BILLS REFERRED TODAY |
Thursday February 21, 2019 |
Committee referral on the following: |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit an appraisal district or the appraisal review board for an appraisal district from requiring a property owner to pay a fee in connection with a protest filed by the owner with the board. Property Tax |
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Authorizing the lieutenant governor and speaker to appoint joint committees. Administration |
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Designating Kyle as the official Pie Capital of Texas for a 10-year period beginning in 2019. Administration |
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Relating to the allocation to and use by the Parks and Wildlife Department and Texas Historical Commission of certain proceeds from the imposition of state sales and use taxes on sporting goods. Finance |
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Relating to voter registration application form distribution information reported through the Public Education Information Management System. State Affairs |
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Relating to the limitation on the maintenance and operation tax of the North Plains Groundwater Conservation District. Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to public access to juvenile court proceedings. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to civil and administrative penalties assessed or imposed for violations of laws protecting drinking water, public water supplies, and bodies of water. Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to sources of funding for the Texas emissions reduction plan. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the licensure and registration of persons engaged in certain activities pertaining to compressed natural gas or liquefied natural gas containers and systems. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the severance tax exemption for oil and gas produced from certain inactive wells. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the notice of a hearing to adopt a proposed rule under the Texas Clean Air Act. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the prosecution of and punishment for the offense of unlawfully carrying a handgun by a license holder. State Affairs |
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Relating to associate judges for guardianship proceedings and protective services proceedings in certain courts. State Affairs |
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Relating to the purchase of food and beverages by the Texas Department of Transportation for certain employees responding to emergencies or disasters. Transportation |
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Relating to the issuance of a driver's license or personal identification certificate to a youth experiencing homelessness. Transportation |
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Relating to a study on the state certification of music therapists. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the period for which a property owner may receive a residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for property that is rendered uninhabitable or unusable as a result of a disaster. Property Tax |
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Relating to the designation of an emergency management planner by state agencies. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the allocation of housing tax credits to developments within proximate geographical areas. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to prohibiting the allocation of low income housing tax credits to certain applicants. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the administration of federal funds under the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the evaluation of applications for certain financial assistance administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the governance of public housing authorities. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the period for which certain property acquired by a charitable organization to provide low-income housing may be exempted from ad valorem taxation. Property Tax |
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Relating to complaints filed with and certain other filings submitted to the Texas Ethics Commission. State Affairs |
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Relating to the operation of motor-assisted scooters. Transportation |
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Relating to the eligibility of certain criminal defendants for an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to inaccurate or incomplete permit applications for solid waste facilities. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to notice of a property owner's rights relating to the examination or survey of property by an entity with eminent domain authority. State Affairs |
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Relating to the acquisition of certain real property in conjunction with the acquisition of real property for a public use through eminent domain procedures. State Affairs |
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Relating to establishing actual progress for the purposes of determining the right to repurchase real property from a condemning entity. State Affairs |
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Relating to liability for the additional tax imposed on land appraised for ad valorem tax purposes as agricultural land if the use of the land changes as a result of a condemnation. Property Tax |
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Relating to Medicaid reimbursement for dental services provided to adults with disabilities. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to use of the electronic funds transfer system operated by the comptroller. State Affairs |
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Relating to the creation of a central database containing information about defendants required to have an ignition interlock device installed on a motor vehicle and submission of information to and access to information in that database. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to patient medical records regarding maternal death. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to a plan and report on court-ordered representation for certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the jurisdiction of, and qualifications of judges and justices of the peace for, certain courts. State Affairs |
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Relating to the delivery of certain mental health information regarding a defendant transferred from a county to the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the commitment of certain defendants for competency restoration, and the use of telepsychiatry in determining whether a defendant is manifestly dangerous before commitment. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the reporting of information about the use of federal money for flood research, planning, and mitigation projects. Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to collecting data regarding unaccompanied minors in certain child-care facilities. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the authority of the governing body of a school district to waive the new jobs creation requirement for the purpose of eligibility for a limitation on the appraised value of property for school district maintenance and operations ad valorem tax purposes under the Texas Economic Development Act. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the deployment of advanced metering and meter information networks by certain non-ERCOT utilities. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the duration of a bingo occasion. State Affairs |
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Relating to the regulation of child-care facilities and family homes; providing administrative penalties. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the regulation of listed family homes. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to a franchise tax credit for entities that employ certain students in certain paid internship or similar programs. Finance |
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Relating to the authority of a municipality to lower speed limits on certain highways. Transportation |
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Relating to foods produced by a cottage food production operation and a cottage food industry study. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the definition of "affected person" for purposes of a contested case hearing held by or for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality regarding certain environmental permit applications. Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to a franchise tax credit for entities that establish a grocery store or healthy corner store in a food desert. Finance |
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Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 84 in Lubbock County as the Trooper Jerry Don Davis Memorial Highway. Transportation |
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Relating to the determination of resident status of students by public institutions of higher education. State Affairs |
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Relating to the repeal of the driver responsibility program and the amount and allocation of state traffic fine funds; increasing a criminal fine. Transportation |
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Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain property owned by the TexAmericas Center. Property Tax |
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Relating to modification of certain prescription drug benefits and coverage offered by certain health benefit plans. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the exemption of certain commercial weighing or measuring devices from registration and inspection requirements. Agriculture |
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Relating to the distribution of benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance program. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the appointment of a local public defender's office to represent indigent defendants in criminal cases. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the prosecution of the offense of sexual assault. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking at public and private postsecondary educational institutions; providing an administrative penalty. Higher Education |
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Relating to the training of peace officers for family violence and sexual assault assignments. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the collection and reporting of information relating to the investigation and prosecution of sexual assault offenses. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the collection, storage, and analysis of sexual assault evidence and evidence of other sex offenses. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the prohibition of certain required nondisclosure and arbitration agreements. State Affairs |
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Relating to the cancellation and nonrenewal of certain liability and commercial property insurance policies. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to an adult education program provided under an adult high school diploma and industry certification charter school program, eligibility of certain students for Foundation School Program benefits, and reporting requirements regarding the dropout status of certain students. Education |
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Relating to the creation of the Brickston Municipal Utility District; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to access to a county jail prisoner's health benefits coverage information for mental health service providers. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the creation of a business advisory council on disaster recovery and mitigation. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to an annual audit by the state auditor regarding certain community development block grant disaster recovery program money. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to protests before appraisal review boards. Property Tax |
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Relating to a prohibition on the imposition by an appraisal district or the appraisal review board for an appraisal district of a fee in connection with a protest filed with the board. Property Tax |
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Relating to the authority of an appraisal review board to determine the appraised value of property that is the subject of a protest to be an amount greater than the appraised value as shown in the appraisal records. Property Tax |
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Relating to the use of information concerning the value of certain comparable properties in determining the value of property in an ad valorem tax protest. Property Tax |
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Relating to voter approval of a proposed ad valorem tax rate that exceeds the rollback tax rate, including the date for holding the election to approve the tax rate; making conforming changes. Property Tax |
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Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Veterans Commission. Veteran Affairs & Border Security |
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Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Military Department. Veteran Affairs & Border Security |
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Relating to the continuation and functions of the Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner and the licensing and registration of persons regulated by that state agency. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles and to the operations of certain other entities performing functions associated with the department. Transportation |
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Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Historical Commission. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the Lower Colorado River Authority, following recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission. Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the operations and functions of the Veterans' Land Board and the sunset review date for and programs administered by the board. Veteran Affairs & Border Security |
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Relating to the continuation and functions of the School Land Board. Education |
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Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Medical Board; authorizing a fee. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the creation of the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council and to the continuation and transfer of the regulation of psychologists, marriage and family therapists, professional counselors, and social workers to the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council; providing civil and administrative penalties; authorizing a fee. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the continuation and functions of the State Office of Risk Management. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the continuation and functions of the Finance Commission of Texas, the Texas Department of Banking, and the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending and to the regulation of certain financial institutions and businesses. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the operations and functions of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association and the sunset review date for and programs administered by the association; authorizing a fee. Business & Commerce |