SB 9 | Author: | Zaffirini |
Coauthor: | Lucio | Hinojosa | Uresti | Gallegos | Carona | et al. | |
Last Action: | 05/04/2009 H Referred to Higher Education | |
Caption: | Relating to financial support and incentives for the development of national research universities and high-quality comprehensive regional universities and a review of the institutional groupings under the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's accountability system. |
SB 18 | Author: | Estes |
Coauthor: | Eltife | Hegar | Jackson, Mike | Patrick, Dan | Uresti | et al. | |
Sponsor: | Bonnen | Pitts | Kuempel | Geren | Homer | |
Last Action: | 05/22/2009 H Placed on Major State Calendar | |
Caption: | Relating to the acquisition of property by entities with eminent domain authority. |
SB 19 | Author: | Patrick, Dan |
Coauthor: | Eltife | Huffman | Jackson, Mike | Nelson | Nichols | et al. | |
Last Action: | 04/09/2009 S Left pending in committee | |
Caption: | Relating to the computation of the franchise tax. |
SB 21 | Author: | Zaffirini | Carona | Hinojosa | Lucio | Uresti | et al. |
Coauthor: | Wentworth | Watson | Shapleigh | Davis, Wendy | West | et al. | |
Last Action: | 04/23/2009 S Left pending in committee | |
Caption: | Relating to an enhanced quality full-day prekindergarten program provided by public school districts in conjunction with community providers. |
SB 22 | Author: | Zaffirini |
Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | Carona | Shapleigh | Hinojosa | Ogden | et al. | |
Last Action: | 03/02/2009 S Left pending in committee | |
Caption: | Relating to exempting books purchased by university and college students from the sales tax for a limited period. |
SB 43 | Author: | Zaffirini |
Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | Uresti | Van de Putte | West | |
Sponsor: | Gonzalez Toureilles | |
Last Action: | 05/19/2009 E Effective immediately | |
Caption: | Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for students who have been under the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services. |
SB 61 | Author: | Zaffirini |
Coauthor: | Van de Putte | Davis, Wendy | Uresti | Carona | |
Sponsor: | Vaught | |
Last Action: | 05/29/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09 | |
Caption: | Relating to the offense of failing to secure a child passenger in a motor vehicle and to fines for the offense. |
SB 69 | Author: | Nelson |
Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | Uresti | |
Sponsor: | Rose | Naishtat | |
Last Action: | 05/23/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar | |
Caption: | Relating to child protective services and foster care. |
SB 89 | Author: | Van de Putte |
Coauthor: | Carona | Davis, Wendy | Uresti | Zaffirini | Hinojosa | et al. | |
Sponsor: | Thompson | |
Last Action: | 05/22/2009 H 1 hr. notice-to suspend rules | |
Caption: | Relating to the prosecution, punishment, and prevention of offenses involving trafficking of persons or certain forced or sex-based labor or services, law enforcement training relating to the trafficking of persons, and the creation of the trafficking of persons investigation and prosecution account in the general revenue fund. |
SB 90 | Author: | Van de Putte | Shapleigh | Uresti | Wentworth |
Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | Gallegos | Carona | Watson | Lucio | et al. | |
Sponsor: | Geren | King, Susan | Sheffield | Aycock | Strama | |
Last Action: | 05/05/2009 E Effective immediately | |
Caption: | Relating to adoption of the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children. |
SB 91 | Author: | Van de Putte | Ellis | Lucio |
Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | |
Last Action: | 02/10/2009 S Referred to Business & Commerce | |
Caption: | Relating to regulation of property and casualty insurance rates. |
SB 102 | Author: | Lucio |
Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | |
Last Action: | 02/10/2009 S Referred to Business & Commerce | |
Caption: | Relating to required use by insurers of certain standard insurance policy forms for residential property insurance. |
SB 105 | Author: | Hinojosa | Deuell | Fraser | Gallegos | Harris | et al. |
Coauthor: | West | Shapleigh | Eltife | Davis, Wendy | Lucio | et al. | |
Last Action: | 04/07/2009 S Referred to Higher Education | |
Caption: | Relating to limitations on increases in fees and designated tuition charged by public institutions of higher education. |
SB 108 | Author: | Ellis |
Coauthor: | Carona | Davis, Wendy | Lucio | Watson | Gallegos | et al. | |
Sponsor: | Strama | Anchia | Lucio III | |
Last Action: | 05/23/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar | |
Caption: | Relating to the establishment and funding of a green job skills training program that includes training for certain youths and young veterans. |
SB 109 | Author: | Ellis |
Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | |
Last Action: | 02/10/2009 S Referred to State Affairs | |
Caption: | Relating to the duties of the Texas Department of Insurance. |
SB 110 | Author: | Ellis | Lucio | Van de Putte |
Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | |
Last Action: | 02/10/2009 S Referred to Business & Commerce | |
Caption: | Relating to prohibition of the use of credit scoring in underwriting and rating certain personal lines of insurance coverage. |
SB 123 | Author: | Ellis |
Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | |
Last Action: | 02/10/2009 S Referred to Finance | |
Caption: | Relating to dedicating money in the system benefit fund to certain purposes. |
SB 128 | Author: | Ellis |
Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | |
Last Action: | 02/10/2009 S Referred to Finance | |
Caption: | Relating to a franchise tax credit for certain investments made in relation to sustainable commercial building projects. |
SB 145 | Author: | Ellis |
Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | Van de Putte | West | |
Last Action: | 05/05/2009 S Not again placed on intent calendar | |
Caption: | Relating to the sale by textbook publishers of bundled instructional material for use by students at public institutions of higher education; providing a penalty. |
SB 150 | Author: | Ellis |
Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | |
Last Action: | 02/10/2009 S Referred to Business & Commerce | |
Caption: | Relating to the determination of the amount of payment on certain claims under residential property insurance policies. |
SB 162 | Author: | Ellis |
Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | Lucio | |
Last Action: | 02/10/2009 S Referred to Finance | |
Caption: | Relating to the crediting of appropriated funds from the collection of taxes imposed on the sale of sporting goods. |
SB 170 | Author: | Ellis |
Coauthor: | Zaffirini | Ogden | Davis, Wendy | Patrick, Dan | |
Last Action: | 02/10/2009 S Referred to Criminal Justice | |
Caption: | Relating to requiring the use of an ignition interlock device on conviction of certain intoxication offenses. |
SB 189 | Author: | Shapleigh |
Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | |
Last Action: | 05/15/2009 H Reported favorably as substituted | |
Caption: | Relating to the extension of consumer credit to certain members of the Texas National Guard and armed forces of the United States and their dependents; providing a penalty. |
SB 225 | Author: | West, Royce |
Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | |
Last Action: | 02/11/2009 S Referred to Business & Commerce | |
Caption: | Relating to the classifications used in rating personal automobile insurance. |
SB 237 | Author: | West |
Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | |
Sponsor: | Solomons | |
Last Action: | 05/21/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars | |
Caption: | Relating to certain procedures and requirements for the operation of property owners' associations. |
SB 242 | Author: | Shapleigh |
Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | Lucio | |
Last Action: | 05/05/2009 S Left pending in committee | |
Caption: | Relating to the regulation of a person who offers, services, or brokers a deferred presentment transaction. |
SB 243 | Author: | Shapleigh |
Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | Lucio | |
Last Action: | 05/05/2009 S Left pending in committee | |
Caption: | Relating to the prohibition on participating in the lending of credit by a credit services organization that assists a borrower in obtaining the credit. |
SB 244 | Author: | Shapleigh |
Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | Lucio | |
Last Action: | 05/05/2009 S Left pending in committee | |
Caption: | Relating to restrictions on the authority of certain persons to act as or on behalf of, or associate with, a lender. |
SB 248 | Author: | Shapleigh |
Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | Lucio | |
Last Action: | 05/05/2009 S Left pending in committee | |
Caption: | Relating to the interest and fees that may be charged for certain consumer loans; providing a criminal penalty. |
SB 265 | Author: | Hinojosa |
Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | Zaffirini | West | |
Last Action: | 04/23/2009 S Postponed | |
Caption: | Relating to benefits and protections for certain residential electric customers. |
SB 267 | Author: | Hinojosa |
Coauthor: | Ellis | Davis, Wendy | |
Last Action: | 03/17/2009 S Left pending in committee | |
Caption: | Relating to design, construction, and renovation standards for state buildings and facilities. |
SB 272 | Author: | Harris | Nelson |
Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | |
Last Action: | 02/11/2009 S Referred to Jurisprudence | |
Caption: | Relating to the creation of an additional judicial district composed of Tarrant County. |
SB 278 | Author: | Nelson | Harris |
Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | |
Last Action: | 02/11/2009 S Referred to Finance | |
Caption: | Relating to appropriations to the Department of State Health Services for the prevention and treatment of substance abuse. |
SB 280 | Author: | Nelson |
Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | |
Last Action: | 02/11/2009 S Referred to State Affairs | |
Caption: | Relating to the exception from required public disclosure of certain personal information of public employees and public officials. |
SB 296 | Author: | West |
Coauthor: | Deuell | Davis, Wendy | Carona | Eltife | Van de Putte | et al. | |
Last Action: | 04/30/2009 S Left pending in committee | |
Caption: | Relating to the disclosure of certain payments or other transfers of value by manufacturers of prescription drugs, medical devices, and medical supplies; providing a penalty. |
SB 421 | Author: | Van de Putte | Harris |
Coauthor: | Carona | Davis, Wendy | Seliger | |
Last Action: | 02/17/2009 S Referred to State Affairs | |
Caption: | Relating to the fund for veterans' assistance and the creation of a lottery game to benefit the fund. |
SB 454 | Author: | Shapiro |
Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | |
Last Action: | 03/18/2009 S No action taken in committee | |
Caption: | Relating to measures to increase the affordability of textbooks used for courses at public institutions of higher education; authorizing a penalty. |
SB 464 | Author: | Zaffirini |
Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | |
Last Action: | 02/17/2009 S Referred to Finance | |
Caption: | Relating to reconstituting the system benefit fund as a trust fund and to uses of the fund. |
SB 476 | Author: | Nelson |
Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | Uresti | |
Sponsor: | Howard, Donna | King, Susan | Gattis | Guillen | Maldonado | |
Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09 | |
Caption: | Relating to staffing, overtime, and other employment protections for nurses. |
SB 485 | Author: | Deuell |
Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | Lucio | |
Last Action: | 05/13/2009 H Referred to Insurance | |
Caption: | Relating to medical loss ratios of preferred provider benefit plan issuers. |
SB 488 | Author: | Ellis | Carona |
Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | Watson | |
Sponsor: | Harper-Brown | |
Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Vetoed by the Governor | |
Caption: | Relating to the operation of a motor vehicle in the vicinity of a vulnerable road user; providing penalties. |
SB 493 | Author: | Nelson |
Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | Uresti | |
Sponsor: | Rose | |
Last Action: | 05/20/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar | |
Caption: | Relating to benefits and services for children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services. |
SB 515 | Author: | Ellis |
Coauthor: | Van de Putte | Wentworth | Davis, Wendy | Gallegos | |
Last Action: | 02/17/2009 S Referred to Education | |
Caption: | Relating to health education curriculum and instruction in public schools. |
SB 528 | Author: | Nelson |
Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | |
Last Action: | 02/17/2009 S Referred to Criminal Justice | |
Caption: | Relating to the penalties prescribed for committing prostitution within a certain distance of certain designated places. |
SB 540 | Author: | Estes |
Coauthor: | Nichols | Davis, Wendy | |
Last Action: | 04/22/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
Caption: | Relating to notice of an application for a permit to dispose of oil and gas waste in a disposal well. |
SB 544 | Author: | Ellis |
Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | Carona | Hinojosa | West | Zaffirini | et al. | |
Last Action: | 05/21/2009 S Not again placed on intent calendar | |
Caption: | Relating to the elimination of smoking in certain workplaces and public places; providing penalties. |
SB 553 | Author: | Lucio | West |
Coauthor: | Carona | Davis, Wendy | Ellis | Deuell | Wentworth | et al. | |
Last Action: | 05/20/2009 S Not again placed on intent calendar | |
Caption: | Relating to the disclosure of certain economic benefits provided to health professionals in the marketing of prescription drugs, medical devices, and medical supplies; providing penalties. |
SB 639 | Author: | Lucio |
Coauthor: | Zaffirini | Davis, Wendy | Deuell | Ellis | Van de Putte | et al. | |
Last Action: | 05/07/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
Caption: | Relating to the rights of persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities residing in state schools. |
SB 643 | Author: | Nelson |
Coauthor: | Hinojosa | Deuell | Carona | Shapiro | Davis, Wendy | et al. | |
Sponsor: | Rose | Phillips | Herrero | Ortiz, Jr. | Naishtat | |
Last Action: | 06/11/2009 E Effective immediately | |
Caption: | Relating to the protection and care of individuals with mental retardation and to certain legal protections for individuals with disabilities; providing criminal penalties. |
SB 728 | Author: | Carona |
Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | |
Last Action: | 02/25/2009 S Referred to State Affairs | |
Caption: | Relating to the exercise of eminent domain authority by private entities. |
SB 815 | Author: | Watson |
Coauthor: | Deuell | Lucio | Van de Putte | Davis, Wendy | West | |
Last Action: | 05/08/2009 H Referred to Insurance | |
Caption: | Relating to consumer labeling requirements for and the provision of certain information concerning health benefit plans; providing penalties. |
SB 841 | Author: | Averitt |
Coauthor: | Van de Putte | Eltife | West | Williams | Davis, Wendy | et al. | |
Sponsor: | Coleman | Dukes | Zerwas | Davis, John | Naishtat | |
Last Action: | 05/25/2009 H Placed on Major State Calendar | |
Caption: | Relating to the child health plan program. |
SB 843 | Author: | Uresti |
Coauthor: | Zaffirini | Van de Putte | Hinojosa | Watson | Davis, Wendy | et al. | |
Sponsor: | Castro | Martinez Fischer | Lucio III | Bolton | Leibowitz | |
Last Action: | 05/21/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar | |
Caption: | Relating to protective orders against dating violence. |
SB 855 | Author: | Carona |
Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | Lucio | Shapleigh | Watson | Wentworth | et al. | |
Sponsor: | Truitt | |
Last Action: | 05/21/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar | |
Caption: | Relating to a county motor fuels tax in certain counties for mobility improvement projects; providing authority to impose the tax, issue bonds, and impose penalties. |
SB 872 | Author: | Lucio |
Coauthor: | Hegar | Carona | Deuell | Jackson, Mike | Patrick, Dan | et al. | |
Sponsor: | Menendez | |
Last Action: | 05/19/2009 E Effective immediately | |
Caption: | Relating to continued health insurance coverage and financial assistance for eligible survivors of certain public servants killed in the line of duty. |
SB 877 | Author: | Ellis |
Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | |
Last Action: | 03/09/2009 S Referred to Health & Human Services | |
Caption: | Relating to the provision of HIV and AIDS tests and to health benefit plan coverage of HIV and AIDS tests. |
SB 894 | Author: | Nelson |
Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | |
Sponsor: | Truitt | |
Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09 | |
Caption: | Relating to municipal investment of public funds received from the management and development of mineral rights. |
SB 900 | Author: | Deuell |
Coauthor: | Van de Putte | Davis, Wendy | |
Last Action: | 03/09/2009 S Referred to State Affairs | |
Caption: | Relating to the collection and use of certain information by health benefit plan issuers; providing administrative penalties. |
SB 901 | Author: | Deuell |
Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | |
Last Action: | 03/09/2009 S Referred to State Affairs | |
Caption: | Relating to regulation of health benefit plans. |
SB 961 | Author: | Ellis |
Coauthor: | Watson | Carona | Davis, Wendy | Uresti | West | et al. | |
Sponsor: | Eiland | |
Last Action: | 05/22/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars | |
Caption: | Relating to the sale of certain annuities. |
SB 965 | Author: | Ellis |
Coauthor: | Watson | West | Carona | Davis, Wendy | Uresti | et al. | |
Last Action: | 04/16/2009 H Referred to Insurance | |
Caption: | Relating to certain education requirements for insurance agents who sell annuities. |
SB 982 | Author: | Van de Putte | Eltife | West |
Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | Nichols | Gallegos | Uresti | Zaffirini | et al. | |
Last Action: | 04/21/2009 S Left pending in committee | |
Caption: | Relating to public school finance. |
SB 1049 | Author: | Uresti |
Coauthor: | Hinojosa | Huffman | Nelson | Carona | Wentworth | et al. | |
Last Action: | 04/21/2009 H Referred to State Affairs | |
Caption: | Relating to the distribution, possession, purchase, consumption, and receipt of tobacco products; providing penalties. |
SB 1075 | Author: | Van de Putte |
Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | Zaffirini | |
Last Action: | 04/16/2009 H Referred to Public Education | |
Caption: | Relating to the absence of a student from public school to visit with a parent or guardian who has been or will be deployed to a combat zone. |
SB 1100 | Author: | Watson |
Coauthor: | Carona | Davis, Wendy | Van de Putte | Wentworth | |
Last Action: | 03/13/2009 S Referred to Health & Human Services | |
Caption: | Relating to the improvement of women's health by providing certain services and information related to unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases. |
SB 1168 | Author: | Hinojosa |
Coauthor: | Watson | Carona | Davis, Wendy | Uresti | West | et al. | |
Sponsor: | Smithee | |
Last Action: | 05/22/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar | |
Caption: | Relating to a rescission period for annuity contracts. |
SB 1370 | Author: | Lucio |
Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | |
Sponsor: | Gonzales | |
Last Action: | 05/21/2009 H Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar | |
Caption: | Relating to authorizing certain counties and municipalities to regulate land development; providing a penalty. |
SB 1380 | Author: | Shapiro |
Coauthor: | Nelson | Carona | Davis, Wendy | Hinojosa | Uresti | |
Last Action: | 03/17/2009 S Referred to Criminal Justice | |
Caption: | Relating to the right of certain child crime victims to a speedy trial and to be considered with respect to a defendant's motion for continuance. |
SB 1381 | Author: | Shapiro |
Coauthor: | Nelson | Carona | Davis, Wendy | Hinojosa | Uresti | |
Last Action: | 03/17/2009 S Referred to Criminal Justice | |
Caption: | Relating to the conditions of bond for a defendant charged with committing certain offenses against a child and to the denial of bail pending trial with respect to certain defendants who violate those conditions. |
SB 1443 | Author: | Zaffirini |
Coauthor: | Lucio | Carona | Eltife | Gallegos | Nichols | et al. | |
Sponsor: | Branch | |
Last Action: | 05/23/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars | |
Caption: | Relating to the academic costs charged to resident undergraduate students by general academic teaching institutions and to certain reports regarding certain costs of those institutions. |
SB 1537 | Author: | Van de Putte |
Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | Shapleigh | |
Sponsor: | Farias | Gallego | Turner, Chris | |
Last Action: | 05/13/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars | |
Caption: | Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain military personnel and their dependents and for the spouses and children of certain deceased, missing, and disabled military personnel. |
SB 1538 | Author: | Van de Putte |
Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | Shapleigh | |
Sponsor: | Alonzo | Chavez | |
Last Action: | 05/19/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars | |
Caption: | Relating to establishing veterans resource centers at certain institutions of higher education. |
SB 1569 | Author: | Eltife |
Coauthor: | Ellis | Van de Putte | Watson | Carona | Davis, Wendy | et al. | |
Sponsor: | Strama | Deshotel | Harless | |
Last Action: | 05/27/2009 H Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal | |
Caption: | Relating to unemployment compensation modernization. |
SB 1854 | Author: | West |
Coauthor: | Hinojosa | Uresti | Van de Putte | Watson | Ellis | et al. | |
Last Action: | 05/20/2009 S Not again placed on intent calendar | |
Caption: | Relating to creating a recognition day in honor of Dolores C. Huerta. |
SB 1923 | Author: | Watson |
Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | Wentworth | |
Last Action: | 04/23/2009 S Not again placed on intent calendar | |
Caption: | Relating to funding sources for the Texas rail relocation and improvement fund. |
SB 1940 | Author: | Van de Putte |
Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | Zaffirini | |
Sponsor: | Ortiz, Jr. | |
Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately | |
Caption: | Relating to the fund for veterans' assistance and to the establishment of pretrial veterans court programs. |
SB 2165 | Author: | Ellis |
Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | |
Last Action: | 03/31/2009 S Referred to Business & Commerce | |
Caption: | Relating to the disclosure of electricity generation offers received by ERCOT. |
SB 2195 | Author: | Williams |
Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | |
Last Action: | 04/30/2009 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence | |
Caption: | Relating to the creation of and penalties for certain offenses that take place at or involve an attempt to cross an international border. |
SB 2256 | Author: | Zaffirini | Van de Putte |
Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | |
Last Action: | 05/07/2009 H Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs | |
Caption: | Relating to the establishment and operation of the Texas Women Veterans Program. |
SB 2275 | Author: | Seliger | Averitt | Ellis | Wentworth |
Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | |
Last Action: | 04/14/2009 S Left pending in committee | |
Caption: | Relating to the adoption of the public school curriculum and textbooks; transferring authority from the State Board of Education to the commissioner of education. |
SB 2407 | Author: | Zaffirini |
Coauthor: | Lucio | Ogden | Ellis | Davis, Wendy | |
Sponsor: | Rose | |
Last Action: | 05/23/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars | |
Caption: | Relating to the creation of a strategic plan to improve long-term services and supports for individuals with disabilities. |
SJR 6 | Author: | Ellis |
Coauthor: | Lucio | Davis, Wendy | |
Last Action: | 03/13/2009 S Referred to Finance | |
Caption: | Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the dedication of the revenue received from the sporting goods sales tax. |
SJR 14 | Author: | Wentworth |
Coauthor: | Zaffirini | Davis, Wendy | |
Last Action: | 03/13/2009 S Referred to State Affairs | |
Caption: | Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to override a veto of the governor following a legislative session. |
SJR 25 | Author: | Harris | Shapiro |
Coauthor: | Nelson | Davis, Wendy | |
Sponsor: | Pickett | |
Last Action: | 05/26/2009 H Placed on Constitutional Amendments Calendar | |
Caption: | Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring certain revenue collected by a public entity from the use of a tolled highway project in this state to be used only for transportation projects. |