SENATE FLOOR ACTION
Monday
February 24, 2003
THE SENATE ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION:
SCR 12 Shapiro
Urging public and private institutions of higher education in the State of
Texas to adopt service learning as an important pedagogical tool and a
central form of engagement, civic outreach, and citizenship education.
THE FOLLOWING BILLS WERE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE INDICATED:
SB 10 Averitt/et al.
Relating to the creation of employer health benefit plan groups.
STATE AFFAIRS
SB 273 Shapleigh
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Court Reporters
Certification Board; providing an administrative penalty.
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION
SB 526 Staples/et al.
Relating to the San Jacinto River Authority board of directors.
NATURAL RESOURCES
SB 527 Madla
Relating to the establishment of security forces in certain
metropolitan rapid transit authorities.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
SB 528 Madla
Relating to certain money received by a regional advisory council
for trauma care.
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
SB 529 Madla
Relating to temporarily exempting emergency medical services
personnel who serve a rural area of the state from certain legal
requirements.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
SB 530 Madla
Relating to performance measures for regional advisory councils in
trauma service areas.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
SB 531 Madla
Relating to the procedure for dividing water control and
improvement districts and freshwater supply districts.
NATURAL RESOURCES
SB 532 Williams
Relating to the acceptance of a referral fee or gift by certain
judges; providing a criminal penalty.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SB 533 Carona
Relating to certain practices of debt collectors and credit
bureaus.
BUSINESS & COMMERCE
SB 534 Carona
Relating to the applicability of the rule against perpetuities to
trusts.
JURISPRUDENCE
SB 535 Lucio
Relating to authorizing certain counties to regulate land
development; providing a penalty.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND TRADE
SB 536 Shapleigh
Relating to the regulation of certain accountants; providing an
administrative penalty.
BUSINESS & COMMERCE
SB 537 Nelson
Relating to the punishment for the offense of burglary of a
vehicle.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SB 538 Williams
Relating to franchise tax incentives for corporations conducting
certain research and development activities.
FINANCE
SB 539 Williams
Relating to special license plates for passenger cars and light
trucks owned by or used for the transportation of veterans with
disabilities.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY
SB 540 Williams
Relating to the authority of the commissioners court of a county to
alter speed limits on county roads.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY
SB 541 Williams
Relating to authorizing insurers and health maintenance
organizations to issue plans that do not include state-mandated
health benefits or offer of coverage mandates.
STATE AFFAIRS
SB 542 Lindsay
Relating to exclusion of land from certain water districts for
failure to provide facilities and services.
NATURAL RESOURCES
SB 543 Duncan
Relating to postconviction DNA testing.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SB 544 Wentworth
Relating to the authority of municipalities and counties to
regulate subdivisions in a municipality's extraterritorial
jurisdiction.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
SB 545 Hinojosa
Relating to an intercollegiate athletics fee at Texas A&M
University--Corpus Christi.
SUBCOMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION
SB 546 Zaffirini
Relating to governance of the Texas School for the Deaf.
EDUCATION
SB 547 Zaffirini
Relating to the superintendents of the Texas School for the Blind
and Visually Impaired and the Texas School for the Deaf.
EDUCATION
SB 548 Zaffirini
Relating to a memorandum of understanding between the Texas School
for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the Texas Education Agency.
EDUCATION
SB 549 Barrientos
Relating to the creation of a judicial district composed of Travis
County.
JURISPRUDENCE
SB 550 Duncan
Relating to the protection by a municipality of a lake that is a
source of water supply.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
SB 551 Harris
Relating to the priority of a construction lender's lien over a
mechanic's lien.
JURISPRUDENCE
SB 552 Harris
Relating to the period for which a court may order temporary
inpatient mental health services for certain persons.
JURISPRUDENCE
SB 553 Janek
Relating to the validation of any act, governmental proceeding,
official, bond, or obligation of a navigation district or port
authority.
NATURAL RESOURCES
SB 554 Janek
Relating to the authorization of the imposition of a temporary
prohibition on enforcement of the law governing access to public
beaches following a meteorological event.
NATURAL RESOURCES
SB 555 Shapleigh
Relating to the telecommunications planning and oversight council.
STATE AFFAIRS
SB 556 Duncan
Relating to the powers and duties of the Hardeman County Hospital
District.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
SB 557 Madla
Relating to specialty license plates benefiting an organization
whose principal purpose is the improvement or preservation of Big
Bend National Park.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY
SB 558 Madla/et al.
Relating to immigration visa waivers for physicians.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND TRADE
SB 559 Madla
Relating to a set-aside for certain colonia access roadway projects
proposed by rural border counties.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND TRADE
SB 560 Madla
Relating to the notice given to a purchaser of real property within
a water district.
NATURAL RESOURCES
SB 561 Shapleigh
Relating to indemnification by the state of physicians providing
certain health care services.
STATE AFFAIRS
SB 562 Gallegos
Relating to conditions of employment for peace officers employed by
certain political subdivisions.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
SB 563 Lucio
Relating to health benefit plan coverage for an enrollee with
autism and pervasive developmental disorders.
STATE AFFAIRS
SB 564 West
Relating to the application of certain marketing and contracting
restrictions to treatment facilities funded by the Texas Commission
on Alcohol and Drug Abuse.
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
SB 565 West
Relating to authorizing certain nature centers to charge admission
fees.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
SB 566 West
Relating to the duties of law enforcement regarding the misuse of a
person's identity and to the person's right to expunction of
identifying information contained in certain records and files.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SB 567 West
Relating to access by certain hospitals and hospital districts to
criminal history record information.
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
SB 568 West
Relating to security officers for medical corporations in certain
municipalities.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SB 569 Bivins
Relating to the issuance of Air Force Association license plates.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY
SB 570 Bivins
Relating to the Hemphill County Hospital District.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
SB 571 Shapleigh
Relating to the authority of the comptroller to conduct performance
reviews of general academic teaching institutions.
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION
SB 572 Harris
Relating to the euthanasia of an animal by an animal shelter;
providing criminal penalties.
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
SB 573 Harris
Relating to adoption of the Uniform Principal and Income Act.
JURISPRUDENCE
SB 574 Harris
Relating to the duties and removal of a trustee.
JURISPRUDENCE
SB 575 Harris
Relating to adoption of the Uniform Prudent Investor Act.
JURISPRUDENCE
SB 576 Harris
Relating to the exercise of powers of appointment.
JURISPRUDENCE
SB 577 Harris
Relating to probate matters.
JURISPRUDENCE
SB 578 Shapiro
Relating to awards granted under the Texas Advanced Placement
Incentive Program.
EDUCATION
SB 579 Lindsay
Relating to the confidentiality of certain records in an adoption
placement by the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services.
STATE AFFAIRS
SB 580 Jackson
Relating to the execution of a writ of possession in certain
circumstances.
BUSINESS & COMMERCE
SB 581 Jackson
Relating to a required discount in homeowners' insurance premiums
for the use of an insulating concrete form system.
BUSINESS & COMMERCE
SB 582 Williams
Relating to the consolidation of certain offenses relating to the
driving of a motor vehicle while a driver's license or privilege to
operate a vehicle is invalid.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SB 583 Shapleigh
Relating to information that must be included in the adjutant
general's annual report.
VETERAN AFFAIRS & MILITARY INSTALLATIONS
SB 584 Shapleigh
Relating to public school admission of military personnel and
dependents under reciprocity agreements between states.
VETERAN AFFAIRS & MILITARY INSTALLATIONS
SB 585 Duncan
Relating to providing money to pay for the remediation, cleanup,
and closure of unpermitted solid waste facilities.
NATURAL RESOURCES
SB 586 Barrientos
Relating to the exemption from compulsory public school attendance
for home-schooled children.
EDUCATION
SB 587 Shapiro
Relating to the ownership of a motor vehicle dealership.
BUSINESS & COMMERCE
SB 588 Duncan
Relating to liability insurance coverage for certain nursing
institutions.
STATE AFFAIRS
SB 589 Zaffirini
Relating to the purposes of the Texas School for the Blind and
Visually Impaired and the Texas School for the Deaf.
EDUCATION
SB 590 Zaffirini
Relating to composition of the board of the Texas School for the
Deaf.
EDUCATION
SB 591 Duncan
Relating to the composition of the Texas Council on Offenders with
Mental Impairments.
JURISPRUDENCE