REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS |
Tuesday May 2, 2017 |
SENATE BILLS (Calendar Order) |
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS (Second Reading) |
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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. |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the effect of a sale of property on the tax lien on the property to secure the payment of ad valorem taxes, penalties, and interest imposed on the property as a result of the addition to the appraisal roll of property or property value that was erroneously exempted in a prior year. |
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS (Second Reading) |
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Directing the Texas Department of Transportation to adopt a Vision Zero strategy to reduce traffic fatalities and injuries. |
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Urging Congress to increase appropriations from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund to properly maintain ship channels. |
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Designating Rockwall as the official Live Music Capital of North Texas. |
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Urging appropriate state agencies to support the establishment of a veterans memorial in Conroe. |
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Urging Congress to pass S.2896, the Care Veterans Deserve Act of 2016. |
SENATE BILLS (Third Reading) |
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Relating to the right of certain public officers to access public information, documents, records, and property; creating criminal offenses. |
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Relating to reporting requirements by certain health care facilities for abortion complications; authorizing a civil penalty. |
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Relating to a notification requirement if a public school, including an open-enrollment charter school, does not have a nurse, school counselor, or librarian assigned to the school during all instructional hours. |
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Relating to the authority of an appraisal district to use public money for lobbying activity. |
SENATE BILLS (Second Reading) |
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Relating to the creation, purpose, implementation, and funding of the County Park Beautification and Improvement Program. |
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Relating to the persons authorized to conduct an inquest in certain counties. |
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Relating to the use of a wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle; creating a criminal offense; modifying existing criminal penalties. |
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Relating to the powers and election dates of the Hemphill County Underground Water Conservation District. |
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Relating to the creation of an offense for failing to secure certain children in a rear-facing child passenger safety seat system. |
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Relating to deadlines for performing various functions in connection with the ad valorem tax system. |
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Relating to the scheduling by an appraisal review board of a hearing on a protest. |
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Relating to liability of certain electric utilities that allow certain uses of land that the electric utility owns, occupies, or leases. |
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Relating to transportation network companies. |
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Relating to voter approval of local acceptance and use of federal funds for commuter rail projects. |
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Relating to performance-based tuition limitations for certain public institutions of higher education and a temporary tuition limitation for those institutions. |
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Relating to the development of and contracting for reclaimed water facilities in certain municipalities. |
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Relating to provisional permits for certain insurance agents. |
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Relating to establishing and funding a grant program for testing evidence collected in relation to sexual assaults or other sex offenses; authorizing voluntary contributions. |
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Relating to sources of funding for the Texas emissions reduction plan. |
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Relating to the inspection of certain commercial motor vehicles that are not domiciled in this state. |
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Relating to birth records of adopted persons. |
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Relating to notification and informational materials regarding mutual consent voluntary adoption registries. |
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Relating to the creation of the National Museum of the Pacific War museum fund. |
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Relating to the retention and use of sales tax revenue collected by certain retailers to provide job training and placement services to certain persons. |
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Relating to the provision of surplus lines insurance to certain commercial insureds. |
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Relating to the award of attorney's fees and other costs in certain proceedings involving a groundwater conservation district. |
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Relating to the administration of and benefits payable under the Texas Public School Retired Employees Group Benefits Act. |
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Relating to the compatibility of a high-speed rail facility with multiple types of train technology. |
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Relating to the regulation of the practice of dental hygiene. |
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Relating to confidentiality of reports and related information for a solvency examination of an insurance carrier. |
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Relating to state money or credit or a state guarantee used or provided for high-speed rail owned by a private entity. |
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Relating to the right of certain appellants to supersede a judgment or order on appeal. |
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Relating to recording of minutes for a local canvassing authority. |
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Relating to education requirements for a notary public appointment; authorizing a fee. |
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Relating to funding for the operations of the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission. |
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Relating to a study on the feasibility of requiring certain researchers to make research papers available to the public. |
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Relating to service and filing requirements for a party seeking judicial review in certain workers' compensation cases. |
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Relating to certain workers' compensation reporting requirements. |
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Relating to access by the division of workers' compensation to certain designated doctor contracts under the workers' compensation system. |
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Relating to access to and benefits for mental health conditions and substance use disorders. |
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Relating to the deferral and reduction or waiver of certain surcharges assessed under the driver responsibility program. |
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Relating to the indigent status of a person for the purposes of the driver responsibility program. |
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Relating to the membership of the Texas Racing Commission. |
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Relating to the placement of certain substances in Penalty Groups 1 and 3 of the Texas Controlled Substances Act for the purposes of prosecution of criminal offenses involving those substances. |
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Relating to the repeal of certain laws regulating the sale or transfer of secondhand watches. |
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Relating to changing statutory references to hearing officer and hearings officer to administrative law judge under the workers' compensation system. |
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Relating to the eligibility requirements for employment as an ombudsman of the Office of Injured Employee Counsel under the Texas Workers' Compensation Act. |
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Relating to the status, regulation, and taxation of powdered alcohol as an alcoholic beverage; creating an offense. |
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Relating to the regulation of for-profit legal service contract companies. |
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Relating to the repeal of certain state procurement advisory and approval procedures. |
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Relating to county prohibition of the possession of glass containers within the boundaries of a state-owned riverbed; creating an offense. |
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Relating to an application for the amendment of a certificate of public convenience and necessity in an area inside the boundaries of a political subdivision. |
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Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 157; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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Relating to the creation of the Blaketree Municipal Utility District No. 2 of Montgomery County; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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Relating to the certification of unopposed candidates for the board of directors of the North Harris County Regional Water Authority. |
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Relating to the creation of the Brazoria County Municipal Utility District No. 69; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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Relating to the creation of the Kendall County Water Control and Improvement District No. 3; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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Relating to the creation of the Trinity Lakes Municipal Utility District of Montgomery County; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 154; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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Relating to providing road district powers to the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 130; providing authority to issue bonds. |
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Relating to providing road district powers to the Wood Trace Municipal Utility District No. 3 of Montgomery County, Texas; providing authority to issue bonds. |
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Relating to providing road district powers to the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 131; providing authority to issue bonds. |
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Relating to providing road powers to the Wood Trace Municipal Utility District No. 1, of Montgomery County, Texas; providing authority to issue bonds. |
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Relating to local health care provider participation programs in certain counties and municipalities. |
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Relating to ensuring continuity of education and access to higher education, career information, and skills certification for foster care youth and former foster care youth. |
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Relating to the work-study student mentorship program administered by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. |
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Relating to certain academic programs and projects undertaken by public institutions of higher education at an off-campus academic or research site or a similar location. |
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Relating to an alert for a missing senior citizen or person with Alzheimer's disease. |
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Relating to requirements for a driver education course provider or instructor. |
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Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 352 as the Staff Sergeant Jeremie S. Border Memorial Highway. |
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Relating to the allocation categories for state funding of public transportation. |
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Relating to granting road powers to the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 100; providing authority to issue bonds. |
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Relating to providing road powers to the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 101; providing authority to issue bonds. |
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Relating to the definition of eligible central municipality for purposes of the municipal hotel occupancy tax. |
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Relating to the use of connected braking systems to maintain distance between vehicles. |
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Relating to the ownership, control, or operation of a franchised or nonfranchised dealer or dealership by certain manufacturers. |
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Relating to certain disclosures of electronic toll collection customer account information by a toll project entity. |
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Relating to the designation of a portion of Interstate Highway 35W in Johnson County as the Deputy Clifton Taylor Memorial Highway. |
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Relating to bail and to judicial education regarding bail practices. |
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Relating to the operations of certain metropolitan rapid transit authorities. |
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Relating to confinement in a community corrections facility of a defendant participating in a pretrial intervention program. |
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Relating to the establishment of the Tom Lea Trail. |
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Relating to the administration of the Port of Houston Authority. |
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Relating to the administrative, civil, and criminal consequences, including fines, fees, and costs, imposed on persons arrested for, charged with, or convicted of certain criminal offenses. |
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Relating to the duties of the Texas Women Veterans Program. |
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Relating to providing an opportunity for public high school students in grades 10 through 12 to take the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test or an alternative vocational aptitude test. |
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Relating to the authority of a defense base development authority to participate in a company or partnership organized to finance redevelopment projects. |
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Relating to authorization by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for certain public junior colleges to offer baccalaureate degree programs. |
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Relating to the elimination of certain formula funding and dropped course restrictions for returning adult students at public institutions of higher education. |
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Relating to the automatic admission of students to general academic teaching institutions. |
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Relating to common admission application forms for institutions of higher education. |
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Relating to access to certain meetings and information of private or independent institutions of higher education. |
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Relating to the grounds for refusal, cancellation, or suspension of certain alcoholic beverage licenses. |
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Relating to the rulemaking authority of the commissioner of insurance with respect to certain agreements and the effect of those agreements on this state's authority to regulate insurance. |
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Relating to eligibility requirements for registration as an interior designer. |
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Relating to off-site sales by a dealer for antique or special interest vehicles that have been subject to a retail sale. |
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Relating to actions on and liability associated with certain insurance claims. |
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Relating to certain purchasing by state agencies and local governments. |
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Relating to the sale of lottery tickets by certain wine and beer retailers. |
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Relating to an expedited response by a governmental body to a request for public information. |
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Relating to state agency information security plans, information technology employees, and online and mobile applications. |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 50; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose a tax. |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 130; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose a tax. |
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Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 158; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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Relating to natural disaster housing recovery. |
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Relating to the authority of an advanced practice registered nurse or physician assistant to sign a death certificate in limited situations. |
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Relating to the office of ombudsman for the Department of Family and Protective Services. |
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Relating to requiring the Health and Human Services Commission to evaluate and implement changes to the Medicaid and child health plan programs to make the programs more cost-effective, increase competition among providers, and improve health outcomes for recipients. |
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Relating to maternal mortality reporting and investigation information. |
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Relating to certain notice requirements and filing requirements in court proceedings involving persons with mental illness and representation of proposed patients in proceedings for court-ordered mental health services. |
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Relating to the consultation policies of local mental health authorities with respect to sheriffs and their representatives. |
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Relating to the state virtual school network. |
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Relating to state financial assistance for a school district to which an academically unacceptable school district is annexed. |
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Relating to the earliest day a public school teacher may be required to report for service. |
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Relating to requiring school districts and open-enrollment charter schools to report certain information regarding expanded learning opportunities. |
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Relating to the instructional materials and technology allotment, open education resource instructional materials, and the State Board of Education long-range technology plan. |
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Relating to a sign required to be posted in the restrooms of sexually oriented businesses; creating a criminal offense. |
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Relating to rates charged by certain transmission and distribution utilities to certain places of worship. |
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Relating to maximum liability limits for windstorm and hail insurance coverage provided through the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association. |
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Relating to replacement cost coverage in policies issued by the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association. |
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Relating to cemeteries. |
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Relating to allowing certain wholesalers and distributors to purchase beer, ale, and malt liquor from the holder of a brewpub license. |
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Relating to allowing the holder of a brewpub license to sell beer, ale, and malt liquor to certain qualified persons outside the state. |
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Relating to notice of health benefit plan provider network status provided by certain freestanding emergency medical care facilities. |
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Relating to the regulation of insurance holding company systems, including internationally active insurance groups; authorizing a fee. |
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Relating to an insurer's compliance with National Association of Insurance Commissioners requirements. |
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Relating to harassment, bullying, and cyberbullying of a public school student or minor and injury to or death of a minor; creating a criminal offense. |
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Relating to a study of the use of a patient-reported outcomes registry in conjunction with health coverage for certain governmental employees. |
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Relating to choice of law and venue for certain construction contracts. |
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Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to change the date of the general election for officers. |
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Relating to the appointment of a bailiff by district courts and county courts at law in Bowie County. |
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Relating to the prosecution of the offense of possessing a weapon in certain prohibited places associated with schools or postsecondary educational institutions. |
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Relating to certain procedures for tax redeterminations and refund claims. |
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Relating to the taxing power of the North Plains Groundwater Conservation District. |
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Relating to the board of directors of the Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District. |
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Relating to a requirement that the General Land Office conduct an evaluation and submit a report regarding the use of wind and solar power to desalinate brackish groundwater on real property owned by the state. |
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Relating to the Texas Uniform Trade Secrets Act. |
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Relating to the appointment and duties of court investigators for certain courts in guardianship proceedings. |
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Relating to the prosecution of offenses involving cruelty to animals; increasing a criminal penalty. |
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Relating to accounting for costs incurred by this state as a result of the presence of persons who are not lawfully present in the United States. |
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Relating to installment payments of ad valorem taxes. |
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Relating to the calculation and dissemination of certain ad valorem tax rates. |
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Relating to the matters that a taxing unit is entitled to challenge before an appraisal review board. |
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Relating to liability for the additional tax imposed on land appraised for ad valorem tax purposes as agricultural land if the use of the land changes as a result of a condemnation. |
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Relating to an annual report on state programs not funded by appropriations. |
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Relating to procedures in a suit for dissolution of a marriage or a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. |
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Relating to the prosecution for the offense of injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual. |
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Relating to a study on the availability of information regarding convictions and deferred dispositions for certain misdemeanors punishable by fine only. |
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Relating to punishment for the offense of forgery and to a fee imposed on certain defendants who commit the offense. |
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Relating to a succession plan for a regional public defender's office that primarily handles capital cases. |
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Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenues in certain municipalities. |
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Relating to the attachment of a hospital lien on a cause of action or claim of an injured person who receives hospital services. |
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Relating to the attendance by a quorum of a governmental body at certain candidate events under the open meetings law. |
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Relating to school district ad valorem tax rates. |
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Relating to the basic allotment under the foundation school program. |
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Relating to the repeal of the high school allotment under the Foundation School Program. |
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Relating to the extension and modification of a public school district depository contract. |
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Relating to the eligibility of certain employees or annuitants convicted of certain felony offenses. |
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Relating to a school district contract to partner with an open-enrollment charter school to operate a district campus. |
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Relating to abolishing certain county boards of education, boards of county school trustees, and offices of county school superintendent. |
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Relating to the average daily attendance calculation for students over 18 years of age who are in an off home campus instructional arrangement. |
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Relating to the placement and use of video cameras in certain self-contained classrooms or other settings providing special education services. |
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Relating to durable powers of attorney. |
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Relating to procedures for certain municipalities to adopt or amend a national model building code. |
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Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 554; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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Relating to the administration of federal funds under the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act. |
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Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 224; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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Relating to county approval for the locations at which a junkyard or automotive wrecking and salvage yard may be operated. |
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Relating to the creation of the Kendall County Water Control and Improvement District No. 4; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the Lerin Hills Municipal Utility District of Kendall County; providing authority to issue bonds and impose fees and taxes. |
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Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 159; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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Relating to the procedure for an election to adopt a sales and use tax or to change the tax rate in an emergency services district. |
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Relating to the creation of the North Hays County Municipal Utility District No. 2; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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Relating to the dissolution of the Angelina County Water Control and Improvement District No. 3 and the territory of the Angelina County Fresh Water Supply District No. 1. |
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Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 555; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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Relating to the creation and operations of a health care provider participation program by the City of Amarillo Hospital District. |
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Relating to the creation and operations of a health care provider participation program by the Dallas County Hospital District. |
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Relating to the Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority and expanding the territory and powers of the authority; authorizing fees and the issuance of bonds. |
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Relating to the conversion of the Grand Northwest Municipal Utility District to the Grand Northwest Municipal Management District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes. |
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Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Management District No. 2; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes. |
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Relating to the maximum loan amount made to persons under the owner-builder loan program. |
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Relating to the compensation provided to the governing body of certain special districts. |
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Relating to the powers of the TexAmericas Center. |
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Relating to donation of unused prescription drugs; authorizing a fee. |
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Relating to expansion of a pilot program under the foundation school program for funding prekindergarten programs provided by certain school districts with early high school graduation programs. |
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Relating to the acquisition of property by an entity with eminent domain authority. |
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Relating to establishment of the immigration authority delegation training grant program for local law enforcement agencies. |
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Relating to the posting by the Railroad Commission of Texas on its Internet website of certain enforcement information. |
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Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to pledge certain tax revenue for the payment of obligations related to hotel projects. |
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Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue by certain municipalities. |
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Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue by certain municipalities. |
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Relating to establishing the Texas Peace Officers' Memorial Ceremony Committee to recognize and honor peace officers who were killed in the line of duty. |
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Relating to a defendant's payment of costs associated with a court-appointed counsel. |
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Relating to the creation of the offense of sexual coercion. |
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Relating to the offense of hazing. |
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Relating to the provision by the Texas Water Development Board of financial assistance for the development of certain projects in economically distressed areas. |
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Relating to a requirement that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality obtain or develop updated water availability models for certain river basins. |
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Relating to the collection of, and notices and reports regarding, state sales and use taxes; providing an administrative penalty. |
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Relating to the Live Oak Underground Water Conservation District. |
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Relating to contested cases conducted under the Administrative Procedure Act. |
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Relating to the application for and issuance of a marriage license and the marriage of a minor. |
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Relating to a task force of border health officials. |
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Relating to the mandatory spinal screening of public and private school students. |
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Relating to the evaluation of and improvements to the quality of the Texas Workforce Commission's subsidized child care program. |
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Relating to audits of a regional mobility authority by the state auditor. |
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Relating to the operation of a motor vehicle dealership by certain manufacturers or distributors. |
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Relating to the elimination of regular mandatory vehicle safety inspections and the imposition of replacement fees. |
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Relating to the persons authorized to make an anatomical gift. |
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Relating to enhanced penalties for certain family violence offenses; imposing court costs. |
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Relating to the student loan default prevention and financial aid literacy pilot program. |
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Relating to requiring the disclosure of special course fees at public institutions of higher education. |
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Relating to the participation of the school of osteopathic medicine at the University of the Incarnate Word in certain state programs supporting graduate medical education programs. |
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Relating to authorizing current and former members of the state legislature to conduct a marriage ceremony. |
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Relating to a pilot program for assisting certain recipients of public benefits to gain permanent self-sufficiency. |
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Relating to the deposit and allocation of certain funds to the Texas Racing Commission escrow account for purses. |
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Relating to the deposit and distribution by the Texas Racing Commission of certain pari-mutuel wagering funds to benefit the Texas-bred program. |
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Relating to the allocation of money associated with delays of transportation projects. |
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Relating to payment for the use of a highway toll project. |
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Relating to a fee exemption for guardianship proceedings of certain military servicemembers and certain law enforcement officers, firefighters, and other first responders. |
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Relating to the offense of possessing a weapon in a secured area of an airport. |
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Relating to the administrative judicial regions in this state. |
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Relating to the offense of female genital mutilation. |
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Relating to the veterans county service office. |
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Relating to the development of transferable degree or certificate program curricula for which qualified veterans or military service members may be awarded course credit based on military service. |
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Relating to a building used as a prescribed pediatric extended care center. |
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Relating to reports on the consolidation and certain functions of the health and human services system, including advisory committees within the system, and the re-creation of the Texas system of care framework. |
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Relating to the appointment of foster parents and other qualified persons to serve as educational decision-makers for certain children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services. |
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Relating to a review of a person's disqualification to serve as a relative or other designated caregiver for a child. |
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Relating to a study of seniors with a visual impairment by the Aging Texas Well Advisory Committee. |
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Relating to the regulation of certain health organizations certified by the Texas Medical Board; providing an administrative penalty. |
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Relating to the Texas Educational Opportunity Grant Program. |
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Relating to the maximum number of semester credit hours allowed for and funding sources used to supplement a TEXAS grant and to the removal of obsolete references related to the Teach for Texas grant program. |
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Relating to funding sources for the repayment of certain speech-language pathologist and audiologist education loans. |
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Relating to requirements for student elections to authorize or increase certain fees at public institutions of higher education. |
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Relating to protection of energy critical infrastructure from electromagnetic, geomagnetic, physical, and cyber-attack threats. |
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Relating to training for governmental entities and vendors, including purchasing and contract management training; authorizing fees. |
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Relating to certain rental-purchase agreements. |
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Relating to the regulation of a service contract. |
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Relating to the purchase of iron and steel products made in the United States for certain governmental entity projects. |
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Relating to duties of physicians and certain other entities regarding patient records. |
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Relating to the confidentiality of personal identifying information collected by certain airport governing boards. |
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Relating to the use of the fund for veterans' assistance to provide grants to support veterans county service offices. |
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Relating to the licensing of family residential centers by the Department of Family and Protective Services and the detention of certain juveniles. |
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Relating to the issuance of specially marked driver's licenses and personal identification certificates to disabled veterans. |
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Relating to the approval of open-enrollment charter schools and the review of challenges by open-enrollment charter schools or school districts to accountability determinations. |
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Relating to the commissioner of education accepting contributions for the public school system, adopting rules regarding grant compliance, and establishing grants for high-quality educational programs. |
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Relating to funding under the transportation allotment for public school students subject to a high risk of violence while walking to school. |
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Relating to the creation of a commission to recommend improvements to the public school finance system. |
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Relating to improving training and staff development for primary and secondary educators to enable them to more effectively serve all students. |
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Relating to the development of a program and training for public schools on the prevention of sexual abuse and sex trafficking and participation by the human trafficking prevention task force in that development. |
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Relating to educator preparation programs. |
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Relating to the applicability of certain laws to open-enrollment charter schools. |
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Relating to the instructional material list and supplemental instructional materials adopted by the State Board of Education. |
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Relating to school district discretion to administer college preparation assessment instruments to public school students at state cost. |
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Relating to the use of the SAT or the ACT as a secondary exit-level assessment instrument to allow certain public school students to receive a high school diploma. |
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Relating to the oversight of public education, including the creation of the office of inspector general at the Texas Education Agency. |
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Relating to designation of mathematics innovation zones by the commissioner of education and to the establishment of pay for success programs to provide necessary funding. |
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Relating to the preparation, certification, and classification of public school educators. |
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Relating to the transportation or storage of a handgun or other firearm or ammunition by a license holder in a motor vehicle in a parking area of a primary or secondary school. |
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Relating to the effect of a sale of property on the tax lien on the property to secure the payment of taxes, penalties, and interest imposed on the property as a result of the addition to the appraisal roll of property or appraised value that was erroneously exempted in a prior year. |
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Relating to the Paris Junior College District. |
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Relating to an application for a ballot to be voted by mail. |
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Relating to broker agreements for the leasing of real property owned by a county. |
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Relating to the award of court costs and attorney's fees in certain actions challenging an order, ordinance, or similar measure of a political subdivision or the failure of an officer of a political subdivision to perform certain actions. |
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Relating to certain charges by the Bastrop County Water Control and Improvement District No. 2; authorizing an increase in a fee. |
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Relating to the creation of the Brazoria County Municipal Utility District No. 70; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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Relating to the dissolution of the Chisholm Trail Special Utility District. |
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Relating to the Chambers County Improvement District No. 2. |
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Relating to low income housing tax credits awarded for certain developments. |
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Relating to the eligibility of certain municipalities to establish homestead preservation districts and reinvestment zones. |
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Relating to the allocation of housing tax credits to developments within proximate geographical areas. |
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Relating to the powers and duties and election of the board of directors of the West Travis County Municipal Utility District No. 3. |
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Relating to the compensation of and reimbursement of expenses of the directors of the Aliana Management District. |
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Relating to the creation of Port Neches Improvement District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes. |
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Relating to the creation of the Beaumont Municipal Management District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds and impose assessments, fees, or taxes. |
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Relating to the creation of the University Hills Municipal Management District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments or fees. |
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Relating to community land trusts. |
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Relating to the creation of the Brazoria County Management District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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Relating to the authority of certain counties to designate a county water recreation safety zone along certain rivers; authorizing a fee. |
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Relating to the powers of the Harris County Improvement District No. 17. |
HOUSE BILLS (Calendar Order) |
HOUSE BILLS (Second Reading) |
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Relating to volunteer practice by an inactive member of the State Bar of Texas. |
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Relating to the rendition of certain temporary orders during the pendency of a suit for modification of an order that provides for the conservatorship, support, or possession of or access to a child. |
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Relating to recording of minutes for a local canvassing authority. |
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Relating to the date for prepayment of taxes on a dealer's heavy equipment inventory. |
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Relating to the eligibility of land owned by certain members of the armed services of the United States for appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified open-space land. |
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Relating to the authority of a property owner to participate by telephone conference call at a protest hearing by an appraisal review board. |
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Relating to the authority of certain persons to defer or abate the collection of ad valorem taxes on a person's residence homestead. |
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Relating to providing road district powers to the Wood Trace Municipal Utility District No. 3 of Montgomery County, Texas; providing authority to issue bonds. |
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Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 154; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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Relating to providing road district powers to the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 130; providing authority to issue bonds. |
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Relating to providing road district powers to the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 131; providing authority to issue bonds. |
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Relating to providing road powers to the Wood Trace Municipal Utility District No. 1, of Montgomery County, Texas; providing authority to issue bonds. |
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Relating to the use of connected braking systems to maintain distance between vehicles. |
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Relating to the creation of the Brazoria County Municipal Utility District No. 69; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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Relating to the creation of the Trinity Lakes Municipal Utility District of Montgomery County; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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Relating to the regulation of insurance holding company systems, including internationally active insurance groups; authorizing a fee. |
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Relating to the creation and operations of a health care provider participation program by the Dallas County Hospital District. |
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Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 224; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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Relating to the Texas Uniform Trade Secrets Act. |
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Relating to an expedited response by a governmental body to a request for public information. |
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Relating to the board of directors of the Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District. |
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