| HB 2664 | Author: | Ritter |
| Sponsor: | Hegar | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09 | |
| Caption: | Relating to creating a defense to prosecution for the offense of unlawful carrying of a handgun by a license holder on the premises of certain businesses. |
| HB 2665 | Author: | Ritter |
| Sponsor: | Williams | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately | |
| Caption: | Relating to authorizing the commissioners court of a county to adopt and impose standards and specifications for the design and installation of address number signs to identify properties located in unincorporated areas of the county; providing a penalty. |
| HB 2666 | Author: | Ritter |
| Sponsor: | Williams | |
| Last Action: | 05/12/2009 E Effective immediately | |
| Caption: | Relating to the authority of the Lower Neches Valley Authority to acquire, own, operate, maintain, and improve the Devers Canal System, its water rights, and associated property. |
| HB 2667 | Author: | Ritter | Creighton |
| Sponsor: | Hinojosa | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09 | |
| Caption: | Relating to performance standards for plumbing fixtures sold in this state. |
| HB 2668 | Author: | Ritter |
| Sponsor: | Williams | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09 | |
| Caption: | Relating to the creation of the Smith Road Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 of Jefferson County; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting levee and flood hazard mitigation powers. |
| HB 3971 | Author: | Ritter | Lucio III | Homer | Bonnen | Pena |
| Last Action: | 04/30/2009 H Postponed | |
| Caption: | Relating to the funding of certain activities of the General Land Office pertaining to the management of coastal public land. |
| HB 4231 | Author: | Ritter | Callegari | Creighton | Branch |
| Sponsor: | Eltife | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately | |
| Caption: | Relating to the conveyancing or transfer in this state of water imported into this state from a source located outside this state. |
| HB 4232 | Author: | Ritter |
| Last Action: | 03/24/2009 H Referred to Ways & Means | |
| Caption: | Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation for certain property used to control pollution. |
| HB 4233 | Author: | Ritter |
| Last Action: | 04/07/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to the delay of retail electric competition in the areas of the state covered by the Southeastern Electric Reliability Council and to the recovery of certain transmission costs by electric utilities in those areas. |
| HB 4375 | Author: | Ritter |
| Last Action: | 03/25/2009 H Referred to Ways & Means | |
| Caption: | Relating to methods and procedures of ad valorem tax valuation of inventory of persons engaged in the business of leasing or renting certain vehicles, machinery, or equipment, and to any collection by those persons of tax escrow payments. |
| HB 4468 | Author: | Ritter |
| Last Action: | 03/25/2009 H Referred to Appropriations | |
| Caption: | Relating to the transfer of funds to the water infrastructure fund from the economic stabilization fund. |
| HB 4469 | Author: | Ritter |
| Last Action: | 03/25/2009 H Referred to Natural Resources | |
| Caption: | Relating to administration of the storage acquisition fund by the Texas Water Development Board. |
| HB 4592 | Author: | Ritter |
| Last Action: | 03/26/2009 H Referred to Ways & Means | |
| Caption: | Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of real property leased to and used by certain schools. |
| HJR 3 | Author: | Ritter |
| Last Action: | 03/26/2009 H Referred to Ways & Means | |
| Caption: | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation real property leased to certain schools. |
| HJR 128 | Author: | Ritter |
| Sponsor: | Averitt | |
| Last Action: | 05/23/2009 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 23 2009 4:51PM | |
| Caption: | Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the issuance of additional general obligation bonds by the Texas Water Development Board. |
| HJR 135 | Author: | Ritter |
| Last Action: | 03/26/2009 H Referred to State Affairs | |
| Caption: | Proposing a constitutional amendment limiting the time in which the legislature may enact or modify districts for the state legislature or the United States House of Representatives. |
| HR 659 | Author: | Ritter |
| Last Action: | 03/19/2009 H Reported enrolled: Mar 19 2009 7:50AM | |
| Caption: | Honoring Tracy Byrd for his charitable work in Southeast Texas. |
| HR 2006 | Author: | Ritter |
| Last Action: | 05/19/2009 H Reported enrolled: May 19 2009 1:19PM | |
| Caption: | Honoring the centennial of the Beaumont Center agricultural research facility. |
| HR 2236 | Author: | Ritter |
| Last Action: | 05/26/2009 H Reported enrolled: May 26 2009 12:26PM | |
| Caption: | Recognizing May 21, 2009, as Water Conservation Day at the State Capitol. |
| HB 770 | Author: | Howard, Donna | Eiland | Ritter | Elkins | Taylor |
| Sponsor: | Jackson, Mike | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective on 1/1/10 | |
| Caption: | Relating to ad valorem tax relief for an owner of certain property, including a residence homestead that is rendered uninhabitable or unusable by a casualty or by wind or water damage, and to a restriction on the authority to bring an action to remove a house that is partially located on a public beach as a result of a meteorological event. |
| HB 1378 | Author: | Thompson | Ritter | Allen | Edwards |
| Last Action: | 04/06/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call | |
| Caption: | Relating to methods for the recovery of system restoration costs incurred by electric utilities following hurricanes, tropical storms, ice or snow storms, floods, and other weather-related events and natural disasters. |
| HB 1511 | Author: | Otto | Ritter |
| Last Action: | 05/13/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar | |
| Caption: | Relating to requirements that fire sprinkler systems be installed in certain dwellings. |
| HB 1669 | Author: | Callegari | Smith, Wayne | Howard, Charlie | Pitts | Ritter |
| Sponsor: | Hegar | |
| Last Action: | 05/21/2009 S Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to certificates of public convenience and necessity for water or sewer services. |
| HB 2205 | Author: | Gonzales | Deshotel | Ritter | Hilderbran |
| Last Action: | 04/21/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars | |
| Caption: | Relating to a county's eligibility to receive state assistance for health care expenditures that exceed eight percent of the county's general revenue levy for the year. |
| HB 2471 | Author: | Keffer | Rose | Deshotel | Ritter | Kolkhorst |
| Last Action: | 04/07/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to career and technical education in the public schools and high school graduation requirements. |
| HB 3640 | Author: | Hunter | Eiland | Ritter | Taylor | Herrero |
| Last Action: | 04/07/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to the operation and alternative funding sources for the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association. |