SENATE FLOOR ACTION

Friday

May 22, 2009

The Senate suspended the necessary rules to consider and finally pass:

Relating to the creation of the Comal County Water Control and Improvement District No. 6; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Relating to the creation of the Comal County Water Control and Improvement District No. 5; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Post-ratifying Amendment XXIV to the Constitution of the United States prohibiting the denial or abridgment of the right to vote for failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.

Relating to the payment of attorney's fees to an attorney representing an applicant for the appointment of a guardian.

Relating to mileage reimbursement for state employees.

Relating to the requirement that a new road ordered by the commissioners court of a county be laid out by a jury of view.

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

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the authority of the Dallas County Flood Control District No. 1 to enter into a tax abatement agreement and to designate a reinvestment zone.

Relating to an interlocal contract for a relief highway route around certain municipalities.

Relating to the determination of the population of a county required to develop a juvenile justice alternative education program.

Relating to the proceedings that may be referred to and the powers of a criminal law magistrate in Bexar County.

Relating to the issuance of marine conservation specialty license plates.

Relating to the assistance of the Texas Rangers in the investigation of certain sex offenses.

Relating to a reporting requirement regarding the Texas emerging technology fund.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the licensing and regulation of towing companies and vehicle storage facilities; providing penalties.

2 Floor Amendments

Relating to animal shelter standards; providing a civil penalty.

Relating to exempting certain young persons who are convicted of an offense involving consensual sex from the requirement of registering as a sex offender in this state.

Relating to electronic notices by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, electronically stored information provided by a governmental body, and confidentiality of e-mail addresses provided to a governmental body.

Relating to the appointment of an associate judge to serve a district court in Brazoria County.

Relating to certain homestead preservation reinvestment zones.

2 Floor Amendments

Relating to disposition of proceeds from the development or sale of the rights to natural resources or minerals in land held by Webb County for the county permanent school fund.

Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas Department of Public Safety to Webb County.

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

1 Floor Amendment

The Senate adopted the following resolutions:

Granting Gulf Energy Exploration Corp. permission to sue the Railroad Commission of Texas.

Commending St. Mary's University on implementing the Frank Madla, Jr., and Irma Rangel Legislative Internship Program.

Committee re-referral on the following:

Relating to the jurisdiction of criminal law hearing officers in Cameron County.

Re-referred from Criminal Justice to International Relations & Trade