REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS

Tuesday

April 28, 2009

SENATE BILLS

(Postponed Business)

Relating to benefits and protections for certain residential electric customers.

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 relating to the issuance of additional general obligation bonds by the Texas Water Development Board.

Proposing a constitutional amendment for filling vacancies in appellate judicial offices by appointment, for partisan elections for all judicial offices, and for subsequent nonpartisan retention elections for all judicial offices.

Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the imposition of an additional ad valorem tax for emergency services districts, subject to voter approval, at a rate not to exceed five cents for the acquisition of land, equipment, or apparatus or the construction of capital improvements.

SENATE RESOLUTIONS

Supporting the establishment of a veterans' hospital in the city of El Paso.

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS

(Second Reading)

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

Granting permission for Grandfather's Blind, Ltd., and Donner Properties to sue the State of Texas, General Land Office, and School Land Board.

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

Relating to the persons exempted from the required prepayment of the personnel costs incurred by a governmental body in responding to requests from a requestor under the public information law that require large amounts of personnel time.

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 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 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 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 abolishing the office of inspector of hides and animals.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Relating to the standards for attorneys representing indigent defendants in capital cases.

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

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

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

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 the regulation of industrialized housing and buildings.

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

Relating to state purchasing of certain environmentally friendly items.

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

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

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

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 funding for the continuing education of certain peace officers.

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 requiring a boater education course for certain operators of vessels.

Relating to certain charges included in a retail installment agreement.

Relating to compensation of persons wrongfully imprisoned.

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

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 training for employees and operators of certain child-care facilities.

Relating to the capacity of certain minors to consent to examination or medical treatment related to contraception.

Relating to the administration of psychoactive medications to persons receiving services in a residential care facility.

Relating to the authority of the voters of a municipality or a county to adopt a one-quarter cent sales and use tax in the municipality or county to provide property tax relief.

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 right to an expunction of records and files relating to a person's arrest.

Relating to the administration of charitable trusts.

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

Relating to the regulation of staff leasing services.

Relating to the creation of and the powers of a comprehensive multimodal urban transportation authority, including the power to impose taxes, issue bonds, and exercise limited eminent domain authority.

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

Relating to the regulation of certain water wells by the Presidio County Underground Water Conservation District.

Relating to the issuance of a certificate for a municipal setting designation.

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 Irion County Water Conservation District.

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 a uniform and statewide 9-1-1 emergency services fee on the retail sale of prepaid wireless telecommunications services to consumers.

Relating to the use of restraints in state schools.

Relating to regulation of certain license holders to control food-borne illnesses.

Relating to financial assistance programs in connection with certain children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services and to certain training for caregivers of children.

Relating to the power of a licensing authority to revoke, suspend, or deny a license on the basis of certain criminal proceedings.

Relating to the collection by the Parks and Wildlife Department of taxes imposed on the sales and use of boats and boat motors and to the disposition of those taxes.

Relating to the use and management of surface water resources.

Relating to the management of groundwater resources in the state.

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 the tuition and fee exemption available to certain military personnel and their dependents and to permitting those personnel to transfer the exemption to a child.

Relating to the construction of nonsubstantive codifications and revisions of statutes.

Relating to forfeiture of remedy for nonpayment of ad valorem taxes.

Relating to the offense of failing to secure a child passenger in a motor vehicle and to fines for the offense.

Relating to the titling and registration of certain motor vehicles.

Relating to financial assistance by the Texas Water Development Board for the connection of residences in economically distressed areas to public water supply and sanitary sewer systems.

Relating to certain proceedings relating to an individual's will.

Relating to the use of information and records acquired during a fatality review and investigation.

Relating to eligibility to hold the office of notary public.

Relating to the composition and voting procedures of the Comal County Juvenile Board.

Relating to preferences of certain district courts in Tarrant County.

Relating to notice to a life insurer of an adverse claim to policy proceeds by a person with a bona fide legal claim.

Relating to rules adopted and reporting required under the school district college credit program.

Relating to tuition exemptions at public institutions of higher education for students enrolled in certain interinstitutional academic programs.

Relating to the disposition of surplus data processing equipment of a university system or an institution or agency of higher education.

Relating to the terms of student members of certain Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board advisory committees.

Relating to eligibility requirements for the tuition equalization grant program.

Relating to the administration of mathematics, science, and technology teacher preparation academies at institutions of higher education.

Relating to the use of hazardous and solid waste remediation fee funds for lead-acid battery recycling activities.

Relating to the creation of the Brush Country Groundwater Conservation District; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.

Relating to claims for excess proceeds of a tax sale of real property.

Relating to the sale of glassware and nonalcoholic beverages by certain wholesalers and distributors.

Relating to authorizing individuals to leave certain permitted premises and other areas with alcoholic beverages.

Relating to a study by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of methods for disposing of unused pharmaceuticals so that they do not enter a wastewater system.

Relating to the idling of motor vehicles.

Relating to community-based programs for juveniles in certain counties.

Relating to the monitoring and oversight of certain public retirement systems and public investments; providing civil penalties.

Relating to the screening of newborns for sickle-cell trait and other disorders by the Department of State Health Services.

Relating to the reporting of certain confidential statements made to a mental health professional.

Relating to the licensing and regulation of genetic counselors; providing penalties.

Relating to the regulation of nursing.

Relating to the creation, administration, financing, and use of a Texas Transportation Revolving Fund; granting the authority to issue bonds.

Relating to the terms of the members of the Texas Transportation Commission.

Relating to the submission of groundwater management plans to the executive administrator of the Texas Water Development Board.

Relating to a title insurance company affidavit as a release of lien.

Relating to the delay of retail electric competition in the areas of the state covered by the Southeastern Electric Reliability Council and to the recovery of certain transmission costs by electric utilities in those areas.

Relating to benefits and protections for certain residential electric customers.

Relating to notice of acceptance or rejection of an insurance claim.

Relating to the compilation, maintenance, and release of information in a criminal street gang intelligence database by law enforcement agencies and criminal justice agencies.

Relating to the management and control of certain utility systems.

Relating to a monument dedicated to members of the armed forces from this state who died in combat.

Relating to protocol for folding the state flag.

Relating to creating a recognition day in honor of Vietnam veterans.

Relating to obsolete or redundant reporting requirements applicable to health and human services agencies.

Relating to the acceptance of durable powers of attorney by third parties.

Relating to the creation and administration of the Texas Local Participation Transportation Program.

Relating to the offense of operating or riding in a passenger vehicle while not secured by a safety belt.

Relating to the booting of vehicles by private entities in parking facilities; providing penalties.

Relating to insurance coverage for certain devices that facilitate insulin therapy and enhance glucose control in the treatment of diabetes.

Relating to the filing by political committees of reports of political contributions and expenditures in connection with a runoff election.

Relating to the method of delivery of notices relating to sworn complaints filed with the Texas Ethics Commission.

Relating to notification sent by the Texas Ethics Commission to certain persons regarding deadlines to file reports.

Relating to filling vacancies in appellate judicial offices by appointment, partisan elections for all judicial offices, and nonpartisan elections for the retention or rejection for all judicial offices.

Relating to the classification of certain types of marital property in regards to claims for payment of a criminal restitution judgment.

Relating to the establishment of veterans court programs in this state.

Relating to the creation of the Waller County Municipal Utility District No. 9; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

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

Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 478; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

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

Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 495; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Relating to the creation of the Brazoria County Municipal Utility District No. 65; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Relating to the creation of the Cypress Waters Municipal Management District; providing the authority to impose an assessment, impose a tax, and issue bonds.

Relating to the creation of the Country Place Management District; providing authority to impose an assessment, impose a tax, and issue bonds.

Relating to the authority of the Harris-Montgomery Counties Municipal Utility District No. 386, formerly known as Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 386, to issue bonds supported by ad valorem taxes to finance recreational facilities.

Relating to the powers of a recreation district board in a county with frontage on the Guadalupe and Comal Rivers.

Relating to the authority and policies and procedures of the Dallas County Hospital District with regard to appointing, contracting for, or employing physicians, dentists, and other health care providers.

Relating to animal shelter standards; providing a civil penalty.

Relating to regional participation agreements.

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

Relating to the interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications.

Relating to fees charged by a justice of the peace for certain documents in a criminal case.

Relating to procedures for certain persons charged with certain new offenses or an administrative violation of a condition of release from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on parole or to mandatory supervision.

Relating to the amount of a surcharge assessed on conviction of certain intoxicated driver offenses on the driver's license of certain persons who complete a drug court program.

Relating to the administration of the compensation to victims of crime fund and the compensation to victims of crime auxiliary fund.

Relating to the disposal of certain exhibits used in criminal proceedings in certain counties.

Relating to the fees for certain license plates.

Relating to a manifest system to record the transportation of certain liquid wastes.

Relating to the deadlines for commencement and completion of the Lake Columbia reservoir project.

Relating to the establishment of an advisory committee to assist the Texas Water Development Board in incorporating the potential effects of climate variability into the state water plan.

Relating to the authority of owners and managers of apartment houses to assess a service charge for the submetering of water and wastewater services.

Relating to eligibility requirements to serve as a member of the board of directors of the Bee Groundwater Conservation District.

Relating to contracts for the disposal of dredged material from a portion of the Gulf Coast Intracoastal Waterway.

Relating to the creation and administration of the rural veterinarian loan repayment program.

Relating to liens for certain veterinary care charges for large animals.

Relating to the establishment of the official citrus producers' pest and disease management corporation; providing penalties.

Relating to the establishment of a shared database for deer breeder reporting requirements.

Relating to the eligibility of nonprofit organizations that partner with certain schools to receive grants for agricultural projects.

Relating to the regulation of commercial fertilizer.

Relating to the issuance and execution of agriculture warrants; creating an offense.

Relating to the seizure and destruction of certain plants.

Relating to the sale or transportation of certain desert plants; providing a penalty.

Relating to the regulation of driver's licenses and personal identification certificates by the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas, including enforcement measures against fictitious or fraudulently obtained licenses or certificates; providing a criminal penalty.

Relating to the waiting period for issuing a decree in certain suits for divorce.

Relating to judicial instruction for judges who hear complaints against children alleging violations of certain misdemeanor offenses.

Relating to the regulation and certification of medical examiners and the conduct of autopsy and inquest investigations by justices of the peace and medical examiners; providing penalties.

Relating to birth records of adopted children.

Relating to creating an online resource center for individuals handling child abuse and neglect cases.

Relating to the regulation of heir finders by the Texas Private Security Board; providing penalties.

Relating to the creation of a district court records technology fund.

Relating to the designation of a judicial district in Harris County as the district court for domestic violence cases in that county.

Relating to the dedication of certain civil penalties for violations of the Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act to provide civil legal services to the indigent.

Relating to information regarding the relative or designated caregivers for a child in the managing conservatorship of the state.

Relating to the trapping and transport of surplus white-tailed deer.

Relating to public school students placed in substitute care.

Relating to tuition exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain students who volunteer for outreach programs.

Relating to the participation of the medical school at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso in the Joint Admission Medical Program.

Relating to the sale of instructional materials to students of public institutions of higher education.

Relating to the tuition rebate program for certain undergraduate students at general academic teaching institutions.

Relating to the purchasing and contracting practices of junior college districts; providing criminal penalties.

Relating to the employment and commissioning of law enforcement personnel to provide security services to certain educational institutions.

Relating to methods for increasing student success and degree completion at institutions of higher education.

Relating to orientation programs for new students at public institutions of higher education.

Relating to the degrees awarded by the Texas State Technical College System.

Relating to the name, powers, and duties of the Northampton Municipal Utility District; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.

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

Relating to the temporary suspension of certain signage restrictions during a state of disaster.

Relating to state and municipal actions to ensure compliance with fair housing requirements.

Relating to veteran's employment preferences.

Relating to benefits payable under certain health coverages.

Relating to the liability of an electric utility that allows recreational use of land that the utility owns, occupies, or leases.

Relating to the civil consequences of certain convictions on a person who holds a commercial driver's license and of certain adjudications on the driver's license or permit of a child.

Relating to authorizing the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas to establish a driver record monitoring pilot program and enter into contracts for the periodic reporting of certain information in the department's driver's license files; providing penalties.

Relating to service charges for certain renewals of driver's licenses and personal identification certificates.

Relating to the use by a metropolitan rapid transit authority of the construction manager-at-risk method for the construction, rehabilitation, alteration, or repair of a facility.

Relating to the use of public facilities as emergency shelters during disasters.

Relating to the North Wheeler County Hospital District.

Relating to an intercollegiate athletics fee at Midwestern State University.

Relating to establishing the equivalency of competency-based nursing education programs in other states that meet standards of quality equivalent to nursing education programs approved by the Texas Board of Nursing.

Relating to the conduct of investigations, prepayment reviews, and payment holds in cases of suspected fraud, waste, or abuse in the provision of health and human services.

Relating to the statute of limitations for a misdemeanor.

Relating to reports on racial profiling in connection with motor vehicle stops; providing a penalty.

Relating to a waiver of fees imposed for certain expunctions.

Relating to admonishments given to a person charged with a misdemeanor.

Relating to the payment of the costs associated with certain conditions of bond.

Relating to requiring criminal history background checks for employees of public institutions of higher education.

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

Relating to disclosure of certain information by a property owners' association.

Relating to the requirements for recording a property owners' association management certificate.

Relating to business leave time accounts for firefighter employee organizations in certain municipalities.

Relating to the persons entitled to redeem property after the foreclosure of a property owners' association's assessment lien.

Relating to the authority of Las Lomas Municipal Utility Districts Nos. 3 and 4 of Kaufman County to undertake road projects.

Relating to publication of notice for certain transactions involving local governmental entities.

Relating to the authority of the Kaufman County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 to undertake road projects.

Relating to access to certain information under the public information law concerning public officers and employees.

Relating to the liability of a landowner for an act or omission of a firefighter or peace officer on the property of the landowner.

Relating to the exception from required public disclosure of certain appraisal district records.

Relating to the authority of the state to acquire, sell, or exchange certain land.

Relating to an alcohol awareness component of the health curriculum used in public schools.

Relating to the operation of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association and the Texas FAIR Plan Association; making an appropriation.

Relating to the issuance of certain permits for overweight vehicles.

Relating to community supervision for certain drug possession offenses and to a person's eligibility for an order of nondisclosure following a term of community supervision for any of those offenses.

Relating to reports regarding the provision of emergency ground ambulance services in counties.

Relating to the eligibility of property used in connection with a data center for economic benefits authorized by the Texas Economic Development Act.

Relating to county participation in the enterprise zone program.

Relating to the provision of assistance by the Texas Ethics Commission in the reporting of political contributions and expenditures made in connection with offices of and measures proposed by local governmental entities.

Relating to the possession and consumption of wine on the premises of a mixed beverage or private club permittee; providing for separate statement of the mixed beverage tax.

Relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain local laws concerning special districts, including conforming amendments.

Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of criminal trespass.

Relating to the receipt of death benefits in the workers' compensation system.

Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to Mitchell County.

Relating to the issuance of "Choose Life" license plates and the creation of the Choose Life account in the general revenue fund.

Relating to the functions of the statewide health coordinating council; providing civil penalties.

Relating to delivery of certain services through consumer direction to elderly persons and persons with disabilities.

Relating to the regulation of employer-based day-care facilities.

Relating to the location at which a certification examination for interpreters for the deaf or hard of hearing may be conducted.

Relating to ad valorem taxation.

Relating to the consideration of the effects of climate variability on water supplies in regional and state water plans.

Relating to standards for installing fire hydrants in certain residential areas.

Relating to the creation of the Comal County Water Improvement District No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Relating to certain exemptions from ad valorem taxes imposed by the Cow Creek Groundwater Conservation District.

Relating to the creation of the North Texas Groundwater Conservation District; providing authority to issue bonds.

Relating to the name and confirmation of, and to certain fees imposed by, the McLennan County Groundwater Conservation District.

Relating to the Clear Creek Watershed Authority.

Relating to motor vehicle registration fees.

Relating to the administration and powers of a coordinated county transportation authority.

Relating to a Tejano memorial monument on the Capitol grounds.

Relating to the preservation and maintenance of the Governor's Mansion.

Relating to the determination of the value of property for ad valorem tax purposes.

Relating to authority of a school district to mail a tax bill with an adopted rate that is higher than the district's rollback tax rate before the date of a rollback election.

Relating to the collection and allocation of local sales and use taxes.

Relating to authorizing certain counties and municipalities to regulate land development; providing a penalty.

Relating to the requirement of citizenship or lawful presence in the United States for issuance of a driver's license, personal identification certificate, commercial driver's license, or commercial driver learner's permit.

Relating to neighborhood vehicles and golf carts.

Relating to erecting an off-premise sign adjacent to and visible from State Highway 71 between the western city limits of the city of Austin and State Highway 16.

Relating to the use of an offender identification card or similar form of identification as proof of identity for an applicant for a driver's license or commercial driver's license.

Relating to a notification requirement if a counselor is not assigned to a public school campus.

Relating to the establishment by the commissioner of education of a computer lending pilot program for public schools.

Relating to the functions of the Texas School Safety Center and safety and security at public educational institutions.

Relating to the Texas emerging technology fund.

Relating to the establishment of the Interagency Literacy Council for the study, promotion, and enhancement of literacy in this state.

Relating to the coordination and administration of the Texas Career Opportunity Grant Program.

Relating to the application of new requirements for commercial underground injection control wells to be adopted by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

Relating to the powers and duties of the Bastrop County Water Control and Improvement District No. 2.

Relating to the acquisition, dissemination, and use of certain geographic information system data.

Relating to the matters to be taken into consideration by a groundwater conservation district in determining whether to grant or deny a permit or permit amendment.

Relating to the consideration by a groundwater conservation district of groundwater produced from exempt wells in issuing a permit.

Relating to the exemption of certain electric cooperatives from certain regulations.

Relating to the creation of the water plan projects fund to assist the Texas Water Development Board in the funding of certain projects identified in the state and regional water plans.

Relating to the creation of the Comal County Water Improvement District No. 2; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Relating to the powers of the North Fort Bend Water Authority.

Relating to election and qualifications of members of the board of directors of the Santa Rita Underground Water Conservation District.

Relating to the creation of the Red River Groundwater Conservation District; providing authority to issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.

Relating to the postemployment activities of certain local government officers in certain counties; providing a penalty.

Relating to increased transparency regarding appraisals for ad valorem tax purposes and increased tax rates.

Relating to the regulation of investigations companies and the performance of investigative services.

Relating to the regulation of the business of private security.

Relating to certain construction liens under the Texas Residential Construction Commission Act; providing civil penalties.

Relating to a requirement to provide sufficient water pressure for fire suppression in certain special utility districts.

Relating to the compulsory inspection of motor vehicles; providing penalties.

Relating to agreements for limitations on appraised value under the Texas Economic Development Act.

Relating to the creation, organization, governance, duties, and functions of the Texas Department of Vehicles; providing a penalty.

Relating to the designation of qualified media production locations in media production development zones and to exemptions from the sales and use tax for items used for media production facilities in qualified media production locations.

Relating to the creation of three additional county courts at law in Bexar County.

Relating to medical assistance program reimbursement for guardianship expenses of certain recipients.

Relating to a breach of computer security involving sensitive personal information and the confidentiality of protected health information.

Relating to compensation of certain state employees.

Relating to the fee charged for registration on the master bidders list.

Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend-Waller Counties Municipal Utility District No. 2; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Relating to extension or modification of restrictive covenants in certain residential real estate subdivisions.

Relating to the powers of certain development corporations related to Hurricane Ike disaster relief and to the validation of certain governmental acts or proceedings of counties affected by Hurricane Ike.

Relating to the creation of the Brazoria County Municipal Utility District No. 63; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Relating to the dissolution of the Ballinger Memorial Hospital District and the North Runnels County Hospital District and the creation of the Runnels County Hospital District; granting the authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.

Relating to the board of directors of the Greater East End Management District.

Relating to the curriculum that must be provided by a disciplinary alternative education program.

Relating to the composition, duties, recommendations, and expenses of certain entities created to study and provide advice regarding environmental flows.

Relating to a competitive grant program to fund promotion of early literacy programs in certain communities in this state.

Relating to consideration of mitigating factors in determining appropriate disciplinary action to be taken against a public school student.

Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation; providing penalties.

Relating to information requested by a member, committee, or agency of the legislature under the public information law.

Relating to optional annuity increases for certain retirees and beneficiaries of the Texas Municipal Retirement System.

Relating to the terms of members of the governing board of junior college districts.

Relating to the ability of electric utilities to provide electric service during a major power outage.

Relating to proof of identification to purchase an alcoholic beverage.

Relating to the authority of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to address market power abuse, including the right to order restitution for violations.

Relating to certificates of convenience and necessity.

Relating to the licensing and regulation of pool-related electrical maintenance.

Relating to distributed generation of electric power by natural gas powered generation facilities.

Relating to abolishing the Private Sector Prison Industries Oversight Authority and to the certification and operation of private sector prison industries programs.

Relating to authorizing the transfer of certain real property held by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Relating to authorizing the creation of regional military sustainability commissions around military installations.

Relating to obtaining an exemption from the motor vehicle sales tax for motor vehicles driven by persons who have orthopedic handicaps.

Relating to the reporting of certain inventories for ad valorem tax purposes; providing penalties.

Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas Department of Transportation to the Parks and Wildlife Department.

Relating to the authority to establish, operate, and maintain a foreign trade zone and subzones in Ellis County.

Relating to donations of juror reimbursements.

Relating to examination requirements in certain guardianship matters concerning persons with mental retardation.

Relating to financial support and incentives for the development of national research universities and high-quality comprehensive regional universities and a review of the institutional groupings under the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's accountability system.

Relating to the national research university fund and the allocation of amounts appropriated from the fund, the abolition of the higher education fund, and the institutional groupings established by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

Relating to the establishment and operation of a public building mapping information system.

Relating to the eligibility of certain criminal defendants for an order of nondisclosure.

Relating to the authority of a dental hygienist to provide services in certain facilities.

Relating to the regulation of the practice of dental assistants, including the delegation of certain dental acts.

Relating to the release of certain information relating to child fatalities resulting from abuse or neglect.

Relating to the maintenance and service of certain medical devices in health care facilities; providing a criminal penalty.

Relating to certain corrective actions by the Texas Board of Nursing, including a pilot program on deferred disciplinary action; providing corrective actions.

Relating to the authority of a community health center to contract with or employ an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist.

Relating to the disregard or violation of a resident's advance directive by a nursing institution; providing penalties.

Relating to covenants not to compete by physicians.

Relating to minimum training standards for employees of certain child-care facilities.

Relating to informal caregiver support services.

Relating to the licensing requirements of hospitals temporarily providing outpatient dialysis services to a person because of a disaster.

Relating to certain reporting duties of the attorney general and the Department of Aging and Disability Service.

Relating to the regulation of discount health care programs by the Texas Department of Insurance; providing penalties.

Relating to physician staffing requirements for hospitals.

Relating to preventive treatment for state employees exposed to certain contagious diseases while performing duties of employment.

Relating to transfer or sale of patient information or prescription drug history by discount health care programs.

Relating to public school accountability, curriculum, and promotion requirements.

Relating to certification of an educator in Texas who is certified in another state or country.

Relating to the establishment, operation, and funding of open-enrollment charter schools.

Relating to the regulation of certain boarding houses and assisted living facilities; providing penalties.

Relating to the creation and financing of public improvement districts.

Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 192; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Relating to information and assistance provided by the chief appraiser to emergency management authorities.

Relating to the creation of the Harris County Improvement District No. 16; providing authority to impose an assessment, impose a tax, and issue bonds.

Relating to establishing veterans resource centers at certain institutions of higher education.

Relating to authorizing the creation of regional military sustainability commissions around military installations.

Relating to a requirement that the board of directors of an appraisal district develop a plan for reappraising property after a natural disaster.

Relating to the reporting and handling of unclaimed property.

Relating to granting certain local governments general zoning authority around certain military facilities; providing a penalty.

Relating to determining a student's eligibility for a school district's special education program on the basis of the student's visual impairment.

Relating to practices and procedures in child abuse and neglect cases.

Relating to calculation of the net resources of a person ordered to pay child support.

Relating to public school accountability for bilingual education and English as a second language and other special language programs.

Relating to optional dispute resolution methods for school districts and parents of students seeking or receiving special education services.

Relating to allowing a governmental body to redact certain personal information under the public information law without the necessity of requesting a decision from the attorney general.

Relating to access to precinct conventions by the elderly and persons with physical disabilities.

Relating to an agreement authorizing a nonparent relative of a child to make certain decisions regarding the child; providing a penalty.

Relating to the establishment of the Texas savvy homeowner program.

Relating to the creation of the Harris County Improvement District No. 13; providing authority to impose an assessment, impose a tax, and issue bonds.

Relating to the regulation of debt management services providers; providing a penalty.

Relating to certain powers of the Red River Redevelopment Authority.

Relating to the creation of the Galveston County Municipal Utility District No. 76; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

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

Relating to the creation of the Somerset Municipal Utility District No. 3; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Relating to a restitution lien for the state to secure fines or costs in a misdemeanor case.

Relating to the prosecution of a Class C misdemeanor offense for which the defendant does not appear.

Relating to conducting by electronic means a hearing to determine a defendant's ability to discharge certain fines and court costs.

Relating to the court in which certain persons charged with misdemeanors punishable by fine only may be arraigned.

Relating to the penalty group classification of certain controlled substances.

Relating to the authority of the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas to obtain and use criminal history record information for certain departmental authorizations.

Relating to including playgrounds in the designation of certain places as drug-free zones for purposes of the criminal penalties that apply to certain drug-related offenses.

Relating to the definition of a playground for purposes of certain places protected from certain criminal activities.

Relating to inclusion of pets and other companion animals in protective orders; providing a penalty.

Relating to the establishment by the Texas Forensic Science Commission of a DNA laboratory audit program.

Relating to the establishment of a centralized sex offender registration authority in certain counties in this state.

Relating to the appointment of counsel for the purposes of community supervision revocation or appellate proceedings.

Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to Coryell County.