SENATE BILLS RETURNED FROM HOUSE WITH AMENDMENTS

Tuesday

May 26, 2009

Relating to the use of a computer for an unauthorized purpose.

Relating to health benefit plan coverage for routine patient care costs for enrollees participating in certain clinical trials.

Relating to licensing and inspection requirements of the Department of Family and Protective Services for certain facilities and homes providing child care; providing penalties.

Relating to promoting awareness and education about the purchase and availability of health coverage.

Relating to limitations on the automatic admission of undergraduate students to general academic teaching institutions.

Relating to allowing a person who successfully completes a term of deferred adjudication community supervision to be eligible for a pardon.

Relating to the procurement methods authorized for public projects by certain local governments.

Relating to a prohibition against certain court orders in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship during a parent's military deployment.

Relating to grant and outreach programs to provide nutrition education to children.

Relating to the membership and activities of local school health advisory councils.

Relating to the civil and criminal consequences of operating a motor vehicle or a watercraft while intoxicated or under the influence of alcohol.

Relating to the retention by a county or municipality of certain court costs for maintaining and supporting a certified breath alcohol testing program.

Relating to punishment for certain offenses committed in a disaster area or an evacuated area.

Relating to an annual report by the Texas Fusion Center regarding criminal street gangs and gang-related crime.

Relating to creation of the Early Childhood Health and Nutrition Interagency Council.

Relating to the jurisdiction of and appeals from certain courts.

Relating to staff development requirements in public schools.

Relating to training and continuing education for licensed electrical apprentices.

Relating to staffing, overtime, and other employment protections for nurses.

Relating to a physician's delegation of prescriptive authority to physician assistants or advanced practice nurses.

Relating to energy efficiency goals and programs and demand reduction targets; creating an office of energy efficiency deployment in the state energy conservation office.

Relating to transportation safety training requirements for certain child-care providers.

Relating to the time for dissolution of crime control and prevention districts.

Relating to the liability of in-home service companies and residential delivery companies for negligent hiring.

Relating to the authority of a county or other local governmental entity to receive local sales tax information.

Relating to the protection and care of individuals with mental retardation; providing criminal penalties.

Relating to the creation of the Caldwell County Municipal Utility District No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Relating to the establishment of a registry at the Texas Department of Insurance of certain legal entities alleged to have sold race-based insurance coverage.

Relating to the regulation of the towing and storage of vehicles.

Relating to the provision of a certified copy of a birth certificate for certain minors receiving services from the Department of Family and Protective Services.

Relating to disclosure of the prices charged to state agencies in connection with pharmacy benefit manager services.

Relating to the time allowed for execution of a search warrant issued to obtain a specimen for DNA analysis.

Relating to certain standards for group-administered achievement tests used by school districts.

Relating to exemptions from the Texas Structural Pest Control Act; providing penalties.

Relating to the accrual of vacation and sick leave for certain state employees on a military leave of absence.

Relating to the punishment for a capital felony committed by a juvenile whose case is transferred to criminal court.

Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend-Waller Counties Municipal Utility District No. 2; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Relating to child support enforcement.

Relating to the rights and liabilities of the parties in a suit for dissolution of a marriage and certain post-dissolution proceedings.

Relating to the public school physical education curriculum.

Relating to prescriptions issued for certain controlled substances.

Relating to the certification and regulation of pain management clinics.

Relating to regulation of premium rates for long-term care insurance.

Relating to interactive water features and fountains.

Relating to the continuation and functions of the Office of State-Federal Relations and the administrative attachment of that agency to the office of the governor.

Relating to the continuation and functions of the Commission on Jail Standards.

Relating to allowing the governing bodies of certain municipalities to order a local option election relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages.

Relating to authorizing a criminal justice agency to disclose certain criminal history record information to the Guardianship Certification Board and offices of the county clerk.

Relating to the establishment of the capital writs committee and the office of capital writs and to the appointment and compensation of certain counsel for indigent defendants in a capital case.

Relating to the operation of a commercial motor vehicle.

Relating to the licensing and regulation of used automotive parts recyclers; providing penalties.

Relating to a parenting and paternity awareness component of the health curriculum used in public high schools.

Relating to faculty temporary licenses to practice medicine.

Relating to the sale and use of unregistered vehicles, including the issuance and use of temporary tags on vehicles and the collection of sales taxes.

Relating to the storage of records by the clerks of the supreme court and the courts of appeals.

Relating to authorization for school districts to provide mentors for teachers assigned to a new subject or grade level.

Relating to continuation of the intercollegiate athletics fee for students at Prairie View A&M University.

Relating to the creation of a county ethics commission in certain counties; providing civil and criminal penalties.

Relating to requiring certain political subdivisions to enter a contract with the county elections administrator to perform election services.

Relating to the licensing and regulation of plumbers.

Relating to the appointment of a receiver to remedy hazardous properties.

Relating to a major events trust fund, a motor sports racing trust fund, and an events trust fund for sporting and non-sporting events.

Relating to the composition, administration, and duties, including reporting requirements, of the Border Health Institute.

Relating to the establishment of a shared database for deer breeder reporting requirements.

Relating to the assignment of security interests in certain collateral.

Relating to the regulation of property tax lenders.

Relating to the creation of the Council on Children and Families.

Relating to the organization, duties, and functions of the Texas Veterans Commission.

Relating to extension or modification of restrictive covenants in certain residential real estate subdivisions.

Relating to the regulation of poultry facilities and poultry litter.

Relating to the requirements for a smoke detector in a multifamily residential unit.

Relating to prohibition of certain practices by owners of developments supported with low income housing tax credit allocations.

Relating to the administration of the Texas Save and Match Program to assist qualifying beneficiaries under the state's prepaid tuition plans and college savings plans and to the treatment of a beneficiary's assets under prepaid tuition plans and college savings plans in determining eligibility for student financial assistance and other assistance programs.

Relating to the disposal of certain exhibits used in criminal proceedings in certain counties.

Relating to the constituting of certain sales of a used motor vehicle as a private disposition for purposes of Chapter 9, Business & Commerce Code.

Relating to county participation in the enterprise zone program.

Relating to the creation and operation of a council to increase state efforts to offer service-enriched housing through increased coordination of housing and health services.

Relating to the grievance procedure for firefighters and police officers in certain municipalities.

Relating to the fund for veterans' assistance.

Relating to the issuance of a citation to an owner of real property for a violation of a county or municipal rule or ordinance.

Relating to fees paid to a constable for serving civil process.

Relating to the adoption of rules by the Texas Water Development Board regarding supplemental funding resulting from federal economic recovery legislation.

Relating to the Parklands Municipal Utility District No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Relating to the name and confirmation of, and to certain fees imposed by, the McLennan County Groundwater Conservation District.

Relating to the board of directors of the Kenedy County Groundwater Conservation District.