BILLS REFERRED TODAY
MAY 15, 2003
SB 1950 Zaffirini
Relating to requiring a nonbinding referendum on the question of
whether the cigarette tax should be increased by $1 per pack and
whether that increase should be used for certain health and human
services programs.
FINANCE
SB 1951 Ratliff
Relating to the sale of certain land dedicated to the permanent
school fund.
STATE AFFAIRS
SB 1952 Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the reorganization of, efficiency in, and other reform
measures applying to state government.
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION
SCR 54 Brimer
Granting Town Talk Foods, Inc., and Thomas E. Potthoff permission
to sue the State of Texas and the Texas Department of Health.
JURISPRUDENCE
SCR 55 Barrientos/et al.
Designating the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin as the Official Mexican and
Mexican American Art Museum of Texas.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND TRADE
SJR 4 Ratliff
Proposing a constitutional amendment to permit the legislature to
require the sale of certain land dedicated to the permanent school
fund.
STATE AFFAIRS
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.
REREFERRED FROM SUBCOMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION TO EDUCATION