NOTICE OF INTENT Saturday May 24, 2003 SB 348 Lucio/et al. Relating to the punishment for a capital offense. Committee report printed and distributed 02:38 PM 04/02/03 SB 496 (CS) Janek Relating to civil claims involving exposure to asbestos. Committee report printed and distributed 06:01 PM 04/14/03 SB 511 Nelson/et al. Relating to the adoption of a state scenic byways program. Committee report printed and distributed 05:17 PM 05/13/03 (ON THIRD READING) SB 806 Zaffirini Relating to abolishing the electronic imaging program of the Texas Department of Human Services. Committee report printed and distributed 10:49 PM 05/19/03 SB 911 (CS)(LC) Barrientos/et al. Relating to firefighter employment in certain political subdivisions; providing criminal penalties. Committee report printed and distributed 11:06 PM 05/19/03 SB 1166 (CS)(LC) Barrientos Relating to conditions of employment for a peace officer or a detention officer employed by certain sheriff's departments. Committee report printed and distributed 11:45 PM 05/20/03 SB 1787 (CS) Zaffirini Relating to exempting certain persons in transitional living programs from the payment of tuition and fees at public institutions of higher education. Committee report printed and distributed 01:23 PM 05/21/03 SB 1914 (CS) Wentworth Relating to powers and duties of the Edwards Aquifer Authority to manage and protect the Edwards Aquifer, the board of directors of the Edwards Aquifer Authority, and revenue bonding authority. Committee report printed and distributed 04:33 AM 05/23/03 SB 1955 (LC) Ratliff Relating to the Red River Redevelopment Authority; providing the power of eminent domain and the power to issue bonds. Committee report printed and distributed 01:25 PM 05/22/03 HJR 23 (LC) Hochberg/ Solomons SP: Carona Proposing a constitutional amendment permitting refinancing of a home equity loan with a reverse mortgage. Committee report printed and distributed 09:47 PM 05/21/03 HJR 68 Hupp/ Hunter/ Miller/ Delisi/ Berman SP: Fraser 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. Committee report printed and distributed 11:56 AM 05/23/03 HJR 84 Uresti/ Goolsby/ Luna/ McReynolds SP: Van de Putte Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the filling of a temporary vacancy in a public office created by the activation for military service of a public officer. Committee report printed and distributed 04:49 AM 05/23/03 HB 7 (CS) Heflin SP: Bivins Relating to making supplemental appropriations and making reductions in current appropriations. Committee report printed and distributed 05:25 PM 05/14/03 HB 21 (LC) Corte/ Laubenberg SP: Nelson Relating to admission to and discharge from facilities for voluntary inpatient mental health services for persons younger than 18 years of age. Committee report printed and distributed 12:41 AM 05/20/03 HB 54 (CS)(LC) Wolens/ Denny/ Madden/et al. SP: Shapiro Relating to certain early voting by mail procedures and to the prevention of voting fraud generally; providing criminal penalties. Committee report printed and distributed 10:02 AM 05/22/03 HB 111 (CS) Chavez/ Wohlgemuth SP: Zaffirini Relating to responsibility for payment for transport by ambulance of a recipient of medical assistance in certain circumstances. Committee report printed and distributed 10:13 PM 05/21/03 HB 212 (CS)(LC) Keel/ Baxter/ Stick/ Naishtat/ Dukes/et al. SP: Wentworth Relating to the regulation of political signs by a municipality. Committee report printed and distributed 11:05 PM 05/22/03 HB 264 (LC) Brown, Fred SP: Hinojosa Relating to supplemental contributions to the optional retirement program by institutions of higher education. Committee report printed and distributed 02:52 AM 05/23/03 HB 284 Ellis/ Kuempel SP: Staples Relating to the applicability of the offense of unlawfully carrying a weapon to certain persons carrying a weapon in a recreational vehicle. Committee report printed and distributed 05:31 PM 05/21/03 HB 320 (CS) Grusendorf/ Brown, Betty/ Hupp/et al. SP: Fraser Relating to the refusal to administer or consent to the administration of certain psychiatric or psychological treatment to a child. Committee report printed and distributed 09:54 PM 05/21/03 HB 329 (CS) Naishtat/ Seaman/ Raymond/ Madden/ Menendez/et al. SP: Fraser Relating to the regulation of mold assessors and remediators, civil liability for mold remediation, and insurance coverage on mold claims; providing civil and administrative penalties. Committee report printed and distributed 01:53 PM 05/22/03 HB 335 (CS)(LC) Hamric/et al. SP: Lindsay Relating to the public sale of certain real property; providing penalties. Committee report printed and distributed 10:40 PM 05/22/03 HB 411 (A) Grusendorf SP: Ellis, Rodney Relating to improvement of science instruction and student performance in public schools. Committee report printed and distributed 01:33 PM 05/20/03 HB 529 (CS) Brown, Betty SP: Deuell Relating to the ineligibility of a delinquent child support obligor to receive state-funded or state-administered student financial assistance. Committee report printed and distributed 10:29 AM 05/22/03 HB 547 (CS)(LC) Wohlgemuth SP: Averitt Relating to the distance between certain pits that are part of quarrying operations in certain counties and adjacent property. Committee report printed and distributed 10:21 PM 05/21/03 HB 558 (LC) Grusendorf SP: Shapiro Relating to rehiring experienced teachers under probationary contracts. Committee report printed and distributed 07:49 PM 05/19/03 HB 562 (LC) McCall/ Raymond/ Allen/et al. SP: Duncan Relating to the collection and maintenance of DNA samples taken from certain offenders. Committee report printed and distributed 09:40 PM 05/21/03 HB 567 (CS)(LC) Berman SP: Deuell Relating to the expulsion of a public school student who commits certain criminal acts against another student. Committee report printed and distributed 01:39 PM 05/20/03 HB 616 (LC) Keel/et al. SP: Hinojosa Relating to the punishment for the offense of terroristic threat. Committee report printed and distributed 05:07 PM 05/21/03 HB 724 (LC) Hochberg SP: Jackson Relating to civil liability of alcoholic beverage providers for providing alcoholic beverages to certain individuals. Committee report printed and distributed 09:39 AM 05/22/03 HB 725 (CS)(LC) Haggerty/ Ellis SP: Whitmire Relating to the participation of community supervision and corrections department employees, retired employees, and dependents of employees and retired employees in the group benefits program for state employees. Committee report printed and distributed 09:11 PM 05/21/03 HB 728 Delisi SP: Duncan Relating to the continuous eligibility of certain children for medical assistance benefits. Committee report printed and distributed 11:00 PM 05/20/03 HB 730 (CS) Ritter/ Edwards/ King/ Woolley/ Seaman/et al. SP: Fraser Relating to residential construction, including certain warranties, building and performance standards, and dispute resolution; providing an administrative penalty. Committee report printed and distributed 03:46 PM 05/22/03 HB 803 (CS)(LC) Geren SP: Duncan Relating to the authority of political subdivisions to exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire rights to water and the assessment of damages in condemnation proceedings initiated for that purpose. Committee report printed and distributed 08:14 PM 05/20/03 HB 864 (LC) Kolkhorst/et al. SP: Staples Relating to prohibiting the introduction or possession of certain items in correctional facilities or on certain property of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; providing penalties. Committee report printed and distributed 11:52 AM 05/22/03 HB 917 (LC) Eiland SP: Janek Relating to the authority of counties and municipalities to incur debt to participate in erosion response projects undertaken by the General Land Office. Committee report printed and distributed 10:48 PM 05/19/03 HB 983 (LC) Talton SP: Staples Relating to the authority of an ad valorem tax appraisal district to obtain certain criminal history record information relating to an applicant for employment. Committee report printed and distributed 02:30 PM 05/21/03 HB 1005 (CS)(LC) Haggerty SP: Fraser Relating to emergency orders and penalties for rock crushers and concrete plants. Committee report printed and distributed 09:19 PM 05/20/03 HB 1020 Villarreal SP: Zaffirini Relating to the promotion of dependent care benefits for employees. Committee report printed and distributed 08:44 AM 05/22/03 HB 1077 (LC) Jones, Jesse/ Davis, Yvonne SP: West Relating to removal of remains interred in a cemetery. Committee report printed and distributed 10:47 PM 05/19/03 HB 1087 (LC) Olivo SP: Gallegos Relating to longevity pay for county jailers employed by certain sheriff's departments. Committee report printed and distributed 03:57 AM 05/23/03 HB 1097 (CS)(LC) Capelo SP: Gallegos Relating to the birth defects monitoring program. Committee report printed and distributed 09:36 PM 05/22/03 HB 1129 (CS)(LC) Farrar SP: Gallegos Relating to enforcement of certain types of restrictions in certain municipalities. Committee report printed and distributed 09:40 PM 05/22/03 HB 1171 (LC) Madden SP: Ratliff Relating to the notice required to be given to a governmental entity to recover in a suit on a payment bond. Committee report printed and distributed 12:33 PM 05/15/03 HB 1197 (LC) Krusee SP: Wentworth Relating to authorization for a development agreement between a municipality and an owner of land in the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction. Committee report printed and distributed 02:58 PM 05/21/03 HB 1282 (CS) McCall/ Menendez/ Casteel/ West, George "Buddy"/ Rose /et al. SP: Duncan Relating to commercial electronic mail; providing penalties. Committee report printed and distributed 04:33 AM 05/23/03 HB 1296 (LC) Noriega SP: Lindsay Relating to small business development programs of navigation districts and port authorities. Committee report printed and distributed 07:46 PM 05/21/03 HB 1329 (LC) McReynolds SP: Staples Relating to the liability insurance and security requirements for wood treaters and other persons engaged in the business of structural pest control. Committee report printed and distributed 07:04 PM 05/21/03 HB 1338 (LC) Taylor SP: Averitt Relating to the amount of homeowners insurance or other residential property insurance required in connection with certain financing arrangements. Committee report printed and distributed 07:55 PM 05/21/03 HB 1378 (CS)(LC) Geren SP: Duncan Relating to certain duties and information regarding water development matters in the state. Committee report printed and distributed 11:00 PM 05/20/03 HB 1387 (CS)(LC) Hamric SP: Lindsay Relating to the regulation of on-premise signs in certain counties. Committee report printed and distributed 08:55 PM 05/22/03 HB 1446 (CS)(LC) Brown, Betty SP: Averitt Relating to the eligibility of certain children for certain health benefit coverage. Committee report printed and distributed 10:37 AM 05/22/03 HB 1457 (CS)(LC) Eiland/et al. SP: Janek Relating to the applicability and enforcement of the law governing access to public beaches. Committee report printed and distributed 12:25 AM 05/23/03 HB 1459 (LC) Eiland SP: Janek Relating to hotel taxes in certain coastal municipalities with a population of less than 5,000. Committee report printed and distributed 03:09 PM 05/21/03 HB 1470 (A)(LC) Hartnett SP: Harris Relating to guardianships and the jurisdiction of certain courts; providing a criminal penalty. Committee report printed and distributed 11:12 PM 05/22/03 HB 1473 (LC) Hartnett SP: Harris Relating to probate matters. Committee report printed and distributed 02:40 AM 05/23/03 HB 1499 (LC) Dukes SP: Barrientos Relating to the view of the state capitol. Committee report printed and distributed 02:15 PM 05/22/03 HB 1518 (CS) Dutton SP: West Relating to accountability for public school dropouts and students at risk of dropping out of school and to the evaluation of school campuses. Committee report printed and distributed 03:40 AM 05/23/03 HB 1619 (LC) Laubenberg/ Paxton SP: Estes Relating to tuition payments by certain school districts. Committee report printed and distributed 02:40 AM 05/23/03 HB 1670 (CS) Allen SP: Whitmire Relating to medically recommended intensive supervision of certain inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and to the release pending deportation of certain inmates of the department. Committee report printed and distributed 10:26 AM 05/22/03 HB 1695 (CS)(LC) Denny/ Madden/ Howard SP: Nelson Relating to certain election processes and procedures. Committee report printed and distributed 08:51 PM 05/21/03 HB 1699 Kuempel SP: Averitt Relating to the liability of certain highway, road, and street contractors. Committee report printed and distributed 03:41 AM 05/23/03 HB 1704 (LC) Taylor/et al. SP: Janek Relating to certain eligibility requirements for a license to carry a concealed handgun. Committee report printed and distributed 08:06 PM 05/21/03 HB 1723 (CS) Geren/ Zedler SP: Averitt Relating to the performance of asbestos surveys. Committee report printed and distributed 07:50 PM 05/21/03 HB 1729 (LC) Merritt SP: Ratliff Relating to the municipal court of record for the City of Longview. Committee report printed and distributed 05:49 PM 05/16/03 HB 1784 (LC) McReynolds SP: West Relating to an offense of blocking an access aisle designed to aid persons with disabilities. Committee report printed and distributed 11:32 PM 05/22/03 HB 1882 (LC) Deshotel/et al. SP: Lucio Relating to incentives for certain high schools and high school students to participate in the Early High School Graduation Scholarship program. Committee report printed and distributed 04:57 AM 05/23/03 HB 1887 Morrison/ Chavez/ Mercer SP: Ratliff Relating to funds received by institutions of higher education to cover overhead expenses of conducting research. Committee report printed and distributed 05:54 PM 05/22/03 HB 1905 (LC) Farrar SP: Gallegos Relating to the records management and preservation fee collected by a district clerk. Committee report printed and distributed 01:20 AM 05/23/03 HB 1940 (A) Luna/ Jones, Elizabeth SP: Hinojosa Relating to longevity pay for assistant prosecutors. Committee report printed and distributed 03:41 AM 05/23/03 HB 2004 (CS)(LC) Marchant/et al. SP: Van de Putte Relating to allowing a commissioners court to deliberate in a closed meeting regarding business and financial considerations of a contract being negotiated. Committee report printed and distributed 02:11 AM 05/23/03 HB 2076 (LC) Casteel SP: Madla Relating to the hotel occupancy tax imposed by certain counties. Committee report printed and distributed 07:47 PM 05/16/03 HB 2099 (LC) Dutton/et al. SP: West Relating to the determination of the conservatorship of, and the right of possession of or access to, a child by a person who has a history of family violence. Committee report printed and distributed 02:40 AM 05/23/03 HB 2169 (A) Telford/ Ritter/ Menendez/ Flores/et al. SP: Shapiro Relating to the payment of retirement benefits to retirees who are employed by certain public educational institutions. Committee report printed and distributed 05:41 PM 05/19/03 HB 2185 (CS) Geren/ Zedler SP: Brimer Relating to the issuance of a certificate of death by catastrophe. Committee report printed and distributed 10:03 PM 05/21/03 HB 2208 (LC) Allen SP: Nelson Relating to the regulation of the practice of professional nursing. Committee report printed and distributed 11:29 PM 05/22/03 HB 2227 (LC) Hughes SP: Ratliff Relating to the frequency of meetings of the board for the Upper Sabine Valley Solid Waste Management District. Committee report printed and distributed 06:54 PM 05/16/03 HB 2240 (A)(LC) Paxton SP: Harris Relating to the management of certain trusts and the adoption of the Uniform Prudent Investor Act. Committee report printed and distributed 03:36 AM 05/23/03 HB 2241 (A)(LC) Paxton SP: Harris Relating to adoption of the Uniform Principal and Income Act. Committee report printed and distributed 10:40 PM 05/22/03 HB 2251 (LC) Flores SP: Van de Putte Relating to allowing supplemental pay for members of the Texas National Guard who are called to active duty when active duty service imposes an economic hardship. Committee report printed and distributed 04:11 AM 05/23/03 HB 2300 (LC) Gallego SP: Madla Relating to the regulation of certain water wells by the Jeff Davis County Underground Water Conservation District. Committee report printed and distributed 06:43 PM 05/19/03 HB 2308 (CS)(LC) Jones, Jesse SP: West Relating to the low income housing tax credit program. Committee report printed and distributed 10:40 PM 05/22/03 HB 2343 (A)(LC) Kolkhorst SP: Ogden Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to Walker County. Committee report printed and distributed 12:25 AM 05/23/03 HB 2377 Hill SP: Ogden Relating to the transfer of property under the jurisdiction of the Texas Department of Transportation. Committee report printed and distributed 03:41 AM 05/23/03 HB 2470 (CS)(LC) Kuempel SP: Jackson Relating to buyback programs of commercial licenses for certain aquatic animals and the promotion and marketing of the shrimp industry in this state and to funding those activities. Committee report printed and distributed 09:31 AM 05/22/03 HB 2518 (LC) Dawson SP: Jackson Relating to the kinds of contracts of the Brazoria County Conservation and Reclamation District Number Three that are subject to competitive bidding. Committee report printed and distributed 05:34 PM 05/22/03 HB 2529 (LC) Madden SP: Estes Relating to providing a grace period for enforcement actions against a small water supply, sewer, wastewater treatment, or solid waste disposal service being integrated into a regional service. Committee report printed and distributed 10:27 PM 05/19/03 HB 2540 Menendez SP: Van de Putte Relating to granting a defense base development authority the power of eminent domain. Committee report printed and distributed 11:40 AM 05/23/03 HB 2588 (A)(LC) Goodman SP: Harris Relating to certain fees and costs that may be collected and to certain attorney's fees and costs that may be imposed in relation to certain child support matters. Committee report printed and distributed 07:42 PM 05/22/03 HB 2622 (LC) Allen SP: Deuell Relating to certain governmental agency and private entity access to and use of criminal history record information maintained by the Department of Public Safety. Committee report printed and distributed 09:31 AM 05/22/03 HB 2668 (LC) Allen/ Stick/ Hodge/ Uresti/ Edwards/et al. SP: Whitmire Relating to the punishment and sentencing of defendants convicted of certain offenses under the Texas Controlled Substances Act. Committee report printed and distributed 08:44 PM 05/20/03 HB 2703 (CS) Bailey/ Paxton/ Dutton/ Keel/ Flynn SP: Gallegos Relating to the testing of certain physical evidence, crime laboratory accreditation, and the admissibility of evidence examined or tested by a crime laboratory. Committee report printed and distributed 04:33 AM 05/23/03 HB 2823 (LC) Eissler SP: Shapiro Relating to individual transition plans for certain students receiving special education services. Committee report printed and distributed 10:46 PM 05/22/03 HB 2866 (CS)(LC) Swinford SP: Madla Relating to coordinated inspection of certain child-care facilities for compliance with fire safety and sanitation standards. Committee report printed and distributed 09:35 PM 05/22/03 HB 2886 (LC) Van Arsdale SP: Lindsay Relating to certain certificates and reports filed with the bureau of vital statistics. Committee report printed and distributed 12:44 AM 05/20/03 HB 2898 (LC) Phillips/ Homer SP: Deuell Relating to the publication of notice in a newspaper in certain counties. Committee report printed and distributed 07:34 PM 05/22/03 HB 2971 (LC) Harper-Brown SP: Deuell Relating to certain license plates issued by the Texas Department of Transportation. Committee report printed and distributed 03:22 AM 05/23/03 HB 3015 (CS) Morrison/ Brown, Fred SP: Shapiro 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. Committee report printed and distributed 10:41 PM 05/22/03 HB 3017 (CS)(LC) Solomons SP: Nelson Relating to the organization, administration, and validation of the creation and certain action of a coordinated county transportation authority. Committee report printed and distributed 09:27 PM 05/20/03 HB 3122 (LC) Truitt SP: Lindsay Relating to the establishment of locally based demonstration projects to provide health care benefits to certain low-income individuals. Committee report printed and distributed 10:01 PM 05/22/03 HB 3152 (CS)(LC) Bonnen SP: Jackson Relating to the potability of and requirements for removing contaminants from groundwater. Committee report printed and distributed 11:17 AM 05/22/03 HB 3175 Pitts SP: Bivins Relating to the authority of the comptroller of public accounts to manage cash flow by transferring available cash between funds in the custody or under the management of the comptroller; making an appropriation. Committee report printed and distributed 05:25 PM 05/12/03 HB 3242 (CS)(LC) Pitts SP: Estes Relating to the use of the reverse auction procedure by the Texas Building and Procurement Commission. Committee report printed and distributed 11:48 AM 05/22/03 HB 3303 (CS)(LC) Gutierrez SP: Hinojosa Relating to the validation of certain acts and proceedings of the City of McAllen. Committee report printed and distributed 01:20 AM 05/23/03 HB 3304 (CS)(LC) Guillen SP: Zaffirini Relating to the appointment and duties of an associate judge in the 229th Judicial District. Committee report printed and distributed 09:33 PM 05/21/03 HB 3366 (LC) Ritter/ Deshotel/ Hamilton SP: Williams Relating to licensing and regulation of certain pilots, pilotage rates, and pilot service. Committee report printed and distributed 01:36 PM 05/22/03 HB 3374 (LC) Rangel/ Puente/ Guillen/ Canales SP: Lucio Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, operation, and financing of the Kenedy County Groundwater Conservation District. Committee report printed and distributed 07:12 PM 05/16/03 HB 3517 (LC) Gallego SP: Madla Relating to certain correctional facilities that house only federal prisoners. Committee report printed and distributed 06:15 PM 05/21/03 HB 3559 (LC) Gattis SP: Ogden Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, operation, and financing of the Williamson County Municipal Utility District No. 13. Committee report printed and distributed 03:22 PM 05/22/03 HB 3560 (LC) Gattis SP: Ogden Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, operation, and financing of the Williamson County Municipal Utility District No. 12. Committee report printed and distributed 03:08 PM 05/22/03 HB 3561 (LC) Bonnen SP: Jackson Relating to public works contracts of the Angleton-Danbury Hospital District. Committee report printed and distributed 02:36 PM 05/21/03 HB 3562 (CS)(LC) Eissler SP: Staples Relating to the creation of the Southwest Montgomery County Improvement District; providing authority to impose taxes and issue bonds. Committee report printed and distributed 05:09 PM 05/22/03 HCR 27 (LC) Ellis/ Kolkhorst SP: Ogden Conferring the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor on Colonel M. B. Etheredge. Committee report printed and distributed 12:26 AM 05/23/03 HCR 156 (LC) Noriega/ Alonzo SP: Van de Putte Memorializing congress to enact the Citizenship For America's Troops Act to allow citizenship through service in the U.S. Armed Forces. Committee report printed and distributed 02:40 AM 05/23/03 (A) AMENDED IN COMMITTEE (CS) COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE (E) GOVERNOR'S EMERGENCY (LC) RECOMMENDED FOR LOCAL CALENDAR (R) REMOVED FROM LOCAL CALENDAR