REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS

Wednesday

April 6, 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.

Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring certain tax bills to be approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house of the legislature.

Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of open-space land devoted to water-stewardship purposes on the basis of its productive capacity.

Proposing a constitutional amendment to repeal the provision that requires the automatic resignation of certain county, municipal, or district officeholders if they become candidates for another office.

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS

(Second Reading)

Urging the United States Congress to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gases for stationary sources.

Urging Congress to reauthorize the Water Resources Development Act of 2007, Section 5056, and to appropriate sufficient funds so that efforts to solve the salt problem in the Amistad International Reservoir can continue.

SENATE BILLS

(Second Reading)

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

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

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 nondisciplinary resolution of certain complaints filed against physicians.

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

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

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

Relating to the use of money from the permanent fund for health-related programs to provide grants to nursing education programs.

Relating to creating the offense of continuous trafficking of persons; providing a penalty and other civil consequences.

Relating to persons authorized to control the disposition of the remains of certain members of the United States armed forces.

Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain military personnel, veterans, and dependents residing in this state.

Relating to the allocation of loans made under the owner-builder loan program.

Relating to the composition of the Finance Commission of Texas.

Relating to procedures for establishment, modification, and enforcement of child support obligations.

Relating to the territory and dissolution requirements of the Southern Trinity Groundwater Conservation District.

Relating to exemptions from groundwater conservation district permit requirements.

Relating to the applicability to certain regional water districts of provisions concerning bond approval by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

Relating to exempting certain judicial officers from certain requirements for obtaining or renewing a concealed handgun license and to the authority of certain judicial officers to carry certain weapons.

Relating to including certain veterans service organizations as small businesses for the purpose of state contracting.

Relating to statutory references to the common electronic infrastructure project formerly known as TexasOnline.

Relating to the application of the Information Resources Management Act to public junior colleges and public junior college districts.

Relating to testing accommodations for a person with dyslexia taking a licensing examination administered by a state agency.

Relating to the authority of the Public Utility Commission of Texas in relation to extended service areas and toll-free local calling areas.

Relating to uniform law on secured transactions.

Relating to the regulation of distributed renewable generation of electricity.

Relating to cemeteries and perpetual care cemetery corporations; providing a penalty.

Relating to school district requirements regarding parental notification and documentation in connection with disciplinary alternative education programs.

Relating to the inclusion of professional staff who educate students with disabilities on district-level and campus-level planning and decision-making committees.

Relating to the penalty for the offense of reckless driving.

Relating to the designation of State Highway 121 in Tarrant and Johnson Counties as the Chisholm Trail Parkway.

Relating to the designation of a segment of State Highway 71 as the 95th Division Memorial Highway.

Relating to a fee collected by a district clerk for certain certified copies.

Relating to rate and damage schedules governing certain easements or other interests in land of The University of Texas System.

Relating to the student fees for the university center at Midwestern State University.

Relating to prohibiting state funding to public junior colleges for physical education courses offered for joint high school and junior college credit.

Relating to the authority of the Travis County Healthcare District to make capital or financial contributions to charitable organizations.

Relating to establishing a separate provider type for prosthetic and orthotic providers under the medical assistance program.

Relating to approval from the Department of State Health Services for disposal of ambulances purchased with certain grant funds.

Relating to the investigation, prosecution, and punishment of criminal Medicaid fraud and certain other offenses related to Medicaid fraud; providing penalties.

Relating to the filing of a copy of certain records related to the release of accused persons on personal bond.

Relating to postconviction forensic DNA analysis.

Relating to a central database containing information about certain persons who have been convicted of or received a grant of deferred adjudication for certain offenses involving animal cruelty; providing a criminal penalty.

Relating to the prosecution of the offense of stalking.

Relating to transition planning for a public school student receiving special education services.

Relating to certain reports submitted and analyses conducted by health and human services agencies.

Relating to newborn hearing screenings and hearing services for certain children.

Relating to determining eligibility for indigent health care.

Relating to regulation of nurse aides.

Relating to the consideration of pension and other postemployment benefits in establishing the rates of a gas utility.

Relating to motor fuel quality and testing.

Relating to the disproportionality of certain groups in the juvenile justice, child welfare, health, and mental health systems and the disproportionality of the delivery of certain services in the education system.

Relating to the use of revenue from the hotel occupancy tax by certain counties.

Relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax for the operation and maintenance of a fairground in the county.

Relating to venue projects in certain counties.

Relating to the definition of a postsecondary program in regard to non-baccalaureate career schools and colleges.

Relating to the Texas emerging technology fund reporting requirement.

Relating to the eligibility of an innovation and commercialization organization associated with the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center to receive funding from the Texas emerging technology fund.

Relating to the establishment of the Public Health Funding and Policy Committee within the Department of State Health Services.

Relating to toll collection and enforcement.

Relating to certain comprehensive development agreements of the Texas Department of Transportation.

Relating to certain comprehensive development agreements of the Texas Department of Transportation.

Relating to certain comprehensive development agreements of the Texas Department of Transportation.

Relating to the first day of instruction in certain school districts that provide additional days of instruction financed with local funds.

Relating to the continuation and operation of the Texas Department of Insurance and the operation of certain insurance programs; imposing administrative penalties.

Relating to the authority of the Childress County Hospital District to provide facilities and services for persons who are elderly or disabled; providing authority to issue bonds and notes.

Relating to the state low income housing plan and report developed by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs.

Relating to the territory of the El Paso County Water Control and Improvement District No. 4.

Relating to the authority of certain hospital districts to contract for the performance of administrative functions and services.

Relating to the Aldine Improvement District; providing authority to impose a tax.

Relating to procedures for the dissolution of the Hidalgo County Water Improvement District No. 3.

Relating to the Ranch at Clear Fork Creek Municipal Utility District No. 2; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Relating to the funding of port security, facility projects, and port studies.

Relating to the appointment and recommendations of the Border Trade Advisory Committee.

Relating to eligibility for a TEXAS grant and to administration of the TEXAS grant program.

Relating to the pledge of allegiance to the state flag during a state flag retirement ceremony.

Relating to the eligibility for service retirement annuities of certain elected officials convicted of certain crimes.

Relating to health insurance coverage for eligible survivors of certain public servants killed in the line of duty.

Relating to a joint election for trustees of an independent school district.

Relating to the public inspection of an application for a ballot to be voted early by mail.

Relating to requiring public institutions of higher education to notify the federal Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) regarding the withdrawal or nonattendance of certain foreign students.

Relating to the ballot language for junior college district annexation elections.

Relating to certain actions against an employer by an employee who is not covered by workers' compensation insurance.

Relating to liability for interest on ad valorem taxes on improvements that escaped taxation in a previous year.

Relating to the penalty for failure to make a timely installment payment of ad valorem taxes on property in a disaster area.

Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain tangible personal property stored temporarily at a location in this state.

Relating to the continuation and functions of the Commission on State Emergency Communications.

Relating to the purchasing and contracting authority of counties.

Relating to the eligibility of certain postdoctoral fellows and graduate students to participate in health benefit programs at public institutions of higher education.

Relating to certain reports, communications, publications, and other documents involving the attorney general.

Relating to employment of physicians by certain hospitals.

Relating to voidability of contracts procured through and liability arising from conduct constituting barratry; providing a civil penalty.

Relating to state agency procurement and the comptroller's procurement powers and duties.

Relating to archeological cemeteries.

Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Historical Commission; imposing a penalty.

Relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain local laws concerning special districts, including conforming amendments.

Relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted codes, to the nonsubstantive codification or disposition of various laws omitted from enacted codes, and to conforming codifications enacted by the 81st Legislature to other Acts of that legislature.

Relating to regulation of the import, export, and management of mule deer; providing penalties.

Relating to the trapping and transport of surplus white-tailed deer.

Relating to the identification of breeder deer by microchips.

Relating to access to a child's medical records by the child's attorney ad litem, guardian ad litem, or amicus attorney.

Relating to the duration of a protective order against family violence.

Relating to service of citation and appointment of an attorney ad litem for an indigent parent in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.

Relating to certain offenses involving unauthorized recordings.

Relating to the duties of district clerks regarding certain electronic filing systems.

Relating to the reduction and confirmation of child support arrearages and an incentive program to encourage payment of arrearages.

Relating to authorizing certain courts to access information in the juvenile justice information system.

Relating to the judicial immunity and powers of certain magistrates.

Relating to applications for appeal filed with an appellate court.

Relating to the operation of the Kimble County, McCulloch County, Mason County, and Menard County Juvenile Boards.

Relating to the minimum continuing legal education requirements for an attorney employed in the executive branch of state government.

Relating to the qualifications and operations of workers' compensation data collection agents.

Relating to requirements for businesses that offer plastic checkout bags to customers.

Relating to notice of utility rate increases.

Relating to the calculation of ad valorem taxes on the residence homestead of a 100 percent or totally disabled veteran for the tax year in which the veteran qualifies or ceases to qualify for an exemption from taxation of the homestead.

Relating to certification to teach public school students who have visual impairments.

Relating to expulsion of a public school student who commits certain criminal acts involving a computer, computer network, or computer system owned by or operated on behalf of a school district.

Relating to the reporting of health care-associated infections and preventable adverse events.

Relating to the lease of certain state parking facilities to other persons.

Relating to the exchange of confidential information among certain governmental entities concerning certain juveniles.

Relating to priorities for restoration of electric service following an extended power outage.

Relating to the elimination of certain tariff filing requirements for telecommunications providers.

Relating to the regulation of Voice over Internet Protocol service.

Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Public Finance Authority.

Relating to the course levels offered by the University of Houston-Clear Lake.

Relating to tuition rates and formula funding for certain nonresident students enrolled at Texas A&M University--Texarkana.

Relating to the availability of online testing for high school equivalency examinations.

Relating to the review and functions of the Texas Water Development Board, including the functions of the board and related entities in connection with the process for establishing and appealing desired future conditions in a groundwater management area.

Relating to the issuance of a driver's license to a peace officer that includes an alternative to the officer's residence address.

Relating to a criminal asset forfeiture hearing in which substitute assets are forfeited under certain circumstances.

Relating to the election of the board of directors of the Crockett County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1.

Relating to permit application and amendment hearings conducted by groundwater conservation districts and the State Office of Administrative Hearings.

Relating to an exception to disclosure under the public information law concerning officers and employees of a hospital district.

Relating to high-value data sets of state agencies posted on the Internet.

Relating to the confidentiality of information obtained by a compliance office of an institution of higher education.

Relating to the required public notice of the names of a certain number of finalists for the position of superintendent of a public school district.

Relating to the public information law.

Relating to the confidentiality of certain identifying information regarding students of career schools or colleges and other educational entities; providing a criminal penalty.

Relating to strategies for and improvements in quality of health care provided through and care management in the child health plan and medical assistance programs designed to achieve healthy outcomes and efficiency.

Relating to achievement benchmarks in fiscal notes and to legislative review of those benchmarks.

Relating to communications services and markets.

Relating to energy and efficiency conservation programs administered by the Public Utility Commission of Texas.

Relating to the authority of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to participate in certain proceedings before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Relating to deregulation of certain telecommunications markets and companies.

Relating to improving the quality and efficiency of health care.

Relating to equal opportunity for access by private and parochial school students to University Interscholastic League sponsored activities.

Relating to telecommunications service discounts for educational institutions, libraries, hospitals, and telemedicine centers.

Relating to state-issued certificates of franchise authority to provide cable service and video service.

Relating to the regulation of metal recycling entities; providing penalties.

Relating to certain facilities and care providers, including providers under the state Medicaid program; providing penalties.

Relating to objective assessment processes for and appropriate provision of acute nursing services and certain other services provided under the Medicaid program.

Relating to reporting individual student performance on a physical fitness assessment instrument to the Texas Education Agency.

Relating to the eligibility of employees convicted of certain offenses to provide services under a contract with a public school.

Relating to authorizing open-enrollment charter schools to be awarded academic distinction designations.

Relating to notice by a governmental entity regarding certain geospatial data products.

Relating to the method of delivery of certain notices sent by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

Relating to the application of the public meetings and public information laws to public power utilities.

Relating to telemedicine medical services, telehealth services, and home telemonitoring services provided to certain Medicaid recipients.

Relating to the designation of a segment of State Highway 243 in Van Zandt County as the Veterans Memorial Parkway.

Relating to the addition of a county to a freight rail district.

Relating to certain comprehensive development agreements of the Texas Department of Transportation.

Relating to a grant program for certain natural gas motor vehicles.

Relating to the definition of emergency services personnel for purposes of the enhanced penalty prescribed for an assault committed against a person providing emergency services.

Relating to the collection of unpaid tolls by a regional tollway authority.

Relating to management of certain metropolitan rapid transit authorities.

Relating to certain comprehensive development agreements of regional mobility authorities.

Relating to certain comprehensive development agreements of regional mobility authorities.

Relating to payment of costs of improvements of a public improvement district designated by a municipality or county.

Relating to the use of facsimile signatures for certain documents involving certain municipalities.

Relating to the prohibition of certain regulations by a municipality in its extraterritorial jurisdiction involving trees and vegetation.

Relating to the ad valorem taxation of manufactured homes.

Relating to emergency service districts.

Relating to the creation of the Rowlett Pecan Grove Management District; providing authority to impose a tax, levy an assessment, and issue bonds.

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

Relating to community land trusts.

Relating to the exemption of certain property from municipal drainage service charges and from related ordinances, resolutions, and rules.

Relating to notice by sign requirement for sexually oriented businesses.

Relating to the board of directors of the Greater East End Management District.

Relating to the lease of property or hospital facilities by certain hospital districts.

Relating to the foundation curriculum, the establishment of the instructional materials allotment, and the adoption, review, and purchase of instructional materials and technological equipment for public schools.

Relating to repeal of authority for the establishment and operation of the Trans-Texas Corridor and to the operation of vehicles on certain Texas roadways.

Relating to the administration, powers, duties, and operation of the Edwards Aquifer Authority.

Relating to sales and use tax information provided to certain local governmental entities.

Relating to the membership, powers, and duties of the State Preservation Board.

Relating to the liability of a volunteer health care practitioner who conducts a physical examination or medical screening of a student athlete.

Relating to the carrying of concealed handguns on the campuses of and certain other locations associated with institutions of higher education.

Relating to fishing tournament fraud; providing penalties.

Relating to authorizing counties to finance the acquisition of conservation easements.

Relating to the certification of the state's primary standards of weights and measures.

Relating to the enforcement of subdivision platting requirements in certain counties near the international border of this state.

Relating to authorizing certain border counties and municipalities in those counties to regulate land development; providing a penalty.

Relating to a court order for the possession of or access to a child under three years of age.

Relating to certain state attorneys called into active duty military service.

Relating to postponement of jury service in certain counties.

Relating to reporting to the Texas Judicial Council the election or appointment of certain municipal officers.

Relating to the distribution of money appropriated from a municipal court building security fund

Relating to the duties and responsibilities of certain county officials and the functions of county government.

Relating to the discretionary transfer from a juvenile court to a criminal court of certain alleged offenses arising out of a single criminal transaction.

Relating to the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of open-space land devoted to water stewardship purposes on the basis of its productive capacity.

Relating to customs brokers.

Relating to the coordination of rural and small community initiatives.

Relating to the Fannin County Juvenile Board.

Relating to the appointment of bailiffs in certain county criminal courts of Tarrant County.

Relating to the creation of the offense of possession, manufacture, transportation, repair, or sale of a tire deflation device; providing criminal penalties.

Relating to the continuation and functions of the State Committee of Examiners in the Fitting and Dispensing of Hearing Instruments; providing an administrative penalty.

Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Department of Aging and Disability Services to the Angelina and Neches River Authority.