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ITEMS ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION
Wednesday, May 23, 2001
3:00 P.M.
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******** CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ********
The Senate request the appointment of a conference committee on:
SB 115 Madla / et al.
SP: Hawley / Turner, Bob / Ramsay / Homer / et al.
Relating to creating a foundation to finance health programs in the
rural areas of the state.
Senate Conferees: Madla, Ch./Moncrief/Nelson/Sibley/Van de Putte
SB 189 Lindsay
SP: Dutton
Relating to the authority of a juvenile justice alternative
education program to obtain a waiver regarding required days of
operation.
Senate Conferees: Lindsay, Ch./Bivins/Nelson/Shapiro/Van de Putte
SB 312 Zaffirini
SP: Chisum
Relating to the review and functions of the Texas Water Development
Board.
Senate Conferees: Zaffirini, Ch./Barrientos/Bernsen/Brown/Haywood
SB 516 Madla
SP: Hawley / et al.
Relating to creating the rural physician relief program.
Senate Conferees: Madla, Ch./Carona/Harris/Lucio/Staples
SB 536 Ellis, Rodney / et al.
SP: Dutton / Clark
Relating to compensation to persons wrongfully imprisoned.
Senate Conferees: Ellis, Ch./Armbrister/Bivins/Ogden/Whitmire
SB 730 Harris
SP: Thompson / Talton
Relating to the suspension of sentence and the deferral of
adjudication in cases involving certain misdemeanor traffic
offenses.
Senate Conferees: Harris, Ch./Armbrister/Ogden/Staples/West
SB 1210 West, Royce
SP: Dunnam / Goodman
Relating to certain attorneys and law clerks employed by a court.
Senate Conferees: West, Ch./Bernsen/Duncan/Jackson/Shapiro
Conference committee reports:
SB 1 Ellis, Rodney / et al.
SP: Junell
General Appropriations Bill.
SB 65 Moncrief
SP: Turner, Bob / Chavez / Hupp / Maxey / Hawley / et al.
Relating to the regulation of telepharmacy as a method to dispense
drugs.
SB 577 Bivins / et al.
SP: Driver / Hawley / Solomons / Berman / Uresti
Relating to driving privileges of drivers under 18 years of age.
SB 583 Duncan
SP: Janek
Relating to liens for certain services provided by physicians.
SB 684 Madla
SP: Uresti
Relating to the definition of non-physician mental health
professional for purposes of a proceeding or evaluation under the
Texas Mental Health Code.
SB 846 Cain
SP: Naishtat
Relating to municipal payroll deductions.
SB 1596 Bivins / et al.
SP: Rangel / Jones, Jesse
Relating to the establishment and operation of the Toward
EXcellence, Access, & Success (TEXAS) grant II program.
******** SENATE AMENDMENTS ********
HB 116 Najera / Uresti
SP: Truan
Relating to registration with the Selective Service System of
certain applicants for a driver's license.
HB 154 Thompson / Chavez / et al.
SP: Gallegos
Relating to the personal needs allowance for certain Medicaid
recipients who are residents of long-term care facilities.
HB 171 Lewis, Glenn / et al.
SP: Nelson
Relating to the prosecution of certain offenses involving damage or
destruction of property.
HB 217 Reyna, Arthur
SP: Sibley
Relating to the regulation of plumbing.
HB 223 Wise
SP: Bernsen
Relating to procedural requirements applicable to the release on
parole of certain sex offenders.
HB 299 Gallego
SP: Shapleigh
Relating to speed limits on state highways.
HB 310 Flores / Chavez / Hinojosa / Miller / Gutierrez / et al.
SP: Truan
Relating to the establishment and operation of veterans cemeteries.
HB 328 Gallego / Turner, Bob / Hawley
SP: Madla
Relating to single-member trustee districts for certain school
districts.
HB 393 Maxey / Kitchen
SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to certain nonprofit entities that provide health or
long-term care or health benefit plans; providing a penalty.
HB 396 Wise / Chavez / Keel / Garcia / et al.
SP: Gallegos
Relating to the requirement that an applicant for a driver's
license provide certain identification information to the
Department of Public Safety.
HB 460 Hartnett / et al.
SP: West, Royce
Relating to the penalty for the offense of prostitution.
HB 472 Solomons / Danburg / Woolley / et al.
SP: Shapleigh
Relating to the regulation of telemarketing solicitation; providing
penalties.
HB 623 Hochberg / Delisi
SP: Bivins
Relating to the selection, distribution, and use of public school
textbooks; providing administrative and criminal penalties.
HB 631 Turner, Sylvester
SP: Whitmire
Relating to fines for illegal dumping.
HB 678 McCall
SP: Duncan
Relating to collection and use of biometric identifiers; providing
a civil penalty.
HB 706 Morrison / Coleman
SP: Truan
Relating to the emergency possession of and termination of the
parent-child relationship of certain abandoned children.
HB 785 Isett
SP: Duncan
Relating to the liability for performing certain services for
another governmental unit.
HB 792 Wolens / et al.
SP: West, Royce
Relating to certain procedures regarding state bar disciplinary
proceedings.
HB 824 Ellis, Dan / Zbranek / Hilderbran
SP: Bernsen
Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of property
owned by certain nonprofit county fair associations.
HB 835 Kitchen / Hopson / Naishtat / Hawley / et al.
SP: Moncrief
Relating to the study of a buy-in option for the state child health
plan.
HB 900 Thompson
SP: Wentworth
Relating to the administration of statutory probate courts and to
the assignment of statutory probate court judges.
HB 1001 Naishtat / Wohlgemuth / et al.
SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the review of the reimbursement methodology for and
resource needs of nursing facilities.
HB 1004 Naishtat
SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the work or employment activities required under the
temporary assistance for needy families program.
HB 1006 Naishtat
SP: Zaffirini
Relating to exemptions and exceptions from work or employment
activity requirements under the temporary assistance for needy
families program.
HB 1018 Hardcastle / et al.
SP: Haywood
Relating to certain applications submitted to and reexaminations
given by the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners.
HB 1023 Brown, Fred
SP: Ogden
Relating to recreational sports fees charged at institutions in The
Texas A&M University System.
HB 1024 Brown, Fred
SP: Ogden
Relating to student center complex fees charged at institutions in
The Texas A&M University System.
HB 1050 Solomons
SP: Brown, J. E. "Buster"
Relating to liens on real property in favor of governmental
entities.
HB 1096 Luna, Vilma / Seaman
SP: Gallegos
Relating to the creation of fire control, prevention, and emergency
medical services districts by certain municipalities.
HB 1107 Hartnett
SP: Cain
Relating to the use of money in the county law library fund.
HB 1118 Goodman / Allen / Reyna, Arthur / Jones, Elizabeth / et al.
SP: West, Royce
Relating to the adjudication and disposition of juvenile conduct
and the administration of the juvenile justice system.
HB 1121 Turner, Bob
SP: West, Royce
Relating to eligibility for enrollment in certain law enforcement
training programs.
HB 1127 Rangel
SP: Bivins
Relating to procedures governing employment contracts for faculty
members at public institutions of higher education.
HB 1138 Longoria
SP: Truan
Relating to the form of a proposal guaranty for a contract of the
Texas Department of Transportation.
HB 1183 Capelo
SP: Carona
Relating to the regulation of surgical assistants; granting
rulemaking authority; providing an administrative penalty.
HB 1200 Brimer / Oliveira / Swinford / McCall / Telford / et al.
SP: Harris
Relating to the enactment of the Texas Economic Development Act,
authorizing certain ad valorem tax incentives for economic
development, including authorizing school districts to provide tax
relief for certain corporations and limited liability companies
that make large investments that create jobs in this state, to
authorizing the imposition of certain impact fees, and to
continuing the Property Redevelopment and Tax Abatement Act.
HB 1203 Brimer
SP: Fraser
Relating to the purchase of certain insurance coverage by state
agencies and to workers' compensation insurance benefits provided
by certain state agencies.
HB 1234 Naishtat / Reyna, Elvira
SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the presence of certain advocates during forensic
medical examinations of alleged victims of sexual assaults.
HB 1258 Gallego
SP: Madla
Relating to the ratification of the creation of and to the
administration, powers, duties, operation, and financing of the
Middle Pecos Groundwater Conservation District.
HB 1287 Thompson / Naishtat / Hinojosa / Allen / Hodge / et al.
SP: Whitmire
Relating to the establishment of drug court programs and to a study
of drug court programs by the Criminal Justice Policy Council.
HB 1323 Shields
SP: Staples
Relating to the expunction of arrest records and files when an
indictment or information is dismissed or quashed.
HB 1333 Junell
SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to making emergency appropriations.
HB 1359 Villarreal, Mike / Rangel
SP: Shapleigh
Relating to the transfer of course credit between public
institutions of higher education.
HB 1418 Jones, Jesse / et al.
SP: Carona
Relating to certain employees of nursing homes and related
institutions.
HB 1562 Thompson / et al.
SP: Moncrief
Relating to the control of health insurance fraud; providing
administrative penalties.
HB 1572 Haggerty
SP: Staples
Relating to the rights of victims of crime, participation by
victims and witnesses in certain criminal proceedings, and the
payment of restitution to victims.
HB 1685 Rangel
SP: Bivins
Relating to a partnership or affiliation between certain entities
and a general academic teaching institution or a medical and dental
unit.
HB 1691 Maxey / Gallego / Keel / Uher / Eiland / et al.
SP: Madla
Relating to the Texas Council on Purchasing from People with
Disabilities.
HB 1697 Ellis, Dan
SP: Ogden
Relating to the erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising by
certain nonprofit organizations or schools.
HB 1712 Maxey / Wilson
SP: West, Royce
Relating to online public access to certain information regarding
attorneys.
HB 1716 Puente / et al.
SP: Van de Putte
Relating to the establishment and operation of the San Antonio Life
Sciences Institute in The University of Texas System.
HB 1739 Martinez Fischer
SP: Van de Putte
Relating to the penalty for a violation of certain laws involving
the restraint of a child in a motor vehicle.
HB 1757 Gutierrez
SP: Lucio
Relating to payment of unemployment compensation tax contributions
by certain employers engaged in agriculture.
HB 1763 McCall / Averitt / Bosse / Chisum / Gallego
SP: Sibley
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Finance
Commission of Texas and the regulation of certain financial
institutions and businesses.
HB 1772 Brimer
SP: Harris
Relating to the approval and financing of sports and community
venue projects.
HB 1784 Cook / Kolkhorst / et al.
SP: Ogden
Relating to the ratification, creation, administration, powers,
duties, operation, and financing of groundwater conservation
districts in and coordinated management of groundwater resources
for the central Carrizo-Wilcox area.
HB 1811 Kolkhorst / Cook / Brimer / Hawley / et al.
SP: Duncan
Relating to the use of certain federal housing funds.
HB 1856 Danburg / Madden
SP: Shapiro
Relating to the use of certain voting systems.
HB 1862 Eiland / Janek / Lewis, Glenn / Jones, Elizabeth / Smithee /
et al.
SP: Van de Putte
Relating to the regulation and prompt payment of health care
providers under certain health benefit plans; providing penalties.
HB 1887 Janek
SP: Carona
Relating to the rights of patients receiving mental health
services.
HB 1913 Capelo
SP: Shapleigh
Relating to termination of certain contracts by a preferred
provider organization or health maintenance organization.
HB 1925 Haggerty
SP: Staples
Relating to the creation of an offense prohibiting certain weapons
within 1,000 feet of a place of execution.
HB 1938 Solis, Jim / Gutierrez / Raymond / Moreno, Joe E. / Capelo
SP: Bivins
Relating to education loans made or financed by a higher education
authority or nonprofit corporation.
HB 1981 Farabee
SP: Lindsay
Relating to competitive purchasing procedures applying to certain
purchases and contracts of governmental entities.
HB 2109 Farrar
SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to exempting certain higher education students from the
TASP test based on the student's high school grade point average in
college preparatory courses.
HB 2159 Thompson / Moreno, Joe E. / et al.
SP: Carona
Relating to premium rates and minimum reserves for credit life and
accident and health insurance.
HB 2191 Averitt
SP: Fraser
Relating to availability of health benefit plan coverage under the
Texas Health Insurance Risk Pool.
HB 2204 Gutierrez / Maxey / Kitchen / Villarreal, Mike
SP: Moncrief
Relating to the construction of facilities and trails for bicycles,
electric bicycles, and pedestrians and to the safe operation of
bicycles and electric bicycles.
HB 2218 Rangel
SP: Staples
Relating to the amount of the international education fee charged
at certain institutions of higher education.
HB 2250 Smith / Homer / Hill / Dunnam / Kitchen / et al.
SP: Moncrief
Relating to certain criminal consequences of certain previous
intoxication convictions.
HB 2262 Danburg / et al.
SP: Madla
Relating to the requirements for membership on the Texas Optometry
Board.
HB 2277 Carter
SP: Fraser
Relating to contracts by certain educational institutions, state
agencies, and local governments for energy conservation measures.
HB 2310 Chisum / Swinford / Walker / Bosse / Cook
SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the continuation and functions of the State Soil and
Water Conservation Board and to the election of directors of local
soil and water conservation districts.
HB 2351 Hinojosa / Thompson
SP: Van de Putte
Relating to requiring the corroboration of certain testimony in a
criminal case involving controlled substances.
HB 2368 George
SP: Shapiro
Relating to the fees assessed by a district court in Dallas County
for certain services rendered in juvenile or family law cases.
HB 2378 Kuempel
SP: Armbrister
Relating to the cigarette tax and providing a penalty.
HB 2383 Allen
SP: Madla
Relating to certain grounds for the denial of an application for,
the refusal to renew, and the suspension of a license as a licensed
chemical dependency counselor and for the restriction of a
counselor intern.
HB 2397 Chavez
SP: Zaffirini
Relating to a study and report concerning the compensation received
by part-time and full-time faculty members at public institutions
of higher education.
HB 2421 Hawley / et al.
SP: Madla
Relating to establishing a program to recruit rural medical
students for service in rural communities.
HB 2436 Merritt
SP: Brown, J. E. "Buster"
Relating to a requirement that the Bureau of Economic Geology of
The University of Texas at Austin conduct a study of the East Texas
Oil Field.
HB 2439 Goolsby
SP: Cain
Relating to uses of balances in the inaugural fund.
HB 2453 Berman
SP: Shapleigh
Relating to conditions for issuance of certain revenue bonds by the
Veterans' Land Board.
HB 2522 Wilson
SP: Armbrister
Relating to requiring the Texas Department of Transportation to
establish and maintain a state airport in Central Texas.
HB 2531 Junell / Coleman
SP: Bivins
Relating to tuition and fees charged at public institutions of
higher education.
HB 2600 Brimer / Junell / Janek / Eiland / Dukes / et al.
SP: Duncan
Relating to the provision of workers' compensation benefits and to
the operation of the workers' compensation insurance system;
providing penalties.
HB 2602 Coleman
SP: Moncrief
Relating to indigent health care.
HB 2691 Madden / Danburg
SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to procedures for the electronic transfer of voter
registration applications by certain voter registration agencies.
HB 2700 Chavez / Puente / Wohlgemuth / Solis, Jim / Chisum / et al.
SP: Duncan
Relating to certain services provided through telemedicine.
HB 2794 Eiland
SP: Jackson
Relating to the placement of dredged material on beaches adjacent
to navigation inlets and channels.
HB 2804 Kolkhorst
SP: Ogden
Relating to certain instruments recorded to create liens on
property or to show satisfaction of a judgment.
HB 2810 Wolens
SP: Cain
Relating to the application of statutes that classify political
subdivisions according to population.
HB 2845 Danburg
SP: Cain
Relating to the creation of an initiative to promote the
commercialization of fuel cell technologies, including tax
exemptions and reductions for certain corporations.
HB 2855 Kuempel
SP: Wentworth
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 2870 Ramsay
SP: Staples
Relating to the authority of a commissioners court of a county to
develop and administer an economic development program for making
loans or grants of public money.
HB 2877 Goolsby
SP: Cain
Relating to the operations, powers, and duties of the State
Preservation Board.
HB 3016 Haggerty
SP: Shapiro
Relating to the use of certain electronically readable information
to comply with certain provisions of the Alcoholic Beverage Code.
HB 3068 Chisum
SP: Bivins
Relating to the appointment of a county auditor in certain
counties.
HB 3069 Chisum
SP: Duncan
Relating to the maintenance of certain cemeteries.
HB 3195 Howard
SP: Brown, J. E. "Buster"
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 3312 Dunnam
SP: Moncrief
Relating to establishing a pilot program for state emergency
medical dispatch resource centers.
HB 3329 Averitt
SP: Brown, J. E. "Buster"
Relating to tax-exempt private activity bonds.
HB 3451 Gallego / Carter / Martinez Fischer / McCall / Ehrhardt
SP: Lucio
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas State
Affordable Housing Corporation.
HB 3572 George / Puente / Jones, Elizabeth / et al.
SP: Lindsay
Relating to establishing an unrelated donor umbilical cord blood
bank.
HB 3587 Walker
SP: Barrientos
Relating to the exemption from permitting requirements for certain
wells in a groundwater conservation district.
HB 3591 Hunter
SP: Bivins
Relating to including certain libraries of nonprofit corporations
in the TexShare consortium and authorizing grants from the
telecommunications infrastructure fund to those libraries.
HB 3652 Morrison
SP: Armbrister
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Lavaca County Groundwater
Conservation District.
HB 3692 Coleman
SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the creation of the Greater Southeast Management
District; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
HJR 5 Solomons
SP: Shapleigh
Proposing a constitutional amendment prescribing requirements for
imposing a lien for work and material used in the construction,
repair, or renovation of improvements on residential homestead
property and including the conversion and refinance of a personal
property lien secured by a manufactured home to a lien on real
property as a debt on homestead property protected from a forced
sale.
HJR 81 Counts
SP: Brown, J. E. "Buster"
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the issuance of
additional general obligation bonds by the Texas Water Development
Board.
HJR 82 Counts / et al.
SP: Truan
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the Veterans' Land
Board to issue additional general obligation bonds and to use
certain assets in certain funds to provide for veterans cemeteries.
HJR 85 Bosse
SP: Lindsay
Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow current and retired
public school teachers and retired public school administrators to
receive compensation for serving on the governing bodies of school
districts, cities, towns, or other local government districts.