SENATE FLOOR ACTION




                                 Saturday
                               May 31, 2003

THE SENATE ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS:


SR 1034             Shapiro
Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction on
H.B. No. 3015.

SCR 62             Armbrister
Relating to ERS health benefits provision.

HCR 256             Kuempel                    SP: Armbrister
Directing the White-tailed Deer Advisory Committee to address how
habitat relates to the ecological diversity of the state and to study the
role of the wildlife biologist in the development of management plans and
in the utilization of suitable management practices, including population
goals and control, yearly census data, supplemental feeding and food plots,
and genetic management.

HCR 281             Hughes                     SP: Ratliff
Recognizing Mineola as the Birding Capital of East Texas.

THE SENATE CONCURRED IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO THE FOLLOWING:


SCR 55             Barrientos/et al.          SP: Keel/et al.
Designating the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin as the Official Mexican and
Mexican American Art Museum of Texas.

SB 266             Lucio                      SP: Gallego/et al.
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Board of Law
Examiners.

SB 297             Janek                      SP: Hamric
Relating to a firefighters' relief and retirement fund in certain
municipalities.

SB 319             Armbrister/et al.          SP: Allen
Relating to the death of or injury to an unborn child; providing
penalties.

SB 480             Madla                      SP: Mercer
Relating to excepting certain land from the additional tax imposed
on the change of use of land appraised for ad valorem tax purposes
as open-space land.

SB 482             Madla/et al.               SP: Haggerty/et al.
Relating to certain benefits provided to the survivors of public
employees and chaplains killed in the line of duty.

SB 734             Ratliff                    SP: Hunter
Relating to the power of appointment in certain municipalities
having city managers.

SB 782             Armbrister                 SP: Capelo/et al.
Relating to the authority of a county or municipality to contract
for collection services in criminal cases and certain cases
involving the parking or stopping of motor vehicles.

SB 800             Madla/et al.               SP: Corte/et al.
Relating to the establishment of Texas A&M University--San Antonio
and Texas A&M University--Central Texas.

SB 820             Fraser                     SP: Solomons
Relating to the certification of maximum medical improvement and
assignment of an impairment rating for an employee receiving
workers' compensation benefits.

SB 1073             West/et al.                SP: Miller
Relating to convictions barring employment in certain facilities
serving the elderly or persons with disabilities.

SB 1152             Shapleigh                  SP: Solomons
Relating to the use of TexasOnline.

SB 1173             Janek                      SP: Delisi
Relating to prescription drug benefits under the group health
benefit programs for certain governmental employees and retired
employees.

SB 1184             Deuell                     SP: Keffer, Jim
Relating to the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety
standards.

SB 1336             Hinojosa                   SP: Talton
Relating to the liability of a criminal defendant and the
defendant's sureties on a personal bond or bail bond and to certain
procedures in connection with bond forfeiture.

SB 1472             West                       SP: Goolsby
Relating to zoological operation and maintenance boards;
authorizing taxes and bonds.

SB 1477             West                       SP: Talton/et al.
Relating to restrictions on the disclosure of certain criminal
records and to the duty of law enforcement agencies regarding
records associated with certain defendants receiving deferred
adjudication; providing a civil penalty.

SB 1659             Madla                      SP: Mercer
Relating to certain ad valorem tax exemptions, payments, and
refunds.

SB 1696             Wentworth                  SP: Hill
Relating to the issuance of obligations by certain municipalities
to pay unfunded liabilities to public pension funds.

SB 1701             Wentworth                  SP: Pitts
Relating to the Department of Information Resources' management of
certain electronic and telecommunications projects.

SB 1705             Wentworth                  SP: Martinez Fischer
Relating to the authority of certain taxing entities to repeal the
local sales and use tax exemption for telecommunications services.

SB 1784             Lucio                      SP: Goolsby
Relating to the imposition and allocation of municipal hotel
occupancy taxes in certain general-law coastal municipalities.

SB 1804             Harris                     SP: Zedler
Relating to certain health care treatment plans and pharmaceutical
services.

SB 1888             Staples                    SP: Christian
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Southeast Texas Groundwater
Conservation District.