REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS

Wednesday

May 6, 2009

HOUSE BILLS

(Calendar Order)

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTIONS

(Second Reading)

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the governor to grant one or more reprieves in a capital case.

HOUSE BILLS

(Second Reading)

Relating to a documented member of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas hunting certain deer.

Relating to the authority of the General Land Office to undertake coastal erosion studies and projects in conjunction with qualified project partners.

Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, including the power to issue emergency orders and temporary and emergency licenses.

Relating to the promulgation by the commissioner of the General Land Office of rules authorizing the use on a public beach of a golf cart for the transportation of a person with a physical disability.

Relating to the practice of veterinarians in certain mercantile establishments.

Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to enter into an agreement with a school district to dedicate revenue from a tax increment fund to the district for the acquisition, construction, or reconstruction of an educational facility.

Relating to normal weekly hours of work under the shared work unemployment compensation program.

Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Military Preparedness Commission.

Relating to registration exemptions for certain foreign commercial motor vehicles.

Relating to the management and control of certain utility systems.

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

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

Relating to service of process for delinquent taxes on a nonresident.

Relating to the penalty for theft of a driver's license, commercial driver's license, or personal identification certificate.

Relating to information technology security practices of state agencies.

Relating to the continuation and functions of the board of directors of the official cotton growers' boll weevil eradication foundation and the management of certain cotton in pest management zones.

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

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

Relating to the notice requirements following impoundment of an estray.

Relating to the regulation of commercial fertilizer.

Relating to the establishment of the Texas Invasive Species Coordinating Committee.

Relating to the safety of the fresh fruit and vegetables produced in this state.

Relating to compensation of certain persons by a domestic insurance company.

Relating to filing a wage claim.

Relating to fall prevention awareness.

Relating to the jurisdiction of a court over a child in the managing conservatorship of the state after the child's 18th birthday.

Relating to a memorandum of understanding between certain authorized entities to share suicide data that does not identify a deceased individual.

Relating to requiring posting of certain information regarding nursing homes and related institutions on the Department of Aging and Disability Services website.

Relating to mutual aid agreements for newborn screening laboratory services.

Relating to the circumstances in which the approval of the governing body of a taxing unit is required for refunds of overpayments or erroneous payments of ad valorem taxes.

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

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

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

Relating to information required to be provided to parents of an infant.

Relating to the diabetes mellitus registry pilot program.

Relating to the establishment of a volunteer-supported decision-making advocate pilot program for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities and persons with other cognitive disabilities.

Relating to services for persons with autism and other pervasive developmental disorders and their families.

Relating to the creation of the Kennedale TownCenter Development District; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.

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 the voter registration of a person who submits a federal postcard application to vote in an election.

Relating to the nondisclosure of certain personal information in voter registration records, concealed handgun license records, and tax appraisal records that relates to a justice of the peace.

Relating to informing the parents and guardians of certain children about the availability of the child health plan and medical assistance programs.

Relating to compensation of persons wrongfully imprisoned.

Relating to eliminating the limitation on lottery advertising expenses based on the lottery prize payout percentage.

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 place for the convening of a county convention.

Relating to the payment of a lottery prize awarded to a minor.

Relating to the use of state voter registration funds to employ temporary staff in a voter registrar's office.

Relating to the notice of an election provided to a voter registrar.

Relating to the name of the Crime Stoppers Advisory Council.

Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to the City of Burnet.

Relating to the imposition of a tax on the gross receipts from admissions fees charged by sexually oriented businesses.

Relating to the authority of the governor to grant one or more reprieves in a capital case.

Relating to achievement awards presented by the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education.

Relating to the care and protection of foster children committed to or released under supervision by the Texas Youth Commission.

Relating to the punishment for tampering with certain governmental records concerning forensic analyses.

Relating to the distribution of proceeds from the sale of forfeited property in a criminal case.

Relating to the sealing of juvenile records.

Relating to civil liability for erecting or maintaining certain outdoor signs or advertising.

Relating to the designation of enterprise projects during a biennium.

Relating to the contents of a receipt issued for payment of a good or service; providing a civil penalty.

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

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

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

Relating to licensing of escrow officers.

Relating to the promotion or advertising of alcoholic beverages in relation to certain facilities owned by a municipality or county.

Relating to the regulation of staff leasing services.

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

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

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS

(Second Reading)

Directing the Texas Department of State Health Services and the Texas Education Agency to educate parents of adolescent Texans regarding the importance of adolescents' receiving regular physical exams and updated immunizations.

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 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 CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS

(Second Reading)

Designating the Texas toad as the official State Amphibian 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.

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

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

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 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 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 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 the regulation of industrialized housing and buildings.

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

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

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

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

Relating to eligibility requirements for the tuition equalization grant program.

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

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 the regulation of nursing.

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

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

Relating to benefits and protections for certain residential electric customers.

Relating to the management and control of certain utility systems.

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

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 animal shelter standards; providing a civil penalty.

Relating to regional participation agreements.

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 fees for certain license plates.

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

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 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 degrees awarded by the Texas State Technical College System.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Relating to memorial monuments on the Capitol grounds, including the Tejano monument.

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

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

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

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

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

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 establishment and operation of a public building mapping information system.

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

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

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

Relating to the creation and financing of public improvement districts.

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

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

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

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 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 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 issuance of state and local government securities, including the powers and duties of the Bond Review Board and the issuance of private activity bonds.

Relating to the elimination of straight-party voting for judicial offices.

Relating to consumer labeling requirements for certain health benefit plans; providing penalties.

Relating to the disclosure of personally identifiable information under the public information law.

Relating to the disclosure of criminal history record information regarding public school employees.

Relating to the powers and duties of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 194; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Relating to the creation of Waller Town Center Management District; providing authority to impose an assessment, impose a tax, and issue bonds; and granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Relating to the creation of the Harris County Improvement District No. 14; providing authority to impose an assessment, impose a tax, and issue bonds.

Relating to the authority of certain municipalities and counties to regulate platting requirements near an international border.

Relating to governmental agency contracts that involve the production of cement.

Relating to performance standards for plumbing fixtures sold in this state.

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Water Control and Improvement District No. 3; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Relating to the authority of the San Jacinto River Authority to implement a groundwater reduction plan for the conservation of groundwater and the reduction of groundwater withdrawals in Montgomery County, and to issue bonds of the authority; providing administrative penalties.

Relating to the powers and duties of certain public improvement districts.

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

Relating to a franchise tax credit for certain research and development activities.

Relating to the punishment for the offense of employment harmful to children.

Relating to enhancing penalties for assaulting a family member by strangulation or suffocation.

Relating to the creation of the Reentry Policy Council to review corrections policies, programs, and procedures for inmates released into the community.

Relating to electronic monitoring and other alternative means for certain defendants to discharge a fine or costs or satisfy a term of confinement in county jail.

Relating to the availability of information under the public information law.

Relating to eligibility for an award through the Early High School Graduation Scholarship program.

Relating to the powers of the Westchase District.

Relating to the enforcement of state and federal laws governing immigration by certain governmental entities.

Relating to the imposition and rate of the county hotel occupancy tax in certain counties.

Relating to the sale by textbook publishers of bundled instructional material for use by students at public institutions of higher education; providing a penalty.

Relating to erecting an off-premise sign adjacent to and visible from certain roads that follow the route of El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro.

Relating to authorizing an emergency services district to impose an ad valorem tax for the acquisition of land, equipment, or apparatus or the construction of capital improvements.

Relating to a prohibition against the knowing employment of persons not lawfully present in the United States and the suspension of licenses held by certain employers for the knowing employment of those persons.

Relating to tax credits for business development in low-income communities.

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 118; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Relating to the creation of the Liberty County Municipal Utility District No. 6; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Relating to the sunset review of certain river authorities.

Relating to protections provided by the Department of Agriculture for certain consumers; providing penalties.

Relating to the creation of an interagency task force on economic growth and endangered species; providing information and direction regarding endangered species issues in certain areas of the state.

Relating to evidence of beneficial use and other matters in connection with the issuance of permits by a groundwater conservation district in accordance with its management plan.

Relating to erecting an off-premise sign adjacent to and visible from State Highway 46 or from Farm-to-Market Road 306, 2722, 2673, 3009, 3159, or 1863 in Comal County.

Relating to incentives for Texas renewable energy jobs and manufacturing.

Relating to an environmental service fee at public institutions of higher education.

Relating to the licensing of court interpreters.

Relating to orders of nondisclosure for the records of children convicted of certain offenses punishable by fine only.

Relating to a certification program for teachers of students with visual impairments.

Relating to outcome measurement and reporting concerning school district and open-enrollment charter school special education programs and grants to public school entities that perform well on the measurements.

Relating to civil racketeering; providing civil penalties.

Relating to the statute of repose for engineers and architects.

Relating to the use of proceeds from criminal asset forfeiture to provide college scholarships to children of peace officers killed in the line of duty and to an annual report regarding the total value of forfeited property in this state.

Relating to revenue received from the provision of pay telephone service to inmates confined in facilities operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Relating to imposing a duty on a sheriff to report certain warrant or capias information to a national database.

Relating to a study regarding the confidentiality of prescription information; providing a civil penalty.

Relating to a study of the feasibility of establishing separate reimbursement under the Medicaid vendor drug program for certain pharmacy care management services.

Relating to medical assistance reimbursement for wheeled mobility systems for recipients of medical assistance.

Relating to disciplinary actions regarding a pharmacy technician or pharmacy technician trainee.

Relating to the continuing care plan for persons being discharged from state hospitals.

Relating to the establishment of a strategy for reducing child abuse and neglect and improving child welfare.

Relating to ambulatory surgical centers and to the provision of services at those centers by certain designated physician groups.

Relating to the qualifications of surgical technologists; providing penalties.

Relating to the confidentiality of information pertaining to certain biological agents and toxins.

Relating to providing home-based and community-based support services under the Medicaid program to persons who are deaf-blind with multiple disabilities.

Relating to a career ladder for interveners who provide services under the deaf-blind with multiple disabilities waiver program.

Relating to the creation of a strategic plan to reform long-term services and supports for individuals with disabilities.

Relating to the creation of the Council on Children and Families and the Children's Behavioral Health Council.

Relating to the provision of money from a county's general fund to disaster victims.

Relating to the creation of Chambers County Improvement District No. 2; providing authority to levy an assessment, impose a tax, and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Relating to the creation of the Harris County Improvement District No. 18; providing authority to impose an assessment, impose a tax, and issue bonds.

Relating to the creation of the Chambers County Improvement District No. 3; granting road powers; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Relating to the creation of the Travis County Improvement District No. 1; providing authority to impose an assessment, impose a tax, and issue bonds.

Relating to certain programs and pilot programs administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs.

Relating to authorizing the designation of an area adjacent to a state highway project as a transportation finance zone, and authorizing the revenue from the state sales and use taxes imposed in the zone to be deposited in a revolving fund and used to repay financial assistance provided from the fund for highway projects.

Relating to binding arbitration of certain appraisal review board orders.

Relating to eligibility for a TEXAS grant and to administration of the TEXAS grant program.

Relating to the financing of educational and related facilities by higher education facility authorities or nonprofit corporations performing the functions of those authorities and to the governance of certain higher education facility authorities.

Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Racing Commission, the abolishment of the Equine Research Account Advisory Committee, and the authority of Texas AgriLife Research; providing an administrative penalty.

Relating to newborn screening and the creation of the Newborn Screening Advisory Committee.

Relating to the Glenda Dawson Donate Life-Texas Registry.

Relating to the child health plan program.

Relating to the evaluation of certain regional planning commissions.

Relating to the use of food stamp benefits at farmers markets.

Relating to application requirements and performance standards for agricultural biomass and landfill diversion incentive grants.

Relating to the management of volunteer and other noncommercial cotton in pest management zones.

Relating to the marketing of shrimp and aquaculture products.

Relating to the procurement of certain cement by the Texas Department of Transportation.

Relating to the names of persons included on a permit or license for certain solid waste facilities under the Solid Waste Disposal Act.

Relating to children's exposure to area-wide soil contamination in certain counties.

Relating to the punishment prescribed for the offense of evading arrest or detention.

Relating to a filing fee imposed on a notice of foreclosure sale to fund civil legal services for indigents.

Relating to the use of the state participation account of the Texas Water Development Fund.

Relating to the administration of certain housing funds by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs.

Relating to refunds of overpayments or erroneous payments of ad valorem taxes.

Relating to an exemption from the sales and use tax for machinery and equipment used in an agricultural aircraft operation.

Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of property owned by certain charitable organizations.

Relating to the provision of services to individuals with mental retardation.

Relating to the administration, powers and duties, operations, and financing of The Woodlands Township; providing authority to impose an events admission tax.

Relating to the governing body of the Agua Special Utility District.

Relating to the consequences of successfully completing a term of deferred adjudication community supervision with respect to the expunction or use of certain criminal history records and files.

Relating to physician education, including repayment assistance for certain physician education loans and requirements for family practice residency programs.

Relating to the creation of the Harris County Improvement District No. 15; providing authority to impose an assessment, impose a tax, and issue bonds.

Relating to the sex offender civil commitment program and to the creation of a state agency to perform the functions relating to the sex offender civil commitment program that are currently performed by the Council on Sex Offender Treatment.

Relating to the administration, powers, and duties of the Texas Health Services Authority.

Relating to provision of surplus lines insurance.

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

Relating to state fiscal matters.

Relating to authorizing injunctive relief during proceedings to cancel or suspend certain alcoholic beverage permits and licenses.

Relating to a prohibition of foods containing trans fat.

Relating to preferred drug lists adopted by the Health and Human Services Commission and associated requirements regarding supplemental rebates, prior authorization, and public notification.

Relating to creating an account to promote continuing education for certain child care providers.

Relating to an informational manual for voluntary caregivers who provide temporary care for children who are the subject of an investigation by the Department of Family and Protective Services.

Relating to the pilot program for reporting of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections.

Relating to the creation of an alternative fuel program to be funded by the Texas emissions reduction plan fund.

Relating to the powers and duties of counties and emergency services districts.

Relating to the rights of certain county law enforcement officers.

Relating to conditions of employment for law enforcement officers and corrections officers employed by certain counties.

Relating to the governing body of the Willacy County Navigation District.

Relating to the board of directors of the Kenedy County Groundwater Conservation District.

Relating to the regulation of prepaid funeral benefits; providing penalties.

Relating to the requirement that state agencies purchase low-emissions vehicles as a minimum percentage of their purchased vehicles.

Relating to information required to be included on a supplier and permissive supplier's return.

Relating to the payment of cy pres funds in an action by the attorney general.

Relating to adjustments of rates of certain telecommunications utilities for changes in certain tax liabilities.