BILLS REFERRED TODAY 2005-04-21 HB 56 Denny/ Bohac/ Hughes/ Branch Relating to the offense of tampering with a direct recording electronic voting machine; providing criminal penalties. State Affairs HB 57 Denny/ Branch Relating to the dates on which elections may be held and certain procedures involving the uniform election held in May. State Affairs HB 248 Goodman Relating to the amendment of certain qualified domestic relations orders. Jurisprudence HB 291 Goolsby Relating to victim notification regarding the release of certain defendants following acquittal by reason of insanity. Criminal Justice HB 311 McReynolds Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of making a false report to a peace officer or law enforcement employee. Criminal Justice HB 348 Chisum Relating to limiting the authority of a property owner to erect a gate on certain third-class and neighborhood roads. Intergovernmental Relations HB 383 Dutton/ et al. Relating to the right of certain persons to discipline a child. Jurisprudence HB 571 Hegar/ Howard Relating to the establishment of auxiliary county facilities in the unincorporated area of a county. Intergovernmental Relations HB 649 Krusee Relating to the funding of transportation projects by the Texas Department of Transportation. Transportation & Homeland Security HB 678 Goodman/ et al. Relating to the accrual of interest on overdue child support. Jurisprudence HB 758 Denny/ Rodriguez/ Hegar/ Coleman/ Alonzo/ et al. Relating to a pilot program allowing for countywide voting locations in certain elections. State Affairs HB 856 Callegari Relating to the general powers, authority, and directors of the West Harris County Regional Water Authority. Natural Resources HB 942 Geren Relating to the registration of antique boats with the Parks and Wildlife Department. Natural Resources HB 1015 Truitt/ Solomons/ Hamric Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists. Government Organization HB 1088 Thompson Relating to an automobile club membership offered in connection with a loan. Business & Commerce HB 1126 Uresti Relating to emergency medical services vehicles and personnel. Health & Human Services HB 1155 Truitt/ Solomons/ Hamric Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas State Board of Examiners of Dietitians. Government Organization HB 1185 Smithee/ Branch Relating to the exemptions from ad valorem taxation of real and personal property of a religious organization or a school. Finance HB 1262 Farabee Relating to the collection and dissemination by the Department of Public Safety of information relating to certain threats against detention officers. Criminal Justice HB 1304 Wong Relating to sanitation requirements for certain barbering and cosmetology services. Business & Commerce HB 1347 Isett Relating to the power of a local authority to enforce compliance with a traffic-control signal on a highway under its jurisdiction by a photographic traffic signal enforcement system. Intergovernmental Relations HB 1685 Dukes/ Naishtat/ et al. Relating to the establishment of an interagency coordinating council for the prevention of child abuse and neglect. Health & Human Services HB 2131 Phillips/ Hardcastle Relating to the demonstration of financial assurance by a local government in relation to the operation of a municipal solid waste landfill facility. Natural Resources HB 2191 Wong Relating to the treatment of social security numbers under the public information law. State Affairs HB 2194 Madden Relating to the review of the results of competency examinations in criminal cases by the Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments. Criminal Justice HB 2199 Madden/ Branch/ et al. Relating to the salaries of a county elections administrator and the administrator's employees. Intergovernmental Relations HB 2274 Cook, Byron/ Quintanilla/ Branch Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation. Government Organization HB 2382 Hegar Relating to training requirements for certain chief appraisers of appraisal districts. Intergovernmental Relations HB 2392 Hill Relating to the property tax situs and rendition requirements for motor vehicles located at a place of business of a wholesale motor vehicle auction. Finance HB 2650 Krusee Relating to local government participation in the financing of turnpike projects. Transportation & Homeland Security HB 2653 Krusee Relating to the use of tax increment financing to pay certain costs associated with certain transportation or transit projects. Transportation & Homeland Security HB 3016 Hill Relating to the determination of the market value of certain drug supplies for ad valorem property tax purposes. Finance HB 3036 Deshotel Relating to the number, terms, and removal of directors of certain development corporations. S/C on Emerging Technologies & Economic Dev. HB 3250 Ritter Relating to the acquisition of unemployment compensation experience after the transfer of an employing unit; providing penalties. Business & Commerce HCR 24 Kolkhorst Designating Navasota the Blues Capital of Texas. Intergovernmental Relations HCR 37 Delisi Memorializing Congress to increase the presence of federal health and human services agencies, improve coordination of health and human services programs, and increase related funding in Texas. Health & Human Services HCR 63 Noriega, Melissa/ Herrero/ et al. Memorializing Congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset provision and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act. State Affairs HCR 88 Crabb Urging the Supreme Court of Texas and the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, as necessary, to develop rules relating to the random assignment to courts of appeals of cases pending or on appeal from counties with overlapping appellate jurisdictions and relating to determining the court of appeals precedent applicable in such randomly assigned cases. Jurisprudence HCR 128 Dunnam Designating Madisonville the Mushroom Capital of Texas. Intergovernmental Relations SB 12 Zaffirini/ Barrientos/ Brimer/ Deuell/ Janek/ et al. Relating to contracting and ethics issues of state agencies; providing a civil penalty. Finance SB 1869 Gallegos Relating to the Harris County Board of Protective Services for Children and Adults. Health & Human Services SB 1874 Whitmire/ Armbrister/ Averitt/ Barrientos/ Brimer/ et al. Relating to the Automobile Theft Prevention Authority. Criminal Justice SB 1875 Hinojosa Relating to the creation of an additional county court at law in Hidalgo County. Jurisprudence SB 1876 Brimer Relating to the powers, duties, administration, governance, and functions of the Benbrook Water and Sewer Authority. Natural Resources SB 1877 Whitmire Relating to the creation of Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 406; providing authority to impose taxes and standby fees and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain. Intergovernmental Relations SCR 29 Ellis Encouraging managers of Texas public pension funds to divest their portfolios of any stock in publicly-traded companies doing business in Sudan. Finance SCR 30 Lucio/ Eltife/ Estes/ Zaffirini Urging the State of Texas to continue to pursue increased trade with Mexico and to develop a plan with Mexico to mitigate delays at border crossings. International Relations & Trade SB 426 Shapleigh/ et al. Relating to the health of school-age children. Rereferred from Education to Health & Human Services