SENATE FLOOR ACTION
Thursday
April 3, 2003
THE SENATE SUSPENDED ALL NECESSARY RULES TO CONSIDER AND FINALLY PASS:
SB 236 (CS) Fraser
Relating to exempting landowners and certain other persons from the
requirement of obtaining a hunting license to hunt feral hogs and
coyotes on the landowners' property.
2 FLOOR AMENDMENTS
SB 566 (CS)(LC) 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.
SB 1053 (CS)(LC) Duncan
Relating to certain water pollution and conservation programs
administered by the Texas Water Development Board.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT
SB 1060 (CS) Ellis, Rodney/et al.
Relating to enforcement of conduct and other matters concerning a
security; providing a penalty.
SB 1111 (LC) West/et al.
Relating to the rate of hotel occupancy and motor vehicle rental
taxes used to finance venue projects in certain counties.
THE SENATE SUSPENDED THE REGULAR ORDER, READ THIRD TIME, AND PASSED:
SB 501 (CS) Armbrister/et al.
Relating to laws regulating the carrying of weapons, including the
application of criminal trespass laws to persons licensed to carry
a concealed handgun.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT
THE SENATE ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION:
HCR 162 Talton SP: Gallegos
Honoring the battleship Texas on the 55th anniversary of her
arrival at the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site.
THE FOLLOWING BILLS WERE PASSED ON THE LOCAL AND UNCONTESTED BILLS
CALENDAR:
SB 103 Van de Putte
Relating to the carrying of weapons by peace officers and by
special investigators.
SB 260 Shapleigh
Relating to continuation and functions of the Texas Board of
Professional Land Surveying.
SB 271 Jackson
Relating to the regulation of riding stables.
SB 276 Lucio
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Board of Tax
Professional Examiners.
SB 394 Shapleigh
Relating to the Records Management Interagency Coordinating
Council.
SB 407 Deuell
Relating to the liability of a governmental unit in the absence of
a contract for fire or emergency services.
SB 430 Hinojosa
Relating to the availability of a legislative continuance in a
judicial matter.
SB 433 Nelson
Relating to the issuance and enforcement of protective orders to
protect victims of sexual assault; providing criminal penalties.
SB 448 Williams
Relating to the release of certain student information by school
districts.
SB 527 Madla
Relating to the establishment of security forces in certain
metropolitan rapid transit authorities.
SB 532 Williams
Relating to the acceptance of a referral fee or gift by certain
judges; providing a criminal penalty.
SB 580 Jackson
Relating to the execution of a writ of possession in certain
circumstances.
SB 591 Duncan
Relating to the composition of the Texas Council on Offenders with
Mental Impairments.
SB 629 Wentworth
Relating to the creation of magistrates in Comal County.
SB 710 Jackson
Relating to the share of the cost of a coastal erosion study or
project required to be paid by a qualified project partner under an
agreement with the commissioner of the General Land Office.
SB 721 Lucio
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, financing, and annexation authority of the
Cameron-Hidalgo-Willacy Regional Water Authority; authorizing the
issuance of bonds; providing the power of eminent domain.
SB 756 Nelson
Relating to a declaration of a local state of disaster by certain
joint airport boards.
SB 761 Estes
Relating to the requirement that certain contracts awarded by the
Veterans' Land Board be subject to competitive bidding.
SB 802 Janek
Relating to the use of alternate grand jurors.
SB 822 Fraser
Relating to the validation of the creation and certain actions and
proceedings of the Middle Trinity Groundwater Conservation District
and to related conforming changes to the district's enabling act.
SB 850 Lindsay
Relating to allowing local governments and school districts to
prohibit contracts with delinquent taxpayers.
SB 861 Janek
Relating to access to birth records under the public information
law.
SB 868 Lindsay
Relating to the purpose, powers, and duties of Harris County
Improvement District No. 1; authorizing the issuance of bonds.
SB 934 Jackson
Relating to use of certain environmental laboratory data and
analysis by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
SB 922 Harris
Relating to the appointments and duties of Tarrant County criminal
magistrates.
SB 979 Wentworth
Relating to the composition of the 274th Judicial District and the
jurisdiction of the 207th and 274th district courts.
SB 996 Williams
Relating to collateral eligible to be pledged with the comptroller
to secure state deposits.
THE FOLLOWING BILLS WERE REMOVED FROM THE LOCAL AND
UNCONTESTED BILLS CALENDAR:
SB 386 (LC) Hinojosa
Relating to the use of municipal hotel tax revenue collected by
certain coastal municipalities.
SB 543 (CS)(LC) Duncan/et al.
Relating to postconviction DNA testing.
THE FOLLOWING BILLS WERE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE INDICATED:
HB 146 Solomons
Relating to jury duty on general election day.
STATE AFFAIRS
HB 148 Solomons
Relating to the prohibition of the manufacture, sale, or possession
of a counterfeit disabled parking placard; providing penalties.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND TRADE
HB 178 Ellis
Relating to immunity for certain governmental employees for an act
or omission committed while supervising an inmate or offender
program or activity.
STATE AFFAIRS
HB 195 Griggs
Relating to the collection and distribution of delinquent ad
valorem taxes imposed by county education districts.
EDUCATION
HB 211 Brown, Fred
Relating to the purchase of insurance by certain municipalities
through competitive bidding and proposal procedures.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 325 McCall
Relating to the punishment for the offense of failure to identify.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
HB 381 Dutton/ Grusendorf/ Noriega
Relating to the computation of public school dropout and completion
rates.
EDUCATION
HB 402 Madden/et al.
Relating to a pilot program involving the use of an electronic
registration system.
STATE AFFAIRS
HB 403 Madden
Relating to the penalty for premature disclosure of voting results.
STATE AFFAIRS
HB 470 Hochberg/ Madden/ Burnam/et al.
Relating to the labeling, advertising, and sale of halal foods;
providing a criminal penalty.
BUSINESS & COMMERCE
HB 501 Telford
Relating to the jurisdiction of the County Court of Marion County.
JURISPRUDENCE
HB 522 Lewis
Relating to the allowable operating expenses of certain 9-1-1
emergency communication districts.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 535 Cook, Robby
Relating to a name change for and a change in the terms of the
board of directors of the Colorado Valley Groundwater Conservation
District.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 581 Crownover
Relating to the medication or drug testing of racing animals under
the Texas Racing Act.
STATE AFFAIRS
HB 629 Pitts
Relating to state agency auditing of software licenses for software
installed at the agency.
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION
HB 630 Hilderbran/ Casteel/ Garza/ Canales
Relating to the designation of State Highway 173 between Kerrville
and Jourdanton as the 173d Airborne Brigade Memorial Highway.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY
HB 808 Seaman
Relating to the use of municipal hotel tax revenue collected by
certain coastal municipalities.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 821 Goodman
Relating to the methods of providing notice of an associate judge's
report in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
JURISPRUDENCE
HB 839 Howard
Relating to a limitation on the future employment of a board member
of certain water-related districts.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 858 Goodman
Relating to the salaries of judges of county courts at law and
county criminal courts in Tarrant County.
JURISPRUDENCE
HB 873 Cook, Robby
Relating to the rural volunteer fire department insurance program.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 883 Dutton
Relating to the powers of an associate judge under the Family Code.
JURISPRUDENCE
HB 884 Dutton
Relating to alternative dispute resolution statements required in a
suit for dissolution of a marriage and a suit affecting the
parent-child relationship.
JURISPRUDENCE
HB 940 Chisum
Relating to the Hemphill County Hospital District.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 946 Brown, Fred
Relating to the permissible size of certain recreational vehicles
operated on a public highway.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY
HB 988 Brown, Fred
Relating to the composition of the First and Fourteenth courts of
appeals districts.
JURISPRUDENCE
HB 1014 Cook, Robby
Relating to the purposes for which a special utility district may
be created.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 1055 Luna/ Seaman
Relating to an intercollegiate athletics fee at Texas A&M
University--Corpus Christi.
SUBCOMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION
HB 1065 Cook, Robby
Relating to the eligibility requirements to serve as a director of
a groundwater conservation district.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 1066 Goodman
Relating to the continuance of the municipal court technology fund
and the purposes for which the fund may be used.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 1078 Chisum
Relating to the election of directors of a soil and water
conservation district.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 1120 Phillips
Relating to the competitive bidding requirement for the Greater
Texoma Utility Authority.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 1138 Van Arsdale
Relating to nonprofit water supply and sewer service corporations
in certain counties.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 1150 Puente
Relating to the financing of certain local water, conservation, and
open-space projects in accordance with the law governing sports and
community venue projects.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 1153 Puente
Relating to the retirement system for fire fighters and police
officers in certain municipalities.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 1328 Phillips
Relating to cooperative federal and state wildlife-restoration
projects.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 1472 Hartnett
Relating to the exercise of powers of appointment.
JURISPRUDENCE
HB 1822 Kuempel
Relating to participation and credit in, contributions to, and
benefits and administration of the Texas Municipal Retirement
System.
STATE AFFAIRS
HCR 13 West, George "Buddy"/ Wise/ Allen/et al.
Urging congress to enact the Protect Children From E-Mail Smut Act
of 2001.
STATE AFFAIRS
HCR 14 West, George "Buddy"/ Wise/ Allen/et al.
Urging congress to enact the Child Modeling Exploitation Prevention
Act of 2002.
STATE AFFAIRS
HCR 16 Flores
Designating tortilla chips and salsa as the official State Snack of
Texas.
STATE AFFAIRS
SB 496 (CS) Janek
Relating to civil claims involving exposure to asbestos.
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