SENATE FLOOR ACTION Wednesday April 30, 2003 THE SENATE SUSPENDED ALL NECESSARY RULES TO CONSIDER AND FINALLY PASS: SB 45 (A)(LC) Zaffirini Relating to the operation of a motor vehicle while intoxicated with a child passenger in the vehicle; providing a penalty. 1 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT SB 76 (CS) Zaffirini/et al. Relating to the provision of subsidized child-care services. 3 FLOOR AMENDMENTS SB 305 (CS) Barrientos Relating to specialized license plates and parking placards for vehicles of persons with disabilities. SB 315 (LC) Hinojosa Relating to the annexation by certain junior college districts of territory in a district's service area. 1 FLOOR AMENDMENT SB 525 Shapleigh Relating to the creation of employee wellness programs by state agencies. 1 FLOOR AMENDMENT SB 585 Duncan Relating to providing money to pay for the remediation, cleanup, and closure of unpermitted solid waste facilities. 1 FLOOR AMENDMENT SB 619 (CS) Armbrister Relating to oil spill prevention and response. SB 658 Brimer Relating to making permanent the exemption from ad valorem taxation of motor vehicles leased for personal use. SB 786 (CS)(LC) Shapleigh/et al. Relating to establishing task forces in certain border communities to study impediments to trade in the border region. SB 800 Madla/et al. Relating to the establishment of Texas A&M University--San Antonio. 1 FLOOR AMENDMENT SB 1107 (CS) Duncan Relating to the assignment of certain justices or judges as visiting judges. 2 FLOOR AMENDMENTS SB 1180 (CS)(LC) West Relating to an index of court costs and fees in civil proceedings, court costs on conviction, and other court-related fees and costs. 1 FLOOR AMENDMENT SB 1273 (CS) Armbrister Relating to alternatives to suspension of alcoholic beverage licenses and permits. SB 1377 (CS) Armbrister Relating to landowners of groundwater whose land is enrolled or participating in a government conservation program. 1 FLOOR AMENDMENT SB 1379 Armbrister Relating to the authority of a municipality to enforce water conservation and drought ordinances. SB 1548 (CS) Janek Relating to public school student discipline. SB 1588 (CS) Whitmire Relating to exempting college savings plan accounts from attachment, execution, and seizure for the satisfaction of debts. SB 1606 (CS) Ellis, Rodney/et al. Relating to residential property insurance provided under the FAIR Plan Act. SB 1876 Ratliff Relating to the conditional grant program administered by the Texas Department of Transportation. 1 FLOOR AMENDMENT HB 1065 Cook, Robby SP: Averitt Relating to the eligibility requirements to serve as a director of a groundwater conservation district. 1 FLOOR AMENDMENT THE SENATE ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS: SCR 35 Shapiro Joining in tribute to the millions of people affected by the Holocaust. HCR 36 Bonnen SP: Janek Designating September 2003 as Leukemia and Lymphoma Awareness Month in Texas. THE SENATE CONCURRED IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO THE FOLLOWING: SJR 25 Staples/et al. SP: Chisum Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt certain travel trailers from ad valorem taxation. SB 572 Harris SP: Hartnett/et al. Relating to the euthanasia of an animal by an animal shelter; providing criminal penalties. SB 583 Shapleigh SP: Corte Relating to information that must be included in the adjutant general's annual report. SB 756 Nelson SP: Harper-Brown Relating to a declaration of a local state of disaster by certain joint airport boards. THE SENATE CONFIRMED ALL NOMINEES AS REPORTED BY THE COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS BY A VOTE OF 31 AYES AND 0 NAYS. THE FOLLOWING BILLS WERE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE INDICATED: HB 730 Ritter/ Edwards/ King/ Woolley/ Seaman/et al. Relating to residential construction, including certain warranties, building and performance standards, and dispute resolution; providing an administrative penalty. BUSINESS & COMMERCE HB 1076 McCall/ Raymond Relating to the ownership of a motor vehicle dealership. BUSINESS & COMMERCE HB 2055 Christian Relating to the requirements for issuance of a state security. INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS HB 2292 Wohlgemuth/ Heflin Relating to the provision of health and human services in this state, including the powers and duties of the Health and Human Services Commission and other state agencies; providing penalties. FINANCE SB 1931 Ogden Relating to the composition, appointment, and reconstitution of the board of directors of the Brazos River Authority. NATURAL RESOURCES SB 1932 Ogden Relating to the performance of the duties of a district attorney by the Prison Prosecution Unit in case of a vacancy in certain counties. CRIMINAL JUSTICE SB 1933 Staples Relating to the exclusion of land from Waterwood Municipal Utility District. NATURAL RESOURCES SB 1934 Hinojosa/et al. Relating to the territory and the governing body of the Port of Corpus Christi Authority of Nueces County, Texas. NATURAL RESOURCES SB 1935 Fraser Relating to the law governing the Brazos River Authority and the law governing the Lower Colorado River Authority, including matters affecting the composition of the governing boards of those authorities. NATURAL RESOURCES SB 1936 Ellis, Rodney Relating to the creation of the Buffalo Bayou Management District; providing the authority to impose taxes and issue bonds. 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