SENATE FLOOR ACTION |
Tuesday March 31, 2009 |
The Senate suspended the necessary rules to consider and finally pass: |
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Relating to staff development requirements in public schools. |
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Relating to applicability of fee exemptions for military personnel and their children to certain course fees charged by public technical institutes and public state colleges. |
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Relating to the authority of a judge to suspend the imposition of a sentence and place a defendant on community supervision. |
The Senate suspended the regular order, read third time and finally passed: |
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Relating to the authority of the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas and certain local law enforcement agencies to establish a checkpoint on a highway or street to determine whether persons are driving while intoxicated. |
The Senate adopted the following resolutions: |
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Welcoming the ministers of the Respect Life and Family Life delegation on the occasion of their visit to the State Capitol. |
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Recognizing Loving County Day and welcoming the delegation from Loving County to the State Capitol. |
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Recognizing Culberson County Day and welcoming the delegation from Culberson County to the State Capitol. |
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Recognizing March 31, 2009, as REALTOR Appreciation Day at the State Capitol. |
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Recognizing March 31, 2009, as West Texas Day at the State Capitol. |
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Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Denton Chamber of Commerce. |
Committee referral on the following: |
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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. State Affairs |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the Veterans' Land Board to issue general obligation bonds in amounts equal to or less than amounts previously authorized. Veteran Affairs & Military Installations |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the Lamar Institute of Technology to participate in the allocation of certain constitutionally dedicated funds for capital improvements at agencies and institutions of higher education. Finance |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds to provide and guarantee loans to encourage advanced clean energy projects. Finance |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the right of freedom of conscience. State Affairs |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment to replace the attorney general on the legislative redistricting board with the commissioner of agriculture. State Affairs |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit the taking of property for certain economic development purposes. State Affairs |
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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. Finance |
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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. State Affairs |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the issuance of additional general obligation bonds and notes to provide financial assistance to counties for roadway projects to serve border colonias. Finance |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds to provide funds for affordable housing. Finance |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a county to regulate land development if approved by a majority vote in a countywide election. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for the ad valorem taxation of a residence homestead solely on the basis of the property's value as a residence homestead; and authorizing the legislature to authorize a single board of equalization for two or more adjoining appraisal entities that elect to provide for consolidated equalizations. Finance |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for uniform standards and procedures for appraisal of property for ad valorem tax purposes. Finance |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the issuance of additional general obligation bonds by the Texas Water Development Board. Natural Resources |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing the Texas power source fund. Finance |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment allowing the expenditure of motor vehicle fuel taxes and registration fees for passenger rail, transit, and freight rail. Transportation & Homeland Security |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment to entitle The University of Texas at Brownsville to participate in the income and other benefits of the permanent university fund. Finance |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas to conduct gaming by executing a gaming agreement with this state. State Affairs |
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Supporting the establishment of a veterans' hospital in the city of El Paso. Veteran Affairs & Military Installations |
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Expressing intent that funds provided to the State of Texas by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act be spent, as far as practicable, on domestic goods, materials, and services. Finance |
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Renaming Building G at the Department of State Health Services Central Complex as the Dr. Robert Bernstein Building. Administration |
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Granting Jimmy Glen Riemer, Richard Coon, Jr., June Meetze Coon Trust, Johnson Borger Ranch Partnership, and W. R. Edwards, Jr., permission to sue the State of Texas and the General Land Office. Jurisprudence |
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Granting certain current and former residents of Texas state schools and state centers who have been injured as a result of their residency in those facilities, and the guardians or family members of those current and former residents, permission to sue the State of Texas and the Department of Aging and Disability Services. Jurisprudence |
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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. Health & Human Services |
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Granting permission for Grandfather's Blind, Ltd., and Donner Properties to sue the State of Texas, General Land Office, and School Land Board. Jurisprudence |
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Urging congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act. State Affairs |
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Certifying the state's intention to request and use all funds that may be available to the state under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Finance |
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Urging the Congress of the United States to oppose any efforts to adopt the Employee Free Choice Act or any similar legislation. State Affairs |
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Relating to the establishment and administration of the Texas Essential Workers Program. Economic Development |
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Relating to gestational agreements. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to privately funded memorials honoring certain peace officers killed in the line of duty. Transportation & Homeland Security |
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Relating to issuance of qualified energy conservation bonds. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the regulation of certain research. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the eligibility of certain individuals for child health plan coverage or medical assistance on placement, detention, or commitment in and release from certain facilities or other settings. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to hospitals' submission of uncompensated hospital care data and hospital audits related to federal funding provided for that care. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to adoption of a school district grading policy. Education |
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Relating to the prosecution of certain criminal sexual offenses and the registration of sex offenders in this state. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the prosecution of certain criminal sexual offenses and the registration and civil commitment of certain sex offenders in this state; providing a penalty. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the admissibility of a statement made by an accused in a criminal case. Criminal Justice |
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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. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to statutory revision and construction of revised statutes. State Affairs |
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Relating to requiring certain critical facilities to be capable of operating with alternative electrical power; providing a criminal penalty. Transportation & Homeland Security |
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Relating to the authority of municipal management districts to consolidate. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to requiring an applicant for a driver's license to demonstrate knowledge of motorists' rights and responsibilities in relation to bicyclists. Transportation & Homeland Security |
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Relating to the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Government Organization |
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Relating to the closure of certain man-made passes between the Gulf of Mexico and inland bays by the commissioner of the General Land Office. International Relations & Trade |
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Relating to membership on the district-level and campus-level planning and decision-making committees in public school districts. Education |
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Relating to the allocation of certain constitutionally dedicated funds to the Lamar Institute of Technology. Finance |
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Relating to requiring criminal history background checks for employees of public institutions of higher education. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the interception or the collection of information from certain communications in an investigation of criminal conduct. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the establishment of a centralized sex offender registration authority in certain counties in this state. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the authority of the state to acquire, sell, or exchange certain land. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the disposition of certain fees collected by the Parks and Wildlife Department. Natural Resources |
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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. Natural Resources |
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Relating to projects that may be undertaken by development corporations for the development, retention, or expansion of certain transportation facilities. Transportation & Homeland Security |
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Relating to regional participation agreements. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to contracts and purchases by certain navigation districts. International Relations & Trade |
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Relating to safety rules for gas pipeline facilities and public awareness. Natural Resources |
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Relating to membership of certain advisory bodies to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. Business & Commerce |
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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. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the Harris County Road Law. Transportation & Homeland Security |
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Relating to the use of a public right-of-way by a telephone or telegraph corporation. Transportation & Homeland Security |
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Relating to school bus safety, including the authority of a school district to implement a monitoring system that captures images of vehicles passing illegally; creating an offense and providing for the imposition of civil and criminal penalties. Transportation & Homeland Security |
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Relating to financial assistance for voluntary caregivers of a child during an investigation by the Department of Family and Protective Services. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to elimination of the awards for student achievement program. Education |
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Relating to workers' compensation insurance coverage regarding certain contractors. State Affairs |
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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. Finance |
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Relating to acknowledgement of written instruments. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the place for the convening of a county convention. State Affairs |
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Relating to access to precinct conventions by the elderly and persons with physical disabilities. State Affairs |
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Relating to the creation of the Kennedale TownCenter Development District; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the right of certain municipalities to maintain local control over wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the authority of counties and certain intergovernmental pools to require reimbursement for punitive damage coverage. State Affairs |
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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. Administration |
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Relating to contracting with the secretary of state for the filing of personal financial statements by officers and employees of certain counties. State Affairs |
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Relating to eligibility to hold the office of notary public. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the delivery of proposed state agency rules to the lieutenant governor, a member of the legislature, or a legislative agency. State Affairs |
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Relating to the consequences of community supervision and to petitions and procedures for the expunction of criminal records and files and to orders of nondisclosure. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to health insurance coverage for diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the temporomandibular joint. State Affairs |
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Relating to physician shortage residency programs. Higher Education |
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Relating to newborn hearing screenings. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the continuing care plan for persons being discharged from state hospitals. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the establishment of a strategy for reducing child abuse and neglect and improving child welfare. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to reports regarding the provision of emergency ground ambulance services in counties. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to determining a student's eligibility for a school district's special education program on the basis of the student's visual impairment. Education |
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Relating to surveys concerning school district and open-enrollment charter school special education programs and grants to districts, campuses, and open-enrollment charter schools that perform well on the surveys and on other indicators. Education |
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Relating to changing the eligibility for a tuition and fees exemption under the TEXAS grant program to accommodate the amount of funding available. Finance |
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Relating to the expenditure of funds for political advertising by a political subdivision. State Affairs |
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Relating to the essential high school program and to the curriculum requirements for the recommended and advanced public high school programs. Education |
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Relating to sanctions available for certain academically unacceptable campuses. Education |
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Relating to state and local court costs and fees associated with criminal cases. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to protections provided by the Department of Agriculture for certain consumers; providing penalties. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the delivery of regulated substances into underground storage tanks; providing a penalty. Natural Resources |
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Relating to adoption of the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act; providing criminal penalties. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the Irion County Water Conservation District. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the North Wheeler County Hospital District. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of criminal trespass. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to requiring a boater education course for certain operators of vessels. Transportation & Homeland Security |
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Relating to the creation of and the powers of a comprehensive multimodal urban transportation authority. Transportation & Homeland Security |
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Relating to granting counties authority to regulate certain land use; providing penalties. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the release of certain property from a certificate of public convenience and necessity for water service and sewer service. Natural Resources |
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Relating to a requirement to provide sufficient water pressure for fire suppression in certain special utility districts. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to granting certain counties regulatory authority around military facilities in certain circumstances; providing a penalty. S/C on Base Realignment and Closure |
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Relating to the regulation of fireworks by counties; providing a criminal penalty. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to an exemption from permitting requirements of the Edwards Aquifer Authority for certain wells owned by a charitable organization. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the expulsion and removal of students from schools. Education |
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Relating to the operation of video lottery games by licensed operators for certain veterans organizations; providing penalties. State Affairs |
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Relating to limiting the liability of space flight entities. State Affairs |
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Relating to the sealing of juvenile records. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the qualifications of juvenile probation officers in certain counties. Criminal Justice |
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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. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the establishment of a voluntary hands-on recycling program for students in public schools. Education |
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Relating to the compulsory inspection of motor vehicles; providing penalties. Transportation & Homeland Security |
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Relating to the implementation of and incentives for projects involving the capture, transportation, injection, sequestration, geologic storage, or abatement of carbon dioxide. Natural Resources |
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Relating to coordinated health education for certain public school principals and superintendents. Education |
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Relating to the state employee wellness program. State Affairs |
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Relating to studying the costs and benefits of a pilot program for employment and community integration services for adults with autism and other developmental disabilities. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the jurisdiction of criminal law hearing officers in Cameron County. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to a pilot program to provide community-based alternatives under the Medicaid program for certain individuals diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to physician staffing requirements for certain hospitals. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the statute of limitations for an action under the Beer Industry Fair Dealing Law. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to desired future condition requirements for certain groundwater conservation districts. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the management, operation, and review of groundwater conservation districts. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the persons entitled to redeem property after the foreclosure of a property owners' association's assessment lien. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to a limitation on the use of the power of eminent domain by certain water districts. State Affairs |
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Relating to the administration of certain county services and duties. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to public improvement districts designated by a county or municipality. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the selection of party officers, convention delegates, convention alternates, and convention officials by political parties. State Affairs |
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Relating to the authority of owners and managers of apartment houses to assess a service charge for the submetering of water and wastewater services. Natural Resources |
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Relating to consumer protections for clients of exchange facilitators for tax-deferred exchanges of real property. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to fixed price contracts for residential retail electric service. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the certification of retail electric providers. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to providers of last resort. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the regulation of credit services organizations. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the election and qualifications of the commissioner of insurance. State Affairs |
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Relating to license renewal requirements for licensed professional counselors. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the composition of the Comal County Juvenile Board. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to a monument dedicated to members of the armed forces from this state who died in combat. Veteran Affairs & Military Installations |
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Relating to provision of surplus lines insurance. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to filing with the Texas Ethics Commission disclosure reports relating to local governmental entities and local government officers. State Affairs |
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Relating to civil liability for domestic violence. State Affairs |
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Relating to allowing persons acquiring a new residence homestead to receive an ad valorem tax exemption on the homestead in the year in which the property is acquired. Finance |
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Relating to requests to inspect or be provided with copies of information under the public information law. State Affairs |
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Relating to the statute of repose for engineers and architects. State Affairs |
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Relating to amending the Texas Mortgage Banker Registration Act to provide for licensing and regulation of mortgage banker employees who are residential mortgage originators and providing enforcement and penalties. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the authority of the Railroad Commission of Texas to determine whether certain transporters of natural or synthetic gas are gas utilities. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the manner of sale of bonds issued by municipal utility districts. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to publication of notice for certain transactions involving local government entities. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the annual allocation of certain constitutional funds to eligible agencies and institutions of higher education. Finance |
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Relating to the priority of transferred tax liens. Finance |
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Relating to information and assistance provided by the chief appraiser to emergency management authorities. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the reporting of certain inventories for ad valorem tax purposes; providing penalties. Finance |
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Relating to the creation of a commission to study the practices and procedures of the Texas Legislature. Administration |
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Relating to ambulatory surgical centers and to the provision of services at those centers by certain designated physician groups. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to an exception to the wealth per student limitation for certain school districts. Education |
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Relating to booting of vehicles by private entities in parking facilities; providing penalties. Transportation & Homeland Security |
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Relating to the confidentiality of certain travel vouchers submitted by certain peace officers. State Affairs |
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Relating to resuming certain state contributions for new members of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. State Affairs |
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Relating to the number of persons who may be appointed to the classification immediately below department head in a police department covered by municipal civil service. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the total revenue exemption from the franchise tax. Finance |
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Relating to the evaluation of highway or other mobility projects as toll projects by the Texas Department of Transportation. Transportation & Homeland Security |
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Relating to the number of families served by the nurse-family partnership competitive grant program. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to multidistrict litigation. State Affairs |
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Relating to an activity that constitutes maintaining a common nuisance. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the appointment of counsel for the purposes of community supervision revocation or appellate proceedings. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to access to criminal history record information by the Texas Veterans Commission. Veteran Affairs & Military Installations |
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Relating to information technology security practices of state agencies. Government Organization |
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Relating to the disclosure of electricity generation offers received by ERCOT. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to access to cemeteries; providing for penalties. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the repeal of the indigent defense representation fund. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the use of behavioral analysis or scoring in certain consumer contracts. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the establishment of a smart growth policy work group and the development of a smart growth policy for this state. Government Organization |
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Relating to the amount and use of certain fees imposed in connection with oil and gas activities. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the maintenance of health care provider lists under the Medicaid and child health plan programs. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to proof of title to breeding deer for certain purposes of deer breeding operations. Agriculture & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use hotel occupancy tax revenue for certain venue projects. Economic Development |
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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. Economic Development |
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Relating to authorizing certain counties to regulate land development; providing a penalty. International Relations & Trade |
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Relating to the timely transfer of inmates from certain county jails to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the establishment of a nonprofit organization for the acquisition of historic art pieces for the Capitol. Administration |
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Relating to the establishment by the commissioner of education of a computer lending pilot program for public schools. Education |
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Relating to the termination of employment by school districts of district or campus administrators who exempt students from administration of statewide assessment instruments under certain circumstances. Education |
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Relating to transfer of a student of limited English proficiency out of a public school bilingual or special language program and to public school accountability for those programs. Education |
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Relating to the establishment of regional advisory councils on state educational grant funding to review and report concerning state grants awarded for public educational programs. Education |
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Relating to an environmental service fee at public institutions of higher education. Higher Education |
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Relating to the appointment of an interoperability coordinator in the division of emergency management in the office of the governor. S/C on Flooding & Evacuations |
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Relating to the imposition of county or municipal occupation taxes on certain coin-operated amusement gaming devices. State Affairs |
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Relating to contracting practices of certain large nonprofit corporations. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to a reporting requirement for certain nonprofit corporations that award college scholarships. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the imposition of a tax on the gross receipts from admissions fees charged by sexually oriented businesses. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to a collateral guarantee program to aid small contractors in participating in public works projects. Government Organization |
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Relating to the degrees awarded by the Texas State Technical College System. Higher Education |
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Relating to an interim study to determine public school facility needs. Education |
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Relating to certain billing practices by businesses in this state. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the regulation of certain consumer transactions involving plumbing, air conditioning, and electrical services. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the creation and evaluation of certain pilot projects of the First and Fourteenth Courts of Appeals. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the reporting and recording of a motor vehicle accident involving an official vehicle driven by a peace officer, fire fighter, or an emergency medical services employee in the course of official duties. Transportation & Homeland Security |
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Relating to the creation of and penalties for certain offenses that take place at or involve an attempt to cross an international border. International Relations & Trade |
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Relating to the employment of peace officers by certain law enforcement agencies. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to service of civil process by constables. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the criminal prosecution of racketeering; providing penalties. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the registration with the Texas Department of Insurance of certain contract examiners. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to retrospective utilization review and utilization review to determine the experimental or investigational nature of a health care service. State Affairs |
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Relating to the joinder of a tax lien transferee in a suit to collect a delinquent ad valorem tax. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to authorizing municipalities and counties to regulate land development in certain unincorporated areas; providing a penalty. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the qualifications of surgical technologists; imposing penalties. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the enhancement of services for certain students with autism or autism spectrum disorder and training and support for educators who serve students with autism. Education |
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Relating to health benefit plan coverage for certain amino acid-based elemental formulas. State Affairs |
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Relating to certification of an educator in Texas who is certified in another state or country. Education |
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Relating to retirement qualifications for appellate judges. State Affairs |
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Relating to the purchase, donation, and sale of promotional items by the Texas Water Development Board. Natural Resources |
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Relating to applications regarding the issuance of private activity bonds by certain governmental entities for projects with multiple sites. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the formula funding for public institutions of higher education for certain credit hours that do not count toward a degree. Higher Education |
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Relating to enrollment requirements for the operation of the University of North Texas at Dallas as a general academic teaching institution and the issuance of bonds for that institution. Higher Education |
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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. Finance |
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Relating to the imposition by an emergency services district of an impact fee on new development to be used for capital improvements and equipment. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to a fee imposed on foreclosure filings to fund civil legal services to indigent Texans. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the regulation of the storage of coal ash. Natural Resources |
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Relating to prohibition of certain insurance discrimination. State Affairs |
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Relating to the creation of an additional judicial district composed of Harris County and the preference given by the district court to domestic violence cases. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to certain criminal penalties and civil consequences for defendants convicted of an offense of graffiti and for juveniles adjudicated as having engaged in conduct involving graffiti. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the authority of a municipality to impose a civil penalty on the owner of certain motor vehicles parked on a highway under the jurisdiction of the municipality that do not display a valid registration insignia or inspection certificate. Transportation & Homeland Security |
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Relating to school bus safety. Education |
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Relating to the eligibility of certain criminal defendants for an order of nondisclosure. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to authorizing the creation of regional military sustainability commissions around military installations and requiring certain property disclosures. Veteran Affairs & Military Installations |
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Relating to allowing a municipality to create a defense base regulatory authority. Veteran Affairs & Military Installations |
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Relating to orders of nondisclosure for the records of children convicted of certain offenses punishable by fine only. Jurisprudence |
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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. State Affairs |
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Relating to authorizing the issuance of bonds for the reimbursement of the cost of public improvements located in public improvement districts in certain counties. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to Coryell County. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the creation of a county court at law in Bosque County and the composition of the Bosque, Comanche, and Hamilton Counties juvenile board. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the jurisdiction and operation of the district courts in McLennan County. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the authority to establish, operate, and maintain a foreign trade zone and subzones in Ellis County. International Relations & Trade |
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Relating to the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission's authority to regulate certain nonalcoholic beverage business activities. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the regulation of debt management services providers; providing a penalty. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to hearings under the Texas Education Code. Education |
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Relating to the definition of "operator" in relation to the regulation of a solid waste facility. Natural Resources |
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Relating to exempting electric cooperatives and their subsidiaries that store natural gas underground and offer or provide gas storage services to the public for hire from status as a gas utility, public utility, common carrier, or common purchaser. Natural Resources |
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Relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds for a medical education building for the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. Finance |
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Relating to revenue and expenses of certain financial regulatory agencies. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the forensic medical examination of a sexual assault victim who has not reported the assault to a law enforcement agency. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the financing of educational facilities by higher education authorities and the governance of certain higher education authorities. Finance |
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Relating to a Medicaid hospital level of care waiver program for certain medically fragile individuals. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to disclosure reports filed with the Texas Ethics Commission concerning political contributions and expenditures made in connection with offices of and measures proposed by local governmental entities. State Affairs |
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Relating to the repayment of certain education loans for licensed physicians and dentists. Higher Education |
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Relating to the eligibility of employees of certain businesses or organizations established as part of the state's economic development program and of dependents of those employees to pay resident tuition at public institutions of higher education. Higher Education |
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Relating to eliminating certain reporting requirements of university systems and institutions of higher education. Higher Education |
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Relating to eligibility requirements for the tuition equalization grant program. Higher Education |
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Relating to the use of pro re nata psychoactive medications in certain residential health care facilities. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to public school students placed in foster care. Education |
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Relating to a certification program for teachers of students with visual impairments. Education |
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Relating to the Karnes County Hospital District. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to a Tejano memorial monument on the Capitol grounds. Administration |
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Relating to service creditable in the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two. State Affairs |
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Relating to the authority of certain municipalities and counties to regulate subdivisions near an international border. International Relations & Trade |
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Relating to the exercise of urban renewal powers by certain counties. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to allowing multiple methods of voting at the same polling place. State Affairs |
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Relating to the establishment and operation of the Texas Women Veterans Program. Veteran Affairs & Military Installations |
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Relating to the exemption of certain counties from gasoline and diesel fuel taxes. Finance |
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Relating to intensive summer programs for public school students and to college readiness programs at public institutions of higher education. Education |
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Relating to the determination of resident status of students by public institutions of higher education. Higher Education |
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Relating to the licensing and regulation of post-acute care traumatic brain injury rehabilitation facilities; providing penalties. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the proof of identity and residency required of an applicant for a driver's license or personal identification certificate. Transportation & Homeland Security |
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Relating to the administration of mathematics, science, and technology teacher preparation academies at institutions of higher education. Higher Education |
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Relating to participation and credit in, contributions to, benefits from, and administration of the Texas County and District Retirement System. State Affairs |
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Relating to the provision of a community telephone emergency notification system as part of the 9-1-1 system. S/C on Flooding & Evacuations |
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Relating to the disciplinary suspension or demotion of a firefighter or police officer under municipal civil service. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to standards for installing fire hydrants in certain residential areas. Natural Resources |
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Relating to eligibility for an award through the Early High School Graduation Scholarship program. Higher Education |
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Relating to the issuance of an alcoholic beverage license or permit in good faith reliance on a governmental error. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the use of historically underutilized businesses by utilities. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to consideration of mitigating factors in determining appropriate disciplinary action to be taken against a public school student. Education |
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Relating to the use of historically underutilized businesses by utilities. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to a lender's release of insurance proceeds. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to certain reporting duties of the attorney general. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the authority of a school district to impose ad valorem taxes. Finance |
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Relating to the adoption of the public school curriculum and textbooks; transferring authority from the State Board of Education to the commissioner of education. Education |
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Related to parole board rules regarding inmates claiming actual innocence. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to authorizing certain state agencies to provide student loan repayment assistance to attorneys. Administration |
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Relating to charity care provided by certain nonprofit hospitals. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the dedication of certain civil penalties for violations of the Business & Commerce Code to provide civil legal services to the indigent. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the creation of the Reentry Policy Council to review corrections policies, programs, and procedures for inmates released into the community. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the creation of a public defender subaccount in the fair defense account of the general revenue fund. Finance |
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Relating to creating an offense for engaging in certain conduct relating to cockfighting and to the criminal and civil consequences of committing that offense. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the use of the state participation account of the water development fund. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the issuance of grants by the Texas Water Development Board for water and wastewater system improvements in economically distressed areas. International Relations & Trade |
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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. International Relations & Trade |
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Relating to the issuance of additional state general obligation bonds and notes to provide financial assistance to counties for roadway projects to serve border colonias. International Relations & Trade |
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Relating to the creation of the small municipality and rural area housing development fund. International Relations & Trade |
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Relating to the provision of affordable housing in this state. International Relations & Trade |
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Relating to the housing trust fund and the issuance of general obligation bonds by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs to provide money for the fund. Finance |
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Relating to providing housing assistance to rural communities and small municipalities. International Relations & Trade |
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Relating to the creation and support of community development corporations by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs. International Relations & Trade |
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Relating to the establishment of a natural disaster housing reconstruction initiative. International Relations & Trade |
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Relating to the provision of accounting statements by a seller who finances the sale of residential real property owned by the seller; providing a civil penalty. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the administration and allocation of private activity bonds. Finance |
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Relating to the minimum change interval at an intersection at which a photographic traffic monitoring system is in use. Transportation & Homeland Security |
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Relating to the timing of submittal of groundwater management plans. Natural Resources |
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Relating to service of process for delinquent taxes on a nonresident. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to compensation of certain state employees. Government Organization |
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Relating to registration and regulation of certain discount health care programs. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the exclusion of certain flow-through funds in determining total revenue for purposes of the franchise tax. Finance |
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Relating to the calculation of the ad valorem rollback tax rates of certain taxing units. Finance |
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Relating to the payment in installments of ad valorem taxes on certain property owned by a business entity and located in a disaster area. Finance |
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Relating to the procedure for claiming an exemption from ad valorem taxation for a motor vehicle used for the production of income and for personal activities. Finance |
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Relating to hazardous duty pay for correctional officers employed by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the sales tax treatment of a fundraising sale by a qualified organization. Finance |
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Relating to rates and methods of depreciation applied to a retired class of property for regulated water utilities. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the preservation and maintenance of the governor's mansion. Administration |
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Relating to the use of discretionary funds raised by public school campuses. Education |
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Relating to certain personnel policies of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and to certain related duties of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the transfer of funds to the water infrastructure fund from the economic stabilization fund. Finance |
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Relating to Texas Water Development Board surveys for water infrastructure financing. Natural Resources |
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Relating to eligibility for funds from the water infrastructure fund from the Texas Water Development Board. Natural Resources |
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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. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the administration of the Clean Water State Revolving Fund and the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund. Natural Resources |
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Relating to water audits by retail public utilities. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the annual water quality fee for wastewater discharge permit holders and water right users through permit or contract. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the composition, duties, and expenses of certain entities created to study and provide advice regarding environmental flows. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the use and management of surface water resources. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the creation of a groundwater conservation district in a priority groundwater management area. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the authority of a groundwater conservation district to assess production fees. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the management of groundwater resources in the state. Natural Resources |
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Relating to plan provisions required for maintaining retirement plan qualification for the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. State Affairs |
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Relating to the functions of the Texas School Safety Center and safety at public educational institutions. Education |
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Relating to the classification of certain types of marital property in regards to claims for payment of a criminal restitution judgment. State Affairs |
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Relating to the confidentiality of certain information pertaining to the State Commission on Judicial Conduct. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the sale, recovery, and recycling of certain television equipment; providing administrative penalties. Natural Resources |
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Relating to a prohibition on the possession or smoking of a burning tobacco product in certain motor vehicles in which a person younger than 16 is present; providing a penalty. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the development of environmental flow regimes by the Environmental Flows Advisory Group and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the abolition of the Edwards Aquifer Legislative Oversight Committee. Natural Resources |
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Relating to maintaining county funding levels provided to the offices of certain prosecutors. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the establishment of the Texas power source fund. Finance |
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Relating to the regulation of preferred provider benefit plans regarding network adequacy, contracting and reimbursement activities. State Affairs |
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Relating to the marketing of shrimp and aquaculture products. Agriculture & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to a county's eligibility to receive state assistance for health care expenditures that exceed eight percent of the county's general revenue levy for the year. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to auditing procedures and authority relating to county education departments in certain populous counties. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Medical Board and the creation of a commission to advise the board. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to procedures for applications for writs of habeas corpus based on scientific evidence establishing the innocence of a criminal defendant. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the creation, operations and financing of tax increment reinvestment zones. Economic Development |
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Relating to the regulation of discount health care programs by the Texas Department of Insurance; providing penalties. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the electronic monitoring of certain defendants as an alternative to confinement. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to authorizing individuals to leave certain permitted premises and other areas with alcoholic beverages. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the regulation of certain insurers. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the salary paid to certain professional employees of public schools. Education |
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Relating to examination requirements in certain guardianship matters concerning persons with mental retardation. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to county regulation of sound levels; providing a criminal penalty. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to delegation by a physician of certain cosmetic and dermatological medical treatments. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the establishment of a laser and intense pulsed light device registry; providing a civil penalty. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the composition and appointment of the board of directors of a corporation to which the board of regents of The University of Texas System delegates investment authority for the permanent university fund or other funds under the control of the board of regents, and to the administration of that corporation. Higher Education |
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Relating to distributed generation of electric power. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the payment of cy pres funds in an action by the attorney general. Finance |
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Relating to limiting increases in a student health services fee at Texas A&M University-College Station, and to authorizing the financing, construction, maintenance and improvement of health facilities with a student health services fee at a component institution of the Texas A&M University System. Higher Education |
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Relating to marriage education courses for certain couples filing for divorce on the grounds of insupportability. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to improving efficiency in state government and reducing state government spending. Finance |
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Relating to ensuring that Texas state government has sufficient general law authority to apply for and receive the maximum amount of federal funds available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and any subsequent federal economic stimulus legislation that may make funds available to this state during the current or during the next state fiscal biennium. Finance |
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Relating to the creation of the pipeline safety fund. Finance |
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Relating to procedures applicable to the provision of special education services to public school students. Education |
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Relating to the curriculum that must be provided by a disciplinary alternative education program. Education |
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Relating to the guaranteed benefits of a public school educator. Education |
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Relating to restrictions on the location of certain sex offenders and to notice reflecting that location. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to reducing state school commitments and increasing community services for persons with mental retardation. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the operation of certain three-wheeled vehicles in this state. Transportation & Homeland Security |
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Relating to an award of attorney's fees to a prevailing property owner in a property tax dispute resolved by binding arbitration. Finance |
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Relating to the award of attorney's fees to a property owner who prevails in a property tax appeal. Finance |
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Relating to good cause for rescheduling a hearing by an appraisal review board. Finance |
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Relating to certain individuals entitled to notice from an appraisal district. Finance |
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Relating to incorrect or unequal appraised value of a property. Finance |
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Relating to an annual report by the Border Security Council regarding criminal street gangs and expanding gang prevention efforts. Transportation & Homeland Security |
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Relating to monetary assistance for substitute care provided to a child by a relative caregiver. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to a preference for road construction bids that provide for the use of rubberized asphalt paving material. Transportation & Homeland Security |
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Relating to eligibility of certain dependents for health insurance coverage. State Affairs |
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Relating to the naming of the Texas Department of Public Safety Garland Laboratory in Garland as the Representative Fred Hill Center for Forensic Analysis. Transportation & Homeland Security |
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Relating to property and evidence technicians. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the licensing and regulation of certain journeyman and apprentice sheet metal workers. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to state assistance to fund public school instructional facilities in fast-growing school districts. Education |
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Relating to the number of students eligible to participate in a special education program who may be enrolled in a foundation curriculum course. Education |
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Relating to the change of the name of Texas A&M University--Kingsville to Texas A&I University. Higher Education |
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Relating to engineering and design contracts for the Texas Department of Transportation. Transportation & Homeland Security |
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Relating to the purposes and designation of a transportation reinvestment zone. Transportation & Homeland Security |
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Relating to responsibility and criminal penalties for certain violations committed by commercial oyster boat crews. Agriculture & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to contracts for the disposal of dredged material from a portion of the Gulf Coast Intracoastal Waterway. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the fee charged for the master bidders list. Government Organization |
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Relating to the implementation by the comptroller of a low-emission vehicle program for the state vehicle fleet. Natural Resources |
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Relating to universal health coverage for Texans. State Affairs |
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Relating to children's exposure to area-wide soil contamination. Natural Resources |
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Relating to information regarding the relative or designated caregivers for a child in the managing conservatorship of the state. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the designation of the Diamond Interchange. Transportation & Homeland Security |
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Relating to regulation of certain credit transactions and lenders. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy taxes for ecological tourism events. Economic Development |
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Relating to physician staffing requirements for hospitals. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the physician licensing requirements for foreign medical graduates. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the management and control of utility system. International Relations & Trade |
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Relating to public school finance. Education |
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Relating to the creation of a statewide autism spectrum disorders resource program. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to criminal offenses applicable to gambling and gambling devices. State Affairs |
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Relating to the timing of a referendum election to continue a fire control, prevention, and emergency medical services district. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the repeal of obsolete or redundant reporting requirements of health and human services agencies. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the licensing and regulation of physicians, physician assistants, acupuncturists, and surgical assistants. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Medical Board. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the authority of a political subdivision other than a county to change the date of its general election. State Affairs |
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Relating to a prevailing wage survey conducted under an interlocal agreement between two or more political subdivisions of the state. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to detecting and repairing leakage from natural gas pipelines. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the authority of certain counties to regulate the exploration for and development and production of natural gas; providing a penalty. Natural Resources |
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Relating to making a voluntary contribution to the fund for veterans' assistance when registering a motor vehicle. Finance |
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Relating to certain agreements between insurers, policyholders, and motor vehicle storage persons or facilities. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to a pilot program to expand access to career and technical education partnerships in rural areas. Agriculture & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to additional compensation for certain state employees. Administration |
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Relating to the provision of services to individuals with mental retardation. Finance |
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Relating to the authority of certain school districts to maintain local control over wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment. Education |
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Relating to the higher education fund and the allocation and distribution of certain constitutional revenues to The University of Texas at Brownsville. Finance |
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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. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the definition of a switchblade knife for purposes of the offense of prohibited weapons. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the authority of Las Lomas Municipal Utility District Nos. 3 and 4 of Kaufman County to undertake road projects. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the authority of the Kaufman County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 to undertake road projects. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the regulation and practice of engineering. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to license plates created by the Texas Department of Transportation for professional firefighters. Transportation & Homeland Security |
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Relating to the authority of certain insurers to engage in the business of health insurance in this state. State Affairs |
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Relating to the operation in certain counties of an integrated care management model under the Medicaid managed care program. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to availability of professional liability insurance under a self-insurance trust for health care. State Affairs |
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Relating to preventative treatment for state employees exposed to HIV while performing duties of employment. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the location at which a certification examination for interpreters for the deaf or hard of hearing may be conducted. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the confidentiality of newborn screening information. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the dispensing of drugs by physicians. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the definitions of a discount health care program and a discount care health care program operator. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the authorization of certain nonemergency ambulance services under the Medicaid program. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the Hopkins County Hospital District. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the establishment of a laser and intense pulsed light device registry; providing a civil penalty. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to delegation by a physician of certain cosmetic and dermatological medical treatments. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the use of Supplemental Environmental Projects to protect lands of significant natural resource and hazard mitigation value. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the appraisal of property for ad valorem tax purposes. Finance |
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Relating to public school finance and certain limitations on the ad valorem tax rate of a school district. Education |
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Relating to excellence exemptions available to school districts. Education |
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Relating to the application to political subdivisions of this state of the law governing pooling of mineral interests. Natural Resources |
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Relating to condemnation of municipal property for and municipal regulation of pipeline operations. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the appointment of guardians ad litem in suits affecting the parent-child relationship. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to medical assistance program reimbursement for guardianship expenses of certain recipients. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to exemption from application of the Private Security Act of certain peace officers employed by a law enforcement agency. Criminal Justice |
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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. Transportation & Homeland Security |
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Relating to imposing a duty on a sheriff to report certain warrant or capias information to a national database. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to granting certain local governments general zoning authority around certain military facilities; providing a penalty. Veteran Affairs & Military Installations |
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Relating to providing an oversight mechanism for the Bexar Metropolitan Water District, including enforcement authority, and authorizing a dissolution election. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the enforceability of covenants not to compete and to certain procedures and remedies in actions to enforce those covenants. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of property owned by certain charitable organizations. Finance |
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Relating to the Sutton County Hospital District. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to calculation of the net resources of a person ordered to pay child support. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the disposal of sewage by boats. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the right of certain municipalities to maintain local control over wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the right of certain counties to maintain local control over wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the Sienna Plantation Management District; providing authority to manage a public transit system and parking facilities and to impose a fee or issue bonds for that purpose. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the administration of certain provisions affecting the licensing of persons to carry a concealed handgun. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the sovereign immunity of certain local governmental entities regarding certain contracts. International Relations & Trade |
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Relating to authorizing certain counties to adopt buffer zone regulations and comprehensive land development plans; providing a penalty. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to granting Travis County authority to regulate certain land use and impose certain development fees; providing penalties. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the East Montgomery County Improvement District. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to preferences of certain district courts in Tarrant County. Jurisprudence |
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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. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the creation of the Brush Country Groundwater Conservation District; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the creation of the Hunt County Municipal Utility District No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the creation of the Clearwater Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the study and assessment of the transport of groundwater in the area regulated by the Edwards Aquifer Authority. Natural Resources |
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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. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to deadlines for elections to confirm the creation of East Montgomery County Municipal Utility Districts Nos. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14, Montgomery County Municipal Utility Districts Nos. 100 and 101, and Liberty County Municipal Utility District No. 5. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the Falcon's Lair Utility and Reclamation District relating to the issuance of bonds. Natural Resources |
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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. Natural Resources |
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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. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the payment of certain costs associated with educational programs of the John Ben Shepperd Public Leadership Institute of The University of Texas of the Permian Basin. Higher Education |
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Relating to the creation of the Cypress Waters Municipal Management District; providing the authority to impose an assessment, impose a tax, and issue bonds. Intergovernmental Relations |
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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. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the post-employment activities of county and other local public officials. State Affairs |
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Relating to the creation of two additional county courts at law in Hidalgo County. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the creation of the Maverick Improvement District of Palo Pinto County; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to certain exemptions from ad valorem taxes imposed by the Cow Creek Groundwater Conservation District. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the creation of the Harris County Improvement District No. 14; providing authority to impose an assessment, impose a tax, and issue bonds. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the creation of the Harris County Improvement District No. 13; providing authority to impose an assessment, impose a tax, and issue bonds. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to changes in the territory, board of directors, and water use fees of the Barton Springs-Edwards Aquifer Conservation District. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the Nueces County Water Control and Improvement District No. 4; providing powers of eminent domain. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the creation of the North Texas Trauma and Burn Authority in Trauma Service Area E. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the authority of a municipality to lower the speed limit on certain highways in the municipality. Transportation & Homeland Security |
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Relating to the Parklands Municipal Utility District No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the creation of the Country Place Management District; providing authority to impose an assessment, impose a tax, and issue bonds. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the board of navigation and canal commissioners of the Matagorda County Navigation District No. 1. International Relations & Trade |
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Relating to an exception to prohibition of fees for future transfer of real property. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to local regulation of distance requirements for businesses selling alcoholic beverages near certain establishments. Business & Commerce |
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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. Intergovernmental Relations |
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