Bills Referred Today for 2/13/2017

BILLS REFERRED TODAY



Monday

February 13, 2017





Committee referral on the following:


SJR 32 Taylor, Van

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for legislative review or approval of state agency rules.

Business & Commerce


SJR 33 Huffines

Proposing a constitutional amendment protecting private schools and home schools from state and local regulation.

Education


SJR 34 Birdwell

Proposing a constitutional amendment limiting the service of certain officeholders after the expiration of the person's term of office.

State Affairs


SJR 35 Huffines

Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the issuance of certain debt and the use of certain revenue for toll roads.

Transportation


SCR 17 Seliger

Designating Big Spring as the Lighted Poinsettia Capital of Texas.

Administration


SCR 18 Nelson

Relating to the approval of a sufficient balance of the constitutional economic stabilization fund by the 85th Legislature.

Finance


SB 601 Campbell

Relating to authorizing an exemption for open-enrollment charter schools from certain municipal drainage requirements.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 602 Hinojosa/ Birdwell/ Campbell/ Schwertner

Relating to the establishment of a restructuring commission to evaluate each state supported living center.

Health & Human Services


SB 603 Huffines

Relating to a limitation on the amount of school property tax revenue that is subject to recapture under the public school finance system.

Education


SB 604 Huffines

Relating to the determination of wealth per student for school districts with cost-effective spending and measurable student academic progress.

Education


SB 605 Huffines

Relating to procedures for the review and selection of certain instructional materials by public school districts and open-enrollment charter schools.

Education


SB 606 Huffines

Relating to the authority of a school district of innovation to administer alternative assessment instruments to district students.

Education


SB 607 Huffines

Relating to transportation of students entitled to a public education grant.

Education


SB 608 Huffines

Relating to public school class size limits in certain grades.

Education


SB 609 Huffines

Relating to elimination of the use of continuing contracts by school districts in employing teachers and other professionals.

Education


SB 610 Huffines

Relating to the state virtual school network.

Education


SB 611 Birdwell

Relating to appointments by certain state officials to a legislative agency or an advisory committee.

State Affairs


SB 612 Birdwell/ Whitmire

Relating to complaints filed with the Texas Ethics Commission.

State Affairs


SB 613 Whitmire/ et al.

Relating to services provided by the Health and Human Services Commission to sexually violent offenders who are incompetent to attend sex offender treatment.

Criminal Justice


SB 614 Seliger

Relating to excused absences from public school for the purpose of visiting a military recruitment center.

Veteran Affairs & Border Security


SB 615 Seliger

Relating to requirements regarding assessment instruments required for public high school graduation and the use of individual graduation committees to satisfy certain public high school graduation requirements.

Education


SB 616 Campbell

Relating to requirements for a ballot proposition for a proposed municipal charter amendment.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 617 Rodríguez

Relating to trusts.

State Affairs


SB 618 Estes

Relating to the liability of certain property owners who allow handguns to be carried on certain property.

State Affairs


SB 619 Estes/ et al.

Relating to county and municipal cooperation with state and federal immigration law enforcement and efforts to enhance international border security.

State Affairs


SB 620 Hancock

Relating to a student's eligibility to enroll in courses provided through the state virtual school network.

Education


SB 621 Creighton

Relating to the liability of employees of certain real property owners for certain claims arising from construction activities.

State Affairs


SB 622 Burton/ et al.

Relating to itemizing certain public notice expenditures in political subdivision budgets.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 623 Burton/ et al.

Relating to the establishment of a public information Internet website.

Business & Commerce


SB 624 Taylor, Van

Relating to the rate of interest on certain tax refunds.

Finance


SB 625 Kolkhorst

Relating to public access to financial and tax rate information of certain special purpose districts.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 626 Schwertner/ Birdwell/ Burton/ Creighton/ Hall/ et al.

Relating to the acquisition of certain real property in conjunction with the acquisition of real property for a public use through eminent domain procedures.

State Affairs


SB 627 Schwertner/ Birdwell/ Burton/ Creighton/ Hall/ et al.

Relating to notice of a property owner's rights relating to the examination or survey of property by an entity with eminent domain authority.

State Affairs


SB 628 Schwertner/ Birdwell/ Burton/ Campbell/ Creighton/ et al.

Relating to establishing actual progress for the purposes of determining the right to repurchase real property from a condemning entity.

State Affairs


SB 629 Schwertner/ Buckingham/ Burton/ Campbell/ Creighton/ et al.

Relating to liability for interest if land appraised for ad valorem tax purposes as agricultural or open-space land is sold or diverted to a different use.

Finance


SB 630 Buckingham

Relating to documentation regarding an arrest of a person without a warrant.

Criminal Justice


SB 631 Buckingham

Relating to venue for the disposition of stolen property.

Criminal Justice


SB 632 Buckingham

Relating to the repeal of certain state procurement advisory and approval procedures.

Business & Commerce


SB 633 Buckingham

Relating to the release on personal bond of a person arrested for an out-of-county offense under certain circumstances.

Criminal Justice


SB 634 Estes

Relating to reporting requirements for certain skills development fund workforce training program providers.

Natural Resources & Economic Development


SB 635 Huffines

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.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 636 Huffines

Relating to procedures for certain municipalities to adopt or amend a national model building code.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 637 Huffines

Relating to state audits of a regional mobility authority that receives a grant or loan from the Texas Department of Transportation.

Transportation


SB 638 Huffines

Relating to restrictions on legislative lobbying by a regional mobility authority or an employee of a regional mobility authority.

State Affairs


SB 639 Huffines

Relating to the use of money in the state highway fund for toll projects.

Transportation


SB 640 Taylor, Van

Relating to equal opportunity for access by home-schooled students to University Interscholastic League sponsored activities; authorizing a fee.

Education


SB 641 Bettencourt

Relating to periodic zero-based budgeting for certain political subdivisions.

Finance


SB 642 Bettencourt

Relating to required disclosures in and to the length of ballot proposition language authorizing political subdivisions to issue bonds or impose or change a tax.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 643 Watson

Relating to requiring a voter to present proof of identification.

State Affairs


SB 644 Watson

Relating to authorization by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for certain public junior colleges to offer baccalaureate degree programs.

Higher Education


SB 645 Watson

Relating to authorization by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for certain public junior colleges to offer baccalaureate degree programs.

Higher Education


SB 646 Bettencourt

Relating to the elimination of the taxing authority of certain county boards of education and boards of county school trustees.

Education


SB 647 Seliger

Relating to a transportation allotment credit for school districts required to take action to reduce wealth per student and inclusion of the cost of education adjustment in the computation of weighted average daily attendance.

Education


SB 648 Seliger

Relating to the small-sized district adjustment under the Foundation School Program.

Education


SB 649 Seliger/ et al.

Relating to the basic allotment under the foundation school program and the extension of additional state aid for tax reduction provided to certain school districts.

Education


SB 650 Bettencourt

Relating to tax increment financing.

Natural Resources & Economic Development