BILLS REFERRED TODAY




                               MAY 10, 2004


SB 14             Shapleigh
Relating to certain essential health and human services programs;
making appropriations.
FINANCE

SB 15             Van de Putte
Relating to the use of state and local tax revenues to pay student
expenses at private schools.
EDUCATION

SB 16             Van de Putte
Relating to certain assessments on residential development in
public school districts.
EDUCATION

SB 17             Shapleigh
Relating to additional funding to school districts for teacher
salaries.
EDUCATION

SB 18             Shapleigh
Relating to a bonus for certain new public school classroom
teachers.
EDUCATION

SB 19             Shapleigh
Relating to a two-way developmental bilingual education pilot
project in certain school districts.
EDUCATION

SB 20             Shapleigh
Relating to national certification of certain public school
teachers.
EDUCATION

SB 21             Shapleigh
Relating to tuition exemptions granted by public institutions of
higher education to children of certain classroom teachers.
EDUCATION

SB 22             Shapleigh
Relating to eligibility for membership and service credit in the
Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
STATE AFFAIRS

SB 23             Shapleigh
Relating to participation by certain retired public employees in
group benefit plans under the Texas Public School Retired Employees
Benefits Act.
STATE AFFAIRS

SB 24             Shapleigh
Relating to strategies and reports on the recruitment and retention
of public school teachers.
EDUCATION

SJR 6             Janek
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature
to set a lower limit on the maximum average annual percentage
increase in the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad
valorem tax purposes.
FINANCE

SJR 7             Armbrister
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the operation of video
lottery games in this state.
FINANCE

SJR 8             Duncan
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a business tax, including
on the income of individuals who benefit from personal liability
limitations, and dedicating the revenue from the tax to fund public
education.
FINANCE

SJR 9             Ogden
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a state property tax for
public education, prohibiting school district property taxes for
maintenance purposes, and authorizing a school district property tax for
educational enrichment.
FINANCE

SR 108             Armbrister
Urging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to expeditiously consider,
approve, and permit applications for liquefied natural gas receiving
terminals in the State of Texas.
NATURAL RESOURCES