Local and Uncontested Bills for 5/12/2017

LOCAL AND UNCONTESTED BILLS



The following bills have been certified for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar to be held Friday, May 12, 2017 at 11:00 AM.




SB 506 (CS) (LC)West

Relating to certain voting systems.


SB 1322 (CS) (LC)Kolkhorst

Relating to increasing the punishment for certain conduct constituting the offense of possession or promotion of child pornography.


SB 1790 (CS) (LC)Taylor, Van

Relating to the punishment for the offense of fraudulent destruction, removal, or concealment of a writing that is attached to tangible property.


SB 1838 (CS) (LC)Hughes/ et al.

Relating to the applicability of certain laws to open-enrollment charter schools.


SB 2084 (CS) (LC)Taylor, Larry

Relating to calculation of average daily attendance for public school students in blended learning programs.


SB 2168 (LC)Huffines

Relating to the disclosure of records produced in the course of an investigation related to educator misconduct.


SB 2283 (LC)Perry

Relating to the regulation of dangerous dogs and dogs that attack persons in certain municipalities.


SB 2284 (CS) (LC)Creighton

Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 544; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.


SB 2285 (LC)Creighton

Relating to the boundaries of the Harris County Fresh Water Supply District No. 58.


SB 2286 (LC)Creighton

Relating to the powers, duties, and governance of the Westwood Magnolia Parkway Improvement District; authorizing assessments.


SB 2287 (LC)Creighton

Relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 525.


HB 88 (LC)Martinez, "Mando"/ Guillen/ González, Mary/ Collier SP: Hinojosa/ et al.

Relating to an unlawful employment practice by an employer whose leave policy does not permit an employee to use leave to care for the employee's foster child.


HB 294 (LC)Walle/ Bohac/ Dutton/ Oliverson/ Larson SP: Garcia

Relating to appointment of a receiver for a water or sewer utility.


HB 544 (LC)Anderson, Charles "Doc"/ Ashby/ Fallon/ et al. SP: Hinojosa

Relating to the use of the rural water assistance fund.


HB 635 (LC)Howard/ Oliverson/ Geren/ Cyrier SP: Watson

Relating to issuance of a vendor permit for the sale of goods during an authorized event held in the Texas mall area of the Capitol Complex.


HB 641 (LC)Phillips SP: Estes

Relating to the continuation of the Red River Boundary Commission.


HB 873 (LC)Pickett/ et al. SP: Hughes

Relating to prohibiting certain establishments serving the public from restricting a peace officer or special investigator from carrying a weapon on the premises.


HB 886 (LC)King, Ken SP: Seliger

Relating to the powers and election dates of the Hemphill County Underground Water Conservation District.


HB 979 (LC)Kacal/ et al. SP: Birdwell

Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for recipients of the Star of Texas Award.


HB 1073 (LC)Smithee SP: Creighton

Relating to provisional permits for certain insurance agents.


HB 1197 (LC)Paul SP: Creighton

Relating to the training period for a temporary insurance agent's license.


HB 1221 (LC)Stephenson SP: Kolkhorst

Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 90 Alternate as the Johnnie David Hutchins Memorial Highway.


HB 1227 (LC)Smithee SP: Seliger

Relating to the transparency of certain information related to prescription drug coverage provided by certain health benefit plans.


HB 1345 (LC)Dale SP: Birdwell

Relating to a photograph on a driver's license.


HB 1406 (LC)Blanco SP: Hinojosa/ et al.

Relating to the authority of the asset management division of the General Land Office to sell real property to a federally recognized Indian tribe.


HB 1428 (LC)Smithee SP: Huffman

Relating to mediation of the settlement of certain out-of-network health benefit claims involving balance billing for members of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.


HB 1432 (LC)Vo SP: Lucio

Relating to restrictions or conditions on certain payments to the Texas Workforce Commission.


HB 1433 (LC)Vo SP: Lucio

Relating to the statute of limitations applicable to the collection of a contribution, a penalty, or interest under the Texas Unemployment Compensation Act.


HB 1456 (LC)Smithee SP: Hughes

Relating to judicial review of certain decisions under the Texas Workers' Compensation Act.


HB 1555 (LC)Kuempel SP: Seliger

Relating to the sale of lottery tickets by certain wine and beer retailers.


HB 1584 (LC)King, Tracy O. SP: Zaffirini

Relating to the implementation of county solid waste management programs in certain counties.


HB 1619 (LC)Shine SP: Buckingham

Relating to the prosecution and punishment of certain outdoor burning violations.


HB 1625 (CS) (LC)Bonnen, Greg/ Bonnen, Dennis SP: Hinojosa

Relating to the procedures for the enforcement by the General Land Office of the Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act of 1991.


HB 1697 (CS) (LC)Price/ Burkett/ Sheffield/ Thompson, Senfronia/ Longoria/ et al. SP: Nelson

Relating to the establishment of a pediatric health tele-connectivity resource program for rural Texas.


HB 1701 (LC)Parker SP: Hancock

Relating to the presentation of the investment policy of certain governmental entities to a business organization that conducts investment transactions for the entity.


HB 1709 (LC)Gooden/ Burkett SP: Hall

Relating to procedures for the dissolution of the Bois D'Arc Island Levee Improvement District of Dallas and Kaufman Counties.


HB 1790 (LC)Pickett SP: Rodríguez

Relating to revoked disabled parking placards.


HB 1793 (LC)Pickett SP: Hancock

Relating to the inspection of certain commercial motor vehicles that are not domiciled in this state.


HB 2027 (LC)Goldman SP: Taylor, Van

Relating to the repeal of certain laws regulating the sale or transfer of secondhand watches.


HB 2056 (LC)Oliveira SP: Zaffirini

Relating to access by the division of workers' compensation to certain designated doctor contracts under the workers' compensation system.


HB 2060 (LC)Oliveira SP: Zaffirini

Relating to the eligibility requirements for employment as an ombudsman of the Office of Injured Employee Counsel under the Texas Workers' Compensation Act.


HB 2061 (LC)Oliveira SP: Hancock

Relating to service and filing requirements for a party seeking judicial review in certain workers' compensation cases.


HB 2065 (LC)Phillips/ Isaac/ Burns/ Wray SP: Hancock

Relating to fines collected by a county or municipality from the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety standards.


HB 2113 (LC)Goldman/ et al. SP: Zaffirini

Relating to the regulation of for-profit legal service contract companies.


HB 2299 (LC)Thompson, Senfronia SP: Creighton

Relating to verification of alcohol content for prior approval of malt beverages.


HB 2579 (LC)Holland/ Longoria SP: Buckingham

Relating to the bond and other coverages required to be maintained by or for the benefit of a savings bank.


HB 2582 (LC)Sheffield SP: Buckingham

Relating to an exemption for certain quarries from regulation as aggregate production operations.


HB 2823 (LC)Dean SP: Buckingham

Relating to the issuance and enforcement of a subpoena during the course of an investigation of a residential mortgage loan servicer.


HB 2968 (LC)Bonnen, Dennis SP: Kolkhorst

Relating to the operation of a golf cart or utility vehicle on a public highway in certain counties.


HB 3536 (LC)Ashby SP: Schwertner

Relating to the designation of a portion of Interstate Highway 45 as the Sergeant Wade Daniel Wilson Memorial Highway.


HB 4156 (LC)Bonnen, Dennis SP: Kolkhorst

Relating to the issuance of permits for the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles in certain counties; authorizing an increase in the amount of a fee.


HCR 31 (LC)Springer/ Stucky/ Gonzales, Larry SP: Perry

Urging Congress to encourage the U.S. Department of Agriculture to revise existing policies that promote the waste of water after an irrigated crop has been declared a failure.


HCR 42 (CS) (LC)Holland/ Laubenberg/ Button/ Burkett/ Thompson, Senfronia SP: Hall

Designating the city of Rockwall as the official Live Music Capital of North Texas for a 10-year period beginning in 2017.


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