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HJR 95 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HJR 95 proposes to amend Article VIII of the Texas Constitution to allow the Legislature to exempt precious metals held for income-producing purposes from property
taxation if they are stored in a qualifying precious metal depository in this
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HJR 38 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HJR 38 proposes an amendment to the Texas Constitution in order to prohibit the imposition of an individual income tax in the state. The amendment would need to be approved by voters in the November 2019 elections for the amendment to be adopted.Read More
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HB 864 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 864 would detail the information operators must provide to the Railroad Commission after a natural gas pipeline incident. It would also require operators to notify the the Commission within one hour following discovery of the incident. Finally, this bill would require the Commission to retain state records regarding pipeline incidents perpetually.Read More
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HCR 120 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HCR 120 would award George Turner the Texas Legislature Medal of Honor in recognition of his valiant service in World War II. Read More
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HB 696 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 696 would require the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) to establish the Operation Welcome Home program to expedite the entry of veterans and military service members into the workforce through the use of enhanced employment services. TWC would build partnerships between military transition centers and local workforce development boards to ensure the availability of employment services, including services related to education, career technical...Read More
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SB 1185 |
86(R) - 2019 |
When a lessee fails to pay rent, a self-service storage facility must notify the lessee before pursuing a lien on the stored property. These facilities sometimes store vehicles, trailers, boats, and other things and must auction them when the lessee breaks the lease agreement and does not respond to notice. This bill would provide another option that would allow the facility to waive its lien rights and transfer the vehicle to a licensed...Read More
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SB 2432 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 2432 would add harassment, as defined in the Penal Code, as a reason a teacher must remove a student from a classroom, and for which the student must be placed in disciplinary alternative education program (DAEP). The harassment that would trigger this removal from the classroom and mandatory placement into a DAEP would include (1) making an obscene comment, request, suggestion or proposal; (2) threatening, in a manner reasonably...Read More
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SB 1834 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1834 would require the Health and Human Services Commission to establish a pilot program to incentivize the purchase of certain fruits and vegetables under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and form a work group to provide input. HHSC would submit a report to the legislature.Read More
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SB 750 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 750 would require the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to apply to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to receive any federal money available to implement a model of care that improves the quality and accessibility of care for pregnant women with opioid use disorder enrolled in Medicaid during the prenatal and postpartum periods, and for their children after birth.HHSC would be required to ensure that women receiving...Read More
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SB 748 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 748 would require, rather than authorize, the executive commissioner of the Heath and Human Services Commission to establish the amounts charged for newborn screening fees and to ensure that the fees are sufficient to cover the costs of performing the screening. Additionally, SB 748 would create a dedicated account inside general revenue for newborn screenings. Money in the account would only be allowed to be appropriated to the department...Read More
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SB 69 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 69 would make a number of changes to the Economic Stabilization Fund (also known as the Rainy Day Fund). The bill would update the way that the sufficient balance of the ESF is determined. Rather than a legislative committee setting the amount, as is the current practice, the bill would codify the sufficient balance at 7% of the certified general revenue-related appropriations made for that fiscal biennium. The bill would also...Read More
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SB 572 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 572 would expand the current list of allowed cottage foods (food produced in home kitchens for sale to the public in limited circumstances) to include pickled fruits or vegetables vegetables, plant-based acidified canned goods, fermented vegetable products, frozen raw and uncut fruit or vegetables, and any other food that is not a time and temperature control for safety food. The bill would require a cottage food production operation...Read More
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SB 632 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 632 would require a local mental health authority governing body to include the county sheriff as an ex officio nonvoting member. Local authorities that do not have a governing body would be required to consult with the sheriff or a representative of the sheriff, and to solicit information regarding community needs from local law enforcement.
Also, this bill would clarify that its provisions would not prevent a sheriff or sheriff's...Read More
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SB 2212 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 2212 would allow for various drainage districts to enter into project partnership agreements with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The bill would lay out procedures and requirements for each district in developing their respective projects.Read More
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SB 1861 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1861 would clarify that governmental sponsors are authorized to benefit from public facility corporations under the Public Facility Corporation Act of 1999. More specifically, it would clarify that any type of governmental sponsor would have the same tax benefits for affordable housing as do housing authorities that create a public facility corporation for that purpose. These public facility corporations may finance, own, and operate...Read More
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SB 1414 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1414 would clarify that a landlord charging a tenant a late fee for failing to pay rent may only do so under certain conditions. The bill revises those conditions by: (1) replacing the condition that the rent has remained unpaid for one full day after the due date with a condition that any portion of the rent has remained unpaid for two full days after the due date; and (2) replacing the condition that the fee is a reasonable estimate...Read More
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SB 1621 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1621 would require the Health and Human Services Commission to issue rules and licenses for limited services rural hospitals if a federal law were passed to create a payment program for these hospitals. A "limited services rural hospital" would be defined as a general or special hospital that is or was licensed under the Texas Hospital Licensing Law and that: (1) is located in a rural area or designated as a critical access...Read More
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SB 633 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 633 would require Health & Human Resources Commission (HHSC) to: (1) identify each local mental health authority that is located in a rural county (250,000 persons or less); (2) develop a mental health services development plan for each local mental health authority group; (3) determine the most cost-effective method of increasing the capacity of the authorities in the local mental health authority group to provide access to needed...Read More
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SB 1474 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1474 would propose several changes to private activity bond finance, such as: capping application fees associated with multiple qualified residential rental projects; moving up the existing regional collapse date to ensure earlier bond financing in the year; increasing the per project caps to reflect rising costs in residential rental development; and increasing the allowed time to complete a residential rental bond closing by 30 days...Read More
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SB 1091 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1091 would limit to two the number of transponders a toll project entity may issue to an eligible participant under a veteran toll discount program. The bill would require a toll project entity to issue a second transponder on a demonstration of hardship by the participant.Read More
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