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DAILY HOUSE CALENDAR
Saturday, May 10, 2003
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******** MAJOR STATE CALENDAR ********
HOUSE BILLS
SECOND READING
HB 3441 Pickett
Relating to a reduction in expenditures of certain state
governmental entities, including changes affecting the Commission
on Human Rights, benefits under the state employees group benefits
program, attorney general's office, management of certain accounts
and funds, and certain election-related forms.
HB 3519 Wohlgemuth
Relating to health and human services.
HB 3459 Pitts
Relating to fiscal matters involving certain governmental
educational entities, including program compliance monitoring by
the Texas Education Agency, funding for regional education service
centers, amounts withheld from compensatory education allotments,
the public school technology allotment, state aid for certain
courses taken in public schools, colleges, and universities, the
accounting for the permanent school fund, funding for the higher
education fund health insurance coverage provided by the Teacher
Retirement System of Texas, and the uses of the Telecommunications
Infrastructure Fund.
HB 3305 Berman
Relating to ensuring cost savings in the operations of certain
governmental entities that provide criminal justice and public
safety services.
HB 3442 Pickett
Relating to granting statutory authority to certain governmental
entities to reduce certain expenditures and to impose charges in
amounts sufficient to recover costs.
HB 3378 Hope
Relating to granting statutory authority to certain governmental
entities to reduce certain expenditures and to the operation of
certain funds.
HB 3318 Luna
Relating to the creation and re-creation of funds and accounts in
the state treasury, the allocation of revenue, the dedication and
rededication of revenue, and the exemption of unappropriated money
from use for general governmental purposes.
HB 1947 Flores
Relating to continuation of the self-directed semi-independent
agency project.
HB 3207 Heflin
Relating to repaying the economic stabilization fund for any
appropriations made from the fund for the state fiscal year ending
August 31, 2003; making an appropriation.
HB 3546 Hamric / Davis, Yvonne / Luna / Gutierrez / Mowery / et al.
Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain
property used to provide low-income or moderate-income housing.
HB 109 Chavez / Wilson / Gutierrez / Flores / Raymond
Relating to customs brokers.
HB 1521 Corte / McClendon
Relating to economic development, strategic planning, and other
issues regarding military facilities, and the merger of certain
state agencies with military responsibilities; granting authority
to issue bonds.
HB 2912 Homer / Laubenberg / Hegar
Relating to industrial development corporations.
HB 2 Swinford / Gallego / Allen / Cook, Robby / Casteel
Relating to the reorganization of, efficiency in, and other reform
measures applying to state government.
******** CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS CALENDAR **********
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTIONS
SECOND READING
HJR 2 Heflin
Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring that money
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund be repaid to the
fund during the next state fiscal biennium.
HJR 7 Corte
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the issuance of
general obligation bonds to provide loans for economic development
projects that enhance the military value of military installations
in the state.
HJR 55 Zedler / et al.
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature
to exempt from ad valorem taxation property owned by a religious
organization for purposes of expanding or constructing a religious
facility.
******** GENERAL STATE CALENDAR ********
HOUSE BILLS
SECOND READING
HB 508 Woolley
Relating to notice of an increase in certain rates or charges for
certain group policies or contracts.
HB 796 Delisi / West, George "Buddy"
Relating to repealing the Texas Academic Skills Program and
establishing the Success Initiative.
HB 1063 Smith, Wayne
Relating to compliance histories for and incentives to reward
compliance performance by entities regulated by the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality.
HB 1094 Capelo
Relating to grants for federally qualified health centers.
HB 1172 Madden / Driver / Howard / et al.
Relating to public school textbooks.
HB 1278 Zedler / et al.
Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation for property
owned by a religious organization for purposes of expanding a
religious facility or constructing a new religious facility.
HB 1380 Thompson / Elkins / Denny / Marchant / Seaman
Relating to certain products offered in connection with a consumer
loan.
HB 1643 Bailey
Relating to conditions of employment for peace officers employed by
certain municipalities.
HB 2004 Marchant / et al.
Relating to allowing the commissioners court of certain counties to
deliberate in a closed meeting regarding business and financial
considerations of a contract being negotiated.
HB 2237 Kuempel
Relating to the financial assistance for the eligible survivor of a
member of an organized volunteer fire-fighting unit.
HB 2397 Corte
Relating to a vendor's or subcontractor's remedy for nonpayment of
certain contracts.
HB 2619 Ellis
Relating to the amount of the application and license fee for a
license to carry a concealed handgun.
HB 2729 Talton
Relating to the regulation of bail bond sureties; providing
penalties.
HB 2802 Giddings
Relating to the establishment of a school of pharmacy at the
University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth.
HB 2825 Eissler
Relating to compliance monitoring of school districts by the
commissioner of education and the Texas Education Agency.
HB 2826 Eissler
Relating to a continuing ad valorem tax for the payment of bonds
issued by a school district.
HB 2933 Flores
Relating to the abolition of the Commission on Human Rights and the
transfer of its functions to a civil rights division within the
attorney general's office.
HB 3154 Bonnen
Relating to certain information regarding sales and use taxes
imposed by a municipality and to the confidentiality of that
information; providing penalties.
HB 3248 Callegari
Relating to liability of the state and certain political
subdivisions for certain recreational activities.
HB 3257 Delisi
Relating to a health reimbursement arrangement program for active
school employees.
HB 3313 Capelo
Relating to the optional county fee for the county road and bridge
fund.
HB 3343 Wohlgemuth / Turner
Relating to the coordination of statewide public transportation by
the Texas Transportation Commission and the Texas Department of
Transportation.
HB 3395 Christian
Relating to the ad valorem tax appraisal of qualified timber land.
HB 3486 Delisi / Madden
Relating to a health care facility's return of certain unused drugs
to a pharmacy.
HB 3578 Wong
Relating to powers, duties, and name of the Upper Kirby Management
District.
HB 3607 Hilderbran
Relating to the calculation of net to land in the ad valorem tax
appraisal of open-space land used for wildlife management.