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HB 2491 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HB 2491 would amend the Insurance Code to allow an insurer to provide reinsurance on any line of insurance. Next, credit would be allowed when reinsurance is ceded to an assuming insurer that meets a series of eight regulations. Associations may become certified reinsurers as well if they meet four requirements. Finally, the Commissioner of Insurance would be required to assign ratings to each certified reinsurer. Read More
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HB 2262 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HB 2262 would amend the Insurance Code to prohibit a health benefit plan that covers prescription eye drops from denying coverage for a refill before the established refill date. The plan most provide coverage for the refill that is dispensed on or before the last day of the dosage period.Read More
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HB 12 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would require a sheriff or municipal jailer that has custody of a defendant for an offense that is a class B misdemeanor or higher to notify the magistrate if they receive credible information establishing that the defendant to have a mental illness or intellectual disability, not later than 4 hours after taking custody of them. The magistrate would then be required to notify a local mental health authority and have them assess...Read More
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HB 1297 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HB 1297 would amend the Insurance Code to require the Texas Department of Insurance to create a voluntary specialty certification program for life, accident, and health insurance agents. To receive specialty certification the agent must complete an additional training course.Read More
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SB 2066 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, a hospital has a lien on a cause of action or claim of an individual who receives hospital services for injuries caused by an accident that is attributed to the negligence of another person. For the lien to attach, the individual must be admitted to a hospital no later than 72 hours after the accident. SB 2066 would repeal the requirement that the individual be admitted and instead require the individual to have received...Read More
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SB 1906 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 1906 would no longer allow a taxing unit to challenge before an appraisal review board the level of appraisals of any category of property in the district or in any territory in the district.Read More
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SB 1848 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 1848 would raise the attorney’s fee limit from $15,000 to $27,000, or 20 percent of the total amount of the property owner’s tax liability reduction which cannot exceed $153,000. Both options are subject to cost of living adjustments.Read More
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SB 1836 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would task the Office of Court Administration with conducting a study to evaluate how the terms juvenile, child, and minor are used throughout the code. The study would also attempt to determine whether the adjudication of juveniles charged with misdemeanors punishable by fine only is just and efficient when adjudicated through the adult criminal justice system. Read More
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SB 1824 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would codify the following schedule of penalties if it is shown at trial that a person committed forgery to obtain or with intent to obtain a property or service. •Class C misdemeanor if the value of the property or service is less than $100 •Class B misdemeanor if the value of the property or service is $100 or more but less than $750 •Class A misdemeanor...Read More
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SB 1347 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 1347 would amend the Government Code to allow a governmental body that receives a written request for information and complies with requirements to withhold any information, determined in good faith, that is exempt from required public disclosure without a request of decision from the attorney general. The requestor may appeal the withholding to require a decision from the attorney general within 30 days. Finally, public information officers...Read More
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SB 1597 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 1597 would require the General Land Office to conduct an evaluation to identify the potential for using wind and solar power to desalinate brackish groundwater on public property and identify locations that have the best potential for the implementation of a pilot program. A report on the results of the evaluation would be submitted to the governor and legislature by the end of 2018.Read More
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SB 1426 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 1426 would define the adjusted effective tax rate and the adjusted rollback tax rate. The designated officer or employee of a taxing unit would be required to calculate the adjusted effective tax rate and adjusted rollback tax rate for the unit. Notices regarding this information would be updated accordingly. This bill would also require the calculation of an adjusted effective tax rate and adjusted rollback tax rate with new property...Read More
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SB 1092 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, public institutions of education are subject to requirements regarding open meetings and public documentation. SB 1092 would also require a private institution of higher education, with students who receive tuition equalization grants collectively valued at nine million dollars or more, to make meetings open to the public, broadcast meetings on the institution's website, publish minutes, and maintain public documentation....Read More
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SB 1350 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would expand the powers of the Office of the Independent Ombudsman to include post-adjudication secure correctional facilities that operate in counties with a population of more than 1 million people but less than 1.5 million. Under current law, Travis County may commit juvenile offenders to a local post adjudication secure correctional facility instead of a facility operated by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department. This bill...Read More
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SB 2279 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, a manufacturer or distributor may not directly or indirectly own an interest in a franchised or non-franchised dealer or dealership, operate or control a franchised or non-franchised dealer or dealership, or act in the capacity of a franchised or non-franchised dealer.SB 2279 would clarify that the prohibition only applies so that a manufacturer or distributor may not directly or indirectly own an interest in a franchised...Read More
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SB 2250 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 2250 would change the composition of the board of directors of the Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District by reducing the number of directors from nine appointed directors to seven elected directors and by setting term limits.Read More
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SB 2174 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, certain procedural requirements related to mandatory appointments and the deputization of bailiffs apply only to certain district courts. SB 2174 would expand the application of these provisions to include the 5th, 102nd, and 202nd district courts in Bowie County.Read More
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SB 1729 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 1729 would amend the Government Code to require the Texas Facilities Commission to establish and maintain a database for state-owned real property assets and that state agencies provide information on the assets. Next, after receiving
notice from a state agency of a planned sale, lease, or exchange of an asset, the commission
would submit to the state agency and governor a recommendation on
whether the property is suitable to meet...Read More
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SB 1214 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would allow the Texas Indigent Defense Commission to establish a succession plan to take effect only if the commissioners court in the county in which the public defender’s office is located ceases to be a party to the agreement creating or designating the regional public defender’s office. A grant may be awarded to a regional public defender’s office that primarily handles capital cases, if they adopt a succession plan....Read More
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SB 764 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 764 would require the comptroller submit a report 30 days before each legislative session that outlines the costs of illegal aliens to the state during the previous two-year period (including cost impacts to education, healthcare, and incarceration).Read More
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