SENATE FLOOR ACTION |
Thursday March 31, 2011 |
The Senate suspended the necessary rules to consider and finally pass: |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to allow cities or counties to enter into interlocal contracts with other cities or counties without the imposition of a tax or the provision of a sinking fund. |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the provision of parks and recreational facilities by conservation and reclamation districts in El Paso County. |
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Relating to statistical information on the prosecution of certain offenses relating to the operating of a motor vehicle while intoxicated. |
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Relating to the environmental review process for transportation projects. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to optional annuity increases for certain retirees and beneficiaries of the Texas Municipal Retirement System. |
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Relating to the attorney general's legal sufficiency review of a comprehensive development agreement. |
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Relating to the term of interlocal contracts. |
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Relating to the penalty for theft of an automated teller machine or the contents or components of an automated teller machine. |
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Relating to the enforcement of tax laws; providing a criminal penalty. |
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Relating to the clarification of terminology relating to the Waco Center for Youth. |
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Relating to penalties for, and emergency orders suspending, the operation of a rock crusher or certain concrete plants without a current permit under the Texas Clean Air Act. |
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Relating to a feasibility study regarding the establishment of a dental school at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso. |
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Relating to licensing and regulation of certain persons involved in residential mortgage lending pursuant to the Texas Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2009; providing penalties. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the liability of a landowner for harm to a trespasser. 1 Floor Amendment |
The Senate adopted the following resolutions: |
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Commending the participants in the United States Army's Senior Service College Fellows Program. |
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Recognizing March 31, 2011, as Natural Gas Vehicle Day at the State Capitol. |
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Commending John W. Griffin, Jr. on his service as chairman of the board of the American Diabetes Association. |
The following bills were passed on the Local and Uncontested Bills Calendar: |
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Designating February 21 through 27 of each year from 2011 through 2020 as Barbara Jordan Freedom Week. |
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Designating a portion of the city of Gonzales as the official Texas History Museum District. 1 Committee Amendment |
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Relating to methods for increasing student success and degree completion at public institutions of higher education. |
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Relating to municipal contracts for enforcement of outstanding traffic violation arrest warrants. |
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Relating to agricultural projects in certain schools, including the eligibility of nonprofit organizations that partner with schools to receive grants. |
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Relating to the regulation by a property owners' association of the installation of solar energy devices on property. |
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Relating to the Dallam-Hartley Counties Hospital District. |
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Relating to the authority of the board of directors of the Ochiltree County Hospital District to employ physicians and other health care providers. |
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Relating to the hotel occupancy tax rate in certain municipalities. |
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Relating to the name and powers of the Red River Redevelopment Authority. |
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Relating to the number of days a winery may sell wine under a winery festival permit. |
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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. |
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Relating to limiting the liability of certain persons for farm animal activities. |
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Relating to certain appeals from judgments of municipal courts of record. |
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Relating to authorization agreements between parents and nonparent relatives of a child. |
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Relating to the powers and duties of criminal law magistrates in Tarrant County. |
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Relating to the qualification of supervisors of a fresh water supply district. |
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Relating to the period during which a motion for a new trial in a criminal proceeding in a justice or municipal court must be made. |
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Relating to the protection of water quality in certain bodies of water. |
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Relating to the election of members of the board of directors of the Middle Pecos Groundwater Conservation District. |
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Relating to the rates charged by certain conservation and reclamation districts for potable water or wastewater service to recreational vehicle parks. |
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Relating to the total benefit amount under a prepaid funeral contract. |
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Relating to the disqualification of a district or county attorney who is the subject of a criminal investigation. |
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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. |
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Relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Gulf Coast Water Authority. |
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Relating to the transfer of the assets of and the dissolution of the Fort Bend County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1. |
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Relating to electronic notification of certain state officials and agencies of certain rules and rulemaking filings. |
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Relating to allowing the Aransas County Commissioners Court to charge interest on assessments for certain county road improvements. |
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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. |
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Relating to family violence and protective orders. |
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Relating to assistance provided by the Office of Public Utility Counsel to interested parties on certain electricity matters involving certificates of convenience and necessity. |
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Relating to the composition of the Finance Commission of Texas. |
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Relating to prepaid funeral benefits contracts and the prepaid funeral contract guaranty fund. |
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Relating to the advisory committee on Medicaid and child health plan program rate and expenditure disparities between the Texas-Mexico border region and other areas of the state. |
The following bills were removed from the Local and Uncontested Bills Calendar: |
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Relating to persons authorized to control the disposition of the remains of certain members of the United States armed forces. |
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Relating to the territory and dissolution requirements of the Southern Trinity Groundwater Conservation District. |
Committee referral on the following: |
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Designating the month of April each year from 2011 through 2020 as Genocide Awareness and Prevention Month. Administration |
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Relating to the appointment of bailiffs in certain county criminal courts of Tarrant County. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the creation of the Fulshear Town Center Management District; providing authority to impose an assessment, impose a tax, and issue bonds. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the operation of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association and to the resolution of certain disputes concerning claims made to that association. Business & Commerce |
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