LOCAL AND UNCONTESTED BILLS
The following bills have been certified for placement on the Local
& Uncontested Calendar to be held April 28, 2005, at 8:00 a.m.
HB 67 (LC) McClendon/ Goolsby/ Menendez/ Chavez/ Casteel/
et al. SP: Van de Putte
Relating to designating August 26 as Women's Independence Day.
HB 423 (LC) Delisi SP: Eltife
Relating to the online availability of certain state publications.
HB 762 (LC) Nixon/ Bailey/ Swinford/ Keel/ Woolley
SP: Ellis
Relating to the solicitation by state officers and employees of and
recommendations regarding contributions to charitable organizations
and governmental entities.
HB 965 (LC) Haggerty SP: Jackson, Mike
Relating to a prohibition on the regulation of emissions from
certain residential water heaters.
HB 1657 (LC) Hope SP: Averitt
Relating to the administration by the Texas Water Development Board
of certain water-related programs financed by federal funds.
HB 1815 (LC) Krusee/ Strama/ Naishtat/ Rodriguez/ Dukes
SP: Barrientos
Relating to term limitations for members of boards of certain
metropolitan rapid transit authorities.
SB 39 (CS)(LC) Zaffirini
Relating to continuing education in forensic evidence collection
for certain physicians and nurses.
SB 93 (CS)(LC) Shapleigh
Relating to a manifest system to record the transportation of
certain liquid wastes.
SB 132 (CS)(LC) Nelson
Relating to goals and strategies concerning the number of graduates
from professional nursing education programs.
SB 142 (CS)(LC) Wentworth
Relating to the authority of a county to regulate land development
after a local option election.
SB 362 (LC) Carona
Relating to certain condominium owners' right to redeem real
property following certain foreclosure sales.
SB 386 (CS)(LC) Wentworth
Relating to the ability of public school employees to communicate
with members of a school district board of trustees.
SB 532 (LC) Shapiro
Relating to tuition for a student registered in a public junior
college.
SB 601 (LC) Van de Putte
Relating to importing prescription drugs for use in state-funded
programs that provide health care services or benefits.
SB 784 (LC) Shapleigh
Relating to the acceptance by the Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality of certain emissions reductions in exchange for other
emissions reductions.
SB 785 Fraser
Relating to the regulation of quarries; providing penalties.
SB 825 (LC) Shapleigh
Relating to the TexasOnline Authority's use of TexasOnline revenue.
SB 956 (LC) Seliger
Relating to the appointment and jurisdiction of cattle rangers.
SB 957 (LC) Williams
Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Department of
Licensing and Regulation.
SB 962 (CS)(LC) Shapiro
Relating to state assistance for school district instructional
facilities.
SB 982 (LC) Van de Putte
Relating to certain practices to improve energy conservation in
state buildings.
SB 1000 (CS)(LC) Madla
Relating to the regulation of the practice of nursing.
SB 1009 (CS)(LC) Harris
Relating to reporting of expenditures by persons registered as
lobbyists.
SB 1010 (CS)(LC) Harris
Relating to prohibited conflicts of interest of registered
lobbyists.
SB 1011 (CS)(LC) Harris
Relating to restrictions on and reporting of certain expenditures
by registered lobbyists.
SB 1013 (LC) Harris
Relating to the use of private legal counsel by certain hospital
districts.
SB 1026 (LC) Madla
Relating to hospital and medical care required to be provided by
the Maverick County Hospital District.
SB 1027 (LC) Madla
Relating to the authority of the board of directors of the Maverick
County Hospital District to employ health care providers.
SB 1045 (CS)(LC) Janek
Relating to insurance or other coverage in lieu of a bond
requirement for officers, employees, and consultants of certain
conservation and reclamation districts.
SB 1063 (CS)(LC) Staples
Relating to the rates of certain retail public utilities.
SB 1081 (LC) Ellis
Relating to recycling market development.
SB 1125 (CS)(LC) Hinojosa
Relating to the establishment and operation of multicounty drug
task forces and to the disposition of certain contraband seized by
those task forces.
SB 1133 (CS)(LC) Hinojosa
Relating to posting notice online of the meetings of certain
governmental bodies.
SB 1161 (CS)(LC) Harris
Relating to corrected reports, registrations, and statements filed
with the Texas Ethics Commission.
SB 1173 (CS)(LC) Armbrister
Relating to the regulation of a perpetual care cemetery and the
sale of interment rights in a mausoleum before completion of
construction.
SB 1186 (CS)(LC) Nelson/ et al.
Relating to the effect that certain orders relating to family
violence and certain decisions regarding military service have on
residential leases; providing civil penalties.
SB 1190 (CS)(LC) Wentworth
Relating to certain procedures governing health care liability
claims.
SB 1192 (CS)(LC) Estes
Relating to stamps for migratory and upland game bird hunting;
providing a penalty.
SB 1195 (CS)(LC) Hinojosa
Relating to the authority of peace officers to conduct certain
searches.
SB 1238 (LC) Madla
Relating to the creation of a public nuisance by the failure to
properly maintain a drainage easement.
SB 1250 (LC) Brimer
Relating to appointments to the Tobacco Settlement Permanent Trust
Account Investment Advisory Committee.
SB 1255 (LC) Brimer
Relating to the number of alcoholic beverage licenses that may be
issued for a single location.
SB 1271 (LC) Jackson, Mike
Relating to fees for licenses issued by the Parks and Wildlife
Department.
SB 1273 (CS)(LC) Jackson, Mike
Relating to the establishment of the Texas Farmland and Ranchland
Conservation Program.
SB 1281 (CS)(LC) Armbrister
Relating to the regulation and permitting of a commercial
industrial solid waste facility connected to a publicly owned
treatment works facility.
SB 1328 (CS)(LC) Nelson
Relating to the privacy of protected health information.
SB 1331 (CS)(LC) Nelson
Relating to certain temporary wine and beer retailer's permits.
SB 1341 (LC) Madla
Relating to the functions of the Texas Department of Housing and
Community Affairs.
SB 1354 (CS)(LC) Estes
Relating to the protection of water quality in watersheds
threatened by quarry activities; establishing a pilot program in a
certain portion of the Brazos River watershed; providing penalties.
SB 1395 (CS)(LC) Shapiro
Relating to the establishment of high school diploma programs by
Job Corps training programs under the United States Department of
Labor.
SB 1408 (CS)(LC) Estes
Relating to wage claim disputes.
SB 1425 (LC) Gallegos
Relating to the filing of an affidavit of inability to pay in
appealing a small claims court judgement.
SB 1428 (CS)(LC) Duncan/ et al.
Relating to the establishment of a statewide maintenance program
for boll weevil and pink bollworm eradication.
SB 1446 (CS)(LC) Averitt
Relating to public school admission and enrollment.
SB 1448 (LC) Averitt
Relating to the applicability of certain laws relating to
portability of certain health benefit coverage provided to school
district employees.
SB 1464 (LC) Van de Putte
Relating to the authority of certain municipal electric utilities
to invest funds held in a decommissioning trust.
SB 1471 (LC) Whitmire
Relating to consumer gifts and prizes in connection with the
marketing of alcoholic beverages.
SB 1472 (LC) Whitmire
Relating to services provided by manufacturers and distributors of
beer to beer retailers.
SB 1510 (CS)(LC) Averitt
Relating to the liability of a nonprofit management contractor of
county hospital authorities.
SB 1532 (LC) Averitt
Relating to the eligibility of certain educational employees to
participate or be enrolled in certain group health benefit
programs.
SB 1569 (LC) Williams
Relating to audits of state agency expenditures to recover
overpayments and lost discounts.
SB 1587 (LC) Carona
Relating to certain foreclosure notice requirements.
SB 1603 (LC) Estes
Relating to the recovery of certain costs associated with certain
civil suits by the Parks and Wildlife Department.
SB 1621 (LC) Lindsay
Relating to the tax rate for emergency services districts located
in certain populous counties.
SB 1626 (CS)(LC) Whitmire
Relating to petition requirements for ordering a local option
election to legalize or prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages.
SB 1674 (CS)(LC) Barrientos
Relating to the authority of the Barton Springs-Edwards Aquifer
Conservation District to charge certain fees.
SB 1680 (LC) Jackson, Mike
Relating to the repeal of the Agriculture Resources Protection
Authority.
SB 1686 (CS)(LC) Estes
Relating to the interagency work group on rural issues.
SB 1710 (CS)(LC) Staples
Relating to outdoor burning under the Texas Clean Air Act.
SB 1769 (LC) Harris
Relating to administrators of certain hospital districts.
SB 1787 (CS)(LC) Duncan
Relating to the designation and duties of the state historian.
SB 1815 (CS)(LC) Armbrister
Relating to reimbursement under the workers' compensation system
for certain surgical assistants.
SB 1830 (LC) Zaffirini
Relating to the continuation of the quality assurance fee
applicable to intermediate care facilities for persons with mental
retardation.
SB 1831 (LC) Hinojosa
Relating to the creation of the Corpus Christi Aquifer Storage and
Recovery Conservation District; granting the power of eminent
domain.
SB 1841 (LC) West, Royce
Relating to appointing certain recipients of housing assistance as
commissioners of public housing authorities.
SB 1851 (LC) Madla
Relating to the expansion of the East Medina County Special Utility
District and the composition of the district's board of directors.
SB 1853 (LC) Madla
Relating to the distribution of assessments charged by
Bexar-Medina-Atascosa Counties Water Control and Improvement
District No. 1.