BILLS REFERRED TODAY 2005-05-13 HB 49 Smith, Todd Relating to the punishment prescribed for certain repeat intoxication offenders. Criminal Justice HB 85 Riddle Relating to the release on bond of certain criminal defendants. Criminal Justice HB 209 Goodman Relating to challenging an acknowledgment of paternity executed by a minor. Jurisprudence HB 260 Goodman Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship and protective orders. Jurisprudence HB 270 Farrar/ Leibowitz Relating to court-ordered access to a child by the child's sibling. Jurisprudence HB 401 Villarreal Relating to the use of volunteer income tax assistance programs by persons who owe delinquent child support. Jurisprudence HB 625 Olivo/ Grusendorf/ Leibowitz Relating to the discipline of public school students who voluntarily surrender prohibited items. Education HB 661 Branch/ Flynn/ Bonnen/ Kolkhorst/ Rodriguez/ et al. Relating to allowing designated public school libraries to participate in group purchasing agreements with the TexShare Library Consortium. Government Organization HB 726 Berman Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of property owned by certain law enforcement officer associations. Finance HB 843 Truitt/ Riddle Relating to the authority of certain counties to regulate the construction of certain communication facilities in certain circumstances; providing a penalty. Business & Commerce HB 955 Solomons Relating to the regulation of financial businesses and practices; providing civil penalties. Business & Commerce HB 972 Solomons/ Hamric/ Truitt/ Dunnam Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners; providing a criminal penalty. Government Organization HB 984 Reyna/ Guillen/ McReynolds/ Chavez/ Hochberg/ et al. Relating to the care of elementary and secondary school students with diabetes. Health & Human Services HB 988 Chisum Relating to the county in which a seller of a motor vehicle may file an application for registration and certificate of title. Transportation & Homeland Security HB 1047 Chisum Relating to the offense of failing to certify compliance of an underground storage tank before accepting delivery of the regulated substance to be stored in the tank. Natural Resources HB 1068 Driver Relating to the collection and analysis of evidence and testimony based on forensic analysis, crime laboratory accreditation, DNA testing, and the creation and maintenance of DNA records; providing a penalty. Criminal Justice HB 1074 Brown, Betty Relating to the punishment for the offense of obscenity. Criminal Justice HB 1120 Nixon Relating to certain requirements relating to an application for a marriage license and an affidavit of an absent applicant for a marriage license and to the maintenance of marriage and divorce indexes by the bureau of vital statistics; providing penalties. Criminal Justice HB 1132 Haggerty Relating to the regulation of and rights of private security personnel. Business & Commerce HB 1238 Paxton/ Hughes/ Laubenberg Relating to distribution of certain child support payments by the state disbursement unit. Jurisprudence HB 1268 Bohac Relating to the information included on a voter registration application. State Affairs HB 1317 Driver/ Laubenberg/ Raymond/ et al. Relating to the licensing and regulation of certain electricians. Business & Commerce HB 1318 Dawson Relating to the state providing grave markers for certain members of the state military forces. Veteran Affairs & Military Installations HB 1366 Allen, Ray Relating to the regulation of nursing. Health & Human Services HB 1379 Jones, Jesse Relating to the admissibility in a civil action of certain information relating to identify theft. State Affairs HB 1484 Talton Relating to the penalty for failing to perform certain duties following a vehicle accident. Criminal Justice HB 1532 Rose/ Leibowitz Relating to rates for professional liability insurance for physicians and health care providers. State Affairs HB 1535 Truitt/ Solomons/ Hamric Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Midwifery Board. Government Organization HB 1547 Pickett/ Chavez/ Guillen/ Quintanilla/ Menendez Relating to the form of the loan contract and related documents for a consumer loan. Business & Commerce HB 1582 Chavez/ Leibowitz Relating to a study of residential foreclosures in certain counties. Intergovernmental Relations HB 1584 Casteel/ Solomons Relating to requiring the operator of a vehicle storage facility to accept certain forms of payment for the delivery or storage of a vehicle. Transportation & Homeland Security HB 1644 Callegari Relating to the authority of a water control and improvement district or a municipal utility district to enter into a contract to convey property to another water district or water supply corporation and the authority of a conservation and reclamation district to acquire a certificate of convenience and necessity or to acquire a facility or a right to use a facility. Natural Resources HB 1767 Cook, Robby Relating to the regulation of veterinary medicine. S/C on Agriculture & Coastal Resources HB 1816 West, George "Buddy" Relating to the transfer of powers and duties over railroads from the Railroad Commission of Texas to the Texas Department of Transportation. Transportation & Homeland Security HB 1821 Kolkhorst Relating to the authority of a county to require waste haulers to be licensed as a waste hauler. Natural Resources HB 1830 Wong Relating to the notice provided for the establishment of municipal management districts. Intergovernmental Relations HB 1921 Allen, Ray/ Zedler/ Otto Relating to the civil commitment of sexually violent predators. Criminal Justice HB 1940 Ritter Relating to alternative dispute resolution of certain contract claims against the state. State Affairs HB 1952 Goodman/ et al. Relating to prohibiting a governmental body from disclosing a person's social security number to a member of the public in certain circumstances without the person's written consent. State Affairs HB 2145 Hupp/ Seaman/ Grusendorf Relating to prohibiting changes in certain prescription drug orders without the approval of the prescribing health care practitioner. Health & Human Services HB 2187 Otto/ et al. Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of rent-to-own property not held by the lessee primarily to produce income and to the method to be used to depreciate taxable rent-to-own property for tax appraisal purposes. Finance HB 2215 Bailey/ Elkins/ Howard/ Bohac/ Hegar Relating to the operation of property owners' associations. Intergovernmental Relations HB 2218 McCall Relating to the regulation of money services businesses; providing a penalty. Business & Commerce HB 2239 Luna/ et al. Relating to homeland security training and supplemental pay for certain law enforcement officers. Transportation & Homeland Security HB 2303 Driver Relating to the regulation of and rights of private security personnel. Business & Commerce HB 2376 Elkins Relating to the environmental regulation and remediation of dry cleaning facilities; imposing a penalty. Natural Resources HB 2390 Harper-Brown Relating to the establishment of an employee welfare benefit plan by certain private educational institutions. State Affairs HB 2463 Villarreal/ Menendez/ Flores/ Corte/ et al. Relating to the creation of a Medicaid health literacy pilot program and health care funding districts in certain counties and authorizing the districts to impose taxes on certain institutional health care providers located in the districts. International Relations & Trade HB 2470 Delisi Relating to the operations of and the funding mechanisms for emergency medical services and trauma facility care in this state. Health & Human Services HB 2572 Truitt/ Isett/ McReynolds/ Miller/ Coleman/ et al. Relating to the functions of local mental health and mental retardation authorities. Health & Human Services HB 2668 Dutton Relating to the performance by a private entity of the functions of a local child support registry or a child support enforcement agency and to the receipt, disbursement, and monitoring of child support payments. Jurisprudence HB 2696 Anchia/ Hartnett/ Jackson, Jim/ Vo/ et al. Relating to the licensing and regulation of massage therapy and massage establishments and certain services related to massage; providing penalties. Health & Human Services HB 2747 McClendon/ Menendez/ Leibowitz/ Chavez Relating to the administration of a retirement health care plan for firefighters and police officers in certain municipalities. Intergovernmental Relations HB 2751 Hartnett Relating to providing notice of the anticipated fiscal impact of municipal charter amendments. Intergovernmental Relations HB 2801 Smith, Todd Relating to audits of state agency expenditures to recover overpayments and lost discounts. Finance HB 2819 Rose/ Leibowitz Relating to access to state electronic and information resources by individuals with disabilities. Government Organization HB 2833 Cook, Robby/ Cook, Byron/ et al. Relating to the protection of private real property from regulatory takings. Natural Resources HB 2837 Allen, Ray Relating to the state's activities regarding education, vocational training, and reintegration of offenders. Criminal Justice HB 2839 Allen, Ray Relating to the participation of state inmates in the production of certain goods and the provision of certain services. Criminal Justice HB 2868 Frost/ Rose/ Martinez Fischer/ Van Arsdale/ et al. Relating to civil liability for provision of alcohol to a minor. State Affairs HB 2879 Keffer, Bill Relating to requirements for certain amusement rides. Business & Commerce HB 2894 Phillips Relating to the marketing and sale of certain license plates by a private vendor. Transportation & Homeland Security HB 2905 Haggerty Relating to the installation of water conservation systems in Texas Department of Criminal Justice facilities. Criminal Justice HB 2932 Delisi/ Rodriguez/ Isett Relating to requiring state agency purchasing personnel to disclose certain family relationships with business entities receiving certain state agency contracts. Government Organization HB 3029 Strama Relating to eligibility of certain rural areas for certain state assistance. Natural Resources HB 3057 Howard Relating to the number of hours worked by a part-time fire protection employee. Intergovernmental Relations HB 3093 Pena Relating to ex parte petitions for the expunction of criminal records and files. Criminal Justice HB 3125 Eiland Relating to a retired employee's eligibility for participation in the optional retirement program and the regulation of investment advisors in that program. State Affairs HB 3149 Wong Relating to inactive status for cosmetology certificate or license holders. Business & Commerce HB 3181 Turner Relating to the creation of the Central Harris County Regional Water Authority; providing authority to issue bonds or notes; granting the power of eminent domain; providing an administrative penalty. Natural Resources HB 3253 Ritter Relating to the use of certain electronically readable information on a driver's license or identification certificate to comply with certain alcohol and tobacco related laws; providing a penalty. Transportation & Homeland Security HB 3297 Bohac Relating to the inclusion of certain public school accountability information in a student's grade report card and on a school district's Internet website. Education HB 3335 Hartnett Relating to the report, delivery, and claims process concerning certain unclaimed property. State Affairs HB 3376 Taylor Relating to the prosecution and punishment of certain criminal offenses involving theft and fraud and to the provision of notice of the commission of those offenses to certain licensing entities. Criminal Justice HJR 32 Berman Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to permit the governing body of a political subdivision to exempt from ad valorem taxation property owned by certain law enforcement officer associations. Finance HJR 79 Krusee Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for a six-year term for a board member of a regional mobility authority. Transportation & Homeland Security