SENATE FLOOR ACTION
Saturday
May 24, 2003
THE SENATE SUSPENDED ALL NECESSARY RULES TO CONSIDER AND FINALLY PASS:
SB 1955 Ratliff
Relating to the Red River Redevelopment Authority; providing the
power of eminent domain and the power to issue bonds.
HJR 23 Hochberg/ Solomons SP: Carona
Proposing a constitutional amendment permitting refinancing of a
home equity loan with a reverse mortgage.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT
HB 284 Ellis/ Kuempel SP: Staples
Relating to the applicability of the offense of unlawfully carrying
a weapon to certain persons carrying a weapon in a recreational
vehicle.
HB 320 Grusendorf/ Brown, Betty/ Hupp/et al.
SP: Fraser
Relating to the refusal to administer or consent to the
administration of certain psychiatric or psychological treatment to
a child.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT
HB 411 Grusendorf SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to improvement of science instruction and student
performance in public schools.
1 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT
HB 529 Brown, Betty SP: Deuell
Relating to the ineligibility of a delinquent child support obligor
to receive state-funded or state-administered student financial
assistance.
HB 547 Wohlgemuth SP: Averitt
Relating to the distance between certain pits that are part of
quarrying operations in certain counties and adjacent property.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT
HB 725 Haggerty/ Ellis SP: Whitmire
Relating to the participation of community supervision and
corrections department employees, retired employees, and dependents
of employees and retired employees in the group benefits program
for state employees.
HB 864 Kolkhorst/et al. SP: Staples
Relating to prohibiting the introduction or possession of certain
items in correctional facilities or on certain property of the
Texas Department of Criminal Justice; providing penalties.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT
HB 917 Eiland SP: Janek
Relating to the authority of counties and municipalities to incur
debt to participate in erosion response projects undertaken by the
General Land Office.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT
HB 1197 Krusee SP: Wentworth
Relating to authorization for a development agreement between a
municipality and an owner of land in the municipality's
extraterritorial jurisdiction.
HB 1446 Brown, Betty SP: Averitt
Relating to the eligibility of certain children for certain health
benefit coverage.
HB 1459 Eiland SP: Janek
Relating to hotel taxes in certain coastal municipalities with a
population of less than 5,000.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT
HB 1704 Taylor/et al. SP: Janek
Relating to certain eligibility requirements for a license to carry
a concealed handgun.
HB 1723 Geren/ Zedler SP: Averitt
Relating to the performance of asbestos surveys.
HB 2169 Telford/ Ritter/ Menendez/ Flores/et al.
SP: Shapiro
Relating to the payment of retirement benefits to retirees who are
employed by certain public educational institutions.
1 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT
HB 2470 Kuempel SP: Jackson
Relating to buyback programs of commercial licenses for certain
aquatic animals and the promotion and marketing of the shrimp
industry in this state and to funding those activities.
HB 2668 Allen/ Stick/ Hodge/ Uresti/ Edwards/et al.
SP: Whitmire
Relating to the punishment and sentencing of defendants convicted
of certain offenses under the Texas Controlled Substances Act.
HB 3152 Bonnen SP: Jackson
Relating to the potability of and requirements for removing
contaminants from groundwater.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT
HB 3242 Pitts SP: Estes
Relating to the use of the reverse auction procedure by the Texas
Building and Procurement Commission.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT
HB 3366 Ritter/ Deshotel/ Hamilton SP: Williams
Relating to licensing and regulation of certain pilots, pilotage
rates, and pilot service.
THE SENATE ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION:
SCR 53 Williams
Designating May 24, 2003, as Aviation Maintenance Technician Day in
honor of Charles Edward Taylor.
THE SENATE CONCURRED IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO THE FOLLOWING:
SB 273 Shapleigh SP: Dunnam/et al.
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Court Reporters
Certification Board; providing an administrative penalty.
SB 1147 Shapleigh SP: Wise/et al.
Relating to the functions of the State Office of Administrative
Hearings, including hearings functions transferred to the office
from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
SB 1317 Van de Putte SP: Uresti/et al.
Relating to the regulation of tattooists, persons who perform body
piercing, tattoo studios, and certain body piercing studios;
providing criminal penalties.
THE SENATE REFUSED TO CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS AND REQUESTED
THE APPOINTMENT OF A CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON THE FOLLOWING:
SB 283 Jackson SP: Chisum/et al.
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Board of
Architectural Examiners, including functions affecting architects,
landscape architects, and interior designers; providing a criminal
penalty.
SB 894 Bivins SP: Grusendorf
Relating to the reporting and auditing requirements relating to
school dropouts and to the use of compensatory education funds.
THE SENATE GRANTED THE REQUEST FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A CONFERENCE
COMMITTEE ON THE FOLLOWING:
HB 555 Chisum SP: Armbrister
Relating to notice requirements for certain portable facilities
under the Clean Air Act.
HB 1702 Taylor SP: Jackson
Relating to the sale and subsequent lease of property by certain
counties.
THE FOLLOWING BILLS WERE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE INDICATED:
HB 1756 Hilderbran
Relating to the name, administration, operations, powers, and
duties of the Menard County Water Control and Improvement District
No. 1 and the Menard County Underground Water District.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 3569 Hopson
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Rusk County Groundwater
Conservation District.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 3574 Wohlgemuth
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
functions, operations, and financing of the Johnson County Special
Utility District.
ADMINISTRATION
HB 3582 Quintanilla
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Paseo del Este Municipal Utility
Districts No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 and to the
authorization of bonds and the imposition of taxes; providing civil
penalties.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 3587 Callegari
Relating to powers, duties, and name of the Energy Corridor
Management District.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 3594 Gattis
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Williamson County Municipal Utility
District No. 14.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 3598 Smithee
Relating to the Randall County Juvenile Board.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 3601 Hopson
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Houston County Groundwater
Conservation District.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 3602 Bonnen
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Brazoria County Groundwater
Conservation District.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 3606 Smith, Wayne
Relating to the boundaries of the Baytown Area Water Authority and
the validation of actions taken by the board of directors of the
authority.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 3608 Krusee
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Northeast Williamson County
Municipal Utility District.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 3610 Callegari
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Williamson County Municipal Utility
District No. 15.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 3614 Brown, Betty
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Kingsborough Municipal Utility
District No. 8 of Kaufman County.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 3615 Brown, Betty
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Kingsborough Municipal Utility
District No. 9 of Kaufman County.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 3616 Brown, Betty
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Kingsborough Municipal Utility
District No. 7 of Kaufman County.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 3617 Brown, Betty
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Kingsborough Municipal Utility
District No. 6 of Kaufman County.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 3618 Brown, Betty
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Kingsborough Municipal Utility
District No. 5 of Kaufman County.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 3619 Brown, Betty
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Kingsborough Municipal Utility
District No. 4 of Kaufman County.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 3620 Brown, Betty
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Kingsborough Municipal Utility
District No. 3 of Kaufman County.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 3621 Brown, Betty
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Kingsborough Municipal Utility
District No. 2 of Kaufman County.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 3622 Brown, Betty
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Kingsborough Municipal Utility
District No. 1 of Kaufman County.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 3629 Bohac
Relating to the creation of the Spring Branch Area Community
Improvement District; providing the authority to issue bonds.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 3635 Hughes
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Upshur County Groundwater
Conservation District.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 3636 Cook, Robby
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Colony Municipal Utility District
No. 1.
ADMINISTRATION
HCR 219 Hughes
Designating Mineola as the official Birding Capital of East Texas.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HCR 252 Corte
Calling a joint session of the legislature to honor all Texans
killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
STATE AFFAIRS
THE FOLLOWING BILLS WERE REREFERRED:
HCR 101 Capelo SP: Van de Putte
Requesting that Congress enact a Medicare prescription drug
benefit.
REREFERRED FROM HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES TO VET. AFF. & MIL. INSTALL.
HCR 199 Gutierrez SP: Van de Putte
Requesting that congress enact legislation to define the political
status options available to U.S. citizens of Puerto Rico.
REREFERRED FROM STATE AFFAIRS TO VETERAN AFFAIRS & MILITARY INSTALLATIONS