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May 5, 2001
LOCAL, CONSENT, AND RESOLUTIONS CALENDAR
Saturday, May 5, 2001
8:30 A.M.
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House Bills And Resolutions
HB 71 Pitts
Relating to the regulation of certain water well pump installers.
HB 78 Gallego
Relating to the assignment of the judge of the 394th District Court
as a visiting judge.
HB 83 Gallego
Relating to property, facilities, and equipment of the Big Bend
Regional Hospital District.
HB 99 Maxey
Relating to the use of certain electronic media by the Texas State
Board of Pharmacy and persons or entities regulated by that board.
HB 123 West, George "Buddy"
Relating to a requirement that inmates of the Texas Department of
Criminal Justice participate in educational programs.
HB 170 Christian
Relating to the Nacogdoches County Hospital District.
HB 280 Christian / Driver / Clark / Berman / Brimer / et al.
Relating to the efficient use of police service animals.
HB 374 Wohlgemuth
Relating to the assessment of court costs for certain offenses to
finance child health and safety programs in municipalities.
HB 393 Maxey / Kitchen
Relating to certain nonprofit entities that provide health or
long-term care or health benefit plans; providing a penalty.
HB 398 Smith
Relating to disclosure of medical billing records regarding a
patient.
HB 412 Zbranek
Relating to an extension to file a request to maintain service area
certification by a municipally owned utility.
HB 434 Heflin
Relating to the procedures for handling certain defendants
acquitted of an offense by reason of insanity.
HB 451 Talton
Relating to an employee of a personal bond office administering
oaths to or taking an acknowledgment or proof of a written
instrument from personal bond applicants.
HB 456 Maxey
Relating to exemption from nursing license requirements for certain
services provided to persons with disabilities.
HB 485 Craddick
Relating to the composition of the 83rd Judicial District and to
the election of the district attorney for that district.
HB 497 Chisum
Relating to the application of the professional prosecutors law to
the district attorney for the 31st Judicial District.
HB 553 Mowery
Relating to the admissibility in a criminal proceeding of a
statement made as a result of certain custodial interrogations and
obtained in compliance with the laws of another state or the United
States.
HB 567 Deshotel / Dukes
Relating to computation of the maximum and minimum benefit amounts
for total unemployment under the unemployment compensation system.
HB 609 Hochberg
Relating to internal auditing of state agencies.
HB 627 Hilderbran
Relating to sale of wine by certain holders of a winery permit.
HB 916 Gray / Brown, Fred / Eiland / et al.
Relating to evaluating certain drug purchasing cooperatives.
HB 931 Solis, Jim
Relating to a coordinated economic development plan for the state.
HB 932 Solis, Jim
Relating to requiring information from the comptroller about state
and local activities relating to economic development.
HB 1080 McReynolds
Relating to insurance requirements to limit the liability of an
owner, lessee, or occupant of agricultural land for damages arising
from a certified prescribed burn on that land.
HB 1088 Grusendorf
Relating to the placement in an alternative education program or
expulsion of a public school student who makes a false alarm or
report or a terroristic threat.
HB 1191 Williams
Relating to the authority of the commissioners court of a county to
alter speed limits on county roads.
HB 1214 Pitts
Relating to the regulation of certain occupations by, and other
powers and duties of, the Texas Department of Licensing and
Regulation.
HB 1309 Villarreal, Mike
Relating to requirements applicable to child-care workers who
receive scholarships funded by the federal Child Care Development
Fund.
HB 1316 Farabee
Relating to the consideration of a trust as property liable for the
support of clients at mental health community centers or patients
at state hospitals.
HB 1387 Dukes
Relating to the application of the higher education uniform
admission policy to graduates of certain special high school
programs.
HB 1388 Moreno, Joe E.
Relating to the civil service status of fire fighters in certain
cities.
HB 1394 Berman
Relating to the creation of municipal courts of record in Bullard.
HB 1408 Junell
Relating to the refund of unearned premiums by an insurer.
HB 1415 Farrar / Grusendorf
Relating to the duty of law enforcement agencies regarding records
associated with certain defendants receiving deferred adjudication.
HB 1426 Shields
Relating to the repeal of an obsolete provision authorizing a
temporary reduction of the royalty rate on gas produced from
certain state land.
HB 1453 Menendez
Relating to the service of citation by publication in a suit
affecting the parent-child relationship.
HB 1495 Farabee
Relating to the transfer of tax credits among members of the Life,
Accident, Health and Hospital Service Insurance Guaranty
Association.
HB 1497 Farabee
Relating to the provision of mental health and mental retardation
services.
HB 1498 Farabee
Relating to the examination of children under the jurisdiction of
the juvenile court for possible mental illness or mental
retardation.
HB 1524 Wilson
Relating to the regulation of industrial alcohol.
HB 1554 Reyna, Arthur / Menendez / Villarreal, Mike
Relating to the punishment of the offense of assault.
HB 1595 Madden / McCall / Denny
Relating to the abolition of the Collin County Water Authority.
HB 1611 Kolkhorst
Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to collect a
penalty for the failure of a contractor or subcontractor to pay the
prevailing wage rate.
HB 1612 Goolsby
Relating to permitted forms of payment for permit application fees.
HB 1613 Goolsby
Relating to records retention requirements for certain
manufacturers and distributors of alcoholic beverages.
HB 1614 Wise
Relating to requirements for the issuance of a food and beverage
certificate to certain alcoholic beverage permit or license
holders.
HB 1653 Williams
Relating to the designation of part of State Highway 90 as the
Judge Starling Dean Memorial Highway.
HB 1708 Keffer
Relating to contribution rates for cotton ginners for unemployment
compensation purposes.
HB 1712 Maxey / Wilson
Relating to online public access to certain information regarding
attorneys.
HB 1717 Uresti
Relating to the evaluation and approval of continuing education
courses for occupational therapists.
HB 1727 Maxey
Relating to the method of delivery of a copy of a proposed local or
special law to certain local governments.
HB 1732 King, Tracy
Relating to the changing of an ad valorem tax appraisal roll.
HB 1757 Gutierrez
Relating to payment of unemployment compensation tax contributions by
certain employers engaged in agriculture.
HB 1813 Wohlgemuth
Relating to the creation of the offense of theft by a caretaker.
HB 1845 Oliveira
Relating to simplified sales and use tax administration.
HB 1925 Haggerty
Relating to the creation of an offense prohibiting certain weapons
within 1,000 feet of a place of execution.
HB 1940 Bonnen
Relating to the proration of the taxes imposed on a residence
homestead in a year in which a residence homestead exemption for an
elderly person terminates.
HB 1955 Zbranek
Relating to the discharge from jail of a misdemeanant who is jailed
to satisfy fines and costs.
HB 1972 Hawley
Relating to the election dates for directors of the Bee Groundwater
Conservation District.
HB 1982 Farabee
Relating to continuation of benefits for prescription drugs under
certain group health benefit plans.
HB 1996 Chavez / Moreno, Joe E. / Haggerty / Pickett / Najera
Relating to the designation of a segment of Loop 375 in El Paso
County as the Cesar Chavez Border Highway.
HB 2004 Maxey
Relating to the medication a patient receives after being
furloughed or discharged from inpatient mental health services.
HB 2010 Uresti / Solis, Jim / Reyna, Elvira
Relating to the availability of deferred adjudication to a
defendant charged with delivering certain controlled substances or
marihuana to a minor.
HB 2028 Yarbrough
Relating to the enforcement of a lien by the Texas Workforce
Commission for unpaid wages or penalties.
HB 2045 Williams
Relating to the disposition of impact fees by municipal utility
districts.
HB 2046 Hawley
Relating to the ratification of the creation of and to the
administration, powers, duties, operation, and financing of the
Refugio Groundwater Conservation District.
HB 2061 Wilson / Burnam / et al.
Relating to establishing a historical representation advisory
committee.
HB 2085 Gallego
Relating to the limits on compensation paid by the state to certain
victims of crime.
HB 2122 Tillery
Relating to the administration of a statewide retirement system for
volunteer firefighters and other emergency services personnel.
HB 2143 Delisi / Berman
Relating to tuition charges by school districts for certain
military dependents.
HB 2156 Danburg
Relating to certain utility customer discounts.
HB 2178 Salinas
Relating to the expunction of information about certain chemical
dependency diagnoses in certain medical records.
HB 2204 Gutierrez / Maxey / Kitchen / Villarreal, Mike
Relating to the safety of bicyclists and pedestrians; providing criminal
penalties.
HB 2210 Farabee / Hawley
Relating to the scope of practice of a physician assistant acting
in a delegated practice.
HB 2212 Farabee
Relating to the certification of certain revenue received by a
county after the fiscal year begins.
HB 2222 Jones, Jesse / Davis, John
Relating to the prosecution and punishment of injury to a child,
elderly individual, or disabled individual.
HB 2233 King, Phil
Relating to abolishing the Polygraph Examiners Board and
transferring the regulation of polygraph examinations from the
Polygraph Examiners Board and the Department of Public Safety of
the State of Texas to the Texas Commission on Private Security.
HB 2263 Danburg
Relating to a guide for historical markers along roadways in this
state.
HB 2265 Villarreal, Mike
Relating to the funding of child care subsidies by the Texas
Workforce Commission.
HB 2270 Bailey
Relating to the jurisdiction of municipal courts of record over
health and safety and nuisance abatement ordinances.
HB 2287 Edwards
Relating to the authority of a hospital to share with certain
attending physicians reimbursements for services provided to
patients under the medical assistance program.
HB 2318 Solomons
Relating to the use of electronically transmitted information in
certain county and municipal procedures for the purchase, sale, or
lease of items.
HB 2321 Coleman / Dutton / Edwards
Relating to petitioning for candidacy as a member of, and term
limits on the members of, certain municipal governing bodies.
HB 2334 Zbranek / McReynolds / Ritter / Ellis, Dan
Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 69 as the
Big Thicket National Preserve Parkway.
HB 2350 Hinojosa
Relating to reports submitted to the Commission on Law Enforcement
Officer Standards and Education.
HB 2367 Williams
Relating to the liability of certain nonprofit organizations and
their employees and volunteers.
HB 2379 Junell
Relating to the authority of certain development corporations to
undertake water supply or conservation projects.
HB 2403 Lewis, Ron
Relating to reporting requirements regarding certain
clothes-washing machines.
HB 2404 Lewis, Ron
Relating to the submetering and allocation of water service in
apartment houses, manufactured home rental communities,
condominiums, and other multiple use facilities.
HB 2405 Gray / Seaman
Relating to regulating mass gatherings on public beaches in coastal
counties; providing a penalty.
HB 2408 Maxey
Relating to a study by the Health Professions Council relating to
the complaint procedures of certain health care regulatory
entities.
HB 2413 Ritter
Relating to the tax on cigarettes, cigars, and other tobacco
products.
HB 2419 Coleman
Relating to charity care requirements for certain hospitals.
HB 2421 Hawley / et al.
Relating to establishing a program to recruit rural medical
students for service in rural communities.
HB 2423 Hawley / et al.
Relating to the designation of a hospital as a rural hospital.
HB 2476 Goodman
Relating to authorizing a recreational facility fee at The
University of Texas at Arlington.
HB 2482 Kitchen / Thompson
Relating to stabilization of long-term care insurance premium
rates.
HB 2492 Bosse
Relating to the state employee incentive and productivity program.
HB 2558 Maxey / Janek
Relating to the amount of the fees established by the Texas State
Board of Medical Examiners.
HB 2574 Solis, Jim / et al.
Relating to the establishment of a community health center
revolving loan fund program.
HB 2588 Counts
Relating to the consideration of potential water savings under a
water conservation plan in determining the manner of distributing
water during a shortage from a water supply covered by a plan.
HB 2593 Chavez / Solis, Jim
Relating to the establishment of a pilot program by the Texas
Workforce Commission for technology training for certain persons.
HB 2594 Chavez
Relating to electronic access to health and human services
information.
HB 2613 Hochberg
Relating to the payment and funding of workers' compensation
benefits for certain claimants who work part-time or have multiple
employment.
HB 2633 Homer
Relating to the application of the professional prosecutors law to
and the compensation of the county attorney of Rains County.
HB 2643 Morrison
Relating to the ratification of the creation of and to the
administration, powers, duties, operation, and financing of the
Crossroads Groundwater Conservation District.
HB 2648 Capelo
Relating to the administration of epinephrine by certain emergency
medical services personnel.
HB 2665 Oliveira
Relating to the duties and powers of the Southmost Regional Water
Authority.
HB 2679 Capelo
Relating to the authority of the judges of the county courts at law
in Nueces County to impanel general jury panels for service in
certain courts.
HB 2681 Allen
Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use hotel
occupancy tax revenue for certain venue projects.
HB 2683 Allen
Relating to public improvement projects to enforce deed
restrictions and perform architectural control.
HB 2696 Hinojosa
Relating to the duties of peace officers, law enforcement agencies,
and attorneys representing the state in asset forfeiture
proceedings.
HB 2718 Lewis, Ron
Relating to the recovery of certain relocation costs by a gas
utility.
HB 2729 Gray / Homer / et al.
Relating to allowing the donation of certain unused prescription
drugs to charitable medical clinics.
HB 2731 Gray
Relating to a proceeding to declare heirship.
HB 2747 Davis, John / Noriega / Talton / Bosse / Moreno, Joe E. /
et al.
Relating to audits of the promotion and development fund of a
navigation district.
HB 2757 Ritter
Relating to the designation of certain land that includes a
greenhouse as agricultural land for ad valorem tax appraisal
purposes.
HB 2760 Brown, Betty
Relating to the resolution of disputes arising under interlocal
cooperation contracts.
HB 2767 Delisi
Relating to the notice regarding sales of cigarettes and tobacco
products given by a retailer to its employees.
HB 2778 Farabee
Relating to the membership of the interagency work group on
unfunded mandates on political subdivisions.
HB 2782 Villarreal, Mike
Relating to the authority of the commissioners court of a county to
impose an application fee to be paid in connection with an
application or request for county ad valorem tax abatement.
HB 2798 Menendez / Martinez Fischer
Relating to certain civil and criminal consequences of using a
vehicle while evading arrest or detention.
HB 2804 Kolkhorst
Relating to certain instruments recorded to create liens on
property or to show satisfaction of a judgment.
HB 2818 Counts
Relating to the maximum inmate population of facilities operated by
municipalities.
HB 2829 Smithee
Relating to loss control requirements for certain lines of
insurance.
HB 2830 Smithee
Relating to unauthorized insurance.
HB 2831 Smithee
Relating to notification to certain health care providers of the factors
considered by a managed care entity in determining the amount of
reimbursement for an out-of-network provider.
HB 2832 Smithee
Relating to requiring tax collectors to notify taxpayers of certain
overpayments of ad valorem taxes and to issue refunds of certain
duplicate payments of ad valorem taxes.
HB 2833 Grusendorf
Relating to the application of the sales tax to services provided
in connection with certain foreclosure sales.
HB 2839 Dukes
Relating to energy efficiency programs developed by the energy
office.
HB 2844 Lewis, Glenn
Relating to authorizing the Texas Department of Health to exempt
certain projects from rules relating to asbestos abatement.
HB 2855 Kuempel
Relating to the ratification of the creation of and to the
administration, powers, duties, operation, taxing authority, and
financing of the Southeast Trinity Groundwater Conservation
District.
HB 2859 Junell
Relating to authorizing the Texas Board of Criminal Justice to
grant a conservation easement covering certain state property.
HB 2863 Farabee
Relating to the threshold contract amount at which a county and
certain municipalities are required to engage in a competitive
purchasing procedure for certain purchases.
HB 2890 McClendon
Relating to the creation of an offense prohibiting certain persons
in custody from contacting their victims.
HB 2909 Hawley
Relating to information included on the Internet website of the
Texas Department of Transportation.
HB 2914 Bonnen
Relating to state fiscal matters.
HB 2932 Lewis, Glenn
Relating to a discount on the premium surcharge for a motor vehicle
equipped with a breath alcohol detection device.
HB 2982 Corte
Relating to disclosure on hotel bills of the governmental entities
imposing the hotel occupancy tax.
HB 2996 Callegari / Bonnen
Relating to the authority of certain political subdivisions to
require bidders to attend pre-bid conferences as a condition for
accepting a bid.
HB 3000 Uresti
Relating to the authority of a criminal law magistrate in Bexar
County to rule on an issue of law or fact.
HB 3006 Uresti
Relating to composition of the board of directors of a tax
increment reinvestment zone.
HB 3017 Chisum / Counts / Bosse / Gallego / McCall
Relating to the review and functions of the Texas Water Development
Board.
HB 3019 Chisum
Relating to the eligibility for ad valorem tax abatement of
property that is the subject of a voluntary cleanup agreement.
HB 3023 Chisum
Relating to water quality permit applications for certain
facilities located near a sole-source drinking water supply.
HB 3043 Luna, Vilma
Relating to prevention and detection of fraud in hospital district
funded indigent health care programs.
HB 3076 Smithee
Relating to the designation of a portion of Business United States
Highway 287 as the L. P. "Pete" Gilvin Memorial Highway.
HB 3095 Counts
Relating to the governing body and powers of the Salt Fork Water
Quality District.
HB 3111 Zbranek
Relating to occupational licenses and registrations issued by the
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission.
HB 3178 Solis, Jim / Homer / Edwards
Relating to the requirement that certain persons associated with
development corporations complete a training seminar on the
operation and administration of development corporations; providing
an administrative penalty.
HB 3194 Howard
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Fort Bend County Levee Improvement
District Number 16 and to the authorization of bonds and the levy
of taxes; providing civil penalties.
HB 3195 Howard
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility
District Number 134 and to the authorization of bonds and the levy
of taxes; providing civil penalties.
HB 3231 Morrison
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the DeWitt County Groundwater
Conservation District.
HB 3258 Green
Relating to the service areas of certain public junior colleges.
HB 3327 Averitt
Relating to production of documents produced in response to an
investigation by the Texas Department of Insurance.
HB 3338 Flores
Relating to the number of sets of special license plates that may
be issued to a person with a disability.
HB 3359 Corte / McClendon / Puente / et al.
Relating to the designation of a part of U.S. Highway 90 in Bexar
County as the 90th Infantry Division Memorial Highway.
HB 3378 Deshotel
Relating to composition of the Texas Department of Mental Health
and Mental Retardation.
HB 3384 Kitchen
Relating to the punishment for the offense of the use or possession
of drug paraphernalia.
HB 3387 Dunnam
Relating to the disposition of public property in a defense
economic readjustment zone.
HB 3393 Oliveira
Relating to the adoption and use of certain consumer information
materials in Spanish regarding personal automobile insurance
coverage.
HB 3460 Noriega
Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 225
between Houston and La Porte as the Juan N. Seguin Memorial
Highway.
HB 3463 Smith
Relating to allowing a public school district to release tape
recordings of a closed meeting to the Commissioner of Education for
the purposes of appellate review.
HB 3465 Maxey
Relating to certain fees prescribed by the Texas Board of Health
for the regulation of opticians.
HB 3467 Hartnett
Relating to a proceeding concerning a decedent's estate.
HB 3479 Eiland
Relating to the applicability of provisions governing the powers of
property owner's associations concerning restrictive covenants in
certain subdivisions.
HB 3497 Thompson / Brown, Fred
Relating to certain practices of title insurance companies in
providing area and boundary coverage.
HB 3526 Hochberg
Relating to the use of estimated property values in preparing the
public notice provided by school districts before adopting a
proposed budget and tax rate.
HB 3543 Hilderbran
Relating to the name, elections, duties, powers, operation, and
financing of the Headwaters Underground Water Conservation
District.
HB 3600 Capelo
Relating to the compliance monitoring of physicians by the Texas
State Board of Medical Examiners.
HB 3608 Davis, Yvonne
Relating to certain administrative procedures for tax refunds.
HB 3628 Green
Relating to the validation of the creation and to the
administration, powers, duties, operation, and financing of the
Hays County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 and the
provision of certain services in the district.
HB 3629 Green
Relating to the validation of the creation and to the
administration, powers, duties, operation, and financing of the
Hays County Water Control and Improvement District No. 2 and the
provision of certain services in the district.
HB 3630 Thompson
Relating to the Health Insurance Risk Pool.
HB 3632 Farabee
Relating to the jurisdiction of a county court at law in Wichita
County.
HB 3633 Hope
Relating to the operation of the East Montgomery County Improvement
District.
HB 3637 Hilderbran
Relating to the County Court at Law of Burnet County.
HB 3643 Seaman
Relating to the creation of the County Court at Law of Aransas
County and to the jurisdiction of the County Court of Aransas
County.
HB 3648 Hope
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the East Montgomery County Municipal
Utility District No. 3.
HB 3653 Ritter
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Jefferson County Waterway and
Navigation District and the merger of the Jefferson County
Navigation District with that district.
HB 3659 Counts
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Wes-Tex Groundwater Conservation
District.
HB 3660 Smithee
Relating to the appointment of a public defender by the
Commissioners Court of Randall County.
HB 3663 Thompson
Relating to the jurisdiction of a county criminal court at law in
Harris County.
HB 3665 Miller
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Cross Timbers Groundwater
Conservation District.
HB 3666 Miller
Relating to the jurisdiction of the County Court at Law of Erath
County.
HB 3670 Jones, Delwin
Relating to the election and qualifications of directors of the
Lubbock County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1.
HB 3675 Bonnen
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Brazoria County Groundwater
Conservation District.
HB 3676 Chisum
Relating to the board of directors and the taxing authority of the
Collingsworth County Underground Water Conservation District.
HB 3677 Christian
Relating to the composition of the Nacogdoches County Juvenile
Board.
HB 3678 Gray
Relating to the creation of an additional statutory county court in
Galveston County and to the administration, operation, and
jurisdiction of the statutory courts in that county.
HB 3680 Miller
Relating to the dissolution of the DeLeon Hospital District and the
Comanche County Hospital District and the creation of the Comanche
County Consolidated Hospital District.
HB 3682 Alexander
Relating to the creation, administration, powers and duties of the
NTM Improvement District; providing authority to impose taxes and
issue bonds.
HB 3687 Green
Relating to the operation of the Nixon Hospital District of Gonzales and
Wilson Counties, Texas, and the DeWitt Medical District.
HB 3692 Coleman
Relating to the creation of the Greater Southeast Management
District; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
HB 3694 Solis, Jim
Relating to an annual salary supplement paid by Cameron County to
the local administrative district judge in Cameron County.
HB 3699 Ritter / Deshotel
Relating to relating to the allocation of certain funds for
institutions within the Texas State University System.
HCR 41 Hawley
Designating the city of Kenedy as the Texas Horned Lizard Capital
of the World.
HCR 102 Brimer
Designating the week of May 20-26, 2001, as Make an Impact Week.
HCR 138 Wohlgemuth / et al.
Urging congress to provide Medicaid funds to Texas in the form of a block
grant.
HCR 202 Lewis, Ron
Directing the Health and Human Services Commission to redesignate the
Doctors Hospital of Groves from an urban hospital to a rural hospital.
HCR 214 Chavez / Gutierrez
Memorializing Congress to establish a separate Federal Medical
Assistance Percentage for the Texas-Mexico border region.
HCR 217 Madden
Recognizing children born outside of Texas to native Texans serving
in the United States Armed Forces as honorary Texans.
HCR 223 Coleman
Directing the Texas Department of Health to prepare a list of foods
and beverages fortified with calcium for use by each primary and secondary
school in Texas.
HCR 226 Williams / Woolley / Bonnen / et al.
Memorializing congress to modify the tax code to allow for the
issuance of tax-exempt industrial revenue bonds for air
pollution control facilities in nonattainment areas.
HCR 235 Delisi
Commending the Women in Government organization and encouraging
each state agency and state education institution to take action to
achieve improved and equal access for women to health care.
HCR 241 Chavez / Moreno, Paul / Haggerty / Pickett / Najera
Designating El Paso as the International Gateway City of the
Americas.
HCR 245 Thompson / Chavez
Honoring Naomi Carrier Grundy and Allen Grundy for their efforts to
document the Texas Underground Railroad and directing the Texas
Historical Commission and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
to support continued research on the Underground Railroad.
HCR 249 Wohlgemuth
Encouraging Boeing to move its new corporate headquarters to the
Dallas/Fort Worth area.
HCR 254 Ramsay
Directing the Department of Protective and Regulatory
Services in conjunction with the United Ways of Texas to develop a
multiagency and local effort to study issues relating to at-risk youth in
nonurban areas.
HCR 256 Gallego
Memorializing Congress to relocate the U.S. Border Patrol training
academy to the southwest Texas border region.
HR 556 Kuempel / King, Phil
Encouraging counties to establish an adopt-a-country road program
similar to one in Parker County.
Senate Bills And Resolutions
SB 31 Zaffirini / et al.
SP: Raymond / Naishtat
Relating to providing information about bacterial meningitis to
students of public schools and students of institutions of higher
education.
SB 36 Zaffirini
SP: Raymond / Naishtat
Relating to training for certain caseworkers employed by health and
human services agencies or local mental health or mental
retardation authorities.
SB 55 Zaffirini / et al.
SP: Raymond
Relating to a statewide education program to prevent infant
mortality.
SB 72 Haywood
SP: Solomons
Relating to the titles of the presiding officers of the board of
regents of Texas Woman's University.
SB 76 Haywood
SP: Farabee
Relating to meetings of the board of regents of Midwestern State
University.
SB 83 Madla
SP: Uresti / Naishtat
Relating to the regulation of intermediate care facilities for
persons with mental retardation.
SB 134 Madla
SP: Gallego
Relating to the authority of a commissioners court of a county to
make payroll deductions at the request of a county employee.
SB 154 Truan / et al.
SP: Capelo / Driver
Relating to a requirement that information about anatomical gifts
be included in the curriculum of certain driver education and
driving safety courses.
SB 183 Fraser
SP: Keffer
Relating to the designation of Farm-to-Market Road 604 as the Atlas
ICBM Highway.
SB 203 Duncan
SP: Keel
Relating to the summoning of potential grand jurors.
SB 274 Van de Putte
SP: Jones, Elizabeth
Relating to the contracting authority of, authorized uses for tax
proceeds by, and eligibility for participation in tax increment
financing of Bexar County Hospital District and Harris County
Hospital District.
SB 289 Armbrister / et al.
SP: Morrison
Relating to the exemption of small hydroelectric facilities from
water quality management and watermaster fees.
SB 509 Moncrief / et al.
SP: Coleman / Naishtat / Kitchen
Relating to an asbestos survey before issuance of a building permit
to renovate or demolish certain buildings.
SB 575 Staples
SP: Sadler
Relating to applicability of the Texas Youth Camp Safety and Health
Act to a private or independent institution of higher education.
SB 634 Bernsen
SP: Gray / Seaman
Relating to the authority of certain counties to prohibit glass
products on public beaches.
SB 649 Truan / et al.
SP: Flores
Relating to training requirements for applicants for and recipients
of financial assistance for water and sewer services under the
economically distressed areas program.
SB 660 Carona
SP: Gutierrez
Relating to the regulation of the practice of barbering.
SB 661 Carona
SP: Reyna, Elvira
Relating to certain entities and individuals permitted to exchange
information regarding special needs offenders.
SB 708 Madla
SP: Puente
Relating to the retirement system for firefighters and police
officers in certain municipalities.
SB 833 Moncrief
SP: Naishtat
Relating to child-care services.
SB 908 Shapleigh / et al.
SP: Isett
Relating to the establishment of a program of all-inclusive care
for the elderly (PACE).
SB 1014 Ogden
SP: Kolkhorst
Relating to the service areas of certain junior college districts.
SB 1095 Carona
SP: Ritter
Relating to ad valorem taxation.
SB 1159 Truan
SP: Raymond
Relating to improving the provision of state veteran services.
SB 1162 Truan
SP: Seaman / Gray
Relating to prohibiting the operation of a vehicle on dunes; providing a
criminal penalty.
SB 1230 Ellis, Rodney
SP: Junell
Relating to certain state agency operating plans and strategic
plans for information resources management.
SB 1355 Armbrister
SP: Brimer
Relating to certain personal property that is presumed abandoned.
SB 1629 Wentworth
SP: Puente
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operations, and financing of Cibolo Canyon Conservation and
Improvement District No. 1; granting the authority to impose taxes
and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.
SCR 10 Shapleigh / et al.
SP: Chavez
Memorializing congress to fund county and municipal inspections of
overweight traffic within 20 miles of the border.
SCR 17 Barrientos
SP: Hunter
Authorizing the burial of Vernon "Max" Arrell and wife, Betty B. Arrell,
in the State Cemetery.
SCR 33 Haywood
SP: Hardcastle
Declaring Electra the Pump Jack Capital of Texas.
SCR 43 Van de Putte
SP: Villarreal, Mike
Recognizing the importance of the facilities of the Pearl Brewing Company
in San Antonio to Texas history.