LOCAL AND UNCONTESTED BILLS

The following bills have been certified for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar to be held Friday, May 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM.

Urging the Gulf Coast Protection District and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to not compromise navigation safety or two-way traffic vessel movement when implementing a project.

Relating to the continuation of a health care provider participation program by the Harris County Hospital District.

Relating to the management and operation of the Gulf Coast Protection District.

Relating to a requirement that certain hospitals submit a summary of parts of their emergency operations plans to the Health and Human Services Commission.

Relating to compensation and employment condition standards by municipal charter or collective bargaining agreement and to impasse resolution in collective bargaining with certain political subdivisions.

Relating to a hospital's determination to grant, deny, renew, or modify medical staff privileges.

Relating to the area of operations of and certain tax exemptions available to housing authorities.

Relating to the issuance by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of permits for certain wastewater treatment facilities.

Relating to certain rights of crime victims and witnesses and associated persons and to victim impact statements.

Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue by certain municipalities.

Relating to a capacity cost recovery rider for certain electric utilities.

Relating to prohibiting the dismissal of certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family and Protective Services.

Relating to the certification of discovery issues to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality in contested cases referred to the State Office of Administrative Hearings by the commission.

Relating to the application for appointment of a guardian and to requiring criminal history record information and other information in connection with the guardianship of a ward or the ward's estate.

Relating to the authority of certain counties to enact certain park use rules.

Relating to the compensation of the chief appraiser of an appraisal district.

Relating to selection of an attorney by an indigent parent as attorney ad litem for the parent in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.

Relating to the calculation of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes imposed by a school district on the residence homestead of an individual who is elderly or disabled.

Relating to notification of the chief appraiser of an appraisal district of the death of a resident of the county in which the district is located and the determination by the chief appraiser of the effect of the decedent's death on the continued eligibility of any property in the county previously owned by the decedent for any exemption allowed for the property.

Relating to the plan required to be adopted by the board of directors of an appraisal district for periodically conducting certain reappraisal activities.

Relating to the adoption of an ordinance issuing a tax increment bond by certain municipalities that have designated a tax increment reinvestment zone.

Relating to the authority of a municipality or county to regulate condominiums.

Relating to municipal regulation of stairway requirements in certain apartment buildings.

Relating to supporting vouchers and other documents attached to annual accounts filed by guardians of the estate.

Relating to the transition of certain veterans' mental health initiatives from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to the Texas Veterans Commission.

Relating to designating August as Firearm Safety Awareness Month.

Relating to territory in an emergency services district that is annexed by a municipality.

Relating to the powers and duties of the Far North Fort Worth Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Tarrant and Wise Counties; providing authority to establish defined areas and to impose a tax and issue bonds.

Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of intangible personal property.

Relating to the postponement of the delinquency date for a payment of ad valorem taxes imposed by a taxing unit if the office of the collector for the taxing unit is closed on the delinquency date.

Relating to the calculation of certain ad valorem tax rates of a taxing unit for a year in which a property owner provides notice that the owner intends to appeal an order of an appraisal review board determining a protest by the owner regarding the appraisal of the owner's property.

Relating to designating March 17 as Profound Autism Awareness Day.

Designating Galveston as the official Juneteenth Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Designating September as Deaf Awareness Month for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Designating April as Counseling Awareness Month for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Designating Galveston as the official Mardi Gras Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Redesignating Poteet as the official Strawberry Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Designating May as Necrotizing Enterocolitis and Breastfeeding Awareness Month for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Redesignating Dripping Springs as the official Wedding Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Redesignating Jim Hogg County as the official Vaquero Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Designating La Salle County as the official Wild Hog Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Designating Carthage as the official Country Music Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Designating September 16 as Lone Star Santas Charities Day for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Designating Brenham as the official Ice Cream Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Designating the Texas Almanac as the official State Book of Texas.

Redesignating Brownsville as the official Bicycling Capital of the Rio Grande Valley for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Designating Port Aransas as the official Fishing Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.