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May 8, 2001
LOCAL, CONSENT, AND RESOLUTIONS CALENDAR
Tuesday, May 8, 2001
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House Bills And Resolutions
HB 15 Corte
Relating to license plates for persons with disabilities and
disabled veterans.
HB 31 McClendon / Jones, Elizabeth
Relating to the punishment for the offense of burglary of a
vehicle.
HB 149 Wohlgemuth / Reyna, Elvira
Relating to persons eligible to receive a license plate honoring
peace officers killed in the line of duty.
HB 428 Morrison
Relating to the fee for special license plates for Purple Heart
recipients.
HB 541 Junell
Relating to disposition of military awards and decorations
escheated to the state.
HB 715 Oliveira
Relating to the composition of the 404th Judicial District.
HB 811 McReynolds
Relating to the issuance of Special Olympics Texas license plates.
HB 964 Dunnam
Relating to the release of certain confidential information of a
patient by the patient's physician.
HB 1375 Farrar
Relating to contracts with the Texas Department of Transportation
for the removal of certain property from a state highway.
HB 1447 Oliveira / Uresti / et al.
Relating to a franchise tax credit for certain activities in
defense economic readjustment zones.
HB 1617 Allen
Relating to the expansion of prison industries programs.
HB 1633 King, Phil
Relating to legislative review of the statutory guidelines for
child support and the possession of and access to a child.
HB 1776 Green / Dutton / et al.
Relating to the establishment of Celebrate Freedom Week in public
schools.
HB 1872 Solis, Jim
Relating to local employment impact statements required before a
state agency may adopt a rule.
HB 1887 Janek
Relating to the rights of patients receiving mental health
services.
HB 2043 Williams / Dunnam
Relating to safety standards for buses used to transport students.
HB 2124 Noriega
Relating to the consolidated registration of certain fleets of
motor vehicles.
HB 2230 McReynolds
Relating to the reporting and investigation of motor vehicle
accidents.
HB 2240 Brown, Betty / et al.
Relating to limiting the transfer of the school district ad valorem
tax freeze on the residence homesteads of the elderly to different
homesteads in the same school district.
HB 2340 Salinas / Counts
Relating to the authority of county governments to regulate
subdivision development in the unincorporated areas of a county.
HB 2341 Noriega
Relating to legislative leave for certain sheriff's department
employees.
HB 2368 George
Relating to the fees assessed by a district court in Dallas County
for certain services rendered in juvenile or family law cases.
HB 2638 George
Relating to certain fees for collecting, disbursing, or monitoring
spousal maintenance or child support payments in Dallas County.
HB 2645 Capelo
Relating to the imposition of costs on certain convictions to pay
for expenses related to jury sequestration.
HB 2650 Capelo
Relating to requiring hepatitis C training for registered nurses.
HB 2719 Noriega
Relating to the use of obsolete bridges, tunnels, and causeways to
create artificial reefs.
HB 2950 Chavez / Coleman
Relating to the regulation of certain abusable volatile chemicals.
HB 2978 Dukes
Relating to the criteria for designating a residence homestead as a
historic site for purposes of exemption from ad valorem taxation.
HB 3153 Capelo / Carter
Relating to the authority of chiropractors to form certain
professional associations.
HB 3155 Capelo / Coleman / Gray / Uresti / Solis, Jim / et al.
Relating to the establishment of a pediatric diabetes research
advisory committee in the Texas Department of Health.
HB 3203 Jones, Jesse
Relating to updating address information on a list used to
reconstitute the jury wheel.
HB 3209 Uher
Relating to a provisional commercial gulf shrimp boat license.
HB 3296 Goodman
Relating to the compensation of certain retired judges while
assigned as visiting judges.
HB 3347 Gray
Relating to the administration and collection of ad valorem taxes.
HB 3364 Menendez / Hamric / McClendon / Oliveira / Wise
Relating to deferring or abating a suit to collect ad valorem taxes
owed by certain disabled individuals.
HB 3391 Oliveira
Relating to the definition of a strategic investment area for
purposes of certain tax credits.
HB 3433 Merritt
Relating to the designation of a portion of United States Highway
259 Relief Route as the Charles K. Devall Memorial Highway.
HB 3441 Gallego
Relating to special license plates for certain government
officials.
HB 3527 Counts
Relating to the use of certain fees by the Texas Natural Resource
Conservation Commission.
HB 3528 Counts
Relating to the consolidation and use of certain fees under Chapter
26, Water Code.
HB 3552 Raymond
Relating to the regulation of manufactured housing; providing a
penalty.
HB 3598 Capelo / Burnam
Relating to certain distressed or reconditioned food, drugs,
devices, and cosmetics and certain licensed persons.
HB 3601 Capelo
Relating to the enforcement powers of the Texas Department of
Health over food, drugs, devices, and cosmetics.
HB 3691 Dunnam
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of a hospital district to be known as the
West Medical District; authorizing a tax; and granting the
authority to issue and refund bonds.
HB 3693 Keffer
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Lake Granbury Water Improvement
District.
HB 3695 Merritt
Relating to the creation of an additional county court at law in
Gregg County.
HB 3696 Hinojosa
Relating to the creation of the County Court at Law No. 5 of
Hidalgo County and the County Criminal Court at Law of Hidalgo
County, to redesignating the County Court at Law No. 3 of Hidalgo
County as the Probate Court of Hidalgo County, and to the
jurisdiction of the statutory county courts in Hidalgo County.
HCR 117 Madden
Memorializing congress to amend the Motor Voter Law.
Senate Bills And Resolutions
SB 38 Zaffirini / et al.
SP: Naishtat
Relating to authorizing the conduct of architectural review before
the construction or remodeling of certain long-term and other care
facilities.
SB 52 Zaffirini
SP: Raymond / Naishtat
Relating to a requirement that child-care facilities post certain
signs.
SB 71 Haywood
SP: Hardcastle
Relating to the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of
members of the Midwestern State University board of regents.
SB 73 Haywood
SP: Hardcastle
Relating to the removal of members of the board of regents of
Midwestern State University.
SB 74 Haywood
SP: Denny
Relating to the terms of members of the advisory board of the Texas
Academy of Mathematics and Science.
SB 77 Haywood
SP: Denny
Relating to the removal of members of the board of regents of Texas
Woman's University.
SB 125 Shapiro
SP: Carter
Relating to the preparation and submission of the state low income
housing annual report and plan.
SB 126 Madla
SP: Turner, Bob / Farabee / Hawley / Telford / et al.
Relating to the creation of the Rural Communities Health Care
Investment Program to attract and retain rural health care
professionals.
SB 141 Moncrief / et al.
SP: Brimer
Relating to requiring disclaimers on certain advertisements that
offer homestead designation services.
SB 145 Carona
SP: Gray
Relating to chiropractic facility licenses issued by the Texas
Board of Chiropractic Examiners.
SB 152 Carona
SP: Goolsby
Relating to the appeal of certain determinations by the Texas Board
of Chiropractic Examiners.
SB 164 Madla
SP: Capelo
Relating to officers authorized by law to hold an inquest.
SB 171 Carona
SP: Coleman
Relating to the renewal of a license to practice chiropractic.
SB 181 Fraser
SP: Junell
Relating to the terms of court of the 32nd Judicial District.
SB 221 Staples
SP: McClendon / Counts / Heflin
Relating to government purchasing using the reverse auction
procedure.
SB 256 Carona
SP: Hodge
Relating to the recovery by a taxing unit of certain costs on the
resale of property bid off to the unit at a tax foreclosure sale.
SB 270 Lindsay
SP: Swinford
Relating to the meaning of "agricultural crop" for purposes of the
exemption of certain wells from fees charged by the North Harris
County Regional Water Authority.
SB 282 Nelson
SP: Janek
Relating to requiring the Texas Department of Health to promote the
vaccines for children program to certain health care providers not
currently enrolled in the program.
SB 327 Jackson
SP: Thompson
Relating to the servicing of a portable fire extinguisher.
SB 347 Brown, J. E. "Buster"
SP: Haggerty
Relating to the provision of health care, including prescription
drugs, for persons confined in institutions operated by the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice.
SB 370 Ogden
SP: Swinford
Relating to the performance of an autopsy on an individual injured
in one county and dying in another county.
SB 386 Bivins
SP: Swinford
Relating to updating references to the campuses of the Texas State
Technical College System.
SB 387 Bivins / et al.
SP: Janek
Relating to high school diplomas for certain veterans.
SB 424 Shapleigh
SP: Coleman
Relating to a state strategic health plan.
SB 558 Madla / et al.
SP: Coleman
Relating to an advisory committee on reducing drug demand.
SB 561 Sibley
SP: Bosse
Relating to indemnification provisions concerning registered
architects and licensed engineers in certain construction
contracts.
SB 600 Sibley
SP: Averitt
Relating to requirements regarding certification that a forensic
anthropologist must meet in order to assist a medical examiner.
SB 605 Sibley
SP: Smithee
Relating to approval by the Texas Department of Insurance for
certain holding company affiliations.
SB 611 Haywood
SP: Counts
Relating to the membership of the board of directors of the Rolling
Plains Groundwater Conservation District.
SB 613 Haywood
SP: Chisum
Relating to the operation of the Castro County Hospital District.
SB 632 Bernsen
SP: Gray / Seaman
Relating to the authority of certain counties to prohibit traffic
on certain areas of public beaches.
SB 636 Armbrister
SP: Maxey
Relating to the analysis and review of mental illness treatment
programs for certain juvenile and adult offenders.
SB 647 Lindsay
SP: Hilbert
Relating to the creation of the Old Town Spring Improvement
District; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
SB 651 Carona
SP: Davis, Yvonne
Relating to certain examinations administered by the Texas Board of
Chiropractic Examiners.
SB 656 West, Royce
SP: Coleman
Relating to the designation and functions of a state demographer.
SB 664 Madla
SP: Naishtat
Relating to the investigation of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of
persons in certain facilities.
SB 694 Wentworth
SP: McCall
Relating to the confidentiality of credit card, debit card, charge
card, and access device numbers that are collected, assembled, or
maintained by a governmental body and of certain e-mail addresses.
SB 725 Bivins
SP: Swinford
Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas
Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation to Texas
Panhandle Mental Health and Mental Retardation.
SB 726 Bivins
SP: Chisum
Relating to the fiscal year and the date of elections of the
Stratford Hospital District.
SB 738 Bivins
SP: Chisum
Relating to authorizing members of the governing body of
municipalities to serve as volunteers.
SB 834 Moncrief
SP: Chavez
Relating to electronic access to health and human services
information.
SB 837 Shapleigh
SP: Chavez
Relating to the development of a strategic plan by the Border
Health Institute.
SB 863 Staples
SP: Keffer
Relating to tax refunds to property owners following ad valorem tax
appeals.
SB 870 Lindsay
SP: Thompson
Relating to the authority of a commissioners court of a county to
authorize certain community and economic development programs.
SB 875 West, Royce
SP: Raymond / Wohlgemuth / Naishtat / Davis, John
Relating to participation of fathers in programs and services
administered by the Health and Human Services Commission and
health and human services agencies and functions performed by the
office of the attorney general.
SB 911 Madla / et al.
SP: Uresti
Relating to the purposes and duties of defense base development
authorities.
SB 916 Jackson
SP: Talton
Relating to the disposition by municipalities of property in
certain air navigation facilities.
SB 926 Shapiro
SP: Madden / McCall / Denny
Relating to the abolition of the Collin County Water Authority.
SB 936 Armbrister
SP: Cook
Relating to floodplain management and flood insurance; providing a
criminal penalty.
SB 939 Shapleigh / et al.
SP: Najera
Relating to certain studies of the Texas Strategic Military
Planning Commission.
SB 941 Lindsay
SP: Thompson
Relating to the eligibility of former or retired statutory probate
judges for certain assignments as visiting judges.
SB 1023 Brown, J. E. "Buster" / et al.
SP: Ritter
Relating to compensation for services rendered at a polling place
by election officers.
SB 1034 Moncrief
SP: Naishtat
Relating to the right of certain persons to enter a public facility
with an assistance animal.
SB 1035 West, Royce
SP: Hinojosa
Relating to the preparation of a judgment in a criminal case.
SB 1057 Ellis, Rodney
SP: Rangel
Relating to the administration of the TEXAS grant program and to
the dissemination of student financial aid information.
SB 1065 Lucio
SP: Solis, Jim
Relating to changing the name of the South Texas Hospital to the
South Texas Health Care System and to eliminating certain obsolete
provisions relating to the hospital.
SB 1073 Sibley
SP: Keffer
Relating to the Palo Pinto County Hospital District.
SB 1089 Truan
SP: Burnam
Relating to eligibility for Vietnam veteran license plates.
SB 1094 Nelson
SP: Solomons
Relating to the administration and jurisdiction of the statutory
county courts in Denton County and to the operation of the
statutory probate court in Denton County.
SB 1113 Cain
SP: Homer
Relating to the application of the professional prosecutors law to
and the compensation of the county attorney of Rains County.
SB 1123 Armbrister
SP: Hartnett
Relating to the enforcement and collection of taxes, fees, and
other revenue; providing criminal penalties.
SB 1127 Brown, J. E. "Buster"
SP: Yarbrough
Relating to the minimum size of a container of liquor.
SB 1144 Jackson
SP: Gray
Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice to Galveston County.
SB 1154 Shapleigh
SP: Hawley
Relating to information included on the Internet website of the
Texas Department of Transportation.
SB 1158 Fraser
SP: Junell
Relating to the operation of the Mitchell County Hospital District.
SB 1165 Truan
SP: Noriega
Relating to the qualifications for appointment as the adjutant
general.
SB 1167 Madla
SP: Hamric
Relating to the administration, powers, duties, and operations of
certain emergency services districts; providing criminal penalties.
SB 1168 Madla
SP: McClendon
Relating to authorizing counties to order a referendum on the
increase or decrease of flood control taxes or the use of funds
generated by flood control taxes.
SB 1194 Wentworth
SP: Kuempel / Danburg / Jones, Elizabeth
Relating to the protection of bats; providing a penalty.
SB 1300 Cain
SP: Capelo
Relating to the practice of medicine without an annual registration
permit.
SB 1319 Staples
SP: Solomons
Relating to forwarding process served on the secretary of state.
SB 1325 Armbrister
SP: Grusendorf
Relating to a license or permit for certain sex offenders to
operate a motor vehicle or commercial motor vehicle.
SB 1338 Ogden
SP: West, George "Buddy"
Relating to the authority of the Railroad Commission of Texas to
regulate oil and gas NORM waste.
SB 1339 Ogden
SP: McReynolds
Relating to requiring owners or operators of poultry facilities to
implement and maintain certified water quality management plans.
SB 1407 Madla
SP: King, Tracy
Relating to the sale of livestock by a personal representative of a
decedent's estate.
SB 1410 Brown, J. E. "Buster"
SP: Danburg
Relating to crab traps used in the public water of this state and
to removal requirements for abandoned crab traps.
SB 1419 West, Royce
SP: Thompson
Relating to the statute of limitations in certain civil proceedings
involving the public institutions of higher education or the Texas
Higher Education Coordinating Board.
SB 1433 Ogden
SP: Brown, Fred
Relating to the jurisdiction of the 85th, 272nd, and 361st District
Courts in Brazos County.
SB 1456 Lucio / et al.
SP: Capelo / Coleman / Gray / Uresti / Solis, Jim / et al.
Relating to the establishment of a pediatric diabetes research
advisory committee in the Texas Department of Health.
SB 1547 Duncan / et al.
SP: McCall
Relating to the establishment of an investment advisory board by
the comptroller of public accounts.
SB 1640 Bernsen
SP: Thompson
Relating to a provision for the payment or transfer of a person's
interest in a mutual fund account on the person's death.
SB 1681 Jackson
SP: Davis, John
Relating to the waiver of a jury trial in the prosecution of a
misdemeanor offense within the jurisdiction of the justice and
municipal courts.
SB 1789 Bivins
SP: Smithee
Relating to the appointment of a public defender by the
Commissioners Court of Randall County.
SCR 34 Brown, J. E. "Buster"
SP: Lewis, Ron
Expressing support for the Minerals Management Service to proceed with the
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) lease in the eastern Gulf of Mexico.