REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS

Tuesday

April 7, 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.

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to permit the Texas Transportation Commission, subject to legislative review and approval, to designate the area adjacent to a state highway project as a transportation finance zone and dedicating the proceeds of the state sales and use taxes imposed in a transportation finance zone to the Texas Mobility Fund for certain purposes.

Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide that the governor, and the lieutenant governor when acting as governor, retain executive authority unless the person becomes unavailable as provided by law.

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS

(Second Reading)

Granting Betty Bardwell permission to sue the State of Texas, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, and the Office of the Attorney General.

Urging the Congress to reopen consideration of this case to posthumously award the Medal of Honor to World War I Hero Marcelino Serna.

Memorializing Congress to restore the presumption of a service connection for Agent Orange exposure to veterans who served on the inland waterways, territorial waters, and in the airspace of the Republic of Vietnam.

Designating the Texas Medal of Honor Memorial on the campus of Hill College in Hillsboro as the official State Memorial to Texas-Born Medal of Honor Recipients.

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.

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.

SENATE BILLS

(Third Reading)

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

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 the use of personal leave by a public school employee.

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

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

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 filing a wage claim.

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

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

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

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 the offense of hazing.

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

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

Relating to incentives for the film, television, video, and digital interactive media production industries.

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

Relating to authorizing a children's health benefit plan for certain small employers.

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

Relating to specialty certification for insurance agents serving certain employer groups.

Relating to the establishment of a program to provide a ballot by electronic mail to military personnel serving overseas and their spouses and dependents residing overseas.

Relating to informed consent to an abortion.

Relating to the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission.

Relating to a study concerning the minimum participation requirement for small employer health benefit plans.

Relating to expedited credentialing for certain individual health care providers providing services under a managed care plan.

Relating to establishing a pill splitting program to reduce health plan costs for certain public employees.

Relating to the ability of a county, public hospital, or hospital district to purchase or arrange for the purchase of certain health coverage or benefits for eligible residents.

Relating to requirements for insurers and insurance agents that sell Medicare-related products.

Relating to small and large employer health group cooperatives.

Relating to the liability of and legal fees for a court-appointed trustee of certain facilities.

Relating to activity that constitutes maintaining a common nuisance.

Relating to creating a defense to prosecution for the offense of unlawful carrying of a handgun by a license holder on the premises of certain businesses.

Relating to allowing certain claimants to file an application under the Crime Victims' Compensation Act.

Relating to the issuance of an occupational license to certain applicants with criminal convictions.

Relating to a report to the legislature and the Legislative Budget Board regarding funding for campuses of public institutions of higher education located outside the United States.

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

Relating to the licensing and regulation of identity recovery service contract providers and the inclusion of identity recovery service agreements in certain service contracts and vehicle protection products; providing penalties.

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

Relating to certain procedures and requirements for the operation of property owners' associations.

Relating to the availability of a property owners' association's books and records.

Relating to the enforcement of deed restrictions.

Relating to procedures required for the foreclosure of a property owners' association's assessment lien.

Relating to the requirement that certain water service providers ensure emergency operations during an extended power outage.

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

Relating to the exemption of certain counties from the drainage charge imposed by a municipal drainage utility system.

Relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax for the maintenance and operation of a coliseum in the county.

Relating to a prohibition on parking a commercial motor vehicle in certain residential subdivisions.

Relating to the requirement by a municipality of a license or permit to occupy or lease a dwelling unit.

Relating to the exemption of certain school districts from the drainage charge imposed by a municipal drainage utility system.

Relating to requiring dental support for a child subject to a child support order.

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

Relating to reporting and application requirements regarding certain public and private guardians.

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 posttrial psychological counseling for jurors in a criminal trial or juvenile adjudication hearing involving graphic evidence or testimony.

Relating to the composition of the jury in certain adjudication hearings in juvenile court.

Relating to the appointment of attorneys ad litem.

Relating to the random assignment of criminal and civil cases in district courts in Hidalgo County.

Relating to establishing a health science center and medical school in South Texas.

Relating to the establishment of an advisory committee to study the acceptance at farmers markets of food stamps and benefits under the women, infants, and children supplemental food program.

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

Relating to requiring a sexually oriented business to maintain certain photographic identification records; providing a criminal penalty.

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

Relating to a qualified privilege of a journalist not to testify.

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

Relating to compliance with federal occupational safety and health standards in environmental enforcement.

Relating to the retrieval and waste of game birds, game animals, and fish; providing a penalty.

Relating to the requirement to keep records of game bird or animal carcasses placed in a cold storage or processing facility.

Relating to compensation and employment benefits for members of the Texas State Guard called to state active duty.

Relating to benefits and services for children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.

Relating to a crematory establishment's authority to accept for cremation unidentified human remains.

Relating to the certified nurse aide registry and the regulation of certified nurse aides by the Texas Board of Nursing.

Relating to the licensing and regulation of dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants, and dental laboratories; providing penalties.

Relating to the storage, maintenance, and distribution of mammography medical records.

Relating to access to certain confidential patient information within the Department of State Health Services.

Relating to membership on and reporting requirements of the child fatality review team committee.

Relating to requirements for businesses that offer plastic checkout bags to customers; providing civil and administrative penalties.

Relating to the imposition of background and criminal history check requirements for operators and employees of certain facilities and agencies serving children, the elderly, or persons who are disabled; providing criminal penalties.

Relating to clinical practice hours available for professional nursing educational programs at certain hospitals.

Relating to the regulation of medical radiologic technology.

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 tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain military personnel and their dependents and for the spouses and children of certain deceased and missing military personnel.

Relating to the regulation of the public practice of geoscience.

Relating to the Middle Trinity Groundwater Conservation District.

Relating to the repeal of the power of certain districts and water supply corporations to allow the use of right-of-way easements for certain energy-related purposes.

Relating to the release of certain motor vehicle accident report information.

Relating to the purposes and designation of a municipal transportation reinvestment zone.

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

Relating to the El Paso County Hospital District.

Relating to interactive water features and fountains.

Relating to the inclusion on the exterior of an ad valorem tax bill of a statement directing the United States Postal Service to return the bill if it is not deliverable as addressed.

Relating to the collateralization of certain public funds; providing administrative penalties.

Relating to the imposition of the sales and use tax by certain crime control and prevention districts and fire control, prevention, and emergency medical services districts.

Relating to imposition of the motor vehicle sales tax on motor vehicles transferred as the result of a gift.

Relating to the administration of and exemptions from the gas production tax.

Relating to refunds of and credits for certain sales and use taxes paid by certain exempt organizations.

Relating to the taxation of motor fuels; providing penalties.

Relating to the board of directors of the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority.

Relating to the enforcement of rules by a groundwater conservation district.

Relating to a study regarding the Carrizo-Wilcox aquifer.

Relating to measuring, monitoring, and reporting emissions.

Relating to an increase in the fee for natural gas pipeline safety inspections.

Relating to the election of directors of the Clearwater Underground Water Conservation District.

Relating to the establishment of a home- and community-based services workforce council.

Relating to specialty license plates supporting the Safe Routes to School Program.

Relating to an interlocal contract for a relief highway route around certain municipalities; providing authority to issue bonds.

Relating to the requirement that driver education curriculum include information regarding distractions while driving.

Relating to the collection of data by the Texas Department of Transportation regarding bridge collapses.

Relating to the powers of certain freight rail districts.

Relating to the supervision by the Texas Department of Transportation of money appropriated by the federal government for the construction and maintenance of rail facilities.

Relating to a joint statement relating to the transfer of a motor vehicle as the result of a gift.

Relating to the installation, operation, and maintenance of automatic license plate identification cameras on a highway.

Relating to the requirement that certain orders closing, abandoning, or vacating a county road be filed and indexed in the deed records of the county where the road is located.

Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas Department of Transportation to Polk County.

Relating to the private disposition of used motor vehicles at certain auto auctions conducted by independent motor vehicle dealers.

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

Relating to the availability of online testing for high school equivalency examinations.

Relating to the public school physical education curriculum.

Relating to a memorandum of understanding between the Texas Education Agency and the Department of Family and Protective Services addressing exchange of information regarding students in foster care.

Relating to a program allowing for countywide voting locations in certain elections.

Relating to appeals in cases arising under the Federal Arbitration Act.

Relating to state indemnification and defense of certain judges and certain judicial appointees.

Relating to prescriptions issued for certain controlled substances.

Relating to the distribution, possession, purchase, consumption, and receipt of tobacco products; providing penalties.

Relating to reporting requirements for health occupation regulatory agencies.

Relating to regional poison control centers.

Relating to the definition of first responder for purposes of the immunization registry.

Relating to employment services programs for certain residents receiving services from public hospitals or hospital districts.

Relating to in-casket identification of a deceased person.

Relating to health care coverage for children in Title IV-D cases.

Relating to prohibiting the use of unsafe children's products in certain nonresidential child-care facilities.

Relating to continued health insurance coverage for eligible survivors of certain public servants killed in the line of duty.

Relating to certain education requirements for insurance agents who sell annuities.

Relating to changing the Texas Health Insurance Risk Pool to the Texas Health Insurance Pool, and to the operation of that pool.

Relating to leave for certain state employees who volunteer or participate in training for Court Appointed Special Advocates.

Relating to the online availability of state agency reports required by law.

Relating to the Texas Partnership for Children in Nature.

Relating to abolishing the office of inspector of hides and animals.

Relating to a length exemption for a vehicle or combination of vehicles used to transport a combine used in farm custom harvesting operations.

Relating to the maximum speed limit for a neighborhood electric vehicle being operated on a street or highway.

Relating to optional fees on the registration of a vehicle imposed by certain counties.

Relating to the operation of a motor vehicle in the vicinity of a vulnerable road user; providing penalties.

Relating to the imposition of a civil penalty against the owner of an authorized emergency vehicle for a violation recorded by a photographic traffic signal enforcement system.

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 education and examination requirements for the issuance of a driver's license to certain persons.

Relating to the penalty for the offense of reckless driving.

Relating to a fee associated with the assignment of a vehicle identification number by the Texas Department of Transportation.

Relating to toll collection and enforcement.

Relating to certain metropolitan rapid transit authorities.

Relating to practices and professions regulated by the Texas Real Estate Commission.

Relating to amendments to the Texas Timeshare Act.

Relating to the licensing and regulation of plumbers.

Relating to business entities and associations.

Relating to the applicability of certain laws governing corporations to limited liability companies.

Relating to the qualification of supervisors of a fresh water supply district.

Relating to the abolishment of the Lower Concho River Water and Soil Conservation Authority.

Relating to the calculation of current market value of certain water rights by the Rio Grande Regional Water Authority.

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 release from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice of certain inmates who complete a rehabilitation program.

Relating to the provision of services to a wrongfully imprisoned person who is discharged from a correctional facility.

Relating to postconviction forensic DNA analysis.

Relating to the membership of the Advisory Board on Cosmetology.

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

Relating to the supervised reentry into the community of certain inmates nearing their date of discharge from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Relating to the use of money from the Texas Enterprise Fund to recruit automotive manufacturing facilities.

Relating to a major events trust fund and an events trust fund for sporting and non-sporting events.

Relating to the operation and continuation of the law authorizing the issuance of oversize or overweight vehicle permits by certain port authorities.

Relating to the procedure for the removal of a cattle guard on a county road.

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

Relating to electronically recording certain interrogations.

Relating to the regulation of the practice of acupuncture.

Relating to unemployment compensation modernization.

Relating to the provision of reentry, reintegration, and other services to a wrongfully imprisoned person who is discharged from a correctional facility.

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

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

Relating to "no regrets" greenhouse gas emissions reduction strategies.

Relating to the use of sediment control ponds to satisfy environmental and safety requirements at surface mining operations.

Relating to the use of a computer for an unauthorized purpose; providing a civil penalty.

Relating to delinquent payment of an alcoholic beverage retailer's account for liquor.

Relating to the assignment of security interests in certain collateral.

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

Relating to changing the name of the Railroad Commission of Texas to the Texas Energy Commission.

Relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Central Colorado River Authority.

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

Relating to the course levels offered by the University of Houston-Victoria.

Relating to local options regarding mobility improvement projects in certain counties and municipalities; providing authority to impose a tax, issue bonds, and impose penalties.

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

Relating to land reclamation projects using tires.

Relating to the criteria for evaluating requests for defense economic adjustment assistance grants.

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

Relating to general law limits on the eminent domain power of certain water and other special purpose districts.

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

Relating to minimum standards for juvenile case managers.

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

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 standards for attorneys representing indigent defendants in capital cases.

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

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

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

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

Relating to the requirements for a funeral establishment license.

Relating to the confidentiality of test results of samples of compounded products.

Relating to faculty temporary licenses to practice medicine.

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

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

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

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

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

Relating to process server certification and the establishment of a certification division within the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System.

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

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

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

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 procedures for applications for writs of habeas corpus based on relevant scientific evidence establishing the innocence of a criminal defendant.

Relating to the confidentiality of the home address information of the spouses of certain federal judges and certain state judges.

Relating to the sale of certain annuities.

Relating to the operation of health care sharing organizations.

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 supervision of certain juvenile case managers.

Relating to the exchange of information among certain governmental entities concerning at-risk youth.

Relating to jury assembly and administration.

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

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

Relating to the fund for veterans' assistance.

Relating to the creation of a mental health intervention program for military veterans.

Relating to the creation of the Healthy Texas Program.

Relating to premium discounts for certain participants in the Texas Health Insurance Risk Pool and to related tax credits for health benefit plan issuers.

Relating to the standard of causation in claims involving mesothelioma caused by exposure to asbestos fibers.

Relating to the availability and continuation of certain health benefit plan coverage.

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

Relating to the enhancement of air quality, including the capture and storage of carbon dioxide and development of a greenhouse gas registry, the development of emissions reduction technologies, and the improvement of energy efficiency in buildings, vehicles, and appliances; providing civil penalties.

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

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

Relating to the continuation and operation of the Texas Department of Insurance and the operation of certain insurance programs; imposing administrative penalties.

Relating to funding sources for the Texas rail relocation and improvement fund.

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

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

Relating to community land trusts.

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

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

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

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 the requirement that the county clerk of certain counties prepare a written records management and preservation services plan.

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

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

Relating to confidentiality of certain information under the public information law and in local tax appraisal records regarding federal law enforcement officers.

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

Relating to the liability of a volunteer audiologist, assistant in audiology, speech-language pathologist, or assistant in speech-language pathology.

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

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

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 the creation of DNA records for the DNA database system.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Relating to professional development institutes for public school teachers and paraprofessionals regarding education of students with disabilities.

Relating to the eligibility of school districts for state assistance with payment of existing debt.

Relating to modifications, adjustments, and reimbursements under the public school finance system for a school district located in a disaster area.

Relating to funding of the Communities In Schools program.

Relating to the state virtual school network.

Relating to the establishment of a law school in the city of Dallas by the University of North Texas System.

Relating to additional guarantees for certain bonds issued by school districts.

Relating to a Texas Youth Commission comprehensive plan to improve student reading skills and behavior.

Relating to clarification of the essential knowledge and skills of the public school curriculum and the evaluation of conforming curriculum management systems.

Relating to the regulation of industrialized housing and buildings.

Relating to participation by private school students in University Interscholastic League sponsored activities.

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

Relating to state purchasing of certain environmentally friendly items.

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

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

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

Relating to the regulation of certain aggregate production operations by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; providing penalties.