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HB 783 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 783 would allow the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to designate certain areas in the vicinity of Devils River State Natural Area where wind powered energy devices are prohibited. Under this bill, TPWD may adopt rules for designating locations for the
installation of a wind-powered energy devices that must consider protection of natural resources, protection of public health and safety, enjoyment of public lands and other factors.Read More
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HB 1294 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1294 would amend the Tax Code to make rural transit districts exempt from paying taxes on the purchase of gasoline, diesel, and natural gas used exclusively to provide public transportation. Rural transit districts would also be allowed to apply for a refund of qualified motor vehicle sales taxes meeting several specified conditions.Read More
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HB 2716 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2716 would require the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to furnish to the Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife (TPWD) a copy of all permit
applications to store, take, or divert water. The bill would allow TPWD to make recommendations to TCEQ to protect fish and wildlife
resources, except in certain proceedings for an individual water right
governed by environmental flow standards.TPWD be allowed to request...Read More
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HB 618 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 618 allows grants from the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) Grant Program, career and technical education grants, and independent school district grants will now be held open to open-enrollment charter schools. Read More
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HB 818 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 818 would include the publication on an Internet website of repeated communications reasonably likely to abuse, torment, or cause emotional distress to another person in the criminal offense of harassment. Communications about a matter of public concern would be exempted. The principal of a public primary or secondary school would be permitted to report such conduct to law enforcement if, after an investigation, they have reasonable grounds...Read More
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HB 3376 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3376 would place strict limits on current statutory authority allowing certain taxing units to use a higher voter-approved tax rate calculation after a disaster. The bill would only allow a taxing unit to calculate at the higher voter-approved tax rate if any part of the taxing unit is located in a declared disaster area and the disaster caused physical damage to property located in the taxing unit. The bill...Read More
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HB 3015 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3015 would require a governmental body, upon receiving an application for public information, to respond the applicant in writing within 10 business days if they determine that the information does not exist or that they cannot provide the information due to a prior determination. If a governmental body fails to abide by these requirements, the applicant would be permitted to file a complaint with the Attorney General. If the Attorney...Read More
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SB 462 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 462 would allow a school district located fully or partly in an area under a declared disaster to be reimbursed for transportation of a meal or
instructional materials to a student's residence or to a designated pickup location for the duration of the declared disaster.Read More
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SB 347 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 347 would make local school health advisory councils subject to the Texas Public Information Act and Texas Open Meetings Act to provide a more transparent process when creating the health education curriculum considered by school districts.Read More
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HB 2702 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2702 would add protective orders issued to prevent sexual assault, stalking, or trafficking to the protective order registry maintained by the Office of Court Administration. The date a protective order was vacated would no longer be publicly accessible information; instead, the relevant court clerk would be required to remove any record of an order from the registry if it is vacated. Court clerks would be required to inform the Office...Read More
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HB 2406 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2406 would require an expert in a health care liability claim testifying on a departure from the standard of care for chiropractors to be a chiropractor or physician qualified under the Texas Rules of Evidence to render such testimony.Read More
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SB 1109 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1109 would require, as part of the essential knowledge and skills for the
health curriculum, the State Board of
Education to require students to receive
instruction on the prevention of child abuse, family violence, and
dating violence at least once in middle or junior high school and at
least twice in high school. The instruction would include
information on the dating violence policy adopted by the
student’s school district...Read More
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HB 797 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 797 would expand the ability for home and community support services agencies to purchase, store, or transport for the purposes of administering any FDA-approved vaccine approved, authorized for emergency use, or otherwise permitted to treat or mitigate the spread of a communicable disease.Read More
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SB 442 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 442 would require school boards to appoint a five member board to the local school
health advisory council to make recommendations regarding the adoption of human sexuality
curriculum and would require public meetings allowing public comment on the adoption of this curriculum. The health advisory board would be required to publish the meeting minutes to the school website.SB 442 would mandate that if human sexuality instruction...Read More
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SB 658 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 658 would reduce the misdemeanor classification for a person failing to comply with an order from an inspection conducted by a fire marshal from a Class B misdemeanor to Class C misdemeanor. However, a Class A misdemeanor would be issued if the outcome of the offense resulted in bodily injury or death. If, on trial of the offense, it is shown that the defendant had been previously convicted for a similar offense that did not...Read More
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SB 1942 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1942 would amend current law to clarify that a nonprofit corporation created under the Public Facility Corporation Act would have to remain a public facility corporation under that act. In addition, the bill would stipulate that a nonprofit corporation created by a housing authority under the Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act would remain a corporation regardless of the date the corporation was created and would continue to be subject...Read More
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SB 1649 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1649 is a bracketed bill to allow the City of Lubbock to receive state tax revenue from a qualified hotel, certain revenue generating enterprises owned by the hotel, and certain businesses within 1000 feet of the qualified hotel.Read More
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SB 1616 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1616 would establish limitations on a local government's emergency authority by explicitly defining that a disaster does not include an epidemic or the spread of a communicable disease. In addition, the bill removes certain criminal offenses and instead implements a civil penalty to a person of not more than $500 if the person:Knowingly transports an object or a person into the state which is infected with a communicable disease;Removes,...Read More
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SB 1436 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1436 would allow a qualified owner of property subject
to the determination of a property value study to, with the written approval of a protesting school district, join the school district as a party to an appeal protesting the comptroller's findings.Read More
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SB 1071 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1071 would amend existing law to allow a peace officer who is rendered permanently disabled in the line of duty to receive a monthly amount based on the maximum salary authorized for their most recently worked position by the General Appropriations Act. This would help to make the disability retirement benefits more in line with what a person would have made had they been able to serve a full career, as well as accommodate...Read More
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