Bills Referred Today for 4/23/2009

BILLS REFERRED TODAY



Thursday

April 23, 2009





Committee referral on the following:


SB 2550 Hinojosa

Relating to the creation of the Padre Island Gateway Municipal Management District; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 2551 Ellis

Relating to the right of the Harris County Hospital District to maintain local control over wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 2552 Patrick, Dan

Relating to the powers and duties of Harris County Improvement District No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 2553 Hegar

Relating to granting certain counties authority to regulate the cutting of certain trees; providing a penalty.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 2554 Hegar

Relating to the appointment of a bailiff for the 130th Judicial District.

Jurisprudence


SB 2555 Hegar

Relating to granting county zoning authority in Aransas County; providing a criminal penalty.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 2556 Huffman

Relating to confidentiality of information regarding certain agents.

Health & Human Services


HB 360 Kuempel/ Herrero/ et al.

Relating to the crediting and charging of investment gains and losses on the assets held in trust by the Texas Municipal Retirement System and providing a guaranteed minimum credit to employee accounts.

State Affairs


HB 483 Pierson/ et al.

Relating to an administrative fee for defendants required by a court to perform community service in lieu of serving a term of confinement in county jail.

Criminal Justice


HB 608 Castro/ Ortiz, Jr./ Moody/ Herrero/ et al.

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

Jurisprudence


HB 656 Rios Ybarra/ Gonzales/ Leibowitz

Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy taxes.

Economic Development


HB 1205 Button/ et al.

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

Finance


HB 1407 Geren

Relating to the redemption of real property sold at an ad valorem tax sale.

Finance


HB 1411 Jones

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

Business & Commerce


HB 1465 Paxton

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

Jurisprudence


HB 1505 Ortiz, Jr./ Guillen

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

Business & Commerce


HB 1684 Brown, Betty/ Anderson/ Aycock/ Gonzalez Toureilles/ Chisum/ et al.

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

Agriculture & Rural Affairs


HB 1813 Vo/ et al.

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

Criminal Justice


HB 1923 Heflin

Relating to the Irion County Water Conservation District.

Natural Resources


HB 2555 Hilderbran/ Guillen

Relating to the length of time certain property acquired by a charitable organization to provide low-income housing may be exempted from ad valorem taxation.

Finance


HB 2626 Naishtat/ Kent/ Rios Ybarra/ Leibowitz/ et al.

Relating to the forensic medical examination of a sexual assault victim who has not reported the assault to a law enforcement agency.

Criminal Justice


HB 3202 Bonnen

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

Criminal Justice


HB 4706 King, Tracy O.

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