BILLS REFERRED TODAY
APRIL 3, 2003
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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