LOCAL AND UNCONTESTED BILLS

The following bills have been certified for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar to be held Thursday, April 16, 2009 at 8:00 AM.

Urging Congress to provide emergency funding and resources to begin immediately addressing increasing delays at United States ports of entry on the Texas-Mexico border.

Relating to minimum standards for juvenile case managers.

Relating to photograph and live lineup identification procedures in criminal cases.

Relating to the reporting of health care-associated infections in certain health care facilities.

Relating to procedures for rescinding or challenging an acknowledgment or denial of paternity.

Relating to the time limitation for certain proceedings to adjudicate paternity.

Relating to the designated doctor's examination under the workers' compensation system.

Relating to the operation of certain managed care plans regarding out-of-network health care providers.

Relating to the sealing of and discovery procedures relating to evidence that constitutes child pornography in a criminal hearing or proceeding.

Relating to examination requirements for certain applicants for a license to practice medicine.

Relating to continued health coverage for employees of certain political subdivisions.

Relating to the requirements for a funeral establishment license.

Relating to powers of the Port of Corpus Christi Authority of Nueces County, Texas, pertaining to land in and adjacent to Naval Station Ingleside.

Relating to the Port of Corpus Christi Authority of Nueces County, Texas.

Relating to the operation of health care sharing organizations.

Relating to the performance of annual soil tests for certain concentrated animal feeding operations by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

Relating to the definition of charitable trust for purposes of court jurisdiction.

Relating to attorney general participation in proceedings involving charitable trusts.

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

Relating to the establishment of an interagency farm-to-school coordination task force.

Relating to the cities or counties that may create a cultural education facilities finance corporation.

Relating to the appointment or removal of guardians of incapacitated persons.

Relating to criminal history record information relating to persons who are certified to provide guardianship services.

Relating to reporting requirements for health occupation regulatory agencies.

Relating to the use of a perpetual trust fund for a cemetery by certain municipalities.

Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to extend the termination date for a reinvestment zone created under the Tax Increment Financing Act.

Relating to contracts by governmental entities and related professional services and to public works performance and payment bonds.

Relating to the making or acceptance of political contributions in a courthouse; providing penalties.

Relating to community land trusts.

Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, and operation of the Riverbend Water Resources District; providing authority to issue bonds and exercise the power of eminent domain.

Relating to faculty temporary licenses to practice medicine.

Relating to the jurisdiction of the State Office of Administrative Hearings in contested case hearings involving certain contract claims against the state.

Relating to the participation of certain transportation entities and hospital districts in the comptroller of public accounts' travel services contracts.

Relating to the summoning of jurors to justice of the peace courts in certain counties.

Relating to the creation of the Aliana Management District; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.

Relating to insurance premium payment assistance for certain persons who have hemophilia and are unable to pay the entire cost of treatment.

Relating to the authority of the commissioners court of a county to enter into an ad valorem tax abatement agreement with certain property owners.

Relating to the regulation of the practice of acupuncture.

Relating to a study on the feasibility of providing vaccines to first responders deployed to a disaster area.

Relating to the appeal of a censure issued by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct.

Relating to the powers of an associate judge in a Title IV-D case.

Relating to the travel, board, and lodging expenses of a person appointed to assist the State Commission on Judicial Conduct.

Relating to orders and judgments rendered by associate judges in child support and child protection cases.

Relating to the terms of the members of the Court Reporters Certification Board.

Relating to civil remedy of violations of certain municipal health and safety ordinances.

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

Relating to the authority of the commissioners court of a county to enter into an ad valorem tax abatement agreement.

Relating to the provision of information regarding health care and other benefits for veterans and their family members.

Relating to public meetings for permit applications under the Texas Clean Air Act.

Relating to a court's authority to order a proposed patient to receive extended outpatient mental health services.

Relating to the authority of hospital districts to lease undeveloped real property.

Relating to the sale of surplus or salvage property and firefighting equipment by an emergency services district.

Relating to child support arrearages and a credit based on certain disability payments.

Relating to certain costs and fees in a Title IV-D case.

Relating to the creation of the Prairielands Groundwater Conservation District; providing authority to issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Relating to the calculation by a school district of a high school student's grade point average.

Relating to land reclamation projects using tires.

Relating to the assignment of security interests in certain collateral.

Relating to the applicability of certain municipal home-rule charter provisions on actions relating to the issuance of public securities by a home-rule municipality.

Relating to certain restrictions on the composition of a tax increment financing reinvestment zone.

Relating to the election and terms of office of directors of the Guadalupe County Groundwater Conservation District.

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

Relating to requiring the corroboration of certain testimony to support a criminal conviction.

Relating to the use of state hotel occupancy tax revenue to clean and maintain beaches in certain municipalities.

Relating to the authority of the Matagorda County Hospital District of Matagorda County, Texas, to lease property.

Relating to safety requirements for public swimming pools and other artificial bodies of water.

Relating to municipal regulation of the discharge of firearms and certain other weapons; providing a criminal penalty.

Relating to return-to-work coordination services and a return-to-work reimbursement program for employers participating in the workers' compensation system.

Relating to immunity from liability for doctors performing certain services at the request of the division of workers' compensation of the Texas Department of Insurance.

Relating to providing an exemption from the administration of certain assessment instruments for certain public school students who are asylees or refugees.

Relating to the automatic expunction of arrest records and files after an individual receives a pardon or a grant of certain other relief with respect to the offense for which the individual was arrested.

Relating to the membership of the Advisory Board on Cosmetology.

Relating to the fund for veterans' assistance.

Relating to including certain veterans service organizations as small businesses for the purpose of state contracting.

Relating to the allocation of revenue from the state hotel tax for certain purposes in certain municipalities.

Relating to the regulation of retail installment contracts for commercial vehicles.

Relating to debt cancellation agreements offered in connection with motor vehicle retail installment contracts.

Relating to the creation and duties of the state energy savings performance contract advisory council.

Relating to access to criminal history record information by the Texas Veterans Commission.

Relating to the establishment of a smart growth policy work group and the development of a smart growth policy for this state.