LOCAL AND UNCONTESTED BILLS
SB 449 (CS)(LC) Williams/et al.
Relating to the number of justices for the eighth and ninth courts
of appeals districts.
SB 1720 (CS)(LC) Williams
Relating to a vendor's or subcontractor's remedy for nonpayment of
certain contracts.
HB 148 (LC) Solomons SP: West
Relating to the prohibition of the manufacture, sale, or possession
of a counterfeit disabled parking placard; providing penalties.
HB 164 (LC) Truitt SP: Nelson
Relating to the rates at which the municipal sales and use tax for
street maintenance may be imposed.
HB 174 (LC) Howard/ Isett/ Berman/ Corte/ Seaman/et al.
SP: Estes
Relating to benefits for members of the state military forces
called to active state duty.
HB 195 (LC) Griggs SP: Nelson
Relating to the collection and distribution of delinquent ad
valorem taxes imposed by county education districts.
HB 219 (LC) Hope/et al. SP: Staples
Relating to the display of the United States national motto in
public elementary and secondary schools and institutions of higher
education.
HB 425 (CS)(LC) Christian/ Miller/ Eissler/ Bonnen/ Ellis/et al.
SP: West
Relating to the procedures under which a state agency considers
legislative intent during the process of implementing certain
legislative enactments.
HB 554 (LC) Chisum/et al. SP: Madla
Relating to grievance procedures regarding compensation and
expenses for county and precinct officers.
HB 558 (LC) Grusendorf SP: Shapiro
Relating to rehiring experienced teachers under probationary
contracts.
HB 673 (A)(LC) Madden SP: Shapiro
Relating to parental notification of public school teacher
qualifications.
HB 686 (LC) Lewis SP: Nelson
Relating to continuing education requirements for certain county
commissioners.
HB 752 (CS)(LC) Woolley/et al. SP: Williams
Relating to the administration of public retirement systems for
police officers in certain municipalities.
HB 778 (LC) Naishtat/ Swinford SP: Nelson
Relating to the offense of interference with an emergency telephone
call.
HB 823 (LC) Goodman SP: Harris
Relating to associate judges for certain family law matters.
HB 898 (LC) Hamilton/ Giddings/ Menendez
SP: Staples
Relating to the use of state travel services by public junior
colleges and school districts.
HB 912 (LC) Madden SP: Shapiro
Relating to the distribution of school district employment policies
to teachers employed under term contracts.
HB 913 (LC) Goodman/ Dutton SP: Harris
Relating to the conservatorship of, and the possession of and
access to, a child.
HB 919 (LC) Eiland SP: Armbrister
Relating to the review and approval of drainage reports by certain
special districts.
HB 928 (LC) Eiland SP: Armbrister
Relating to the authorized investments and transactions of certain
stipulated premium insurance companies.
HB 1056 (LC) Hamilton SP: Williams
Relating to the employment of a minor in certain establishments
that serve alcoholic beverages.
HB 1088 (LC) Hill SP: Carona
Relating to sales tax information provided by the comptroller to
certain municipalities.
HB 1113 (LC) Crownover SP: Zaffirini
Relating to returning a public school teacher to probationary
contract status.
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.
HB 1189 (LC) Talton SP: Gallegos
Relating to alternative dispute resolution procedures in certain
police departments.
HB 1207 (LC) Kuempel SP: Armbrister
Relating to the application of certain municipal zoning regulations
affecting the appearance of buildings or open spaces.
HB 1251 (LC) Hope/et al. SP: Williams
Relating to calling an election to dissolve the Montgomery County
Hospital District.
HB 1309 (LC) Pitts SP: Duncan
Relating to the applicability of the Texas Non-Profit Corporation
Act to nonprofit water supply or sewer service corporations.
HB 1339 (LC) Eissler SP: Williams
Relating to certain information that a school district must provide
to the parent of or person standing in parental relation to a
district student and to evaluation of a student for special
education services.
HB 1391 (LC) Hamric SP: Gallegos
Relating to the confidentiality of pleadings and protective order
applications in certain proceedings in the Family Code.
HB 1398 (LC) Swinford SP: Duncan
Relating to procedures for arbitration of seed performance
disputes.
HB 1476 (LC) Truitt SP: Nelson
Relating to the election of certain unopposed candidates.
HB 1481 (LC) Allen SP: Estes
Relating to the creation of the operating permit fees account for
fees collected under Titles IV and V of the Clean Air Act.
HB 1496 (LC) Solomons SP: Duncan
Relating to reduction in benefit fraud and claim overpayments in
unemployment compensation.
HB 1526 (LC) Geren SP: Harris
Relating to the registration requirements for certain retired
architects.
HB 1529 (LC) Cook, Robby SP: Armbrister
Relating to the inspection of wildlife resources and devices used
to catch or hunt wildlife resources and to the cold storage of game
animals.
HB 1549 (CS)(LC) Denny/ Howard/ Uresti/ Jones, Jesse/ Heflin
SP: Nelson
Relating to changes required in election laws to implement the
federal Help America Vote Act of 2002.
HB 1653 (LC) Chavez/et al. SP: Lucio
Relating to approval of the construction of a bridge over the Rio
Grande.
HB 1729 (LC) Merritt SP: Ratliff
Relating to the municipal court of record for the City of Longview.
HB 1776 (LC) Hughes/ Dutton/ Smith, Todd/et al.
SP: Nelson
Relating to Celebrate Freedom Week and to certain instruction in
social studies classes in public schools.
HB 1813 (LC) McReynolds SP: Staples
Relating to the conduct of a raffle by a qualified nonprofit
organization.
HB 1815 (LC) Goodman/ Wise SP: Harris
Relating to court-ordered representation in suits affecting the
parent-child relationship.
HB 1952 (LC) Truitt SP: Brimer
Relating to local regulation of public swimming pools.
HB 1959 (CS)(LC) Smithee SP: Bivins
Relating to facilities and other property of the Dallam-Hartley
Counties Hospital District.
HB 1984 (LC) Kuempel SP: Armbrister
Relating to participation and credit in, contributions to, and
benefits and administration of the Texas County and District
Retirement System.
HB 2038 (LC) Lewis SP: Madla
Relating to entrance examinations for beginning positions in the
fire and police departments of certain municipalities.
HB 2061 (LC) Grusendorf SP: Janek
Relating to notice of disciplinary action taken against certain
public school students.
HB 2076 (LC) Casteel SP: Madla
Relating to the hotel occupancy tax imposed by certain counties.
HB 2089 (LC) Geren SP: Nelson
Relating to requiring the secretary of state to publicly post a
list of candidate names on the Internet.
HB 2094 (LC) Harper-Brown SP: Harris
Relating to the definition of providing assistance to a voter.
HB 2131 (LC) Zedler SP: Deuell
Relating to the regulation of certain operating room nurses
employed by certain other health providers.
HB 2172 (LC) Chavez/ Castro/ Thompson/ Keffer, Jim/ Solis
SP: Lucio
Relating to administration of certain workforce development
programs by the Texas Workforce Commission.
HB 2200 (LC) Solomons SP: Fraser
Relating to restrictions on apartment owners in a condominium
regime relating to club membership.
HB 2227 (LC) Hughes SP: Ratliff
Relating to the frequency of meetings of the board for the Upper
Sabine Valley Solid Waste Management District.
HB 2250 (CS)(LC) Flores SP: Lucio
Relating to the powers and duties of the Rio Grande watermaster and
the delivery of water down the banks and bed of the Rio Grande.
HB 2328 (LC) McReynolds/ Christian/ Homer/ Hughes/ Hardcastle/
et al. SP: Staples
Relating to the registration of persons engaged in certain fowl
operations; providing a criminal penalty.
HB 2341 (LC) Kolkhorst SP: Armbrister
Relating to the duties of the district attorney in Washington and
Burleson counties.
HB 2558 (LC) Swinford SP: Duncan
Relating to certain reporting requirements and orders relating to
commercial fertilizer.
HB 2561 (LC) Rose/ Quintanilla SP: Madla
Relating to the application of changes in benefits received by
members and retirees of retirement systems for paid, partly paid,
and volunteer fire fighters and their beneficiaries.
HB 2654 (LC) Farabee SP: Estes
Relating to clarification of certain exemptions from requirements
of pipeline assessment and testing.
HB 2786 (LC) Eiland SP: Janek
Relating to an extension of a strategic partnership agreement
between a special purpose district and certain municipalities.
HB 2887 (LC) Van Arsdale SP: Lindsay
Relating to the exemption of certain services necessary to comply
with federal and state construction storm water requirements from
certain contract requirements.
HB 2930 (LC) Lewis SP: Madla
Relating to the confidentiality of and access to certain personal
information contained in instruments recorded with a county clerk.
HB 2975 (LC) Chavez/ Castro/ Quintanilla
SP: Lucio
Relating to the establishment of a pilot program by the Texas
Workforce Commission in the Texas-Mexico border region for
technology training of certain persons.
HB 3075 (LC) West, George "Buddy" SP: Bivins
Relating to local agreements to allow certain development
corporations and taxing units to invest in and receive tax revenues
from certain regional economic development projects.
HB 3128 (LC) Truitt SP: Nelson
Relating to write-in voting for the offices of county chair and
precinct chair.
HB 3213 (LC) Cook, Robby SP: Armbrister
Relating to the authority of veterinarians to form a professional
association.
HB 3214 (LC) Cook, Robby SP: Armbrister
Relating to the fees of office payable to directors of certain
general and special law districts.
HB 3221 (LC) Bohac/ Flores SP: Lucio
Relating to subdivision platting requirements in certain counties
near an international border.
HB 3235 (LC) Smith, Todd SP: Madla
Relating to certification training programs for municipal building
inspectors and the implementation of Texas building energy
efficiency performance standards by certified municipal building
inspectors.
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.
HB 3552 (CS)(LC) Gallego/ Moreno, Paul/ Luna/ Solis/ Chavez/et al.
SP: Lucio
Relating to naming the school of pharmacy at Texas A&M
University--Kingsville and its physical facility after Irma Rangel.
HB 3556 (LC) Campbell SP: Duncan
Relating to management of and certain actions and proceedings of
the Sterling County Underground Water Conservation District.
HB 3595 (LC) Chavez SP: Shapleigh
Relating to the statutory county courts in El Paso County.
HB 3607 (LC) Hilderbran SP: Armbrister
Relating to the calculation of net to land in the ad valorem tax
appraisal of open-space land used for wildlife management.
HCR 15 (LC) Woolley/ Christian/ Bohac/ Crabb/et al.
SP: Janek
Directing the State Board of Education to consider including
personal finance knowledge among the essential knowledge and skills
in the required public school curriculum.
HCR 34 (LC) Hopson/ Cook, Byron SP: Staples
Designating the Texas State Railroad as the official State Railroad
of Texas.
HCR 59 (CS)(LC) Chavez/ Reyna/ Luna/ Thompson/ Olivo/et al.
SP: Shapleigh
Requesting that the Federal Bureau of Investigation be directly
involved in assisting the Mexican law enforcement authorities in
their investigation of the brutal murders of women in Juarez,
Mexico.
HCR 73 (LC) Griggs SP: Nelson
Directing the Texas Education Agency and the State Board of
Education to adopt and promote a virtues education program.
HCR 89 (LC) Krusee SP: Ogden
Designating Hutto as the official Hippo Capital of Texas.