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HB 4025 |
84(R) - 2015 |
The bill would amend the Transportation Code to allow a county energy transportation reinvestment zones (CERTZ) to use money in the tax increment account to provide funding for transportation infrastructure projects throughout the county, as opposed to just specifically those zones. Read More
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HB 3562 |
84(R) - 2015 |
HB 3562 would require a school district to adopt a 'grace period' for students who exhaust funds on their lunch cards by allowing those students to accumulate a negative balance or give an extension of credits to those students. The parent or parental relation would be required to be notified if the lunch card funds are exhausted. The policy would not be permitted to charge a fee or interest. Read More
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HB 3220 |
84(R) - 2015 |
HB 3220 would create a new water control and improvement district in Hidalgo County. The Hidalgo County Water Control and Improvement District No. 18 would have the authority to construct, participate in, own, maintain,
and provide services related to water conservation projects, lakes,
reservoirs, canals, and wells, and water, sewer, recycled water,
and related utility facilities; participate in water conservation projects; and...Read More
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HB 3132 |
84(R) - 2015 |
HB 3132 would add a new requirement for a person to be
eligible to be a financial advisor or an investment adviser. The person would
now have to be registered with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
as a municipal advisor. Read More
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HB 1890 |
84(R) - 2015 |
This bill would seek to develop a strategy to bring obsolete or inefficient "legacy systems" used by state agencies up to date. The strategy must be planned statewide and at the agency level, establish statewide application development framework, facilitate standardization and collaboration among state agencies, and promote common technological solutions and collective purchasing from the state. A small number of agencies would be selected...Read More
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HB 1814 |
84(R) - 2015 |
This legislation would amend the Transportation Code to provide active duty military personnel stationed abroad, their
spouses,and dependent children with the option to renew their driver's licenses online.While current law does allow for online drivers license renewal, there is concern that in certain circumstances military personnel and their families stationed abroad may not be able to do so.Read More
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HB 1251 |
84(R) - 2015 |
House Bill 1251 would amend the Labor Code to codify the process of the transfer of compensation experience in cases of partial acquisitions.The predecessor employer and successor employer could jointly submit, not later than the second anniversary of the date the partial acquisition was completed, information necessary for making the determination described by Subsection 204.085(a). The period for which the information would be submitted...Read More
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HB 1598 |
84(R) - 2015 |
According to the bill author's statement of intent "Individuals who volunteer for the Texas military forces
currently are not required to subscribe to an oath of allegiance to the State of Texas and to the
United States of America. These parties note the importance of the oath of affirmation to the
Texas military forces. H.B. 1598 ensures that these volunteers are required to subscribe to such
an oath."Read More
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HB 1463 |
84(R) - 2015 |
House Bill 1463 would amend Section 11.43 of the Tax Code relating to the application for an exemption to provide that, in cases when a exemption claimed and obtained once doesn't need to be applied to every year, if the person previously allowed the exemption is 65 years of age or older, the chief appraiser could not cancel the exemption due to the person’s failure to file the new application unless the chief appraiser would comply with...Read More
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HB 745 |
84(R) - 2015 |
This legislation would give property owners associations the right to install solar-powered light-emitting diode
(LED) stop signs.Read More
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HB 1261 |
84(R) - 2015 |
House Bill 1261 would amend Section 403.014 of the Government Code relating to the report on the effect of certain tax provisions to require that, when preparing the report required by the section, if actual data is not available, the comptroller would have to use available statistical data to estimate the effect of an exemption, discount, exclusion, special valuation, special accounting treatment, special rate, or special method of...Read More
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HB 1217 |
84(R) - 2015 |
The bill would amend Chapter 264 of the Family Code by requiring the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) to publish an annual report containing information on each child in the department's managing conservatorship who is missing from the child's substitute care provider and who is a victim of sex trafficking while under DFPS conservatorship. The information would be required to include:whether the managing conservatorship...Read More
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HB 706 |
84(R) - 2015 |
Under current law, when certain exemptions from ad valorem taxation of property are claimed once, they do not need to be claimed in subsequent years.House Bill 706 would amend Section 11.43 (c) of the Tax Code to add the exemption from ad valorem taxation of property related to the installation of solar and wind-powered energy devices (Section 11.27) to the list of exemptions that an individual does not need to claimed in subsequent years...Read More
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HB 194 |
84(R) - 2015 |
HB 194 would establish a recognition day in honor of Gold
Star Mothers each year on the last Sunday in September. The day to be referred
to as Gold Star Mother’s Day would be “regularly observed by appropriate
ceremonies.” The American Gold Star
Mothers, Inc. is an organization of mothers who have lost sons or daughters
during service in the United States military. Read More
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HB 157 |
84(R) - 2015 |
House Bill 157 would amend Chapters 334, 363, 504 and 505 of the Local Government Code, and Chapters 321 and 327 of the Tax Code to allow municipalities to increase the different sales and use tax rates (street maintenance, economic development, crime control and prevention districts) that make up the local sales and use tax rate to any rate that is an increment of one-eighth of one percent, as long as it would not result in a combined...Read More
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HB 20 |
84(R) - 2015 |
This legislation would amend the Transporatation Code to do the following:Require the Texas Department of Transportation
(TxDOT) to develop and implement,and the Texas Transportation Commission (TTC) to approve,
a performance-based planning and programming process that would provide the governor and the
Legislature with indicators that quantify and qualify progress toward attaining all of the goals and
objectives established for the...Read More
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SB 918 |
84(R) - 2015 |
Senate Bill 918 would amend Chapter 11 of the Tax Code, related taxable property and exemptions.Under Section 11.43 (c), several exemptions allowed once do not need to be claimed in subsequent years unless the property on which the exemption applies changes ownership or no longer qualifies for the exemption. These exemptions include an exemption from taxation of the total appraised value of a 100% disabled veteran's homestead and their surviving...Read More
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SB 2022 |
84(R) - 2015 |
SB 2022 seeks to make some administrative changes to the appointment and qualifications of the directors of the Driftwood Economic Development Municipal Management District, to allow the district to develop and implement water drainage facilities, and to allow the district to engage in economic development activities.The bill would allow the district to "establish and provide for the administration of one or more programs to promote...Read More
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SCR 46 |
84(R) - 2015 |
From the Author's Statement of Intent:The Texas Legislative Medal of Honor was established to recognize gallant and intrepid service
by a member of the state or federal military forces, and U.S. Army Private Marcelino Serna
proved himself a deserving recipient of this prestigious honor with his heroic actions during
World War I.
Born in Chihuahua, Mexico, in 1896, Mr. Serna came to the United States as a young man and
spent time in...Read More
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SB 904 |
84(R) - 2015 |
Senate Bill 904 would create a tax-free weekend for certain emergency preparation supplies, listed in the bill, if these products are sold during a period beginning at 12:01 a.m. on the Saturday before the last Monday in April and ending at 12 midnight on the last Monday in April.The second chamber sponsor is Representative Drew Darby.Read More
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