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LOCAL, CONSENT, AND RESOLUTIONS CALENDAR
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
9:00 A.M.
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**********SENATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS**********
SB 658 Madla
SP: Reyna
Relating to the scheduling of certain University Interscholastic
League competitions.
SB 18 Williams / et al.
SP: Ritter
Relating to the adoption of ad valorem tax rates by taxing units
and to related tax bills.
SB 30 Zaffirini
SP: Brown, Fred
Relating to a pilot project to award incentives to students
contracting to graduate in a timely manner from public institutions
of higher education.
SB 39 Zaffirini
SP: Goolsby
Relating to continuing education in forensic evidence collection
for certain physicians and nurses.
SB 44 Nelson
SP: Delisi
Relating to the Indigent Health Care Advisory Committee.
SB 51 Nelson
SP: Smithee
Relating to administration of certain health benefit plans.
SB 66 Nelson
SP: Driver
Relating to the establishment of certain programs and initiatives
designed to prevent the manufacture and use of methamphetamine;
providing a penalty.
SB 183 Lucio / et al.
SP: Chavez / West, George "Buddy"
Relating to the appointment, operation, and recommendations of the
Border Trade Advisory Committee.
SB 188 Zaffirini
SP: Hochberg
Relating to a memorandum of understanding between the Texas School
for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the Texas Education Agency.
SB 189 Zaffirini
SP: Hochberg
Relating to the operation of the Texas School for the Blind and
Visually Impaired.
SB 213 Shapleigh
SP: Martinez Fischer
Relating to requiring more Spanish language content for online
information provided by state agencies.
SB 254 Shapiro
SP: Hill
Relating to the removal of certain restrictions imposed on the
programs, enrollment, and admission policies of The University of
Texas at Dallas.
SB 256 Williams
SP: Brown, Fred
Relating to the release of certain student information by a school
district.
SB 269 Madla
SP: Flores
Relating to certain administrative fees and taxes collected by the
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission.
SB 270 Madla / et al.
SP: Mowery
Relating to mass gatherings outside the limits of a municipality.
SB 271 Zaffirini / et al.
SP: Burnam
Relating to the issuance of a certificate of birth resulting in
stillbirth on request of a parent.
SB 291 West, Royce
SP: Alonzo / Hartnett
Relating to the index of court fees and costs.
SB 296 Madla / et al.
SP: Corte
Relating to the student enrollment required for the operation of
Texas A&M University--San Antonio and Texas A&M University--Central
Texas as independent general academic teaching institutions.
SB 302 Ellis / et al.
SP: Coleman
Relating to reports regarding participation in higher education.
SB 307 Duncan
SP: Coleman
Relating to a mental health court program.
SB 308 Duncan
SP: Swinford
Relating to temporary successors to members of the legislature
during a period of emergency caused by enemy attack.
SB 314 Gallegos
SP: Hamric
Relating to the emergency service fee rate in certain 9-1-1
emergency communication districts.
SB 325 Zaffirini
SP: Naishtat / Hupp
Relating to the management of behavior of residents of certain
facilities; providing an administrative penalty.
SB 331 Lindsay
SP: Hamric
Relating to the powers and duties of the North Harris County
Regional Water Authority.
SB 338 Carona
SP: Keffer, Jim
Relating to the amount of the use tax imposed on certain motor
vehicles brought into this state by a new resident.
SB 356 Ellis
SP: Thompson
Relating to an urban land bank program in certain municipalities.
SB 369 Barrientos
SP: Rose
Relating to the prohibition of signs on Farm-to-Market Road 3238.
SB 387 Wentworth
SP: Eissler
Relating to school district employment policies.
SB 423 Carona
SP: Delisi
Relating to the issuance of a limited license to practice medicine
to certain applicants.
SB 425 Hinojosa / et al.
SP: Luna / Seaman
Relating to subdivision platting requirements and assistance for
certain counties near an international border.
SB 428 Lindsay
SP: Riddle
Relating to the repeal of the requirement that the creation of the
Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 388 be confirmed by a
specific date.
SB 429 Lindsay
SP: Riddle
Relating to the repeal of the requirement that the creation of the
Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 387 be confirmed by a
specific date.
SB 444 Staples
SP: Hopson / Elkins
Relating to registration fee credits for the owners of certain dry
cleaning facilities that do not participate in the dry cleaning
facility release fund.
SB 452 Wentworth
SP: Gattis
Relating to transferring the duties of the Texas Building and
Procurement Commission under the public information law to the
attorney general.
SB 465 West, Royce
SP: Naishtat
Relating to the administration of psychoactive medication to
certain patients.
SB 471 Hinojosa
SP: Luna
Relating to the Texas Coastal Ocean Observation Network.
SB 483 Staples / et al.
SP: Branch
Relating to allowing designated public school libraries to
participate in group purchasing agreements with the TexShare
Library Consortium.
SB 493 Van de Putte
SP: Hamilton
Relating to reducing paperwork required of school districts and
school district employees.
SB 502 West, Royce
SP: Morrison
Relating to common undergraduate admission application forms for
public institutions of higher education in this state.
SB 511 Deuell
SP: Rose
Relating to public testimony at regular meetings of the governing
board of a general academic teaching institution.
SB 521 Madla / et al.
SP: Uresti
Relating to exemptions from the law governing emergency medical
services for certain transfer vehicles and staff and to the minimum
qualifications for obtaining an emergency medical services provider
license.
SB 526 Hinojosa
SP: Martinez
Relating to a county's authority to impose a records archive fee.
SB 532 Shapiro
SP: Morrison
Relating to tuition and other charges and fees imposed by the
governing board of a junior college district.
SB 609 Nelson
SP: Truitt
Relating to the establishment of an advisory panel to conduct a
study on the reporting of health care associated infection rates
and process measures.
SB 610 Nelson
SP: Laubenberg
Relating to the regulation of the practice of dentistry.
SB 615 Averitt
SP: Anderson
Relating to the powers of a Special Agent of the Secret Service to
effect an arrest, search, or seizure.
SB 621 Janek
SP: Hegar
Relating to the territory of certain 9-1-1 emergency communication
districts.
SB 630 Van de Putte
SP: Gonzalez Toureilles
Relating to audits of providers in the medical assistance program.
SB 691 Madla / et al.
SP: Wong
Relating to the creation and functions of an arthritis control and
prevention program.
SB 702 Deuell
SP: Flynn
Relating to authorizing certain uses for student center complex
fees charged to students enrolled in component institutions of The
Texas A&M University System.
SB 727 Wentworth
SP: Gattis
Relating to the public information law.
SB 729 Wentworth
SP: Puente
Relating to a weighted caseload study of the district courts.
SB 732 Williams
SP: Driver
Relating to the administration of polygraph examinations to certain
applicants for positions in the Department of Public Safety.
SB 737 Brimer
SP: Driver
Relating to the prosecution of offenses involving the operating or
loading of an overweight vehicle in violation of certain laws.
SB 739 Lucio
SP: Chisum
Relating to the payment of certain administrative penalties
assessed by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality under an
installment payment schedule.
SB 742 Duncan
SP: Giddings
Relating to disqualification for eligibility for workers'
compensation benefits of certain professional athletes.
SB 757 Armbrister
SP: Solomons
Relating to property in the custody of a pawnbroker; providing
criminal penalties.
SB 760 Armbrister
SP: Straus
Relating to the classification of open-space land into categories
for purposes of appraising the land for ad valorem tax purposes.
SB 776 Van de Putte
SP: Noriega, Melissa
Relating to persons eligible to administer or take a high school
equivalency examination.
SB 785 Fraser
SP: Rose
Relating to the regulation of quarries; providing penalties.
SB 805 Averitt
SP: Taylor
Relating to certain small and large employer health cooperatives.
SB 815 Lucio
SP: Solis
Relating to the long-range plan for the South Texas Health Care
System and the provision of tuberculosis and other health care
services in the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
SB 826 Van de Putte
SP: Coleman
Relating to a study examining the feasibility of providing health
services for women with postpartum depression.
SB 827 Zaffirini / et al.
SP: Guillen
Relating to systems for identifying colonias and for tracking the
progress of state-funded projects that benefit colonias and the
submission of a related report to the legislature.
SB 829 Wentworth
SP: Menendez
Relating to the authority of counties to establish petty cash
funds.
SB 866 Staples
SP: Howard
Relating to the operation of authorized emergency vehicles
conducting a police escort.
SB 876 Lindsay
SP: Hughes
Relating to financial reporting requirements of a nonprofit
corporation.
SB 920 Van de Putte
SP: Anderson
Relating to creating the Texas Treasure Award to honor businesses
that have existed in Texas for 50 years or more.
SB 921 Duncan
SP: Isett
Relating to the designation of a portion of Interstate Highway 27
between Lubbock and Amarillo as the Marshall Formby Memorial
Highway.
SB 951 Estes
SP: King, Phil
Relating to the operation of certain cemeteries using county
resources.
SB 955 Seliger
SP: Noriega, Melissa / Merritt / Corte / Berman
Relating to awards for certain members of the state military forces
serving on active federal military duty.
SB 967 Fraser
SP: Hupp
Relating to the creation of the Central Texas Groundwater
Conservation District; providing authority to impose a tax and
issue bonds.
SB 986 Duncan
SP: Hunter
Relating to the election of directors of the Wes-Tex Groundwater
Conservation District.
SB 988 Carona
SP: Flynn
Relating to education courses required for a mortgage broker or
loan officer license.
SB 993 Ellis
SP: Allen, Alma
Relating to the creation of the Harris County Improvement District
No. 5; providing authority to impose a tax and issue a bond or
similar obligation.
SB 995 Averitt
SP: Anderson
Relating to donees of anatomical gifts.
SB 998 Madla
SP: Uresti
Relating to contracts with local workforce development boards.
SB 1002 Madla
SP: Delisi
Relating to creating a TexasOnline project concerning grant
assistance provided by state agencies.
SB 1037 Lucio
SP: Oliveira
Relating to tuition rates for Olympic athletes residing and
training in Texas.
SB 1038 Lucio
SP: Oliveira
Relating to authorizing a special events trust fund to support
certain Olympic events, including training and development
activities.
SB 1045 Janek
SP: Nixon
Relating to insurance or other coverage in lieu of a bond
requirement for officers, employees, and consultants of certain
conservation and reclamation districts.
SB 1056 Lucio
SP: Dukes
Relating to the forced sale of an owner's interest in certain real
property.
SB 1063 Staples
SP: Berman
Relating to the rates of certain retail public utilities.
SB 1088 Madla
SP: McClendon
Relating to the retirement system for firefighters and police
officers in certain municipalities.
SB 1090 Madla
SP: Menendez / Corte
Relating to the powers and duties of a defense base development
authority.
SB 1105 Madla
SP: Uresti / Corte
Relating to defense adjustment management authorities.
SB 1106 Madla
SP: Casteel
Relating to continuing education courses for a county treasurer.
SB 1107 Madla
SP: Casteel
Relating to the requirements for removal of a county treasurer.
SB 1108 Madla
SP: Casteel
Relating to the bond of a county treasurer.
SB 1112 Eltife
SP: McCall
Relating to debt management services; providing a penalty.
SB 1113 Gallegos
SP: Dawson
Relating to allowing a hospital to release protected health
information of a patient to emergency medical services providers
for treatment, payment, and health care operations.
SB 1122 West, Royce
SP: Alonzo / Hartnett
Relating to the Board of Law Examiners board member compensation.
SB 1130 Hinojosa
SP: Hilderbran
Relating to a requirement that a common carrier or pipeline owner
or operator report contamination.
SB 1133 Hinojosa
SP: Gonzales
Relating to posting notice online of the meetings of certain
governmental bodies.
SB 1139 Eltife
SP: Frost
Relating to monitoring by the Texas Building and Procurement
Commission and the Legislative Budget Board of the transfer of
surplus or salvage property by state agencies.
SB 1146 Shapiro / et al.
SP: Morrison
Relating to an early college education program to provide at-risk
and other students accelerated high school graduation and college
credit.
SB 1147 Harris
SP: Hartnett
Relating to the appointment of visiting associate judges.
SB 1151 Harris
SP: Goodman
Relating to the use of a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity
under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.
SB 1170 Armbrister
SP: Crownover
Relating to the regulation of gas production by the Railroad
Commission of Texas.
SB 1173 Armbrister
SP: Solomons
Relating to the regulation of a perpetual care cemetery and the
sale of interment rights in a mausoleum before completion of
construction.
SB 1175 Armbrister
SP: Crownover
Relating to the regulation of oil and gas production by the
Railroad Commission of Texas.
SB 1202 Lucio / et al.
SP: Chavez
Relating to the coordination of colonia initiatives and services to
colonia residents.
SB 1204 Madla
SP: King, Tracy
Relating to erecting an off-premise sign adjacent to and visible
from certain roads.
SB 1206 Madla
SP: Casteel
Relating to erecting an off-premise sign adjacent to and visible
from certain roads.
SB 1226 Shapiro
SP: Morrison
Relating to a study of the reporting requirements imposed on public
institutions of higher education.
SB 1238 Madla
SP: Menendez
Relating to the creation of a public nuisance by the failure to
properly maintain a drainage easement.
SB 1247 West, Royce
SP: Brown, Fred
Relating to admission to the Joint Admission Medical Program.
SB 1264 Whitmire
SP: Allen, Ray
Relating to fees collected for services provided by the Commission
on Jail Standards.
SB 1275 Jackson, Mike
SP: Davis, John
Relating to the issuance of certain court orders to protect victims
of family violence.
SB 1282 Armbrister
SP: Keffer, Bill
Relating to insurance and regulatory requirements for certain
amusement rides.
SB 1283 Armbrister
SP: Seaman
Relating to the application of certain laws to certain commercially
domiciled insurers and insurers that are part of an insurance
company holding system.
SB 1284 Armbrister
SP: Seaman
Relating to certain requirements applicable to health maintenance
organizations.
SB 1290 Wentworth
SP: Chisum
Relating to the sale or use of certain refrigerants.
SB 1340 Madla
SP: Delisi
Relating to the regulation and reimbursement of health care
services provided through telehealth or telemedicine under the
state Medicaid program.
SB 1345 Van de Putte
SP: Berman
Relating to the amount of emergency leave granted by state agencies
to state employees on unpaid military leave.
SB 1351 Williams / et al.
SP: Hill / Rose
Relating to the appeal of certain ad valorem tax determinations
through binding arbitration.
SB 1353 Williams
SP: Eissler
Relating to the powers and duties of the Town Center Improvement
District of Montgomery County, Texas, and of governmental entities
and peace officers that interact with the district; providing a
penalty.
SB 1370 Madla
SP: Truitt
Relating to the disposition of certain tax revenue for the
protection and development of grape and wine production.
SB 1377 Staples
SP: Cook, Byron
Relating to certain fees imposed by the secretary of state and the
maximum amount that may be imposed in connection with the adoption
of a child in another country.
SB 1395 Shapiro
SP: Grusendorf
Relating to the establishment of high school diploma programs by
Job Corps training programs under the United States Department of
Labor.
SB 1413 Shapleigh / et al.
SP: Smith, Wayne
Relating to county brownfield cleanup and economic redevelopment
programs.
SB 1440 Hinojosa
SP: Luna
Relating to the use of sales tax revenue to pay or secure certain
municipal public securities.
SB 1448 Averitt
SP: Eiland
Relating to the applicability of certain laws relating to
portability of certain health benefit coverage provided to school
district employees.
SB 1450 Averitt
SP: Hopson
Relating to judgment interest.
SB 1452 Lucio
SP: Oliveira
Relating to the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science at The
University of Texas at Brownsville.
SB 1455 Wentworth
SP: Krusee
Relating to the establishment of regional habitat conservation
plans by political subdivisions of this state.
SB 1461 Seliger
SP: Hegar
Relating to the offenses for which the use of wire, oral, or
electronic interception devices may be authorized.
SB 1479 Shapleigh / et al.
SP: Corte
Relating to deferred presentment transactions of certain military
personnel or their spouses.
SB 1481 Shapleigh
SP: Corte
Relating to powers and duties of the Texas Military Preparedness
Commission.
SB 1491 Williams
SP: Hughes / Alonzo
Relating to a fee charged for services provided by the staff of the
state law library.
SB 1498 Fraser
SP: Hilderbran
Relating to the requirement for water district consent to certain
actions by municipalities that provide law enforcement or fire
protection services.
SB 1524 Zaffirini
SP: Uresti
Relating to fees charged for a vital statistics record.
SB 1525 Zaffirini
SP: Delisi
Relating to safe patient handling and movement practices of nurses
in hospitals and nursing homes.
SB 1533 Barrientos
SP: Uresti
Relating to parking by state employees in state-owned garages.
SB 1551 Estes
SP: Driver
Relating to the continuation of certain offenses and certain
statutes involving the interception of certain communications.
SB 1558 Lucio
SP: Eiland
Relating to the applicability of certain insurance laws to Lloyd's
plans and reciprocal and interinsurance exchanges.
SB 1564 Janek
SP: Van Arsdale
Relating to the repeal of the requirement for a surety bond or
other proof of financial responsibility for licensure of surplus
lines insurance agents.
SB 1569 Williams
SP: Smith, Todd
Relating to audits of state agency expenditures to recover
overpayments and lost discounts.
SB 1579 Zaffirini
SP: Gonzalez Toureilles
Relating to the prohibition of signs on certain roads.
SB 1589 Carona
SP: Swinford
Relating to fraudulent documents offered to the county clerk or the
secretary of state for filing.
SB 1591 Carona
SP: Seaman
Relating to accountant practice requirements for certain audits of
insurer financial reports.
SB 1592 Carona
SP: Seaman
Relating to special deposits required of certain insurers.
SB 1604 Staples
SP: Cook, Byron
Relating to the Neches and Trinity Valleys Groundwater Conservation
District.
SB 1635 Duncan
SP: Hilderbran
Relating to the Schleicher County Hospital District.
SB 1652 Staples
SP: Hill
Relating to the administration of ad valorem taxation and to
certain measures involving school district property values.
SB 1673 Barrientos
SP: Olivo / Allen, Ray
Relating to the creation of a sheriff's department civil service
system in certain counties.
SB 1692 Duncan
SP: Isett
Relating to storage of wine by the holder of a winery permit.
SB 1693 Duncan
SP: Flynn
Relating to collateral for deposits of public school funds.
SB 1707 Staples
SP: McReynolds
Relating to the regulation of poultry facilities.
SB 1730 Janek
SP: Haggerty
Relating to the use of ad valorem taxes by a municipality or county
for a sports and community venue project.
SB 1751 Duncan
SP: Jones, Delwin
Relating to the powers and board of directors of the Lubbock Reese
Redevelopment Authority; authorizing a bond or similar obligation.
SB 1764 Gallegos
SP: Bailey
Relating to the creation of the Airline Improvement District;
providing authority to impose a tax and issue a bond or similar
obligation.
SB 1769 Harris
SP: Truitt
Relating to administrators of certain hospital districts.
SB 1795 Armbrister
SP: Olivo
Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility
District No. 177; providing authority to impose a tax and issue
bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.
SB 1798 Armbrister
SP: Hegar
Relating to the creation of the North Fort Bend Water Authority;
providing authority to issue bonds; granting the power of eminent
domain; providing an administrative penalty.
SB 1807 Jackson, Mike
SP: Eiland
Relating to the power and duties of the Galveston County Municipal
Utility District No. 52.
SB 1809 Wentworth / et al.
SP: Seaman
Relating to statewide evaluation of tech-prep consortia.
SB 1811 Shapleigh
SP: Haggerty
Relating to the ability of certain water supply or sewer service
corporations to dissolve and transfer assets to a municipality.
SB 1820 Armbrister
SP: Hegar
Relating to the creation of the West Fort Bend Management District;
providing authority to levy an assessment, impose a tax, and issue
bonds.
SB 1821 Fraser
SP: Hupp
Relating to the creation of the Flatrock Springs Municipal
Management District; granting authority for taxation and the
issuance of bonds.
SB 1823 Wentworth
SP: Kuempel
Relating to the creation of the Schertz Municipal Utility District
No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds;
granting the power of eminent domain.
SB 1826 Estes
SP: King, Phil
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
functions, operations, and financing of the Parker County Special
Utility District; granting the power of eminent domain.
SB 1829 Lucio
SP: Haggerty
Relating to rate regulation of certain insurers writing personal
automobile insurance.
SB 1831 Hinojosa
SP: Luna
Relating to the creation of the Corpus Christi Aquifer Storage and
Recovery Conservation District.
SB 1832 Lindsay
SP: Callegari
Relating to the assignment of judges to hear certain cases in the
Harris County civil courts at law.
SB 1840 Lucio
SP: Escobar
Relating to the Willacy County Drainage District No. 1; providing
the authority to impose a tax.
SB 1844 Harris
SP: Morrison
Relating to scholarships for the fifth year of accounting programs
at public and private institutions of higher education.
SB 1846 Zaffirini
SP: Gonzalez Toureilles
Relating to the powers and duties of the Karnes County Hospital
District.
SB 1849 Estes
SP: Keffer, Jim
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
functions, operations, and financing of the Stephens Regional
Special Utility District; granting the power of eminent domain.
SB 1853 Madla
SP: King, Tracy
Relating to the distribution of assessments charged by
Bexar-Medina-Atascosa Counties Water Control and Improvement
District No. 1.
SB 1856 Deuell
SP: Flynn
Relating to tax increment financing.
SB 1866 Jackson, Mike
SP: Taylor
Relating to the creation of the Dickinson Management District No.
1; providing authority to impose an assessment, impose a tax, and
issue bonds.
SB 1867 Jackson, Mike
SP: Davis, John
Relating to the creation of the NASA Area Management District;
providing authority to impose an assessment, impose a tax, and
issue bonds.
SB 1871 Jackson, Mike
SP: Bonnen
Relating to the creation of the Brazoria County Municipal Utility
District No. 44; providing authority to impose a tax and issue
bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.
SB 1872 Armbrister
SP: Howard
Relating to the addition of road district powers to the Fort Bend
County Municipal Utility District No. 134.
SB 1873 Armbrister
SP: Hegar
Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility
District No. 167; providing authority to impose taxes and issue
bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.
SB 1875 Hinojosa
SP: Martinez / Gonzales
Relating to the creation of an additional county court at law in
Hidalgo County.
SB 1881 Deuell
SP: Laubenberg
Relating to the validation, annexation, powers, and duties of the
Parker Creek Municipal Utility District of Rockwall County;
providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the
power of eminent domain.
SB 1883 Ogden
SP: Brown, Fred
Relating to the lands managed and controlled by the board of
regents of The Texas A&M University System.
SB 1888 Lindsay
SP: Van Arsdale
Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility
District No. 465; providing authority to impose a tax and issue
bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.
SB 1889 Lindsay
SP: Van Arsdale
Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility
District No. 464; providing authority to impose a tax and issue
bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.
SB 1891 Armbrister
SP: Seaman
Relating to the creation of the La Salle Water Control and
Improvement District No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax and
issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.
SB 1892 Madla
SP: Uresti
Relating to the creation of the Espada Development District;
providing authority to impose taxes and issue bonds.
SB 1894 Deuell
SP: Brown, Betty
Relating to the creation, powers, management, and boundaries of
certain utility districts and a water control and improvement
district in Kaufman County; providing authority to impose a tax and
issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.
SCR 12 Duncan
SP: Hilderbran
Honoring The Crickets of Lubbock for their pioneering contributions
to rock and roll.
SCR 15 Janek / et al.
SP: Eiland
Requesting the Texas Department of Transportation to designate the
new causeway bridge connecting Galveston Island and the Texas
mainland as the Purple Heart Memorial Bridge.
SCR 16 Madla / et al.
SP: Casteel
Recognizing the Texas wine industry.
SCR 17 Madla / et al.
SP: Casteel
Requesting Texas institutes of higher education to offer education
and research opportunities in viticulture and enology.
SCR 18 Madla / et al.
SP: Casteel
Memorializing Congress to enact legislation to provide funding to support
the protection and growth of the Texas wine industry.
SCR 19 Madla / et al.
SP: Casteel
Requesting the Texas Wine Marketing Research Institute at Texas Tech
University include comparisons of the economic impacts of the states
in the wine industry.
SCR 21 Barrientos / et al.
SP: Rodriguez
Authorizing the naming of the natatorium at the Texas School for
the Deaf in Austin for LeRoy Colombo.
SCR 27 West, Royce / et al.
SP: Branch
Memorializing Congress to eliminate current caps on funded Medicare
resident training slots and related limits on costs per resident
used to determine Medicare graduate medical education reimbursement
payments.
SCR 30 Lucio / et al.
SP: Chavez
Urging the State of Texas to continue to pursue increased trade
with Mexico and to develop a plan with Mexico to mitigate delays at
border crossings.
SCR 36 Armbrister
SP: Flores
Honoring Paula C. Flowerday, executive director of the Texas Racing
Commission, as she concludes her outstanding tenure with the
agency.
SB 1870 Seliger
SP: Laney
Relating to the board of directors of the Permian Basin Underground
Water Conservation District; validating certain district actions
and proceedings.
**********HOUSE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS**********
HCR 154 Pitts
Designating the Lake Whitney area as the Getaway Capital of Texas.
HCR 157 Hilderbran
Directing the Texas Building and Procurement Commission to have a
Texas Youth Commission facility in San Saba County named after John
Shero.
HCR 166 Chisum
Memorializing congress to increase funding to the fully authorized
level and include advance funds for the Low Income Home Energy
Assistance Program and to pursue a more equitable funding
allocation formula for the program.
HCR 172 Escobar / Anchia / Guillen / Pena
Designating Jim Hogg County as the official Vaquero Capital of
Texas.
HCR 187 Rose
Designating the Hill Country as the Official Lavender Growing
Region of Texas.
HCR 188 Rose
Designating the Blanco Lavender Festival as the Official Lavender
Festival of Texas.
HCR 193 Davis, John
Supporting Texas' application for a Mental Health Transformation
State Incentive Grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services.
HCR 208 Coleman
Encouraging the board of regents of Texas Southern University to
name a building, an outdoor plaza, or an interior space of honor on
the campus after the Honorable Joe E. Moreno.
HR 1346 Laubenberg
Recognizing May 3, 2005, as Texas Heart Healthy Day at the State
Capitol.
HR 1431 Dunnam
Opposing any proposal to close the Waco Veterans Affairs Hospital.
HR 1593 Keffer, Jim
Directing law enforcement agencies in this state to enforce laws
prohibiting illegal use of anabolic steroids by public school
students engaged in extracurricular activities.