BILLS REFERRED TODAY
2005-04-29
HB 316 Grusendorf/ Oliveira/ Escobar/ Gattis/ et al.
Relating to a child's failure to attend school.
Education
HB 371 Farabee/ Campbell
Relating to liquidated damages for violating certain requirements
relating to executory contracts for the conveyance of certain real
property.
Jurisprudence
HB 418 Turner
Relating to an exception to the 72-hour waiting period for a
marriage ceremony for certain individuals.
State Affairs
HB 440 Dutton
Relating to the modification or enforcement of a child support
order during the obligor's confinement in jail or prison.
Jurisprudence
HB 480 Keel
Relating to the towing and storage of certain vehicles; providing a
penalty.
Criminal Justice
HB 481 Hochberg
Relating to the eligibility for unemployment benefits of certain
persons with disabilities.
Business & Commerce
HB 578 Campbell
Relating to the inclusion in a regional water plan of information
regarding water infrastructure facilities that may be used in an
emergency shortage of water.
Natural Resources
HB 603 Eissler/ Grusendorf/ Olivo/ Hegar/ Guillen
Relating to the suspension, removal, or expulsion of a public
school student.
Education
HB 652 Bohac
Relating to the submission of proposed charter amendments to the
voters in a home-rule municipality.
Intergovernmental Relations
HB 798 Uresti
Relating to release of a child taken into protective custody by a
law enforcement or juvenile probation officer.
Health & Human Services
HB 818 Phillips
Relating to the procedure for rendering certain property for ad
valorem taxation if the information contained in the most recently
filed rendition statement continues to be accurate.
Finance
HB 850 Brown, Betty
Relating to professional health care liability insurance coverage
information provided by a nursing home.
Health & Human Services
HB 904 Gattis
Relating to the sentencing of defendants convicted of multiple
counts of intoxication assault, improper photography or visual
recording, or possession or promotion of child pornography.
Criminal Justice
HB 916 Woolley/ et al.
Relating to creating the Governor's Health Care Coordinating
Council.
Health & Human Services
HB 1036 Rose/ Keel/ Strama
Relating to conflicts of interest of policy board members of
metropolitan planning organizations; providing a criminal penalty.
Intergovernmental Relations
HB 1038 Isett
Relating to certain reduced fees for a license to carry a concealed
handgun.
Criminal Justice
HB 1059 Naishtat
Relating to the enforcement of certain protective orders.
Jurisprudence
HB 1189 Hartnett/ Alonzo
Relating to the creation of two additional criminal judicial
districts composed of Dallas County.
Jurisprudence
HB 1213 Harper-Brown
Relating to fitness incentive pay for certain fire fighters and
police officers.
Intergovernmental Relations
HB 1229 Hilderbran
Relating to the powers, duties, and directors of the Menard County
Underground Water District and the directors of the Menard County
Water Control and Improvement District No. 1.
Natural Resources
HB 1316 Zedler
Relating to immunization requirements for children in regulated
child-care facilities.
Health & Human Services
HB 1357 Flores
Relating to the civil consequences of certain alcohol-related
offenses.
Criminal Justice
HB 1418 Gonzalez Toureilles/ Herrero
Relating to the justice court technology fund and to requiring the
assessment of a technology fee on conviction of certain misdemeanor
offenses.
Jurisprudence
HB 1430 McCall/ Hochberg/ Pena/ Zedler/ Giddings/ et al.
Relating to the installation, copying, or use of computer software
for unauthorized purposes; providing penalties.
Criminal Justice
HB 1483 Frost/ Guillen
Relating to the method of payment for a concealed handgun license
and the fee for a duplicate or modified license.
Criminal Justice
HB 1546 McClendon/ Krusee/ Herrero/ Hamric/ Guillen/ et al.
Relating to the administration and use of the Texas rail relocation
and improvement fund and the issuance of obligations for financing
the relocation, construction, reconstruction, acquisition,
improvement, rehabilitation, and expansion of certain rail
facilities.
Transportation & Homeland Security
HB 1588 Driver
Relating to the qualifications and removal of and continuing
education requirements for a constable.
Criminal Justice
HB 1599 Callegari
Relating to a conservation and reclamation district's use of money
received under a contract with a municipality.
Intergovernmental Relations
HB 1609 Chisum
Relating to the allowed wastes and exemptions applicable to certain
municipal solid waste landfill units in arid areas.
Natural Resources
HB 1688 Dutton/ Olivo/ Hegar
Relating to the employment of school district peace officers and
the enforcement of certain violations under a student code of
conduct.
Education
HB 1701 Keel/ Hodge
Relating to the defense of indigent persons accused of a criminal
offense.
Criminal Justice
HB 1708 Baxter/ Keel
Relating to the applicability of state ethics laws to and
indemnification of directors of regional mobility authorities;
providing penalties.
Intergovernmental Relations
HB 1737 Flores/ McClendon
Relating to the establishment of a dual usage educational complex
by a junior college district and other political subdivisions or
institutions of higher education.
S/C on Higher Education
HB 1747 Keffer, Jim/ Frost/ Cook, Byron/ et al.
Relating to the creation of and funding for the Texas
Entrepreneurship Network.
Business & Commerce
HB 1771 Delisi/ Hill/ McReynolds/ Coleman/ Truitt/ et al.
Relating to the Medicaid managed care delivery system.
Finance
HB 1833 Chisum
Relating to disclosures required for the creation of certain
consumer contracts solicited by mail; providing a civil penalty.
Business & Commerce
HB 1835 Talton
Relating to the apportionment of municipal infrastructure costs in
regard to certain property development projects.
Intergovernmental Relations
HB 1965 Hartnett
Relating to the grounds for a divorce and the division of property
in a decree of divorce.
Jurisprudence
HB 2051 Krusee
Relating to the adoption of a state scenic byways program.
Intergovernmental Relations
HB 2077 Kolkhorst
Relating to the prohibition of wireless communications devices in
correctional facilities operated by or under contract with the
Texas Department of Criminal Justice; providing penalties.
Criminal Justice
HB 2137 Phillips
Relating to the construction or improvement of buildings by the
Texas Department of Transportation.
Transportation & Homeland Security
HB 2161 West, George "Buddy"
Relating to the power of the Railroad Commission of Texas to adopt
and enforce safety standards and practices applicable to the
transportation by pipeline of certain substances and to certain
pipeline facilities; imposing an administrative penalty.
Natural Resources
HB 2208 Phillips
Relating to the creation of a cultural and fine arts district
program by the Texas Commission on the Arts.
Government Organization
HB 2236 Baxter/ Seaman
Relating to restrictions on the imposition of permit fees by
political subdivisions.
Business & Commerce
HB 2275 Cook, Byron
Relating to the forfeiture of certain contraband used in the
commission of certain felony intoxication offenses.
Criminal Justice
HB 2294 Cook, Robby
Relating to the venue for certain crimes regarding misapplication
of property.
Criminal Justice
HB 2296 Cook, Robby
Relating to the reduction of a state jail felony prosecution to a
misdemeanor prosecution.
Criminal Justice
HB 2333 Morrison
Relating to the qualifications of and training and continuing
education for certain officials and personnel of career schools or
colleges.
S/C on Higher Education
HB 2370 McReynolds/ Blake/ Hughes/ et al.
Relating to the regulation of poultry facilities.
Natural Resources
HB 2423 Puente
Relating to discrimination by a groundwater conservation district
against landowners whose land is enrolled or participating in a
federal conservation program.
Natural Resources
HB 2661 Krusee
Relating to the use of competitive sealed proposals for certain
construction projects.
Intergovernmental Relations
HB 2679 Phillips
Relating to the development of a regional water supply reservoir
project at a site known as Lower Bois d'Arc Creek in Fannin County,
Texas.
Natural Resources
HB 2784 Wong/ Guillen/ Chavez/ Escobar/ et al.
Relating to the authority of a taxing unit to provide an additional
exemption from ad valorem taxation for property owned by certain
disabled veterans who have been awarded the Purple Heart or their
surviving spouses.
Finance
HB 2840 Chisum
Relating to the regulation of dogs; establishing a defense to
prosecution; limiting liability.
Criminal Justice
HB 2930 Deshotel
Relating to an age limitation on children engaged in the
performance of duties related to a paper route.
Business & Commerce
HB 3235 Uresti
Relating to providing interpreter services to certain recipients of
medical assistance or their parents or guardians.
Health & Human Services
SB 1886 Lindsay
Relating to foreclosure of certain property owners' association's liens.
Intergovernmental Relations
SB 1887 Ogden
Relating to the creation of the Williamson County Municipal Utility
District No. 22; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds;
granting the power of eminent domain.
Intergovernmental Relations
SB 1888 Lindsay
Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District
No. 465; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting
the power of eminent domain.
Intergovernmental Relations
SB 1889 Lindsay
Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District
No. 464; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting
the power of eminent domain.
Intergovernmental Relations