | Chisum | Parker
Last Action:
04/16/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to prohibiting the use of state money for certain biomedical research.
Author:
Paxton
Last Action:
02/01/2007 H Referred to Judiciary
Caption:
Relating to changing the name of the procedure for probating a will as a muniment of title.
Author:
Paxton | Flynn
Last Action:
04/23/2007 H Reported favorably as substituted
Caption:
Relating to regulation of persons making certain loans secured by real property.
Author:
Paxton
Sponsor:
Carona
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption:
Relating to the form of "Welcome to Texas" signs along certain highways.
Author:
Paxton | McCall | Madden | Laubenberg
Last Action:
04/26/2007 S Referred to Jurisprudence
Caption:
Relating to the creation of an additional judicial district in Collin County.
Author:
Paxton
Last Action:
02/07/2007 H Referred to Judiciary
Caption:
Relating to the supreme court's adoption of rules on the electronic filing of documents in justice of the peace courts.
Author:
Paxton | Cook, Byron
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the management, investment, and expenditure of state funds and institutional funds and the adoption of the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act.
Author:
Paxton
Last Action:
02/12/2007 H Referred to Judiciary
Caption:
Relating to the statutory probate court of Collin County.
Author:
Paxton
Last Action:
04/03/2007 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the duration of judgment liens in favor of the state.
Author:
Paxton
Sponsor:
Harris
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the operation of a farm, ranch, factory, or other business by the personal representative of a decedent's estate.
Author:
Paxton
Last Action:
03/12/2007 H No action taken in committee
Caption:
Relating to the contents and effect of a deed conveying property sold at an ad valorem tax sale.
Author:
Paxton | Bailey | Flynn | Eiland
Last Action:
05/08/2007 H Returned to committee
Caption:
Relating to the reporting of expenditures for lobbying and legislative communication by local governmental entities.
Author:
Paxton
Sponsor:
Harris
Last Action:
05/04/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to circumstances under which court reporting firms, shorthand reporting firms, and affiliate offices are considered to provide services in this state.
Author:
Paxton | Orr
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
05/16/2007 S No action taken in committee
Caption:
Relating to ad valorem tax lien transfers.
Author:
Paxton
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to regulation of property tax lenders; providing a penalty.
Author:
Paxton
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the exception of certain ad valorem tax appraisal information from required disclosure under the public information law.
Author:
Paxton | Cook, Byron | Gallego | O'Day
Last Action:
05/08/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to equipment used for irrigation systems.
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:
Paxton | Turner | Smith, Todd
Sponsor:
Ellis
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to treatment of retrospective premiums for group life insurance issued through certain nonprofit membership associations.
Author:
Paxton | Hughes | Eissler | Keffer, Jim | Bonnen
Last Action:
05/15/2007 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to school district property tax rate reductions.
Author:
Paxton
Last Action:
05/08/2007 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to the preparation by the Legislative Budget Board of a dynamic fiscal impact statement for certain bills and joint resolutions affecting taxes and fees.
Author:
Paxton
Last Action:
04/04/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to an exemption from the sales tax for certain telecommunications equipment.
Author:
Paxton
Last Action:
04/18/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the authority of the comptroller of public accounts to sue an appraisal district to compel compliance with the Tax Code, rules of the comptroller, or other applicable law.
Author:
Paxton
Last Action:
05/07/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to procedures relating to placement of a public school student in a disciplinary alternative education program.
Author:
Paxton
Sponsor:
Shapiro
Last Action:
05/23/2007 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption:
Relating to the statutory probate court of Collin County.
Author:
Paxton | Harless
Last Action:
05/09/2007 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the collection of motor vehicle sales taxes on seller-financed sales by dealers.
Author:
Paxton
Last Action:
04/04/2007 H No action taken in committee
Caption:
Relating to excepting certain information from required disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
Author:
Paxton
Last Action:
04/03/2007 H Withdrawn from schedule
Caption:
Relating to the application of the franchise tax to a combined group.
Author:
Paxton
Last Action:
03/22/2007 H Referred to Public Education
Caption:
Relating to a scholarship program for certain students in foster care.
Author:
Paxton | Zedler | Delisi
Last Action:
05/04/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the public education grant program.
Author:
Paxton
Last Action:
04/25/2007 H Withdrawn from schedule
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Stover Creek Municipal Utility District; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.
Author:
Paxton | Flynn
Last Action:
04/03/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring any increase in a franchise tax rate to be approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house of the legislature.
Author:
Paxton
Last Action:
02/06/2007 H Referred to Appropriations
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the governor to reduce the amount of an item of appropriation in an appropriations bill.
Author:
Paxton | Hughes | Taylor | Harper-Brown | Van Arsdale
Last Action:
04/18/2007 H Left pending in subcommittee
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding limitations on taxation and expenditures by the state government and local governments.
Author:
Paxton
Last Action:
02/26/2007 H Reported enrolled: Feb 26 2007 11:00AM
Caption:
Congratulating 10 schools in the McKinney Independent School District for being recognized by Texas Monthly magazine as among the best public schools in the state for 2006.
Author:
Paxton
Last Action:
02/26/2007 H Reported enrolled: Feb 26 2007 2:19PM
Caption:
Honoring Wolford Elementary School in McKinney on its selection as a No Child Left Behind--Blue Ribbon School.
Author:
Paxton
Last Action:
02/26/2007 H Reported enrolled: Feb 26 2007 2:19PM
Caption:
Congratulating Glen Oaks Elementary School in McKinney on its designation as a No Child Left Behind--Blue Ribbon School.
Author:
Paxton | Farabee
Last Action:
03/13/2007 H Reported enrolled: Mar 13 2007 9:33AM
Caption:
Honoring Sam Ehmke of Frisco for saving the life of a fellow student.
Author:
Cook, Byron | Chisum | Rose | Paxton | Keffer, Jim
Sponsor:
Eltife
Last Action:
05/18/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the filing of sales reports with the comptroller by wholesalers and distributors of certain alcohol and tobacco products.
Author:
Madden | Paxton | Phillips
Last Action:
05/02/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the confidentiality of home address information of certain federal judges and their spouses.
Author:
King, Phil | Christian | Macias | Paxton | Crabb
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
05/17/2007 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the procedures for registering to vote.
Author:
Raymond | Hughes | Paxton | Smithee | Rodriguez
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to public access to personal financial statements filed by judges and justices.
Author:
Smithee | Paxton | Bonnen
Last Action:
04/03/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the total revenue exemption for the franchise tax.
Author:
Zedler | Flynn | Paxton
Last Action:
05/03/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to verifying the immigration status of certain defendants confined in correctional facilities.
Author:
Taylor | Van Arsdale | Paxton | Harper-Brown | Riddle
Last Action:
04/03/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to franchise tax rates.
Author:
Jackson, Jim | Berman | Harper-Brown | Laubenberg | Paxton
Last Action:
03/28/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to prohibiting a grant from the Texas Enterprise Fund to an employer who employs one or more persons who are not lawfully entitled to be present and employed in the United States.
Author:
Flynn | Paxton
Last Action:
03/05/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to job order contracts entered into by school districts, public institutions of higher education, navigation districts, and certain other governmental entities.
Author:
Zedler | Flynn | Paxton
Last Action:
05/02/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the identification information required of applicants for a driver's license or for certain public benefits, public services, or governmental employment.
Author:
Laubenberg | Paxton | Harper-Brown | Latham | Flynn
Last Action:
05/10/2007 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the imposition of impact fees on the property of a school district.
Author:
Hartnett | Paxton
Last Action:
04/04/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to exempting property used or consumed by a manufacturer in certain research and development activities from the sales and use tax.
Author:
Hughes | Gonzalez Toureilles | Paxton | Leibowitz
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the service retirement annuity of certain members of the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan One and the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two.
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:
Laubenberg | Paxton
Last Action:
04/04/2007 H Withdrawn from schedule
Caption:
Relating to the designation of a site for the development of the Lower Bois d'Arc Creek Reservoir as a regional water supply reservoir project.
Author:
Keffer, Jim | Ritter | Otto | Paxton | Pitts
Sponsor:
Ogden
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to technical changes to the revised franchise tax.
Author:
Branch | Paxton | Anderson | Raymond | Cook, Robby
Last Action:
05/07/2007 H Failed of adoption
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring any increase in a franchise tax rate to be approved by three-fourths of all the members elected to each house of the legislature.
Author:
McCall | Madden | Paxton | Laubenberg
Last Action:
02/22/2007 H Reported enrolled: Feb 22 2007 8:00AM
Caption:
Recognizing February 20, 2007, as Collin County Day at the State Capitol.
Author:
Madden | Paxton | Laubenberg | Hartnett
Last Action:
04/24/2007 H Reported enrolled: Apr 24 2007 7:37PM
Caption:
Congratulating Shilah Phillips on being named first runner-up to Miss America.