REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS

Thursday

March 17, 2011

SENATE BILLS

(Calendar Order)

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS

(Second Reading)

Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to appropriations for the preservation and perpetuation of certain items of historical value; allowing the legislature and state agencies to accept on behalf of the state gifts of items of historical value and contributions to purchase such items.

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS

(Second Reading)

Requesting the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of representatives to provide for a joint interim legislative study regarding the development and potential economic impact of a cruise industry on the Texas coast between Calhoun and Cameron Counties.

Designating February 21 through 27 of each year from 2011 through 2020 as Barbara Jordan Freedom Week.

Designating May 22 of each year from 2011 through 2020 as William Elmo Merrem Day in honor of the first Eagle Scout from Texas.

Designating the month of March each year from 2011 through 2020 as Women Veterans Month in tribute to the immeasurable contributions that women in the military have made to this nation.

Designating a portion of the city of Gonzales as the official Texas History Museum District.

SENATE BILLS

(Second Reading)

Relating to the creation, purpose, implementation, and funding of the County Park Beautification and Improvement Program.

Relating to the use of restraints in state supported living centers.

Relating to the detention and transportation of a person with a mental illness.

Relating to food manufacturers, food wholesalers, and warehouse operators required to hold a license.

Relating to the eligibility of certain aliens for a license to practice medicine in this state.

Relating to the Department of Family and Protective Services, including protective services and investigations of alleged abuse, neglect, or exploitation for certain adults who are elderly or disabled; providing a criminal penalty.

Relating to examination requirements for certain applicants for a license to practice medicine.

Relating to employment services programs for certain residents receiving services from public hospitals or hospital districts.

Relating to the authority of a county to inspect day-care centers and group day-care homes.

Relating to human body and anatomical specimen donation.

Relating to health care data collected by the Department of State Health Services and access to certain confidential patient information within the department.

Relating to the contents and applicability of a school district's grading policy.

Relating to the applicability of certain laws governing corporations to limited liability companies.

Relating to coverage for certain towing and storage expenses under a motor vehicle insurance policy.

Relating to the award of costs and attorney's fees in certain proceedings concerning mechanic's, contractor's, or materialman's liens.

Relating to prohibition of certain extra hazardous coverages by title insurance companies.

Relating to the professions regulated by the Texas Real Estate Commission.

Relating to the supervision of certain juvenile case managers.

Relating to a court's authority to order a proposed patient to receive extended outpatient mental health services.

Relating to the eligibility of certain school district employees to participate or be enrolled in certain group health benefit programs.

Relating to property and casualty certificates of insurance and approval of property and casualty certificate of insurance forms by the Texas Department of Insurance; providing penalties.

Relating to the designation of certain areas as banking development districts to encourage the establishment of financial institution branches in those areas.

Relating to the requirements for reinsurance contracts covering title insurance policies issued in this state.

Relating to criminal background checks on users of online dating services and to disclosures of online dating safety measures; providing a civil penalty.

Relating to business entities and associations.

Relating to leave for junior college district or university system employees who are physically assaulted while on duty.

Relating to the disposition of surplus or salvage data processing equipment of a university system or an institution or agency of higher education.

Relating to student eligibility for tuition rebates offered by general academic teaching institutions.

Relating to the service area of the North Central Texas College District.

Relating to the Lone Star College System District service area.

Relating to the Texas State Technical College System.

Relating to meetings of the University of Houston System Board of Regents.

Relating to disposition of a contested case by the Texas Medical Board.

Relating to the nondisciplinary resolution of certain complaints filed against physicians.

Relating to the amount of outstanding total liability of a mortgage guaranty insurer.

Relating to cemeteries in certain municipalities.

Relating to civil remedy of violations of certain municipal health and safety ordinances.

Relating to the state fire marshal's investigation of the death of a firefighter who dies in the line of duty or in connection with an on-duty incident.

Relating to the authority of a municipality or county to contract with another entity to collect certain assessments levied by the municipality or county.

Relating to the continuing education requirements for certain peace officers.

Relating to criminal asset forfeiture, the disposition of proceeds and property from criminal asset forfeiture, and accountability for that disposition; providing civil penalties.

Relating to patient advocacy activities by nurses and certain other persons; providing an administrative penalty.

Relating to reporting on and assessing programs for the prevention and treatment of diabetes in the state.

Relating to voting practices and elections of property owners' associations.

Relating to minimum public school attendance for class credit or a final grade.

Relating to the provision of electronic sample copies of a textbook adopted by the State Board of Education.

Relating to the licensing and regulation of physicians, physician assistants, acupuncturists, and surgical assistants.

Relating to the revocation, suspension, or restriction of the license of a physician placed on deferred adjudication community supervision or arrested for certain offenses.

Relating to a voluntary statewide diabetes mellitus registry.

Relating to certain providers of subsidized child care.

Relating to adverse licensing, listing, or registration decisions by certain health and human services agencies.

Relating to the extent of extraterritorial jurisdiction of certain less populous municipalities located on a barrier island.

Relating to the validation of a home-rule charter for certain municipalities.

Relating to the civil liability of an employer or former employer of a mental health services provider who engages in sexual exploitation of a patient or former patient.

Relating to the duties of the county tax assessor-collector and voter registrar regarding exemptions from jury service.

Relating to the authority of the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission to participate in the establishment and operation of an affiliated nonprofit organization and provide grants.

Relating to indemnification provisions in construction contracts.

Relating to the liability of and payment of legal fees for court-appointed trustees of certain facilities.

Relating to notice to a judgment debtor of the filing of a foreign judgment.

Relating to notice of a hospital lien.

Relating to the maximum capacity of a container of wine sold to a retail dealer.

Relating to the definition of "first sale" for purposes of the taxes imposed on certain liquor.

Relating to assignment of rents to holders of certain security interests in real property.

Relating to certain promotional activities for certain alcoholic beverage permit holders.

Relating to the approval of designs, plans, and specifications of industrialized housing and buildings.

Relating to the transfer of an ad valorem tax lien; providing for the imposition of an administrative penalty.

Relating to a prohibition against use of school district resources for a hotel.

Relating to the exemption of certain electric cooperatives from certain regulations.

Relating to election procedures and qualifications of members of boards of directors for water supply or sewer service corporations.

Relating to the composition and use of money in the rural water assistance fund.

Relating to the authority of the Texas Water Development Board to provide financial assistance for certain projects if the applicant has failed to complete a request for information relevant to the project.

Relating to the enforcement of a self-service storage facility lien; providing a penalty.

Relating to registration with the Selective Service System of certain applicants for a driver's license or personal identification certificate.

Relating to the appointment of associate judges in child protective services cases.

Relating to attorney's fees and other amounts taxed as costs in guardianship proceedings.

Relating to the removal of a guardian of an incapacitated person ordered by a court.

Relating to proper venue for certain criminal prosecutions of mortgage fraud.

Relating to a probate fee exemption for estates of certain law enforcement officers, firefighters, and others killed in the line of duty.

Relating to the creation of an appellate judicial system for the Eighth Court of Appeals District.

Relating to determinations of paternity; creating an offense.

Relating to service of process on certain domestic and foreign entities for the collection of delinquent property taxes.

Relating to the execution docket and other records of certain court clerks.

Relating to the events eligible to receive funding through a major events trust fund.

Relating to an exclusion from unemployment compensation chargebacks for certain employers of uniformed service members.

Relating to initial claims under the unemployment compensation system.

Relating to information regarding job matching services provided by the Texas Workforce Commission; providing a criminal penalty.

Relating to protective orders for stalking victims.

Relating to inclusion of pets and other companion animals in protective orders; providing a penalty.

Relating to protective orders against dating violence.

Relating to the reorganization of powers and duties among agencies in this state that provide representation to indigent defendants in criminal cases and to the reorganization of funding sources for indigent defense.

Relating to the regulation of law enforcement officers by the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education.

Relating to the duration of the interagency task force on ensuring appropriate care settings for persons with disabilities.

Relating to public health laboratories administered by the Department of State Health Services.

Relating to reporting requirements for institutions of higher education conducting human stem cell research.

Relating to requiring a private autopsy facility to post a notice for filing a complaint against a physician; providing a penalty.

Relating to an exemption from regulation as health spas for certain governmental hospitals and clinics.

Relating to certain procedures applicable to electronic prescriptions for Schedule II controlled substances.

Relating to the amounts of administrative penalties assessed or imposed against certain health facilities.

Relating to the board of hospital managers of the Lubbock County Hospital District.

Relating to the Hamilton County Hospital District.

Relating to the authority of certain local governmental entities to borrow money for a public hospital.

Relating to the Swisher Memorial Hospital District.

Relating to the Rankin County Hospital District.

Relating to the regulation of nonjudicial foreclosure on residences owned by certain members of the military, including foreclosure by a property owners' association.

Relating to the repeal of certain legislative oversight committees.

Relating to the regulation of the practice of public accountancy.

Relating to juvenile case managers.

Relating to the employment of physicians by certain hospitals associated with nonprofit fraternal organizations.

Relating to streamlining of and utilization management in Medicaid long-term care waiver programs.

Relating to certain requirements for certain sponsoring organizations and other institutions participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program.

Relating to the regulation of the practice of nursing.

Relating to health and mental health services for children in foster care and kinship care.

Relating to access to certain long-term care services and supports under the medical assistance program.

Relating to the educational scope of Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi.

Relating to eliminating certain reporting, planning, student developmental, and other requirements imposed on the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board or public institutions of higher education.

Relating to formula funding for certain semester credit hours earned for dual course credit.

Relating to a uniform deadline for student financial assistance for public institutions of higher education other than public junior colleges.

Relating to employment records for law enforcement officers, including procedures to correct employment termination reports; providing an administrative penalty.

Relating to the computation of a surplus credit for certain successor employing units.

Relating to the periodic review of the child support guidelines.

Relating to the termination of the parent-child relationship and the duty to pay child support in circumstances involving mistaken paternity.

Relating to the regulation of certain aggregate production operations by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; providing penalties.

Relating to the appointment of a conservator for and authorizing the dissolution of the Bexar Metropolitan Water District; providing a penalty.

Relating to projects funded through the Texas emissions reduction plan.

Relating to the privacy of protected health information and personal information; providing civil and criminal penalties.

Relating to the elimination of smoking in certain workplaces and public places; providing penalties.

Relating to the restructuring of fund obligations and accounts of the Texas Municipal Retirement System and related actuarial and accounting procedures.

Relating to the Texas Life, Accident, Health, and Hospital Service Insurance Guaranty Association.

Relating to the duties of the secretary of state.

Relating to small and large employer health group cooperatives.

Relating to the creation, administration, powers, and duties of a county assistance district.

Relating to judicial review in district court of certain workers' compensation disputes.

Relating to expedited credentialing of certain physicians by managed care plans.

Relating to the entities eligible to make purchases using the cooperative purchasing program administered by the comptroller.

Relating to the continuation and operation of the office of public insurance counsel.

Relating to the amount of wine certain wineries may sell directly to consumers.

Relating to immunity for reporting insurance fraud.

Relating to the creation of an advisory committee to make recommendations to the commissioner of insurance regarding certain automobile insurance claims.

Relating to the elimination of certain requirements for certain customer-specific communications contracts.

Relating to electronic notification of certain state officials and agencies of certain rules and rulemaking filings.

Relating to written notice to a groundwater conservation district of groundwater contamination.

Relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Gulf Coast Water Authority.

Relating to voter eligibility and registration in El Paso County Water Improvement District No. 1.

Relating to the authority of the seawall commission in Matagorda County to build and maintain recreational facilities near the seawall.

Relating to the term of office and qualifications for a director of the Colorado County Groundwater Conservation District.

Relating to the election of members of the board of directors of the Middle Pecos Groundwater Conservation District.

Relating to the protection of water quality in certain bodies of water.

Relating to the idling of motor vehicles.

Relating to the rates charged by certain conservation and reclamation districts for potable water or wastewater service to recreational vehicle parks.

Relating to reports filed with the comptroller regarding certain alcoholic beverage sales; providing a penalty.

Relating to the issuance of certain permits for the movement of oversize or overweight vehicles.

Relating to municipal contracts for enforcement of outstanding traffic violation arrest warrants.

Relating to allowing municipally owned utility systems in certain cities to fund a program to aid low-income residents in paying their bills.

Relating to the name and powers of the Red River Redevelopment Authority.

Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 524; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Relating to the Ranch at Clear Fork Creek Municipal Utility District No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 528; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Relating to the design and issuance of license plates for United States paratroopers.

Relating to allowing the Aransas County Commissioners Court to charge interest on assessments for certain county road improvements.

Relating to certification of a person as eligible for disabled parking privileges.

Relating to the transfer of the assets of and the dissolution of the Fort Bend County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1.

Relating to priority groundwater management areas.