BILLS REFERRED TODAY MAY 7, 2003 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 THE FOLLOWING BILLS REFLECT A NEW REFERRAL LIST FOR THIS DATE: 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