BILLS REFERRED TODAY 2005-04-22 HB 137 Paxton/ Woolley/ Van Arsdale/ Hughes/ Keffer, Bill/ et al. Relating to "Welcome to Texas" signs. Transportation & Homeland Security HB 182 Mowery/ Wong/ Truitt/ et al. Relating to the determination through binding arbitration of certain ad valorem tax protests brought by property owners. Jurisprudence HB 197 Guillen Relating to the punishment for the offense of criminal mischief. Criminal Justice HB 409 Goodman Relating to the appeal of certain orders regarding children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services. Health & Human Services HB 467 Bailey/ Howard/ Olivo Relating to the financing of water and sewer programs and the provision of sewer connections in disadvantaged areas in certain counties. Natural Resources HB 549 Phillips/ Guillen Relating to prohibiting the introduction of certain items in correctional facilities. Criminal Justice HB 746 Bonnen Relating to notice of the presumption for theft by check. Criminal Justice HB 809 Hilderbran/ et al. Relating to excepting certain motor vehicles owned by an individual and used for the production of income from required rendition for ad valorem tax purposes. Finance HB 823 Keel/ Pena/ Gonzalez Toureilles/ Eissler/ Hupp/ et al. Relating to the applicability of the offense of unlawful carrying of weapons to certain persons and to the consequence of certain presumptions in the prosecution of a criminal offense. Criminal Justice HB 854 Madden Relating to an action for damages alleging professional negligence by a registered professional land surveyor. State Affairs HB 878 Talton Relating to the placement of public school students who engage in conduct that contains the elements of certain sexual offenses. Education HB 941 Geren/ Rose/ Menendez/ et al. Relating to restrictions on the use of claims history for certain water damage. Business & Commerce HB 1056 Goodman Relating to municipal notice provisions relating to substandard buildings. Intergovernmental Relations HB 1138 Flores/ Hope Relating to the operation and regulation of charitable bingo. State Affairs HB 1239 Hodge/ Keel/ Escobar/ Chavez Relating to the implementation of unified drug enforcement strategies. Criminal Justice HB 1324 Pena/ Raymond/ Hodge/ Escobar/ Farrar Relating to the punishment for the offense of burglary of vehicles. Criminal Justice HB 1371 Jones, Jesse/ Davis, Yvonne/ Pena/ et al. Relating to certain offenses that involve impersonating a peace officer or other public servant and misrepresenting the nature of certain property. Criminal Justice HB 1614 Denny/ et al. Relating to supervision of a primary election by the county executive committee. State Affairs HB 1642 Hartnett/ Alonzo Relating to the appointment of interpreters for judicial proceedings. Jurisprudence HB 1686 Oliveira Relating to the compensation of presiding judges of administrative judicial regions. Jurisprudence HB 1913 Olivo Relating to the application of the municipal civil service law for firefighters and police officers to certain municipalities. Intergovernmental Relations HB 1982 Blake/ McReynolds/ Cook, Byron/ Escobar Relating to the creation and operation of a Texas Certified Retirement Community Program. Business & Commerce HB 2134 Phillips Relating to the administration of the state infrastructure bank. Transportation & Homeland Security HB 2197 Madden Relating to the availability to the public of photographs of an inmate confined by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Criminal Justice HB 2474 Delisi Relating to the creation of an additional judicial district and the jurisdiction of the existing district courts in Bell County. Jurisprudence HB 2958 Hamric Relating to the creation of freight rail districts; authorizing a tax; granting authority to issue bonds or other similar obligations to create public debt; granting the power of eminent domain. Transportation & Homeland Security