REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS

Wednesday

March 25, 2009

SENATE BILLS

(Calendar Order)

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS

(Second Reading)

Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to appropriations for the preservation and perpetuation of certain items of historical value; allowing the legislature and state agencies to accept on behalf of the state gifts of items of historical value and contributions to purchase such items.

SENATE BILLS

(Third Reading)

Relating to the reapportionment of congressional districts and the creation, function, and duties of the Texas Congressional Redistricting Commission.

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

SENATE BILLS

(Second Reading)

Relating to the creation, purpose, implementation, and funding of the County Park Beautification and Improvement Program.

Relating to eligibility for the small and mid-sized district adjustment under the public school finance system.

Relating to the Texas Department of Transportation's memorial sign program.

Relating to eligibility to take the entrance examination for a beginning position in the fire department.

Relating to the use of personal leave by a public school employee.

Relating to eliminating or modifying certain mandates on school districts.

Relating to professional staff salaries paid by school districts that establish a local minimum hiring schedule.

Relating to jurisdiction over a wage claim filed after the deadline.

Relating to adverse licensing, listing, or registration decisions by certain health and human services agencies.

Relating to the Department of Family and Protective Services, including protective services and investigations of alleged abuse, neglect, or exploitation for certain adults who are elderly or disabled; providing a criminal penalty.

Relating to screening health care personnel of home and community support services agencies for tuberculosis.

Relating to information submitted to and maintained in the immunization registry after an individual becomes an adult.

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

Relating to requiring the Department of State Health Services to implement a provider choice system.

Relating to the billing coordination system for claims submitted for payment from the Medicaid program.

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

Relating to the continuation and operation of the office of public insurance counsel.

Relating to the abolishment of the Office of State-Federal Relations as an independent agency and the transfer of the duties and functions of that agency to the office of the governor.

Relating to the continuation and functions of the board of directors of the official cotton growers' boll weevil eradication foundation.

Relating to the powers, duties, and financing of cultural education facilities finance corporations.

Relating to the sale and use of certain alcoholic beverages manufactured by holders of a winery permit.

Relating to creating a winery festival permit.

Relating to the sale of certain alcoholic beverages to private club registration permit holders.

Relating to the amount of wine certain wineries may sell directly to consumers.

Relating to filing a wage claim.

Relating to training and continuing education for licensed electrical apprentices.

Relating to the right of certain municipalities to maintain local control over wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment.

Relating to the adoption and amendment of model building codes by certain municipalities.

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

Relating to conduct constituting the offense of dog fighting and to the criminal and civil consequences of committing that offense.

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

Relating to a fee imposed as a condition of community supervision for an offense involving family violence.

Relating to consideration of family violence in the risk assessment for international parental abduction of a child.

Relating to providing access to certain information relating to the discretionary transfer of a child from a juvenile court to a criminal court.

Relating to the creation of an appellate judicial system for the Sixth Court of Appeals District.

Relating to the creation of an appellate judicial system for the Twelfth Court of Appeals District.

Relating to the qualifications to serve as an associate judge or visiting associate judge in certain family law proceedings.

Relating to disclosure of the individual vote of each member of the Supreme Court of Texas on a petition for review.

Relating to reimbursement of expenses incurred by court reporters for the 506th Judicial District.

Relating to the name of Stephen F. Austin State University.

Relating to the authority of a municipality with a population of less than 10,000 to enter into an agreement with an owner of real property in or adjacent to an area in the municipality that has been approved for funding under certain revitalization or redevelopment programs to prohibit ad valorem tax increases on the owner's property for a limited period.

Relating to a right to vacate and avoid residential lease liability following the occurrence of certain sex offenses or domestic violence; providing a penalty.

Relating to the jurisdiction of and appeals from certain courts.

Relating to liability for failure to comply with a child support lien, court order, or notice of levy.

Relating to the conversion of a nontolled state highway or segment of the state highway system to a toll project.

Relating to the authority of the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas and certain local law enforcement agencies to establish a checkpoint on a highway or street to determine whether persons are driving while intoxicated.

Relating to the denial, suspension, or revocation of a motor vehicle inspection station certificate or an inspector certificate.

Relating to the promotion of toll projects by the Texas Department of Transportation.

Relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Transportation to mitigate adverse environmental impacts resulting from the construction, improvement, or maintenance of state highways or state highway facilities.

Relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Transportation, counties, and certain toll project entities and regional mobility authorities to enter into funding agreements to expedite the entity's environmental review duties related to certain transportation projects.

Relating to the operation and movement of motorcycles during periods of traffic congestion.

Relating to the requirement that certain applicants for a vehicle dealer general distinguishing number complete a dealer education course.

Relating to certain possessory liens.

Relating to requiring a retail seller of motor vehicle tires to render certain tires unusable; providing a civil penalty.

Relating to certain requirements for school bus emergency evacuation training.

Relating to a prohibition on the disclosure and use of certain information recorded or collected by a transponder used to electronically assess or collect a toll.

Relating to the purchase of a retired firearm from the Parks and Wildlife Department by a game warden.

Relating to the creation of the Wharton County Drainage District.

Relating to the dissolution of the Tablerock Groundwater Conservation District.

Relating to the North Texas Municipal Water District.

Relating to the powers and duties of the Plum Creek Fresh Water Supply District No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.

Relating to transition to competition in the Southwestern Electric Power Company service area.

Relating to methods for the recovery of system restoration costs incurred by electric utilities following hurricanes, tropical storms, ice or snow storms, floods, and other weather-related events and natural disasters.

Relating to regulating the collection or solicitation of donated goods subsequently sold by for-profit entities or individuals; providing a civil penalty.

Relating to the requirements for a plumber's apprentice to obtain a plumber's license.

Relating to the termination of the parent-child relationship and the duty to pay child support in circumstances involving mistaken paternity.

Relating to the establishment of the Texas Rural Development Fund and to the establishment, operation, and funding of certain programs for rural economic development.

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 the establishment and implementation of school-based influenza vaccination programs.

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

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

Relating to the Medicaid consolidated waiver program and other Medicaid long-term care waiver programs.

Relating to the imposition of a disciplinary action on a licensed nursing facility administrator; providing a penalty.

Relating to the duties of the interagency obesity council and the Department of Agriculture relating to health, wellness, and prevention of obesity.

Relating to the authority of physicians to delegate to certain pharmacists the implementation and modification of a patient's drug therapy.

Relating to the taking of a specimen of the breath or blood of a person arrested for an intoxication offense under certain circumstances.

Relating to an employee's transportation and storage of certain firearms or ammunition while on certain property owned or controlled by the employee's employer.

Relating to the enforcement of unpaid child support.

Relating to personal information contained in certain decrees and orders in family law proceedings.

Relating to the authority of the Texas Transportation Commission to enter into a covenant for environmental remediation of real property owned by the Texas Department of Transportation.

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

Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for students who have been in foster care or certain other residential care.

Relating to the offense of hazing.

Relating to a prohibition against certain activities by a person employed in the financial aid office of a public institution of higher education.

Relating to an online list of work-study employment opportunities available to students at a public institution of higher education.

Relating to authorizing the board of regents of the Texas Tech University System to transfer the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts to a nonprofit organization to operate the museum.

Relating to applicability of fee exemptions for military personnel and their children to certain course fees charged by public technical institutes and public state colleges.

Relating to notice of an application for a permit to dispose of oil and gas waste in a disposal well.

Relating to the definition of an agricultural business for the purposes of the Texas Agricultural Finance Authority.

Relating to initial claims under the unemployment compensation system.

Relating to the purposes and powers of the Temple Health and Bioscience Economic Development District.

Relating to the definition of eligible central municipality for purposes of the municipal hotel occupancy tax.

Relating to hospital district participation in state travel service contracts.

Relating to the regulation of polygraph examiners by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation and the abolition of the Polygraph Examiners Board.

Relating to authorizing the Texas Board of Criminal Justice to sell certain real property for municipal airport expansion.

Relating to the protection of children from abuse and neglect.

Relating to reporting child abuse or neglect.

Relating to the placement of certain children who are in the managing conservatorship of the state.

Relating to employer contributions under small employer health benefit plans.

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

Relating to a determination of value for purposes of punishment of the offense of abuse of official capacity.

Relating to tampering with a direct recording electronic voting machine.

Relating to access to criminal history record information by the office of the attorney general.

Relating to the recovery of medical or health care expenses in civil actions.

Relating to the authority with whom campaign finance reports must be filed in connection with a judicial district office filled by the voters of only one county.

Relating to requirements regarding employer liability for certain group health benefit plan premiums.

Relating to the expansion of the financial literacy pilot program in public schools.

Relating to providing training in personal financial literacy instruction for public school teachers.

Relating to the eligibility of certain teachers to serve on the board of directors of a regional education service center.

Relating to minimum public school attendance for class credit or a grade.

Relating to meetings of the Coastal Coordination Council.

Relating to the procurement methods authorized for public projects by a combined municipally owned electric, water, and wastewater utility situated in an economically distressed area within 30 miles of the Lower Texas Gulf Coast.

Relating to financial and status reporting requirements for the Border Health Institute.

Relating to the election, and validation of acts, of members of the board of directors of Anderson County Underground Water Conservation District.

Relating to the powers and duties of the Liberty Lakes Fresh Water Supply District No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.

Relating to contracts by governmental entities for professional services relating to geoscience.

Relating to suspension of the unemployment compensation waiting period requirement during a disaster subject to a federal disaster declaration.

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

Relating to staff development requirements in public schools.

Relating to protective orders issued against a third party to prevent family or dating violence.