SENATE FLOOR ACTION
Wednesday
May 7, 2003
THE SENATE SUSPENDED ALL NECESSARY RULES TO CONSIDER AND FINALLY PASS:
SB 270 (CS) Jackson
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Lottery
Commission.
4 FLOOR AMENDMENTS
SB 929 (CS) Shapiro
Relating to regional education service centers.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT
HB 1567 West, George "Buddy"/ Chisum/ Smith, Wayne
SP: Bivins
Relating to the disposal of low-level radioactive waste;
authorizing the exercise of the power of eminent domain.
5 FLOOR AMENDMENTS
THE SENATE ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS:
HCR 3 Homer SP: Ratliff
In memory of Sergeant Robert Lee Trapp of the Lamar County
Sheriff's Department.
HCR 8 Homer SP: Ratliff
In memory of Leighton Marion Cornett of Paris, Texas.
HCR 224 Hilderbran SP: Barrientos
Congratulating Sam Caldwell on his selection as Texas State Artist
for 2004 in the two-dimensional category.
HCR 225 Hilderbran SP: Barrientos
Honoring Ray Benson of Austin as the 2004 Texas State Musician.
HCR 226 Hilderbran SP: Barrientos
Honoring Cleatus Rattan of Cisco for being named the Texas Poet
Laureate for 2004.
HCR 227 Hilderbran SP: Barrientos
Congratulating James Dick of Round Top on his selection as Texas
State Musician for 2003.
HCR 228 Hilderbran SP: Barrientos
Honoring Dixie Friend Gay on the occasion of her selection as Texas
State Artist for 2003 in the three-dimensional category.
HCR 229 Hilderbran SP: Barrientos
Honoring David Hickman of Dallas, Texas State Artist for 2004 in
the three-dimensional category.
HCR 230 Hilderbran SP: Barrientos
Honoring Ralph White of Austin, Texas State Artist for 2003 in the
two-dimensional category.
HCR 233 Raymond
Expressing legislative support for the IQPP and QSEAL certification
programs that ensure the best possible plasma treatment.
THE SENATE CONFIRMED ALL NOMINEES AS REPORTED BY THE
COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS BY A VOTE OF 30 AYES AND 0 NAYS.
THE FOLLOWING BILLS WERE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE INDICATED:
SB 1945 Armbrister
Relating to the administration of grants under the new technology
research and development program.
NATURAL RESOURCES
SB 1946 Armbrister
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Heritage Groundwater Conservation
District.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 179 Ellis
Relating to the qualification of a county fair association for an
ad valorem tax exemption.
FINANCE
HB 453 Villarreal/et al.
Relating to a pilot program for early childhood teacher education
and retention.
BUSINESS & COMMERCE
HB 499 Kuempel
Relating to the issuance of urban forestry license plates.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY
HB 534 King/ Mercer/ Baxter
Relating to Texas State Rifle Association license plates.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY
HB 571 Morrison
Relating to special license plates approved by the Daughters of the
Republic of Texas.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY
HB 659 Pitts
Relating to the designation of the interchange at U.S. Highway 75
and Interstate Highway 635 in Dallas as the David M. Laney High
Five Interchange.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY
HB 757 Giddings
Relating to the continuation of the higher education assistance
pilot program.
SUBCOMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION
HB 771 Giddings
Relating to the creation of an offense of using a telephone while
operating a school bus.
EDUCATION
HB 776 Naishtat/ Mabry/et al.
Relating to requiring that certain individuals who provide nursing
services in a nursing institution receive annual training in caring
for people with dementia.
ADMINISTRATION
HB 818 Hochberg
Relating to the setting of performance levels on assessment
instruments used in the public school accountability system.
EDUCATION
HB 826 Davis, Yvonne
Relating to the disposition of certain unclaimed wage payments.
BUSINESS & COMMERCE
HB 919 Eiland
Relating to the review and approval of drainage reports by certain
special districts.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 1027 Hupp
Relating to the confidentiality of crime victim information.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
HB 1097 Capelo
Relating to the birth defects monitoring program.
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
HB 1109 King
Relating to collateral eligible to be pledged with the comptroller
to secure state deposits.
ADMINISTRATION
HB 1163 Thompson
Relating to contracts between certain health care providers and
health benefit plans.
STATE AFFAIRS
HB 1166 Solomons
Relating to the on-line information needs and requirements of
licensing agencies and their license holders.
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION
HB 1186 Hegar
Relating to the designation of a weight enforcement officer by a
commissioners court in certain counties.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 1194 West, George "Buddy"
Relating to pipeline safety fees.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 1197 Krusee
Relating to authorization for a development agreement between a
municipality and an owner of land in the municipality's
extraterritorial jurisdiction.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 1203 Cook, Robby
Relating to the use of site-specific information by a groundwater
conservation district to develop its management plan.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 1232 Geren
Relating to the expiration of alcoholic beverage permits and
licenses.
BUSINESS & COMMERCE
HB 1241 Homer
Relating to measures to protect the state from theft, lost lottery
tickets, or other losses incurred by or in connection with lottery
sales agents.
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION
HB 1246 Riddle/ Flores/et al.
Relating to the prosecution of the offenses of sexual assault and
aggravated sexual assault.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
HB 1296 Noriega
Relating to small business development programs of navigation
districts and port authorities.
BUSINESS & COMMERCE
HB 1315 Pitts
Relating to the regulation of talent agencies.
BUSINESS & COMMERCE
HB 1344 Uresti
Relating to the election of an unopposed candidate for an office of
a political subdivision and to omission of that candidate from the
ballot.
ADMINISTRATION
HB 1439 Eissler
Relating to the application and enforcement of traffic regulations
in private subdivisions in certain counties.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY
HB 1476 Truitt
Relating to the election of certain unopposed candidates.
STATE AFFAIRS
HB 1493 Solomons
Relating to the foreclosure of property and the authority of a
mortgage servicer to administer the foreclosure on behalf of a
mortgagee.
BUSINESS & COMMERCE
HB 1496 Solomons
Relating to reduction in benefit fraud and claim overpayments in
unemployment compensation.
BUSINESS & COMMERCE
HB 1512 West, George "Buddy"
Relating to meetings to exchange information regarding emergency
management plans relating to pipeline safety.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY
HB 1527 Harper-Brown
Relating to the operation and movement of a vehicle when a
traffic-control signal does not display an indication.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY
HB 1534 Cook, Robby
Relating to certain powers of groundwater conservation districts.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 1570 Gallego
Relating to University Interscholastic League rules concerning a
community celebration for a school team that participates in a
league activity.
EDUCATION
HB 1575 Ritter
Relating to cost-based transportation rates for natural gas.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 1576 Gallego
Relating to the telecommunications planning and oversight council.
STATE AFFAIRS
HB 1577 Gallego
Relating to the prohibition of glass containers within the
boundaries of a state-owned riverbed; providing criminal penalties.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 1602 Madden
Relating to the availability on the Internet of electronic reports
of political contributions and expenditures.
STATE AFFAIRS
HB 1615 Farabee
Relating to requirements for door restrictors or firefighter's
service applicable to certain elevators, escalators, or related
equipment.
BUSINESS & COMMERCE
HB 1663 Castro
Relating to the disposition of seized weapons.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
HB 1675 Menendez/ Jones, Elizabeth
Relating to an extension of the state law supporting the Olympic
and Pan American Games to cover the 2011 Pan American Games.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 1697 Denny
Relating to recounts of elections in which direct recording
electronic voting machines were used.
STATE AFFAIRS
HB 1701 Taylor/ Eissler
Relating to providing a uniform limit on the population of a county
election precinct.
ADMINISTRATION
HB 1769 Driver
Relating to occupations regulated by the Texas Commission on
Private Security.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
HB 1771 Keel/ Baxter
Relating to use of certain 9 1 1 fees and surcharges in certain
counties.
ADMINISTRATION
HB 1791 Chisum/ Rodriguez
Relating to permits for the commercial composting of certain solid
wastes.
STATE AFFAIRS
HB 1796 Talton
Relating to the repeal of the exception from required disclosure
under the public information law of certain information submitted
by a potential vendor or contractor.
JURISPRUDENCE
HB 1813 McReynolds
Relating to the conduct of a raffle by a qualified nonprofit
organization.
STATE AFFAIRS
HB 1824 Hamric/ Mercer
Relating to adjusting formula funding for certain institutions of
higher education to account for differences between estimated and
actual receipts of educational and general funds.
EDUCATION
HB 1886 Zedler
Relating to the assessment of fees for the regulation of code
enforcement officers.
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
HB 1920 Capelo
Relating to certain immunization programs.
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
HB 1952 Truitt
Relating to local regulation of public swimming pools.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 1991 Brown, Betty
Relating to the definition of a contribution for purposes of the
regulation and reporting of political contributions.
STATE AFFAIRS
HB 1998 Gutierrez
Relating to changing the titles of the heads of the staff of the
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission to executive director and
deputy executive director.
BUSINESS & COMMERCE
HB 2032 Hochberg
Relating to the confidentiality of e-mail addresses under the
public information law.
STATE AFFAIRS
HB 2056 Dawson
Relating to the maximum value of a charitable raffle prize.
STATE AFFAIRS
HB 2073 Hilderbran
Relating to the ad valorem tax rate of a hospital district created
under general or special law.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 2074 Hilderbran/ Gallego
Relating to the election of directors and validation of acts of the
governing board of the Real-Edwards Conservation and Reclamation
District.
ADMINISTRATION
HB 2081 McReynolds
Relating to an exemption from The Texas Engineering Practice Act
for certain public works.
BUSINESS & COMMERCE
HB 2083 Campbell
Relating to certain municipal courts of record.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 2112 Homer
Relating to the liability of an employer for actions of an employee
in the sale, service, dispensing, or delivery of alcoholic
beverages.
BUSINESS & COMMERCE
HB 2128 Chisum
Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the
Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas to Childress
County.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
HB 2130 Kuempel
Relating to the exemptions from requirements applicable to local
permits.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 2131 Zedler
Relating to the regulation of certain operating room nurses
employed by certain other health providers.
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
HB 2172 Chavez/ Castro/ Thompson/ Keffer, Jim/ Solis
Relating to administration of certain workforce development
programs by the Texas Workforce Commission.
BUSINESS & COMMERCE
HB 2192 Keel/ Hopson/et al.
Relating to the regulation of controlled substances under the Texas
Controlled Substances Act and to the prosecution of certain
offenses under that Act.
ADMINISTRATION
HB 2200 Solomons
Relating to restrictions on apartment owners in a condominium
regime relating to club membership.
BUSINESS & COMMERCE
HB 2224 Dutton
Relating to open-enrollment charter schools.
EDUCATION
HB 2240 Paxton
Relating to the management of certain trusts and the adoption of
the Uniform Prudent Investor Act.
JURISPRUDENCE
HB 2241 Paxton
Relating to adoption of the Uniform Principal and Income Act.
JURISPRUDENCE
HB 2250 Flores
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.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 2261 West, George "Buddy"
Relating to the composition of the Eighth and Eleventh courts of
appeals districts.
STATE AFFAIRS
HB 2278 Morrison
Relating to the applicability of the exception to prosecution for
the offense of abandoning or endangering child.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
HB 2297 Uresti
Relating to the manner in which the roll of members-elect is called
when a house of the legislature convenes in regular session.
STATE AFFAIRS
HB 2298 Uresti/ Delisi/ Reyna/ Capelo/ Villarreal/et al.
Relating to the authority of certain state agencies to purchase
prescription drugs and other medications jointly with other states.
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
HB 2319 Dutton/ Goodman/ Hodge/ Pena/et al.
Relating to juvenile delinquency; providing a criminal penalty.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
HB 2328 McReynolds/ Christian/ Homer/ Hughes/ Hardcastle/
et al.
Relating to the registration of persons engaged in certain fowl
operations; providing a criminal penalty.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 2334 Turner
Relating to the right of residents of an area annexed for limited
purposes to vote in certain municipal elections.
ADMINISTRATION
HB 2361 Bailey
Relating to the investigation of a firefighter or police officer in
certain municipalities.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 2379 Hill
Relating to the recreational facility fee charged at The University
of Texas at Dallas.
SUBCOMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION
HB 2385 Griggs/ Noriega/ Berman/ Eissler/ Smith, Wayne
Relating to salary payments to municipal and county employees
called to active military duty.
ADMINISTRATION
HB 2400 Noriega
Relating to military leave and military leave time accounts for
certain municipal fire fighters and police officers.
VETERAN AFFAIRS & MILITARY INSTALLATIONS
HB 2455 Chisum/ Gallego/ Solomons/ Dunnam
Relating to the governmental entities subject to, and the
confidentiality of records under, the sunset review process.
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION
HB 2457 Rangel/ Canales/ Garza/ Luna/ Mercer
Relating to an intercollegiate athletics fee at Texas A&M
University--Kingsville.
SUBCOMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION
HB 2481 Uresti
Relating to excluding certain income in calculating child support
and spousal maintenance.
JURISPRUDENCE
HB 2485 Hochberg
Relating to internal auditing of state agencies.
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION
HB 2543 Bonnen
Relating to allowing nonprofit corporations to offer limited cash
prizes under the Charitable Raffle Enabling Act.
STATE AFFAIRS
HB 2546 Bonnen/et al.
Relating to the land application of certain sludge.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 2567 Geren
Relating to the disposal of brine from desalination operations.
ADMINISTRATION
HB 2585 Flynn
Relating to an examination requirement for mortgage broker and loan
officer license applicants.
ADMINISTRATION
HB 2613 Keffer, Bill
Relating to liens on stored hydrocarbons at sites and facilities
that have not been timely cleaned up.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 2622 Allen
Relating to certain governmental agency and private entity access
to and use of criminal history record information maintained by the
Department of Public Safety.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
HB 2636 Madden
Relating to notifying an applicant of the omission of certain
information from a federal postcard application to vote in an
election.
STATE AFFAIRS
HB 2654 Farabee
Relating to clarification of certain exemptions from requirements
of pipeline assessment and testing.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 2660 Puente
Relating to the establishment of minimum levels of water
conservation in water conservation plans.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 2661 Puente
Relating to the use of graywater.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 2663 Puente
Relating to the establishment of quantifiable goals for drought
contingency plans.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 2668 Allen/ Stick/ Hodge/ Uresti/ Edwards/et al.
Relating to the punishment and sentencing of defendants convicted
of certain offenses under the Texas Controlled Substances Act.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
HB 2703 Bailey/ Paxton/ Dutton/ Keel/ Flynn
Relating to the testing of certain physical evidence, crime
laboratory accreditation, and the admissibility of evidence
examined or tested by a crime laboratory.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
HB 2732 Talton
Relating to certain municipal orders required to be filed with the
municipal secretary or clerk.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 2795 Riddle
Relating to the release on bond of certain persons arrested without
a warrant.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
HB 2866 Swinford
Relating to coordination of inspections of certain licensed
child-care facilities.
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
HB 2875 Bonnen
Relating to the definition of "dispose of" for purposes of criminal
penalties imposed under the Water Code.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 2881 Driver/ Jones, Elizabeth
Relating to prohibiting an attack on an assistance animal; creating
an offense.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
HB 2886 Van Arsdale
Relating to certain certificates and reports filed with the bureau
of vital statistics.
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
HB 2888 Cook, Robby
Relating to removing exemptions for certain wells and impounded
water.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 2889 Cook, Robby/ Pena
Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to issue bonds,
notes, or warrants to finance the acquisition, construction,
operation, or repair of certain health and recreational facilities.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 2895 Allen
Relating to the operations of the Texas Youth Commission.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
HB 2899 Phillips
Relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Transportation
to contract for the erection and maintenance of specific
information logo signs, major shopping area guide signs, and major
agricultural interest signs.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY
HB 2902 Phillips
Relating to the assessment of costs for the improvement of a road
in a part of a subdivision.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 2911 Homer/ Phillips/ Seaman/et al.
Relating to designation of Farm-to-Market Road 68 in Fannin County
as Speaker Jimmy Turman Road.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY
HB 2940 McReynolds
Relating to the funding of the administrative costs of the Texas
Environmental Education Partnership Fund Board.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 2964 Howard
Relating to the operation of municipal school districts and the
levy of municipal school district taxes.
EDUCATION
HB 2985 Capelo/ Allen/ Pitts/ Nixon
Relating to the establishment of an office of patient protection
within the Health Professions Council.
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
HB 2989 Capelo/ Mabry
Relating to an inquest when a body part is found and to the
qualifications of a person conducting an inquest.
ADMINISTRATION
HB 3014 Capelo
Relating to authorizing gifts and grants of drugs and other items
to certain state agencies.
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
HB 3015 Morrison/ Brown, Fred
Relating to the tuition charged and financial assistance funded by
tuition charged to students of institutions of higher education and
to a study of the accessibility and availability of graduate and
professional programs.
SUBCOMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION
HB 3024 Casteel
Relating to increasing governmental efficiency through the
reduction of duplicative reporting and auditing requirements.
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION
HB 3034 Ellis
Relating to the rates of certain retail public utilities.
BUSINESS & COMMERCE
HB 3039 Cook, Robby
Relating to the lease of space for state agencies by the Texas
Building and Procurement Commission.
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION
HB 3041 Cook, Robby
Relating to school bus safety standards.
EDUCATION
HB 3042 Cook, Robby
Relating to the administration of the Texas Building and
Procurement Commission.
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION
HB 3043 Cook, Robby
Relating to travel services contracts.
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION
HB 3044 Cook, Robby
Relating to written comments by the General Land Office regarding
leases executed by the Texas Building and Procurement Commission.
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION
HB 3045 Cook, Robby
Relating to the limitation on the allocation of office space to
state agencies.
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION
HB 3061 Flores
Relating to regulation of the disposal of animal remains.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 3074 Flynn
Relating to required activities and limits on the amounts of state
financial assistance for which regional planning commissions may be
eligible.
FINANCE
HB 3087 Hodge
Relating to a release or satisfaction of a judgment for child
support arrearages.
FINANCE
HB 3113 Dunnam
Relating to the definition of abuse of a child.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
HB 3114 Dunnam
Relating to the definition of gross income under the Family Code.
JURISPRUDENCE
HB 3128 Truitt
Relating to write-in voting for the offices of county chair and
precinct chair.
STATE AFFAIRS
HB 3179 Homer
Relating to the elimination of certain membership requirements for
local workforce development boards and of certain programs
administered by those boards.
BUSINESS & COMMERCE
HB 3194 Uresti
Relating to an exemption for the Department of Protective and
Regulatory Services from paying certain costs and fees.
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
HB 3213 Cook, Robby
Relating to the authority of veterinarians to form a professional
association.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 3229 Rose
Relating to electing directors of the Blanco-Pedernales Groundwater
Conservation District.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 3232 Smith, Todd
Relating to the collection of costs incurred by a municipality in
remedying substandard conditions on a property.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 3235 Smith, Todd
Relating to certification training programs for municipal building
inspectors and the implementation of Texas building energy
efficiency performance standards by certified municipal building
inspectors.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 3242 Pitts
Relating to the use of the reverse auction procedure by state
agencies.
STATE AFFAIRS
HB 3270 Gallego
Relating to establishing an appellate judicial system for the
Eighth Court of Appeals.
JURISPRUDENCE
HB 3282 Guillen
Relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a hotel
occupancy tax and to the rate of that tax.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 3303 Gutierrez
Relating to the validation of certain acts and proceedings of the
City of McAllen relating to the creation of two boards of trustees
for the management of its international bridges.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 3324 Keffer, Jim
Relating to the issuance of certain obligations and the imposition
of assessments for the unemployment compensation system.
BUSINESS & COMMERCE
HB 3330 Crownover
Relating to the definition of an eligible highway for purposes of
applying to erect an information logo sign.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY
HB 3374 Rangel/ Puente/ Guillen/ Canales
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Kenedy County Groundwater
Conservation District.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 3376 Rangel/ Canales/ Garza
Relating to the payment of court costs in certain asset forfeiture
cases.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
HB 3377 Rangel/ Canales/ Garza
Relating to the filing of a notice of seizure and intended
forfeiture in an asset forfeiture case.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
HB 3383 Swinford
Relating to agricultural development districts.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 3414 Marchant
Relating to the form used for filing a financing statement and
certain other written records.
ADMINISTRATION
HB 3416 Marchant
Relating to the appointment of notaries public.
STATE AFFAIRS
HB 3420 Garza/ Guillen
Relating to a set-aside for certain colonia access roadway projects
proposed by rural border counties.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND TRADE
HB 3425 Lewis
Relating to an intercollegiate athletics fee at Prairie View A&M
University.
SUBCOMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION
HB 3456 Heflin
Relating to health benefit plans under the Texas Employees Group
Benefits Act.
STATE AFFAIRS
HB 3506 Marchant
Relating to renumbering or relettering certain provisions of
enacted codes.
ADMINISTRATION
HB 3507 Marchant
Relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
codes, to the nonsubstantive codification or disposition of various
laws omitted from enacted codes, and to conforming codifications
enacted by the 77th Legislature to other Acts of that legislature.
ADMINISTRATION
HB 3508 Marchant
Relating to the adoption of a nonsubstantive revision of local laws
concerning special districts, including conforming amendments.
ADMINISTRATION
HB 3556 Campbell
Relating to management of and certain actions and proceedings of
the Sterling County Underground Water Conservation District.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 3568 Solis
Relating to the jurisdiction of the county courts at law in Cameron
County.
JURISPRUDENCE
HB 3595 Chavez
Relating to the statutory county courts in El Paso County.
JURISPRUDENCE
HCR 59 Chavez/ Reyna/ Luna/ Thompson/ Olivo/et al.
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.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND TRADE
HCR 186 Gallego
Expressing support and encouragement for the reopening of the
bridge and border crossing at La Linda to accommodate trade and tourism
between Texas and Coahuila, Mexico.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND TRADE
HJR 16 Brown, Fred/ Brown, Betty/ Gattis/ Chavez/
Baxter /et al.
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize a county, a city
or town, or a junior college district to establish an ad valorem
tax freeze on residence homesteads of the disabled and of the
elderly and their spouses.
SUBCOMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION
HJR 21 Hamric/ Wohlgemuth/ Menendez
Proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit an increase in the
total amount of school district ad valorem taxes that may be
imposed on the residence homestead of a disabled person.
FINANCE
HJR 28 Pickett/ Hamric/ Krusee/ Gutierrez/ Menendez
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for authorization of
the issuing of notes or the borrowing of money on a short-term
basis by a state transportation agency for transportation-related
projects.
FINANCE
HJR 44 Hughes/ Pena
Proposing a constitutional amendment to permit a six-person jury in
a district court misdemeanor trial.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
HJR 51 Flores
Proposing a constitutional amendment to establish a two-year period
for the redemption of a mineral interest sold for unpaid ad valorem
taxes at a tax sale.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HJR 54 King/ Pena/ Jones, Elizabeth/ Capelo/ Swinford/
et al.
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing that benefits in
certain public retirement systems may not be reduced or impaired.
STATE AFFAIRS
HJR 59 Uresti
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to
permit a person to assume an office of a political subdivision
without an election if the person is the only candidate to qualify
in an election for that office.
STATE AFFAIRS
HJR 62 Truitt
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to
permit a person to take office without an election if the person is
the only candidate to qualify in an election for that office.
STATE AFFAIRS
HJR 68 Hupp/ Hunter/ Miller/ Delisi/ Berman
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the Veterans' Land
Board to make certain payments on revenue bonds and to use assets
in certain funds to provide for veterans homes.
VETERAN AFFAIRS & MILITARY INSTALLATIONS
HJR 84 Uresti/ Goolsby/ Luna/ McReynolds
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the filling of a
temporary vacancy in a public office created by the activation for
military service of a public officer.
VETERAN AFFAIRS & MILITARY INSTALLATIONS