BILLS REFERRED TODAY 2005-07-29 SB 8 Shapiro Relating to public education and public school finance matters; imposing criminal penalties. Education SB 32 Barrientos/ Armbrister Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 130 in Williamson, Travis, Caldwell, and Guadalupe Counties as the Pickle Parkway. Transportation & Homeland Security SB 33 Williams Relating to certain limitations on the ad valorem tax rates of certain taxing units. Finance SB 34 Armbrister Relating to authorizing the state to operate video lottery at racetracks, to the operation of video lottery by certain Indian tribes, and to the authority of the Texas Lottery Commission; providing penalties. State Affairs SB 35 Jackson, Mike Relating to the creation of municipal management districts by certain small municipalities; providing authority to impose an assessment or sales and use tax, and to issue bonds. Intergovernmental Relations SB 36 Madla Relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds or other obligations to fund capital projects at public institutions of higher education. Finance SJR 8 Barrientos Proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for public school purposes to $30,000 and providing for an adjustment of the limitation on the total amount of taxes that may be imposed for those purposes on the homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect the increased exemption amount and changes in school district ad valorem tax rates. Finance