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ITEMS ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION
Thursday, May 29, 2003
10:00 A.M.
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******** CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ********
Conference Committee Reports:
Eligible at 10:30 p.m. - May 28, 2003;
SB 418 Nelson / et al.
SP: Smithee / Eiland / Bonnen / Lewis / Swinford / et al.
Relating to the regulation and prompt payment of health care
providers; providing penalties.
The Senate request the appointment of a conference committee on:
SB 117 Staples
SP: Hope
Relating to the authority of certain retired peace officers to
carry certain weapons.
(Senate Conferees: Staples, Ch./Gallegos, Jr./Janek/Whitmire/Williams)
SJR 30 Lindsay
SP: Callegari
Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the provision of
parks and recreational facilities by certain conservation and
reclamation districts.
(Senate Conferees: Lindsay, Ch./Armbrister/Barrientos/Lucio, Jr./Wentworth)
******** SENATE AMENDMENTS ********
Eligible at 9:30 p.m. - May 27, 2003:
HJR 68 Hupp / Hunter / Miller / Delisi / Berman
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the Veterans' Land
Board to make certain payments on revenue bonds and to use assets
in certain funds to provide for veterans homes.
Eligible at 4:30 p.m. - May 28, 2003:
HB 752 Woolley / et al.
Relating to the administration of public retirement systems for
police officers in certain municipalities.
Eligible at 6:30 p.m. - May 28, 2003:
HB 111 Chavez / Wohlgemuth
Relating to responsibility for payment for transport by ambulance
of a recipient of medical assistance in certain circumstances.
HB 217 Hamric / Wohlgemuth / Menendez / Bohac / et al.
Relating to limiting the amount of school district ad valorem taxes
that may be imposed on the residence homestead of a disabled
person.
HB 826 Davis, Yvonne
Relating to the disposition of certain unclaimed wage payments.
HB 833 Hochberg / et al.
Relating to certain pharmaceutical services for an injured employee
receiving workers' compensation medical benefits.
HB 1218 Chisum / Gallego / Solomons / Dunnam / Martinez Fischer
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas State Board
of Public Accountancy; providing penalties.
HB 1296 Noriega
Relating to small business development programs of navigation
districts and port authorities.
HB 1457 Eiland / et al.
Relating to the applicability and enforcement of the law governing
access to public beaches.
HB 2081 McReynolds
Relating to an exemption from The Texas Engineering Practice Act
for certain public works.
HJR 51 Flores
Proposing a constitutional amendment to establish a two-year period
for the redemption of a mineral interest sold for unpaid ad valorem
taxes at a tax sale.
Eligible at 7:30 p.m. - May 28, 2003:
HB 1887 Morrison / Chavez / Mercer
Relating to funds received by institutions of higher education to
cover overhead expenses of conducting research.
HB 1931 Capelo / West, George "Buddy" / Jones, Elizabeth / Canales /
Chisum
Relating to pipeline safety emergency response plans and the
requirements governing notification of pipeline construction and
operation.
HB 2004 Marchant / et al.
Relating to allowing a commissioners court to deliberate in a
closed meeting regarding business and financial considerations of a
contract being negotiated.
HJR 16 Brown, Fred / Brown, Betty / Gattis / Chavez / Baxter /
et al.
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize a county, a city
or town, or a junior college district to establish an ad valorem
tax freeze on residence homesteads of the disabled and of the
elderly and their spouses.
HJR 21 Hamric / Wohlgemuth / Menendez
Proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit an increase in the
total amount of school district ad valorem taxes that may be
imposed on the residence homestead of a disabled person.
HJR 85 Homer / et al.
Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow wineries in this
state to manufacture, sell, and dispense certain wine.
Eligible at 8:30 p.m. - May 28, 2003:
HB 2261 West, George "Buddy"
Relating to the Eighth, Ninth, and Eleventh courts of appeals
districts.
HB 2458 Krusee / Oliveira / Swinford / et al.
Relating to the collection of the motor fuel taxes; providing
penalties.
HB 3330 Crownover
Relating to regulation of certain information logo signs along
certain major highways.
HB 3374 Rangel / Puente / Guillen / Canales
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Kenedy County Groundwater
Conservation District.
Eligible at 9:30 p.m. - May 28, 2003:
HB 867 Jones, Jesse / Naishtat
Relating to minimum standards applicable to certain facilities.
HB 730 Ritter / Edwards / King / Woolley / Seaman / et al.
Relating to residential construction, including certain warranties,
building and performance standards, and dispute resolution;
providing an administrative penalty.
HB 2877 Bonnen / Homer / Chisum / Stick
Relating to certain permitting procedures of the Texas Commission
on Environmental Quality.
Eligible at 10:30 p.m. - May 28, 2003:
HB 1541 Callegari
Relating to the general powers and authority of water districts.
HB 1839 Solomons / Lewis / et al.
Relating to property in the custody of a pawnbroker; providing
criminal penalties.
HB 2044 McReynolds
Relating to the powers and duties of the General Land Office and
the accounting and disposition of state-owned real property.
Eligible at 1:00 a.m. - May 29, 2003:
HB 7 Heflin
Relating to making supplemental appropriations and making
reductions in current appropriations.
HB 1131 Flores / Marchant / Driver / Ritter / Hardcastle / et al.
Relating to insurer interests in certain motor vehicle repair
facilities; providing a civil penalty.
HB 2075 Hilderbran
Relating to regulating health and safety conditions at youth camps.
HB 2359 Ritter
Relating to the programs and systems administered by the Employees
Retirement System of Texas.
HB 2892 Allen
Relating to the illegal use of money or property derived from or
intended to further certain controlled substance offenses;
providing penalties.
HB 3015 Morrison / Brown, Fred
Relating to the tuition and fees charged to students of
institutions of higher education, to financial assistance funded by
tuition, and to accountability reports by institutions of higher
education.
Eligible at 1:30 a.m. - May 29, 2003:
HB 3306 Berman
Relating to certain appropriations made in support of the courts by
the legislature to certain individuals and governmental entities,
to the assignment of certain visiting judges, and to the Eighth,
Ninth, and Eleventh courts of appeals districts.
HB 3459 Pitts / McCall
Relating to fiscal matters involving certain governmental
educational entities, including public school finance, program
compliance monitoring by the Texas Education Agency, amounts
withheld from compensatory education allotments, the public school
technology allotment, the composition of and accounting for the
permanent school fund and the available school fund, health
insurance coverage provided by certain educational entities, and
the uses of the telecommunications infrastructure fund.
Eligible at 2:30 a.m. - May 29, 2003:
HB 2425 McCall
Relating to state and certain local fiscal matters; making an
appropriation.