REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS

Tuesday

April 14, 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.

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature by general law to permit counties to assess and collect a local motor fuels tax and an additional vehicle registration fee to be used for mobility improvement projects.

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 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.

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

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 toll collection and enforcement.

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 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.

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 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 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 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 offense of hazing.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Relating to reporting requirements for health occupation regulatory agencies.

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

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

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

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 membership of the Advisory Board on Cosmetology.

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

Relating to land reclamation projects using tires.

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 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 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 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 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 and contract delegation authority 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 a state intercept credit enhancement program 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.

Relating to education initiatives for students of limited English proficiency and students at risk of dropping out of school.

Relating to an algebra instruction grant program.

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 regulation of retail installment contracts for commercial vehicles.

Relating to allowing the governor, and the lieutenant governor or another person when acting as governor, to retain executive authority while traveling within the contiguous 48 states of the continental United States so long as effective communication links with this state are maintained.

Relating to the required disclosure under the public information law of information pertaining to an employee or trustee of a public employee pension system.

Relating to the Texas Rural Investment Fund.

Relating to the establishment of a disaster and emergency education program.

Relating to the repeal of the driver responsibility program.

Relating to the designation of a segment of Interstate Highway 30 in Hunt County as the Martin Luther King, Jr., Freeway.

Relating to certain civil consequences of engaging in organized crime.

Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Department of Transportation related to rail facilities.

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

Relating to the lodging expenses of certain state emergency services personnel.

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 coordination of the planning, construction, operation, and maintenance of a statewide passenger rail system by the Texas Department of Transportation.

Relating to compensation for certain emergency services personnel.

Relating to the authorization of airport authorities and the issuance of bonds and the exercise of eminent domain by the authorities.

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

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

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 designating the first week of October as Monarch Butterfly Week.

Relating to the creation of the Texas Physician Health Program.

Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue to finance a convention center hotel in certain municipalities.

Relating to the authority of certain governmental entities to receive local sales tax information.

Relating to the authorization of certain municipalities and counties to issue public securities for the financing of permanent improvements for use by an institution of higher education.

Relating to the regulation of stipulated premium insurance companies.

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 penalties for theft of cattle, horses, exotic livestock, exotic fowl, sheep, swine, or goats.

Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Commission on Fire Protection.

Relating to access by the members of electric cooperatives to meetings of the boards of directors and certain information of the electric cooperatives.

Relating to late fees under a residential lease.

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

Relating to the abolition of the Texas cultural endowment fund.

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

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

Relating to the prosecution of the offense of failure to identify.

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

Relating to the fraudulent obtaining of a controlled substance from a practitioner; providing a penalty.

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

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

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

Relating to the Texas Rangers' unsolved crimes investigation team.

Relating to the continuation and functions of the Department of Agriculture and the Prescribed Burning Board and the abolition of the Texas-Israel Exchange Fund Board; providing penalties.

Relating to certain election practices and procedures; providing penalties.

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 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 the maintenance of emergency contact and medical information databases by the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas.

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 the appointment of a communications coordination group.

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

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

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

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

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 the authority and powers of regional mobility authorities.

Relating to requiring a boater education course for certain operators of vessels.

Relating to certain charges included in a retail installment agreement.

Relating to the regulation of property tax lenders.

Relating to requirements for the conduct of Texas Education Agency special education due process hearings.

Relating to excused absences from public school attendance for a student diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder to attend a health care appointment.

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

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 the authority of a county to receive local sales tax information.

Relating to consistency among certain secretary of state filings.

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

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

Relating to a study with regard to, and the implementation of policies to promote, the adoption of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.

Relating to coverage of drivers under a personal automobile insurance policy.

Relating to access to certain counselors and therapists.

Relating to compensation of persons wrongfully imprisoned.

HOUSE BILLS

(Calendar Order)

HOUSE BILLS

(Second Reading)

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