BILLS REFERRED TODAY

Tuesday

May 19, 2009

Committee referral on the following:

Relating to an offense of using a wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle.

Transportation & Homeland Security

Relating to evidence of motor vehicle financial responsibility; providing a penalty.

Transportation & Homeland Security

Relating to the prosecution of the offense of barratry and solicitation of professional employment.

State Affairs

Relating to reimbursement for medical assistance provided by a school-based health center to certain recipients.

Health & Human Services

Relating to a prohibition against changing the name of certain public institutions of higher education that are named after state historical figures.

Higher Education

Relating to health benefit plan coverage for autism spectrum disorder.

State Affairs

Relating to the preparation by the Legislative Budget Board of a dynamic fiscal impact statement for certain bills and joint resolutions affecting taxes and fees.

Finance

Relating to procedures relating to placement of a public school student in a disciplinary alternative education program.

Education

Relating to the authority of a county or municipality to remove graffiti from private property at the owner's expense.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to an exemption from the sales and use tax for certain fund-raising sales conducted by a nonprofit organization that operates to benefit the patients of a state mental hospital.

Finance

Relating to the liability of certain guarantors under a residential lease.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the evidence required for the release of a motor vehicle after impoundment of the vehicle for failure to maintain evidence of financial responsibility.

Transportation & Homeland Security

Relating to the operation of a motor vehicle by a person under 18 years of age while using a wireless communications device.

Transportation & Homeland Security

Relating to Gonzales Healthcare Systems.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to higher education transfer practices, articulation agreements, policies for dropping courses, and special-purpose centers and to the formula funding for certain credit hours.

Higher Education

Relating to the removal of certain information from a physician's medical board profile.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the exemption from certain taxation of certain organizations.

Finance

Relating to hunting of feral hogs by helicopter.

Agriculture & Rural Affairs

Relating to the creation of an additional judicial district composed of Rockwall County.

Jurisprudence

Relating to examination requirements in certain guardianship matters concerning persons with mental retardation.

Jurisprudence

Relating to the procedure for submitting certain plans and specifications of buildings or facilities for the purpose of eliminating architectural barriers encountered by persons with disabilities.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the payment of wages by an employer through an electronic transfer of funds to a payroll card account.

Business & Commerce

Relating to construction payment trust funds and liens securing payment for certain labor, services, or material.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the provision of information by tax officials related to ad valorem tax rates.

Finance

Relating to installment payments of ad valorem taxes on property in a disaster area.

Finance

Relating to notification of an application related to a certificate of public convenience and necessity for water or sewer service.

Natural Resources

Relating to the fund for veterans' assistance and the creation of a lottery game to benefit the fund.

State Affairs

Relating to the authority of certain counties to use unclaimed money for the benefit of the county.

Finance

Relating to a plan to replenish the food supplies of food banks or food pantries following a disaster.

International Relations & Trade

Relating to blind and disabled pedestrians and failure of the operator of a motor vehicle to yield the right-of-way.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the punishment prescribed for burglary of a vehicle and to grants of community supervision to persons who commit that offense.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the creation of an additional judicial district composed of Denton County.

Jurisprudence

Relating to the creation of an additional judicial district composed of Van Zandt County.

Jurisprudence

Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 204; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 203; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the creation of the Waller County Municipal Utility District No. 15; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to an exemption for groundwater used for certain purposes from production fees assessed by the Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation District.

Natural Resources

Relating to the penalty imposed on defaulting jurors.

Jurisprudence

Relating to the Muenster Hospital District.

Intergovernmental Relations

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.

State Affairs

Relating to the voluntary assessment of property owners by a municipality to finance certain energy conservation improvements.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the creation of the Brazoria County Municipal Utility District No. 64; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the operation of property owners' associations.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the duties of a peace officer and the Department of Public Safety in connection with the suspension of a driver's license for a failure to pass a blood or breath test for intoxication or the presence of alcohol.

Transportation & Homeland Security

Relating to the criminal consequences of operating without a valid driver's license a motor vehicle for which financial responsibility is not established.

Transportation & Homeland Security

Relating to the creation of the Hood County Granbury Municipal Utility District No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the regulation of structural pest control.

Agriculture & Rural Affairs

Relating to a water rights permit issued to the Upper Guadalupe River Authority.

Natural Resources

Relating to the enforcement of regulations regarding the sale of plastic bulk merchandise containers.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the promotion of toll projects by the Texas Department of Transportation.

Transportation & Homeland Security

Relating to the physician education loan repayment program.

Finance

Relating to a study regarding the provision of certain medications through the Medicaid vendor drug program to children younger than 16 years of age.

Health & Human Services

Relating to an adult diabetes education program in certain county hospital systems and hospital districts.

Health & Human Services

Relating to notice to certain homeowners regarding residential construction warranties.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the creation of a county court at law in Fannin County.

Jurisprudence

Relating to the sealing of and restricted access to juvenile records of adjudications of delinquent conduct or conduct indicating a need for supervision.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the joint or separate prosecution of a capital felony charged against two or more defendants and the extent of a defendant's criminal responsibility for the conduct of a coconspirator in capital felony cases.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the right of a public school educator to remove a student from the educator's classroom.

Education

Relating to the sale of a cemetery plot; providing a criminal penalty.

Health & Human Services

Relating to including playgrounds in the designation of certain places as drug-free zones for purposes of the criminal penalties that apply to certain drug-related offenses.

Criminal Justice

Relating to political expenditures made by a corporation or labor organization to finance the establishment and administration of a political committee.

State Affairs

Relating to the creation of the Smith Road Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 of Jefferson County; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting levee and flood hazard mitigation powers; granting the power of eminent domain.

Natural Resources

Relating to the amendment of a birth certificate.

Health & Human Services

Relating to eligible policyholders for group life insurance.

State Affairs

Relating to the powers of the Karnes County Hospital District.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the responsibilities of a person who qualifies for a peace officer license but has not yet been appointed as a peace officer.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and retailer responsibility regarding recycling of computer equipment.

Natural Resources

Relating to the ad valorem taxation of property used to provide low-income or moderate-income housing.

Finance

Relating to the civil and criminal consequences of racing a motor vehicle on a highway.

Transportation & Homeland Security

Relating to using county election precincts for any election held on the November uniform election date.

State Affairs

Relating to rebates and the sale of crop insurance.

Business & Commerce

Relating to authorizing the Department of State Health Services to obtain criminal history record information for certain applicants for employment.

Health & Human Services

Relating to accountability and transparency in government operations, including disclosure, oversight, and enforcement measures; providing penalties.

Finance

Relating to the administration and funding of and eligibility for the child health plan, medical assistance, and other programs.

Finance

Relating to certain duties, functions, and procedures of county clerks, district clerks, and local registrars.

Jurisprudence

Relating to municipal registration of vacant buildings in certain municipalities.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to streamlining voter reregistration across county lines.

State Affairs

Relating to jurisdiction of probate proceedings and proceedings regarding powers of attorney and certain trusts.

Jurisprudence

Relating to the referral of an elderly or disabled person to the Department of Aging and Disability Services and the determination by that agency of the need for a guardianship for that person.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the collection and use of biometric identifiers.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the designation of certain fire marshals and related officers, inspectors, and investigators and certain railroad peace officers as peace officers.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the implementation of the exemption from ad valorem taxation for pollution control property.

Finance

Relating to the authority of two or more municipalities to designate a joint tax increment financing reinvestment zone.

Economic Development

Relating to the creation of the East Denton County Municipal Utility District No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the powers of certain water districts.

Natural Resources

Relating to decedents' estates.

Jurisprudence

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

Higher Education

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

State Affairs

Relating to requirements governing registration and authorized activities of certain lobbyists.

State Affairs

Relating to certain acts and proceedings of certain local governments, including those related to tax increment financing, and the validity of certain acts and proceedings.

Finance

Relating to the grounds for a hearing concerning action on certain alcoholic beverage permits and licenses.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and related entities.

Natural Resources

Relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the Texas Economic Development Act.

Economic Development

Relating to the regulation of uninhabitable, unsafe, or abandoned structures by certain counties.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the form of death certificates and fetal death certificates.

Health & Human Services

Relating to requiring the seller of certain real property to provide notice regarding the purchaser's duty to register water wells located or drilled on the property.

Natural Resources

Relating to certain renewals of a qualified handgun instructor certification.

Criminal Justice

Relating to certain enforcement actions alleging the failure to pay child support.

Jurisprudence

Relating to the Hardeman County Hospital District.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to management committees of certain nonprofit corporations.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the enforcement of rules by the Harris-Galveston Subsidence District and the Fort Bend Subsidence District.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to representation in a court proceeding involving a retail public utility providing water or sewer service.

Natural Resources

Relating to continuing education requirements for physical therapists.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the issuance of collegiate license plates.

Transportation & Homeland Security

Relating to the certification of certain municipal police officers to enforce commercial motor vehicle safety standards.

Transportation & Homeland Security

Relating to the authority of certain designated agents to receive certain notices from an appraisal district.

Finance

Relating to rules concerning administration and maintenance of anaphylaxis medicine on public school campuses.

Education

Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to the Texas Forest Service.

Natural Resources

Relating to the licensing and appointment of certain court interpreters.

Jurisprudence

Relating to the investment authority of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas and the Employees Retirement System of Texas.

State Affairs

Relating to district court cases that may be considered by judges of constitutional county courts located within the 76th Judicial District and 276th Judicial District.

Jurisprudence

Relating to standards for independent review organizations.

State Affairs

Relating to certain diseases or illnesses suffered by certain emergency first responders.

State Affairs

Relating to medical assistance program reimbursement for guardianship expenses of certain recipients.

Jurisprudence

Relating to the creation and re-creation of funds and accounts in the state treasury, the dedication and rededication of revenue, and the exemption of unappropriated money from use for general governmental purposes.

Finance

Relating to the use of interest generated by certain escrow accounts maintained in the depository of certain counties.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the County Court of Titus County.

Jurisprudence

Relating to the deferred collection of taxes on the residence homestead of an elderly or disabled individual.

Finance

Relating to the creation of the Lake Weatherford Municipal Utility Districts Nos. 1 and 2; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the Starr County Hospital District.

Intergovernmental Relations

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

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

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

Relating to the creation of the Burnet County Municipal Utility District No. 3; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Intergovernmental Relations

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

Relating to the powers of the Coastal Water Authority; affecting the authority to issue bonds.

Natural Resources

Relating to the creation of the Lake Texoma Municipal Utility District No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax or assessment and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the creation of the North Oak Cliff Municipal Management District; providing the authority to impose an assessment, impose a tax, and issue bonds.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the creation of three additional county courts at law in Bexar County.

Jurisprudence

Relating to the appointment of magistrates in the White Settlement municipal courts.

Jurisprudence

Relating to the creation of the Van Alstyne Municipal Utility District No. 2 of Collin County; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the creation of the Prosper Management District No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.

Intergovernmental Relations

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

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the creation of the Tornillo Management District; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the powers and duties of Harris County Improvement District No. 5; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the creation of the Alden Lake Management District; providing authority to impose an assessment, impose a tax, and issue bonds.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the creation of the Harris County Improvement District No. 12; providing authority to impose an assessment, impose a tax, and issue bonds.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the creation of the Northwest Williamson County Municipal Utility District No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to an election of the board of directors of the Frio Hospital District.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the powers and financing of the Brazoria County Groundwater Conservation District.

Natural Resources

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

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the creation of two additional county courts at law in Hidalgo County.

Jurisprudence

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

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the creation of the League City Improvement District; providing authority to impose an assessment, impose a sales and use tax, and issue bonds.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the creation of the Seven Oaks Ranch Municipal Utility District; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the creation of the San Gabriel Municipal Utility District No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the creation of the South Fork Ranch Municipal Utility District; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the creation of the Calhoun County Groundwater Conservation District.

Natural Resources

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

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to certain procedures regarding dissolution of the Ranch at Cypress Creek Municipal Utility District No. 1.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the creation of the Goodwater Municipal Utility District No. 1; providing authority to impose taxes and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the Dallas County Utility and Reclamation District.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the creation of Harris County Improvement District No. 20; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the creation of Harris County Improvement District No. 21; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the creation of the Harris County Improvement District No. 17; providing authority to impose an assessment, impose a tax, and issue bonds.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to an election to confirm the creation of the Galveston County Municipal Utility District No. 67.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the election of the board of directors of the Crockett County Water Control and Improvement District.

Natural Resources

Committee re-referral on the following:

Relating to extending the expiration date of the Property Redevelopment and Tax Abatement Act.

Re-referred from Administration to Economic Development

Relating to the consequences of an arrest for or conviction of certain intoxication offenses.

Re-referred from Transportation & Homeland Security to Criminal Justice