SENATE BILLS RETURNED FROM HOUSE WITH AMENDMENTS





SB 146             Estes/et al.               SP: Phillips
Relating to procedural and registration requirements for certain
sex offenders who seek to change their names.

SB 165             Carona/et al.              SP: Jones, Jesse/et al.
Relating to the authority of certain law enforcement agencies to
remove certain personal property from a roadway or right-of-way.

SB 197             Staples                    SP: Howard
Relating to the challenge of a voter's registration.

SB 236             Fraser                     SP: Hupp
Relating to a landowner's taking of depredating feral hogs.

SB 249             Janek                      SP: Eiland
Relating to the use of the Galveston-Port Bolivar ferry operated by
the Texas Department of Transportation.

SB 252             Staples                    SP: Flynn
Relating to the registration of mortgage bankers.

SB 273             Shapleigh                  SP: Dunnam/et al.
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Court Reporters
Certification Board; providing an administrative penalty.

SB 275 (LC)        Nelson                     SP: Solomons/et al.
Relating to the abolition of the Texas Department of Economic
Development and the transfer of certain of its functions and the
functions of the Texas Aerospace Commission to the Texas Economic
Development and Tourism Office; to the establishment, operation,
and funding of the Texas Economic Development Bank; and to the
administration and operation of certain economic development
programs.

SB 277             Ellis, Rodney              SP: Chisum/et al.
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Board of
Professional Engineers and to the regulation of the practice of
engineering.

SB 279             Jackson                    SP: Solomons/et al.
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Department
of Licensing and Regulation, including certain functions
transferred to the department from the Texas Department of
Insurance and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and
including certain functions transferred from the department to the
Department of Public Safety.

SB 340             Staples/et al.             SP: Hill
Relating to the rendition of property for ad valorem tax purposes;
providing civil penalties.

SB 464             Nelson                     SP: Delisi
Relating to the appointment of a management team to manage and
operate a community center for mental health or mental retardation
services.

SB 501             Armbrister/et al.          SP: Hupp
Relating to the places where weapons are prohibited and to the
application of criminal trespass laws to persons licensed to carry
a concealed handgun.

SB 532             Williams                   SP: Ritter
Relating to the acceptance of a referral fee or gift by certain
judges; providing a criminal penalty.

SB 542             Lindsay                    SP: Howard
Relating to exclusion of land from certain water districts for
failure to provide facilities and services.

SB 656             Brimer                     SP: Truitt
Relating to the removal of certain on-premise signs in a
municipality.

SB 693             Gallegos/et al.            SP: Eiland
Relating to the use of flame effects and pyrotechnics before an
assembly; providing a penalty.

SB 827             Whitmire                   SP: Keel
Relating to creating offenses for abandoning or endangering an
elderly individual or disabled individual and for failing to
provide certain care for a child, elderly individual, or disabled
individual.

SB 917             Whitmire                   SP: Talton
Relating to the time during which inmates may be considered for
release on parole.

SB 957             Van de Putte               SP: Noriega
Relating to emergency medication kits maintained for a veterans
home.

SB 1010             West                       SP: Giddings/et al.
Relating to public and common nuisances; providing a penalty.

SB 1265             Armbrister                 SP: Capelo
Relating to prosecution of environmental crimes.

SB 1271             Armbrister
                      SP: West, George "Buddy"/et al.
Relating to incentives to encourage gas utilities to invest in new
infrastructure.

SB 1317             Van de Putte               SP: Uresti/et al.
Relating to the regulation of tattooists, persons who perform body
piercing, tattoo studios, and certain body piercing studios;
providing criminal penalties.

SB 1380             Armbrister                 SP: Driver/et al.
Relating to alcoholic beverage industry sponsorship at public
entertainment facilities.

SB 1507             Harris                     SP: Marchant
Relating to the use of powers of attorney in certain motor vehicle
transfers.

SB 1726             Lindsay                    SP: Van Arsdale
Relating to the creation of the Cy-Fair Community Improvement
District; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.

SB 1887             Janek                      SP: Nixon
Relating to the board of directors and the powers and duties of the
Westchase Area Management District.

SB 1895             Ellis, Rodney              SP: Coleman
Relating to the duration of a lease for municipal civic center
property.