Texas Legislature

Author:

Crownover | McCall | Sheffield | Alvarado

Allen | Alonzo | Anchia | Berman | Bolton | et al.

05/08/2009 H Reported favorably as substituted

Relating to the elimination of smoking in all workplaces and public places; providing penalties.

Author:

Branch | McCall | Coleman | McClendon | Madden

Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Aycock | et al.

Zaffirini

06/17/2009 E See remarks for effective date

Relating to measures to enhance and maintain the quality of state universities, including funding and incentives to support emerging public research universities, to the abolition of the higher education fund, to the institutional groupings under the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's accountability system, to the independent status of Lamar Institute of Technology, to research conducted by public universities and other state entities, and to the authorization of revenue bonds for certain institutions of higher education.

Author:

Phillips | Olivo | Paxton | Martinez, "Mando"

Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | et al.

04/15/2009 H Recalled from subcommittee

Relating to the issuance of "Choose Life" license plates and the creation of the Choose Life account in the general revenue fund.

Author:

Patrick | Eissler | Anchia | Pitts | Thompson

Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Aycock | Berman | et al.

Zaffirini

06/19/2009 E Vetoed by the Governor

Relating to an enhanced quality full-day prekindergarten program provided by public school districts in conjunction with community providers.

Author:

Crownover

Anchia | Darby | Farrar | Heflin | Smith, Todd

03/31/2009 H Left pending in committee

Relating to the regulation of the practice of dental hygiene.

Author:

Isett | Homer | Legler | Eiland | Harper-Brown

Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bonnen | Button | et al.

05/05/2009 S Referred to Criminal Justice

Relating to the requirement under certain circumstances that a license holder display the person's license to carry a concealed handgun.

Author:

Vaught | Pierson | Parker | Anchia | Gattis

Allen | Burnam | Chavez | Cohen | Creighton | et al.

05/08/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call

Relating to the offense of failing to secure a child passenger in a motor vehicle and to fines for the offense.

Author:

Dukes | Pitts | McCall | Cook | Homer

Alvarado | Anchia | Anderson | Branch | Brown, Fred | et al.

Deuell

04/23/2009 E Effective immediately

Relating to incentives for the film, television, video, and digital interactive media production industries.

Author:

Solomons | Shelton

Edwards | Heflin

Nelson

06/19/2009 E See remarks for effective date

Relating to the use of a tanning facility device by a minor.

Author:

Pitts | Kuempel | Geren | Homer | Callegari

Anderson | Berman | Bohac | Button | Chavez | et al.

03/25/2009 H Left pending in committee

Relating to the use of eminent domain authority.

Author:

Patrick | McReynolds | Swinford | Bonnen | Oliveira

Berman | Brown, Betty | Christian | Crabb | Farabee | et al.

04/14/2009 H Left pending in committee

Relating to public school finance.

Author:

Bohac | Martinez Fischer | Castro | Patrick | Oliveira

Aycock | Branch | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | Burnam | et al.

Shapiro

06/19/2009 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Relating to exemptions from the sales tax for a limited period for certain backpacks and school supplies specified by the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement.

Author:

Darby | Chisum | Swinford | Keffer | Hardcastle

Anderson | Aycock | Brown, Betty | Frost | Heflin | et al.

Estes

05/23/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09

Relating to changing the name of the Office of Rural Community Affairs to the Texas Department of Rural Affairs.

Author:

Cohen | Anchia | Dukes | Pitts | Hartnett

Allen | Alonzo | Berman | Bohac | Bolton | et al.

05/13/2009 H Postponed

Relating to the fee based on admissions to certain sexually oriented businesses.

Author:

Hughes | Lucio III | Cook | Rodriguez | Harless

Alonzo | Anderson | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | et al.

04/14/2009 H Left pending in committee

Relating to advance directives or health care or treatment decisions made by or on behalf of patients.

Author:

Otto | Oliveira | Villarreal | Gattis | Truitt

Aycock | Branch | Button | Callegari | Flynn | et al.

Williams

06/19/2009 E Effective on 1/1/10

Relating to the creation of a pilot program that allows taxpayer appeals from certain appraisal review board determinations in certain counties to be heard by the State Office of Administrative Hearings.

Author:

Otto | Oliveira | Paxton | Taylor | Pena

Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Brown, Betty | et al.

Williams

06/19/2009 E See remarks for effective date

Relating to the determination of the market value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes on the basis of the property's value as a residence homestead and to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homesteads of certain totally disabled veterans and to the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation to which a disabled veteran is entitled based on disability rating.

Author:

Fletcher | Gallego | King, Phil | Solomons | Turner, Sylvester

Allen | Alvarado | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | et al.

04/29/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars

Relating to certain fraudulent investment schemes; providing penalties.

Author:

Rodriguez | Gallego | Harless | Taylor | Keffer

Anchia | Burnam | Button | Cohen | Deshotel | et al.

05/05/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars

Relating to establishing a no-interest loan program to promote the use of energy efficiency measures and renewable energy technology in certain residential dwellings, commercial buildings, and places of worship.

Author:

Parker | Button | Legler | Guillen

Heflin | Shelton

Ellis

05/27/2009 S Placed on intent calendar

Relating to qualified manufacturing project zones.

Author:

Isett

Craddick | Darby | Fletcher | Heflin | Jones | et al.

Duncan

03/06/2009 E Signed by the Governor

Recognizing February 17, 2009, as Texas Tech University System Day at the State Capitol.

Author:

Otto | Guillen | Rose

Eissler | Heflin | Leibowitz | Moody | Quintanilla | et al.

Williams

06/03/2009 E Filed with the Secretary of State

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for the ad valorem taxation of a residence homestead solely on the basis of the property's value as a residence homestead; authorizing the legislature to authorize a single board of equalization for two or more adjoining appraisal entities that elect to provide for consolidated equalizations; and authorizing the legislature to provide for the administration and enforcement of uniform standards and procedures for appraisal of property for ad valorem tax purposes.

Author:

Allen | Turner, Sylvester | Giddings | Bohac | Thompson

Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Anderson | Aycock | et al.

Ellis

05/26/2009 E Filed with the Secretary of State

Post-ratifying Amendment XXIV to the Constitution of the United States prohibiting the denial or abridgment of the right to vote for failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.

Author:

Coleman | Farabee | Kuempel | Homer | Anderson

Allen | Berman | Bolton | Brown, Betty | Burnam | et al.

04/28/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars

Proposing a constitutional amendment allowing a state mandate imposed on a county to have effect only if the state provides for payment to the county of the cost of the mandate.

Author:

Raymond | Chisum | Homer | Hamilton | Pitts

Alvarado | Bolton | Eiland | Farrar | Guillen | et al.

Hinojosa

06/01/2009 E Filed with the Secretary of State

Proposing a constitutional amendment to protect the right of the public to access and use public beaches.