SENATE FLOOR ACTION |
Monday May 25, 2009 |
The Senate suspended the necessary rules to consider and finally pass: |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment to require partnering with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and other federal agencies to establish a veterans hospital in the Rio Grande Valley region of the state. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit the taking of property for transfer to a private entity for certain purposes. |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow an officer or enlisted member of the Texas State Guard or other state militia or military force to hold other civil offices. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the regulation of residential mortgage loan originators; providing a penalty. |
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Relating to the eligibility of private or independent institutions of higher education to participate in the advanced research program administered by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. |
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Relating to the reinstatement of good conduct time suspended during a term of imprisonment. |
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Relating to the absence of a student from school for activities in connection with obtaining United States citizenship. 2 Floor Amendments |
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Relating to continuing education requirements for public school principals. |
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Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Department of Transportation, including the transfer of certain functions to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles and the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation; providing penalties. 11 Floor Amendments |
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Relating to driver education and driver's licensing requirements for minors. 2 Floor Amendments |
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Relating to health benefit plan coverage for autism spectrum disorder. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to county abatement and regulation of nuisances. 3 Floor Amendments |
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Relating to the authority of the Texas Education Agency to seek, accept, determine eligibility for, and distribute grants available for the benefit of public education. 2 Floor Amendments |
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Relating to certain costs used to fund drug court programs. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to motor vehicle inspection stations that perform emissions inspections using only the onboard diagnostic system of inspected vehicles. 4 Floor Amendments |
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Relating to the making or acceptance of political contributions in certain office buildings owned by or leased to the state. |
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Relating to extending the expiration date of the Property Redevelopment and Tax Abatement Act. |
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Relating to a criminal history evaluation letter determining occupational license eligibility. 2 Floor Amendments |
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Relating to the scheduling of hearings before appraisal review boards on property tax protests. 3 Floor Amendments |
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Relating to school district policies addressing sexual abuse of children. 2 Floor Amendments |
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Relating to payment by a municipality or river authority for certain damages caused by the municipality's or river authority's operation of a sanitary sewer system. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to persons authorized to administer an oath in this state. 1 Committee Amendment |
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Relating to the degrees awarded by the Texas State Technical College System. |
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Relating to granting charters to public junior colleges for open-enrollment charter schools. |
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Relating to the imposition of conditions on certain defendants charged with an offense involving family violence. 3 Floor Amendments |
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Relating to the penalty imposed on defaulting jurors. |
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Relating to the use of public funds by a political subdivision for communications that contain false information relating to a ballot measure; providing a criminal penalty. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the Tax Increment Financing Act. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to exemptions from the sales tax for a limited period for certain backpacks and school supplies specified by the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the performance of pharmacy services in certain rural areas. 2 Floor Amendments |
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Relating to the date of the general election for certain political subdivisions. |
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Relating to health benefit plan coverage for certain amino acid-based elemental formulas. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to tuition and laboratory fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain volunteer firefighters enrolled in fire science courses. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the certification of a county jailer as a special officer for offenders with mental impairments. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to a study regarding the provision of certain medications through the Medicaid vendor drug program to children younger than 16 years of age. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to a contract between a water district and a municipality for the provision of fire-fighting services in certain counties. |
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Relating to open-source textbooks for public schools. 2 Floor Amendments |
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Relating to a preference in state purchasing for certain media-related services offered by businesses based in Texas. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the rights and duties of the parties to a motor vehicle retail installment contract or a conditional delivery agreement involving the sale or conditional delivery of a motor vehicle; providing an administrative penalty. |
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Relating to imposition of the motor vehicle sales tax on motor vehicles transferred as the result of a gift. |
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Relating to the landowner's bill of rights. |
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Relating to the administration, powers, duties, operation, and financing of the East Williamson County Multi-Institution Teaching Center. |
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Relating to notice requirements for a county selling surplus or salvage property. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the establishment of a fuel mitigation pilot grant program for fire departments. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to a parenting and paternity awareness program used in the health curriculum for public schools. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the obstruction of streets by certain municipalities. |
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Relating to the regulation of massage parlors by counties; providing penalties. |
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Relating to the collection and use of biometric identifiers. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the amendment of restrictions affecting real property in certain subdivisions. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to an environmental service fee at public institutions of higher education. |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the School Land Board and the commissioner of the General Land Office. 3 Floor Amendments |
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Relating to the evaluation of certain regional planning commissions. 2 Floor Amendments |
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Relating to the creation of a pilot program that allows taxpayer appeals from certain appraisal review board determinations in certain counties to be heard by the State Office of Administrative Hearings. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the determination of the market value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes on the basis of the property's value as a residence homestead. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to certain charges included in a motor vehicle installment agreement. 3 Floor Amendments |
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Relating to the use of restraints to control the movement of pregnant women and female children confined in certain correctional facilities in this state. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to certain duties of and reports submitted to the Commission on Jail Standards regarding county jail inmates who are pregnant. |
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Relating to criminal history checks for employees of, and applicants for employment at, special care facilities. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the powers of certain development corporations related to Hurricane Ike disaster relief and to the validation of certain governmental acts or proceedings of counties affected by Hurricane Ike. |
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Relating to the acceptance of certain donated building projects by the Parks and Wildlife Department. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the qualifications to be a veterans county service officer. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the authority of the governing body of a municipality or the commissioners court of a county to enter into an ad valorem tax abatement agreement. |
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Relating to the creation of the Bureau for Economic Development of the Border Region. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to title insurance agents and title insurance companies. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the arbitration deposit required for an appeal through binding arbitration of appraisal review board orders involving multiple tracts of land. |
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Relating to the licensing and appointment of certain court interpreters. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the Martin County Hospital District. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the Lockney General Hospital District. |
The Senate adopted the following resolutions: |
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In memory of Anne Legendre Armstrong. |
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Commemorating Memorial Day 2009. |
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Commemorating the life of railway engineer Alonzo John Wemple. |
The Senate concurred in House amendments to the following: |
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Relating to the continuation and functions of the Department of Agriculture and the Prescribed Burning Board and the abolition of the Texas-Israel Exchange Fund Board; providing penalties. |
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