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HB 1066 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1066 would streamline the permit for the renewal or extension process for groundwater conservation districts to transfer water. The bill would also stipulate that an application may only be approved or denied based on the rules in effect at the time the application was submitted. A permit extension would be required to be for a term that is not shorter than the term of an operating permit for the production of water to be transferred...Read More
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HB 1917 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1917 would establish a Disaster Response Loan Fund (DRLF) in order to make short term loans to political subdivisions that were affected by a disaster. In order for a political subdivision to be eligible, the area would have to have been declared a disaster area by the Governor and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and would have had to be determined eligible to receive funds. If the bill were to be approved, $1...Read More
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HB 1563 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1563 would require a license for a person operating an export-import processing facility that is located in Texas, is authorized under certain federal regulations, and has the capacity to receive and hold animals and animal products for transportation in international trade. The Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) would have exclusive authority to license such facilities.This bill would also exempt a governmental entity from the license...Read More
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HB 2576 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2576 would amend the Health and Safety Code to include sickle cell anemia among the list of illnesses that allow prescribers an exception from asking a patient's prescription history. This exemption is already allowed for patients that have a diagnosis of cancer or are receiving hospice level care. The exemption would apply to all drugs that are classified as an opioid, benzodiazepine, barbiturate, or carisoprodol.Read More
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SB 2 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 2 would reduce the rollback rate from 8
percent to 2.5 percent, and trigger an automatic election if the rollback rate
exceeds 2.5 percent. This would apply only to taxing units that collect more
than $15 million in property tax levy plus sales tax. For taxing units that
collect no more than $15 million, the current 8 percent threshold and petition
requirement for a rollback election would remain. However, voters in these
taxing...Read More
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SB 320 |
86(R) - 2019 |
Current law allows certain municipalities to use revenue derived from the municipal hotel occupancy tax for enhancing hotel activity and encouraging tourism. SB 320 provides that this law applies to a municipality with a population of not more than 15,000, rather than 5,000, that is located in a county through which the Frio River flows and an interstate highway crosses, and that has a population of at least 15,000.Read More
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SB 533 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 533 would clarify requirements for wells exempt from severance taxes, not including wells that are part of an oil enhanced recovery project, or a well that is drilled but not completed and that does not have a record of hydrocarbon production. The bill also reduces the exemption from ten years to five years. Furthermore, it streamlines all exemptions to two years. There was historically three-year exemptions for wells in the 1990s. Read More
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SB 812 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 812 would amend language from naming of specific federal law (the United States Congress Appropriations Act), to plainly "federal law." This would broaden the protection from increases in property taxes to any homeowner disaster victim participating through the federally-funded General Land Office-administered Disaster Reconstruction Program. Read More
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SB 925 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 925 would provide that to qualify for tax credits as a low-producing well, the greater of the monthly production volume reported to the Railroad Commission or the monthly production volume reported to the comptroller be used.Read More
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SB 1769 |
86(R) - 2019 |
This bill would prohibit the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission from allocating resources to collect taxes at a port of entry at a cruise ship terminal.Read More
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SB 1720 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1720 would allow counties to negotiate the purchase of county road equipment without having to advertise for competitive bidding if the amount of the purchase is less than $50,000 (raised from $25,000). Read More
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HB 2178 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2178 would allow a governing body of a department that performs emergency services, and elects to participate in the Texas Emergency Services Retirements System (TESRS), to opt out under certain circumstances. The department must meet certain requirements and the governing body must elect to provide retirement benefits through participation in an alternative retirement system. All contributions to TESRS necessary to pay the benefits of...Read More
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HB 2578 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2578 would exempt certain restrictions on toll collection by a private participant or subcontractor under a comprehensive development agreement entered into before September 1, 2017.This would effectively exempt the SH 288 toll road project in Harris County from tolling fee limitations that were imposed by the 84th Legislature. Read More
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HB 1968 |
86(R) - 2019 |
This bill would require insurers to cover treatment of the primary conditions constituting craniofacial abnormalities and secondary conditions related to or arising from craniofacial abnormalities.Read More
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SB 966 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 966 would update practices related to early voting movable branch polling places for counties with a population of 100,000 or more. Under the provisions of this bill in qualifying counties an early voting movable branch may only be changed once during the early voting period and only after the early voting period is at least halfway over. Read More
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HB 3771 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 3771 would change the factors the court can consider when approving an insurance company for purposes of providing certain structured settlement annuity contracts. More specifically, this bill would allow for consideration of an issuer credit rating equivalent to a National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) 1 designation from a national or international rating agency that: (1) has registered with the federal Securities and...Read More
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HB 3995 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 3995 would make changes to the Utilities Code to codify in statute which entities are responsible or certified to construct utility extensions. Specifically, it provides that a certificate to build, own, or operate a new transmission facility that directly interconnects with an existing electric utility facility may be granted only to the owner of that existing facility. If a new transmission facility will directly interconnect with...Read More
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SB 1367 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1367 would allow a municipal development district to fund certain projects outside of the district if the board of the municipal development district determines that the development project will provide an economic benefit to the district and the government body of the municipality that created the district by resolution approves the development project.Read More
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SB 2250 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 2250 would direct the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) to implement a strategic plan that would identify developments that are at risk for withdrawing from the low-income housing tax credit program in the next two to five years.
Under this plan, TDHCA would create a system based on prioritization for the developments and would also establish a strategy that includes researching potential funding...Read More
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SB 1876 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1876 stipulates that, for the purposes of binding arbitration to protest a property valuation by an appraisal review board, contiguous tracts of land may not be considered noncontiguous based on the classification of the property.The bill author's statement of intent clarifies the purpose of this bill succinctly: S.B. 1876 establishes that "for purposes of binding arbitration,
two or more contiguous tracts of land that comprise one economic...Read More
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