LOCAL AND UNCONTESTED BILLS

The following bills have been certified for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar to be held Thursday, April 23, 2009 at 8:00 AM.

Designating the Texas toad as the official State Amphibian of Texas.

Designating Bridgeport as the official Stagecoach Capital of Texas.

Recognizing the City of Grapevine as the Christmas Capital of Texas.

Renaming Building G at the Department of State Health Services Central Complex as the Dr. Robert Bernstein Building.

Relating to permitting certain military attorneys to represent military personnel and their dependents in civil proceedings before the courts of this state.

Relating to swimming pool and spa safety.

Relating to online institution resumes for public institutions of higher education.

Relating to the creation of a task force to study and develop uniform reentry procedures for essential personnel entering an area evacuated during a disaster or other emergency.

Relating to the automatic suspension of the driver's license of a person convicted of certain organized crime offenses; providing penalties.

Relating to the adjudication of certain gang-related delinquent conduct.

Relating to authorizing consecutive sentencing for certain offenses committed by a member of a criminal street gang.

Relating to the prosecution of and punishment for certain criminal offenses involving the use of a false or fictitious identity or identifying documents.

Relating to information contained in an intelligence database used to investigate and prosecute offenses committed by criminal street gangs.

Relating to certain civil consequences of engaging in organized crime.

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

Relating to the evidence required for the release of a motor vehicle after impoundment of the vehicle for failure to maintain evidence of financial responsibility.

Relating to the conditions of community supervision that may be imposed on a defendant with regard to association with a member of a criminal street gang.

Relating to creating a recognition day in honor of Dr. Hector P. Garcia.

Relating to the emergency installation and use of a device to intercept wire, oral, or electronic communications.

Relating to civil liability for criminal street gang activity that violates a court-ordered injunction.

Relating to funding for the continuing education of certain peace officers.

Relating to standards of conduct and ethics policies for metropolitan planning organizations.

Relating to the installation, maintenance, or operation of natural gas pipelines on state highways and highway rights-of-way.

Relating to the rates charged by a water and sewer utility.

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

Relating to the statute of limitations on prosecution of the offense of bigamy.

Relating to child support enforcement.

Relating to a requirement that certain appraisal districts provide for electronic filing of and electronic communications regarding a protest of appraised value by the owner of a residence homestead.

Relating to a specialty insurance agent license for certain vendors of portable electronic devices.

Relating to the powers and duties of a regional tollway authority, including the establishment of an administrative adjudication hearing procedure; creating an offense.

Relating to inclusion in a public school campus improvement plan of goals and objectives for the campus coordinated health program.

Relating to the authority of a county to inspect day-care centers and group day-care homes.

Relating to certain reporting requirements in connection with the transportation of hazardous materials by a railroad company.

Relating to the crediting and charging of investment gains and losses on the assets held in trust by the Texas Municipal Retirement System and providing a guaranteed minimum credit to employee accounts.

Relating to designating the first week of October as Monarch Butterfly Week.

Relating to the authority of the Lower Neches Valley Authority to acquire, own, operate, maintain, and improve the Devers Canal System, its water rights, and associated property.

Relating to the powers and duties of the Sienna Plantation Municipal Utility District No. 4; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Relating to the powers and duties of the Sienna Plantation Municipal Utility District No. 5; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Relating to the powers and duties of the Sienna Plantation Municipal Utility District No. 6; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Relating to the powers and duties of the Sienna Plantation Municipal Utility District No. 7; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Relating to the appointment of a communications coordination group.

Relating to the prosecution of and punishment for certain criminal offenses involving a criminal street gang.

Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain tangible personal property stored temporarily at a location in this state.

Relating to records of certain frivolous complaints maintained by the Texas Board of Professional Land Surveying.

Relating to driver education and driver's licensing requirements for minors.

Relating to the operation of a commercial motor vehicle.

Relating to the submission of reports on certain convictions or adjudications relating to the operation of motor vehicles to the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas.

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

Relating to the establishment and determination of financial responsibility for a motor vehicle; providing a penalty.

Relating to the regulation of stipulated premium insurance companies.

Relating to authorization for the Department of Aging and Disability Services to conduct a desk review instead of an inspection when issuing a license after a change in ownership of certain facilities.

Relating to the use of certain vehicles for law enforcement purposes.

Relating to certain health-related reports, records, and information.

Relating to the open records steering committee, reports by the attorney general on costs of copies, and certain deadlines, costs, and suits filed under the public information law.

Relating to an affidavit required to be filed in a cause of action against certain licensed or registered professionals.

Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Water Control and Improvement District No. 10; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Relating to the prosecution of and punishment for the theft of certain electronic equipment and interference with certain radio frequencies.

Relating to access to certain counselors and therapists.

Relating to the requirement that certain state and local governmental entities designate a firearms proficiency officer and require weapons proficiency.

Relating to notice by a governmental entity regarding certain geospatial data products.

Relating to the creation of the Texas Physician Health Program.

Relating to parking placard or specialty license plate applications by persons with a mobility problem caused by an impairment of vision.

Relating to the regulation of staff leasing services.

Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 525; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Relating to compensation for certain emergency services personnel.

Relating to the concurrent jurisdiction of certain municipal courts in certain criminal cases punishable by fine only.

Relating to the arrest and release on bail or other form of bond of certain criminal defendants with a mental illness or with mental retardation.

Relating to the authority of certain transportation and transit authorities to enforce compliance with high occupancy vehicle lane restrictions by an automated enforcement system; providing for the imposition of penalties.

Relating to criminal asset forfeiture, the disposition of proceeds and property from criminal asset forfeiture, and accountability for that disposition; providing civil penalties.

Relating to a nonsubstantive revision of statutes relating to railroads; including conforming amendments.

Relating to the early identification of criminal defendants who are or may be persons with mental illness or mental retardation.

Relating to the length of time certain property acquired by a charitable organization to provide low-income housing may be exempted from ad valorem taxation.

Relating to the disclosure of criminal history record information to the Court Reporters Certification Board.

Relating to the regulation of property tax lenders.

Relating to the pension retirement system in certain municipalities for firefighters and police.

Relating to the authority and powers of regional mobility authorities.

Relating to the confidentiality of certain personal information concerning current and former employees of certain divisions of the office of the attorney general.

Relating to the designation of a courthouse square or a courthouse or other real property in a courthouse square as a state archeological landmark.

Relating to consistency among certain secretary of state filings.

Relating to the franchise arrangements excluded from the Business Opportunity Act.

Relating to the regulation of health spas.

Relating to methods of delivery used by the secretary of state.

Relating to the creation of independent assigned counsel programs.

Relating to emergency management.

Relating to offenses involving boating safety and the disposition of fines for certain water safety offenses.

Relating to the Texas Rangers' unsolved crimes investigation team.

Relating to disbursement of child support payments in Title IV-D cases.

Relating to the approval of certain construction, repair, or rehabilitation projects at public institutions of higher education in this state.

Relating to certifying the eligibility of certain educational aides to receive an exemption from tuition and fees charged by public institutions of higher education.

Relating to the 39th Judicial District Juvenile Board.

Relating to the calculation of a person's net resources for purposes of determining child support liability.

Relating to the status of liquefied natural gas marine terminals.

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

Relating to the use of a confidential identity for the plaintiff in a civil action involving sexual abuse of a minor.

Relating to the administration and operation of the state's programs for prepaying or saving toward the costs of attending an institution of higher education.

Relating to the authority of two or more municipalities to designate a joint tax increment financing reinvestment zone.

Relating to the safe operation of motorcycles and other vehicles in this state; providing penalties.

Relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted codes, to the nonsubstantive codification or disposition of various laws omitted from enacted codes, to conforming codifications enacted by the 80th Legislature to other Acts of that legislature, and to the repeal of certain unconstitutional laws.

Relating to certain election practices and procedures; providing penalties.

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

Relating to the use of certain refrigerants in motor vehicle air conditioning units.

Relating to gestational agreements.

Relating to privately funded memorials honoring certain peace officers killed in the line of duty.

Relating to requiring an applicant for a driver's license to demonstrate knowledge of motorists' rights and responsibilities in relation to bicyclists.

Relating to the inclusion of professional staff who educate students with disabilities on district-level and campus-level planning and decision-making committees.

Relating to projects that may be undertaken by development corporations for the development, retention, or expansion of certain transportation facilities.

Relating to the Harris County Road Law.

Relating to the adoption of a nonsubstantive revision of provisions of the Texas Probate Code relating to decedents' estates and the redesignation of certain other provisions of the Texas Probate Code, including conforming amendments and repeals.

Relating to contracting with the secretary of state for the filing of personal financial statements by officers and employees of certain counties.

Relating to the delivery of proposed state agency rules to the lieutenant governor, a member of the legislature, or a legislative agency.

Relating to the Irion County Water Conservation District.

Relating to the compensation of a member of the board of directors of the Bexar-Medina-Atascosa Counties Water Control and Improvement District No. 1.

Relating to the joinder of a tax lien transferee in a suit to collect a delinquent ad valorem tax.

Relating to the establishment of a natural disaster housing reconstruction initiative.

Relating to rates and methods of depreciation applied to a retired class of property for regulated water utilities.

Relating to Texas Water Development Board surveys for water infrastructure financing.

Relating to eligibility for funds from the water infrastructure fund from the Texas Water Development Board.

Relating to the administration of the Clean Water State Revolving Fund and the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund.

Relating to water audits by retail public utilities.

Relating to the creation of a groundwater conservation district in a priority groundwater management area.

Relating to the naming of the Texas Department of Public Safety Garland Laboratory in Garland as the Representative Fred Hill Center for Forensic Analysis.

Relating to the licensing and regulation of physicians, physician assistants, acupuncturists, and surgical assistants.

Relating to the East Montgomery County Improvement District.

Relating to the powers and duties of the Falcon's Lair Utility and Reclamation District relating to the issuance of bonds.

Relating to changes in the territory, board of directors, and water use fees of the Barton Springs-Edwards Aquifer Conservation District.

Relating to the board of navigation and canal commissioners of the Matagorda County Navigation District No. 1.