SENATE BILLS RETURNED FROM HOUSE WITH AMENDMENTS
SB 19 Ratliff SP: Farabee
Relating to audit and other related functions of the State Auditor
and of certain other state entities.
SB 86 Wentworth/et al. SP: Morrison
Relating to the eligibility of a high school graduate for automatic
admission to an institution of higher education.
SB 103 Van de Putte SP: Alonzo
Relating to the carrying of weapons by peace officers and by
special investigators.
SB 127 Fraser/et al. SP: Seaman
Relating to the handling, settling, and use of certain claims in
the insurance business; providing penalties.
SB 206 Ellis, Rodney SP: Pitts
Relating to the composition of the permanent school fund and the
available school fund and to transfers from the permanent school
fund to the available school fund.
SB 264 Lucio SP: Callegari/et al.
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Department
of Housing and Community Affairs.
SB 266 Lucio SP: Gallego/et al.
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Board of Law
Examiners.
SB 284 Lucio SP: Callegari/et al.
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas State
Affordable Housing Corporation.
SB 286 Shapleigh SP: Morrison/et al.
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board.
SB 297 Janek SP: Hamric
Relating to a firefighters' relief and retirement fund in certain
municipalities.
SB 315 Hinojosa SP: Luna
Relating to the annexation by certain junior college districts of
territory in a district's service area.
SB 346 Ogden SP: Grusendorf
Relating to an optional flexible year program for public school
students who fail to perform satisfactorily on an assessment
instrument or who would not otherwise be promoted.
SB 381 Armbrister SP: Capelo/et al.
Relating to food manufacturer and food wholesaler licensing
requirements under the Texas Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
SB 392 Williams/et al. SP: Gattis
Relating to a repeal of exemptions from certain truth-in-taxation
provisions for certain conservation and reclamation districts.
SB 396 Shapleigh/et al. SP: Grusendorf
Relating to a technology immersion pilot project in public schools.
SB 474 Lucio/et al. SP: Capelo/et al.
Relating to an interim study on nutrition and health in public
schools.
SB 480 Madla SP: Mercer
Relating to excepting certain land from the additional tax imposed
on the change of use of land appraised for ad valorem tax purposes
as open-space land.
SB 482 Madla/et al. SP: Haggerty/et al.
Relating to certain benefits provided to the survivors of public
employees and chaplains killed in the line of duty.
SB 585 Duncan SP: Isett
Relating to providing money to pay for the remediation, cleanup,
and closure of unpermitted solid waste facilities.
SB 611 Nelson/et al. SP: McCall/et al.
Relating to printing a social security number on an identification
card or other identification device; providing a civil penalty.
SB 624 Lindsay SP: Callegari
Relating to the provision of parks and recreational facilities by
certain conservation and reclamation districts; authorizing the
issuance of bonds on voter approval.
SB 688 West SP: Giddings
Relating to the boards of trustees of certain school districts.
SB 705 Jackson SP: Truitt/et al.
Relating to the donation by a county of salvage and surplus
property to a civic or charitable organization.
SB 755 Ratliff SP: Chisum
Relating to a disclosure of a financial interest or employment by a
committee member or the executive director of the Office of Rural
Community Affairs.
SB 826 Whitmire SP: Keel
Relating to reporting the deaths of certain individuals; providing
a criminal penalty.
SB 871 Shapiro SP: Allen/et al.
Relating to the sex offender registration program and to
requirements imposed on certain persons under the program.
SB 970 Shapleigh SP: Puente
Relating to the sale or transport of certain desert plants;
providing a penalty.
SB 1000 West SP: Goodman
Relating to a statistical or demographic analysis conducted by the
Texas Legislative Council for a state agency and to information
collected by the council in the course of performing the analysis.
SB 1007 West SP: Giddings/et al.
Relating to student eligibility for a TEXAS grant.
SB 1053 Duncan SP: Geren
Relating to certain water pollution and conservation programs
administered by the Texas Water Development Board.
SB 1073 West/et al. SP: Miller
Relating to convictions barring employment in certain facilities
serving the elderly or persons with disabilities.
SB 1107 Duncan SP: Hartnett
Relating to the assignment and compensation of certain justices or
judges as visiting judges and to service credit in the judicial
retirement system for certain visiting judges.
SB 1161 Barrientos SP: Lewis
Relating to authorizing counties and municipalities to provide
certain services through the Internet.
SB 1165 Barrientos SP: Moreno, Joe E.
Relating to certain fees in Title IV-D cases.
SB 1182 Deuell/et al. SP: Farabee
Relating to local area service planning by local mental health or
mental retardation authorities.
SB 1192 Carona SP: Seaman
Relating to the operation of the Texas Property and Casualty
Insurance Guaranty Association.
SB 1252 Armbrister SP: Driver
Relating to the regulation of certain activities associated with
providing private security.
SB 1262 Armbrister SP: Hegar
Relating to the use of certain incentives by municipalities for
certain economic development.
SB 1272 Armbrister SP: Flores
Relating to the permitting process for the construction of certain
concrete plants.
SB 1273 Armbrister SP: Flores
Relating to suspension and alternatives to suspension of alcoholic
beverage licenses and permits.
SB 1276 Armbrister SP: Morrison
Relating to the Lavaca-Navidad River Authority, formerly known as
the Jackson County Flood Control District.
SB 1318 Van de Putte SP: Menendez
Relating to authorization of securities lending for governmental
entities.
SB 1320 Nelson SP: Capelo/et al.
Relating to certain advance directives for medical treatment and
medical treatment decisions.
SB 1343 Jackson SP: Morrison
Relating to the regulation and operation of certain career schools
and colleges.
SB 1370 Duncan SP: Delisi
Relating to certain group benefit plans provided to certain
governmental officers, employees, and retirees and their
dependents.
SB 1382 Armbrister SP: Heflin
Relating to the continuation of certain professional and
occupational licensing boards as self-directed and semi-independent
agencies and to certain required reports for such agencies.
SB 1387 Armbrister SP: Homer/et al.
Relating to the regulation of racing.
SB 1413 Deuell SP: Hardcastle
Relating to certain powers and duties of the Department of
Agriculture and other entities engaged in agricultural activities.
SB 1460 Lindsay SP: Smith, Wayne
Relating to county fire marshals and county fire protection;
providing penalties.
SB 1463 Lindsay SP: Hamric
Relating to the conversion of a nontoll state highway to a toll
facility.
SB 1464 Lindsay SP: Hamric
Relating to enforcement of the collection of certain tolls;
providing a penalty.
SB 1465 Lindsay SP: Hamric
Relating to the establishment of criminal law magistrates in Harris
County.
SB 1470 West SP: Grusendorf/et al.
Relating to student eligibility to participate in a high school
equivalency program and to authorization of a school district or
open-enrollment charter school to operate a program.
SB 1472 West SP: Goolsby
Relating to zoological operation and maintenance boards;
authorizing taxes and bonds.
SB 1488 Ogden SP: Grusendorf
Relating to the misconduct of a person who is employed by or is
seeking employment by a school district, regional education service
center, or shared services arrangement.
SB 1494 Madla SP: Puente
Relating to the powers of Bexar Metropolitan Water District.
SB 1522 Zaffirini SP: Luna
Relating to the continuous eligibility of certain children for
medical assistance benefits.
SB 1551 Duncan SP: Hartnett
Relating to the creation of additional judicial districts, to
filing fees in the district courts in Collin County, and to the
jurisdiction of the county courts at law in Cameron County.
SB 1570 Madla SP: Puente
Relating to certain public water supply wells in the Trinity Glen
Rose Groundwater Conservation District.
SB 1597 Hinojosa SP: Thompson/et al.
Relating to policies by law enforcement agencies regarding the
arrest of persons for certain offenses.
SB 1633 Wentworth SP: Puente
Relating to the installation and use of a water softener or reverse
osmosis system by an owner of an on-site sewage disposal system.
SB 1652 Shapiro/et al. SP: Morrison
Relating to institutions of higher education, including the
administration, operation, governance, and financing of those
institutions.
SB 1659 Madla SP: Mercer
Relating to certain ad valorem tax exemptions, payments, and
refunds.
SB 1705 Wentworth SP: Martinez Fischer
Relating to the authority of certain taxing entities to repeal the
local sales and use tax exemption for telecommunications services.
SB 1708 Wentworth SP: Baxter
Relating to the repurchase of real property acquired by a
governmental entity through eminent domain.
SB 1725 Lindsay SP: Hamric
Relating to the North Harris County Regional Water Authority.
SB 1765 Deuell SP: Phillips
Relating to the zoning authority of a county in areas surrounding
Lake Ralph Hall.
SB 1771 Brimer/et al. SP: Keffer, Jim
Relating to economic development programs and funding.
SB 1782 Lindsay SP: Hamric
Relating to the precedence of highway access rules and ordinances
of certain counties and municipalities over highway access
management orders of the Texas Transportation Commission.
SB 1784 Lucio SP: Goolsby
Relating to the imposition and allocation of municipal hotel
occupancy taxes in certain general-law coastal municipalities.
SB 1803 Duncan/et al. SP: Truitt/et al.
Relating to certain licensing requirements and violations under the
Texas Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; providing penalties.
SB 1804 Harris SP: Zedler
Relating to certain health care treatment plans and pharmaceutical
services.
SB 1820 Van de Putte SP: Grusendorf/et al.
Relating to criteria for rating the performance of school
districts.
SB 1828 Averitt SP: Swinford
Relating to the composition and duties of the State Soil and Water
Conservation Board.
SB 1862 Bivins SP: Wohlgemuth
Relating to health and human services.
SB 1888 Staples SP: Christian
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Southeast Texas Groundwater
Conservation District.
SB 1902 Lucio/et al. SP: Flores/et al.
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Rio Grande Regional Water Authority
and to the powers and duties of the Rio Grande watermaster and the
delivery of water down the banks and bed of the Rio Grande;
authorizing the issuance of bonds.
SB 1904 Barrientos SP: Keel
Relating to driver's licenses, the operation of certain motor
vehicles, including commercial motor vehicles, in this state, and
to the disposition of certain Class C misdemeanors.
SB 1912 Jackson SP: Eiland
Relating to the creation of the Harborside Management District;
providing authority to impose taxes and issue bonds.
SB 1923 Ogden SP: McReynolds
Relating to the application of the professional prosecutors law to
the district attorney for the 258th Judicial District.
SB 1932 Ogden SP: McReynolds
Relating to the performance of the duties of a district attorney by
the prison prosecution unit in Trinity County.
SB 1936 Ellis, Rodney SP: Coleman
Relating to the creation of the Buffalo Bayou Management District;
providing the authority to impose taxes and issue bonds.
SB 1952 Ellis, Rodney SP: Swinford/et al.
Relating to the reorganization of, efficiency in, and other reform
measures applying to state government.