BILLS REFERRED TODAY
2005-02-07
SB 281 Gallegos
Relating to business leave time accounts for peace officers in
certain municipalities and counties.
Business & Commerce
SB 282 Madla/ Brimer/ Lucio/ Van de Putte/ Zaffirini
Relating to disclosure and use of sales price information for ad
valorem tax purposes; creating an offense.
Intergovernmental Relations
SB 283 Staples
Relating to a recreational sports fee at Stephen F. Austin State
University.
S/C on Higher Education
SB 284 Ellis
Relating to charitable contributions by state employees to certain
General Land Office programs.
Finance
SB 285 Wentworth
Relating to the creation of an additional judicial district in
Comal County.
Jurisprudence
SB 286 Wentworth
Relating to requiring public officials to receive training in the
requirements of the open meetings and public information laws.
Government Organization
SB 287 Janek
Relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds for The
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston for National
Biocontainment Laboratory facilities and infrastructure.
Finance
SB 288 Shapleigh
Relating to the transfer of certain surplus or salvage property to
the United Mexican States.
Government Organization
SB 289 West, Royce
Relating to the punishment for the offense of burglary of vehicles.
Criminal Justice
SB 290 West, Royce
Relating to disclosures required in connection with certain home
loans.
Business & Commerce
SB 291 West, Royce
Relating to the index of court fees and costs.
Jurisprudence
SB 292 Carona
Relating to the fee for reinstatement or issuance of a driver's
license following a license suspension or denial for failure to
pass a test for intoxication.
Transportation & Homeland Security
SB 293 Zaffirini/ Hinojosa/ Lucio/ Shapleigh
Relating to meetings between representatives of the Department of
Public Safety and Mexican states on transportation and truck
inspection issues.
International Relations & Trade
SB 294 Duncan
Relating to procedures relating to the doctrine of forum non
conveniens in a civil cause of action.
State Affairs
SB 295 Madla
Relating to the issuance of revenue bonds for Texas A&M
University--San Antonio.
Finance
SB 296 Madla
Relating to the student enrollment required for the operation of
Texas A&M University--San Antonio as an independent general
academic teaching institution.
S/C on Higher Education
SB 297 Wentworth
Relating to the rates charged by a municipally owned utility to
certain recreational vehicle parks for potable water or wastewater
service.
Natural Resources
SB 298 Wentworth
Relating to the creation of an offense involving the supervision of
a vehicle operator holding an instruction permit.
Transportation & Homeland Security
SB 299 Wentworth
Relating to the exception from required public disclosure of the
name of an applicant for the position of city manager of certain
home-rule municipalities.
Intergovernmental Relations
SB 300 Wentworth
Relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a hotel
occupancy tax.
Intergovernmental Relations
SB 301 Shapleigh
Relating to the collection and reporting of certain information
regarding uninsured individuals in this state.
State Affairs
SB 304 Armbrister
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of criminal trespass.
Criminal Justice
SB 305 Armbrister
Relating to the licensing and regulation of glass technicians;
providing administrative penalties.
Business & Commerce
SB 306 Duncan
Relating to the disqualification of certain persons for
unemployment benefits.
Business & Commerce
SB 307 Duncan
Relating to persons who participate in a mental health court
program.
Criminal Justice
SB 308 Duncan
Relating to temporary successors to members of the legislature
during a period of emergency caused by enemy attack.
State Affairs
SB 309 Lucio/ Armbrister/ Averitt/ Barrientos/ Brimer/
et al.
Relating to the creation of an address confidentiality program to
assist victims of family violence, sexual assault, or stalking in
maintaining confidential addresses.
State Affairs
SB 310 Deuell/ et al.
Relating to certain diseases or illnesses suffered by certain
emergency first responders.
State Affairs
SB 311 Deuell
Relating to the regulation of academic language teachers and
therapists; imposing penalties.
Health & Human Services
SB 312 Deuell
Relating to the use, sale, purchase, or possession of a
traffic-control signal preemption device; providing criminal
penalties.
Criminal Justice
SB 313 Gallegos
Relating to the training required for certain county jailers.
Intergovernmental Relations
SB 314 Gallegos
Relating to the emergency service fee rate in certain 9-1-1
emergency communication districts.
Business & Commerce
SB 315 Lucio
Relating to minimum personal leave for faculty members at public
institutions of higher education.
S/C on Higher Education
SB 316 Lucio
Relating to the prevention of shaken baby syndrome.
Health & Human Services
SB 317 Staples
Relating to the designation of the El Camino East/West Corridor.
Transportation & Homeland Security
SB 318 Staples
Relating to creating a recognition day in remembrance of the Texian
Navy.
Government Organization
SB 319 Shapleigh
Relating to requiring state investment funds to post certain
information on the Internet.
State Affairs
SB 321 Harris
Relating to the jurisdiction of the 396th District Court.
Jurisprudence
SB 322 Staples
Relating to proceeds from the sale of certain state surplus and
salvage personal property.
Transportation & Homeland Security
SB 323 Staples
Relating to participation by the Texas Department of Transportation
in the cost of acquiring, constructing, maintaining, or operating a
toll facility.
Transportation & Homeland Security
SB 324 Janek
Relating to the creation of a judicial district composed of
Brazoria County.
Jurisprudence
SB 325 Zaffirini
Relating to the management of behavior of residents of certain
facilities.
Health & Human Services
SB 326 Zaffirini
Relating to using the Internet to obtain identifying information of
another person for a fraudulent purpose; providing penalties.
Criminal Justice
SB 327 Zaffirini
Relating to the unauthorized collection and transmission of certain
information by computer; providing a penalty.
Criminal Justice
SB 328 Staples
Relating to the protection of public water supplies.
Transportation & Homeland Security
SB 329 Hinojosa
Relating to retirement benefits for certain teachers.
Education
SB 330 Deuell
Relating to the designation of certain hospitals as primary stroke
centers.
Health & Human Services
SB 331 Lindsay
Relating to the North Harris County Regional Water Authority.
Natural Resources
SB 332 Fraser
Relating to furthering competition in the telecommunication
industry.
Business & Commerce
SB 333 West, Royce/ et al.
Relating to the eligibility of a high school graduate for automatic
admission to an institution of higher education.
Education
SB 334 Duncan
Relating to the remedy provided for failure to disclose certain
information in certain residential construction transactions.
Business & Commerce
SB 335 Carona
Relating to the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act.
Jurisprudence
SB 336 Carona
Relating to the referral of criminal cases to certain magistrates.
Criminal Justice
SB 337 Carona
Relating to criminal background checks on users of online
relationship services; providing a criminal penalty.
Criminal Justice
SB 338 Carona
Relating to the amount of the use tax imposed on certain motor
vehicles brought into this state by a new resident.
Transportation & Homeland Security
SB 339 Carona
Relating to the regulation of interior designers; providing
penalties.
Business & Commerce
SB 340 Whitmire
Relating to the authority of a municipality to require the removal
of certain vehicles from a freeway without the consent of the owner
or person in charge of the vehicle.
Intergovernmental Relations
SB 341 Van de Putte
Relating to the identification information required of an applicant
for a driver's license.
Transportation & Homeland Security
SB 342 Brimer
Relating to the regulation of swimming pools in the unincorporated
areas of certain counties as a public nuisance.
Intergovernmental Relations
SB 343 Brimer
Relating to county authority to regulate the placement of water
wells in unincorporated areas of the county; providing a penalty.
Intergovernmental Relations
SB 344 Duncan
Relating to the notice, hearing, rulemaking, and permitting
procedures for groundwater conservation districts.
Natural Resources
SB 345 Duncan/ Zaffirini
Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of tangible
personal property held temporarily at a location in this state for
assembling, storing, manufacturing, processing, or fabricating
purposes.
Finance
SCR 2 Staples
Memorializing Congress to enact legislation to provide for federal
deployment of the Strategic National Stockpile within Mexico to
protect U.S. border states.
Transportation & Homeland Security
SJR 8 Shapleigh
Proposing a constitutional amendment limiting the time in which the
legislature may enact or modify districts for the state legislature
or the United States House of Representatives.
State Affairs
SJR 9 Shapleigh
Proposing a constitutional amendment to create a consolidated El
Paso Metro Government by consolidating El Paso County and the City
of El Paso.
Intergovernmental Relations
SJR 10 Lindsay
Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow an officer of a
municipal utility district to simultaneously serve as an election
judge.
State Affairs
SJR 11 Ellis
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the governor to
grant one or more reprieves in a capital case.
Criminal Justice