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ITEMS ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION
Saturday, May 28, 2005
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******** CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ********
The Senate request the appointment of a conference committee on:
SB 52 Nelson
SP: Hupp
Relating to a competitive grant program for aging and disability
services.
(Senate Conferees: Nelson, Ch./Armbrister/Carona/Hinojosa/Janek)
SB 444 Staples
SP: Hopson / Elkins
Relating to registration fee credits for the owners of certain dry
cleaning facilities that do not participate in the dry cleaning
facility release fund.
(Senate Conferees: Staples, Ch./Armbrister/Deuell/Eltife/Jackson)
SB 567 Deuell
SP: Keffer, Jim
Relating to requiring a taxing unit to include in the public notice
of a hearing on the adoption of an ad valorem tax rate certain
information relating to the taxing unit's budget and appraisal
roll.
(Senate Conferees: Deuell, Ch./Janek/Madla/Seliger/Staples)
SB 825 Shapleigh
SP: Solomons
Relating to the TexasOnline Authority's use of TexasOnline revenue.
(Senate Conferees: Shapleigh, Ch./Barrientos/Ellis/Eltife/Gallegos, Jr.)
SB 872 Nelson
SP: Delisi
Relating to a study regarding the impact of niche hospitals on
other general hospitals and to certain reports and disclosure
requirements regarding niche hospitals.
(Senate Conferees: Nelson, Ch./Carona/Deuell/Hinojosa/Zaffirini)
SB 1188 Nelson
SP: Delisi
Relating to the medical assistance program and the provision of
related services.
(Senate Conferees: Nelson, Ch./Carona/Janek/Lucio, Jr./Seliger)
SB 1227 Shapiro / et al.
SP: Morrison
Relating to enrollment in public and private postsecondary
educational institutions, to payment of the costs of attending
those educational institutions, and to financial aid and other
measures to assist students to pay those costs.
(Senate Conferees: Shapiro - Chair/Duncan/Janek/Ogden/Zaffirini)
Conference Committee Reports:
ELIGIBLE AT 11:15 PM MAY 27, 2005:
SB 1103 Eltife
SP: Hughes
Relating to the powers and duties of the General Land Office and
the disposition of certain unsurveyed public school land.
ELIGIBLE AT 11:15 AM MAY 28, 2005:
HB 905 Delisi
Relating to the powers and duties of the state auditor in
connection with state contracts.
ELIGIBLE AT 3:30 PM MAY 28, 2005:
HB 182 Mowery / Wong / Truitt / et al.
Relating to the appeal of certain ad valorem tax determinations
through binding arbitration.
HB 1048 Chisum
Relating to the forfeiture of contraband used or intended to be
used in the commission of certain criminal offenses.
ELIGIBLE AT 5:30 PM MAY 28, 2005:
HB 836 Gattis / Hopson / et al.
Relating to certain requirements concerning the filling of a
prescription.
HB 1830 Wong
Relating to the notice provided for the establishment of municipal
management districts.
SB 1641 Lucio
SP: Oliveira
Relating to the continuation of the law authorizing the issuance of
oversize or overweight vehicle permits by certain port authorities.