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HB 3542 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 3542 provides a framework for a Class A or Class B utility that is purchasing a smaller retail public utility to determine the fair market value of the selling utility or the facilities to be sold. The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) would be required to maintain a list of experts qualified to conduct economic valuations for these purposes.This bill would also require certain utilities to deliver to the PUC a report of the utility's...Read More
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HB 3808 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 3808 would require students enrolled at a public institution of higher education in either a baccalaureate degree program, an associate's degree program, a dual credit course, or a joint high and junior college course to file a degree plan on the first day of the semester or the semester following a semester in which a student had earned a total of 30 credit hours. It would also require a student enrolled in a dual credit course to file...Read More
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HB 3834 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 3834 would require the Department of Information Resources to, in consultation with the cybersecurity council and industry stakeholders, certify at least 5 cybersecurity training programs for state and local employees and state agency contractors, and update standards for maintenance of certification by the training programs. The bill sets forth requirements for certification.At least once each year a state or local government employee...Read More
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HB 4120 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 4120 would reduce the required amount for a security deposit paid by a car dealer who sells service contracts to customers for repair and maintenance. The current amount is no less than $250,000. The bill establishes a sliding scale for the required security deposit that is pegged to the gross revenue of the dealer. The amount of the deposit would start at $25,000 for qualifying dealers and incrementally increase based on gross revenue...Read More
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HB 2364 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2364 would stipulate that electronic messaging services and outsourced managed services are included in the information technology resources that may be purchased by a state agency, institution of higher education, or local government through the statewide technology center.Read More
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HB 4345 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 4345 would grant immunity from civil liability to charitable organizations, or their employee
or volunteer, or independent contractor of a charitable organization, acting in good faith for any act to disclose to a current or prospective employer, information reasonably believed
to be true about allegations that any person, while employed by or
serving as a volunteer of the charitable organization engaged in
sexual misconduct,...Read More
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HB 2362 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2362 would make some exceptions to the circumstances in which a claimant only needs to meet a "preponderance of the evidence" standard to be successful in a medical malpractice lawsuit related to injury or death of a patient arising out of the provision of emergency medical care in a hospital department, in an obstetrical unit for the initial evaluation or treatment of a patient with an obstetric emergency, or in a surgical suite immediately...Read More
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HCR 133 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HCR 133 would require the Higher Education Coordinating Board to conduct a study on the creation of a divinity program at Texas Southern University.Read More
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HB 2248 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2248 would would make updates to the written instrument a person may execute in advance to determine who will act as the agent responsible with making decisions regarding the the person's remains after death.The bill also stipulates that unless a written instrument specifies otherwise, the designation of the deceased's surviving spouse as an agent or successor agent is automatically revoked when the marriage is dissolved by divorce,...Read More
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HB 2041 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2041 would require a freestanding emergency medical care facility to provide to a patient a written disclosure statement listing the facility's observation and facility fees that may result from a patient's visit, and the health benefit plans in which the facility is a network provider (or stating that the facility is an out-of-network provider for all health benefit plans). This bill would also set out the required contents and form...Read More
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HB 4748 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 4748 would allow the Near Northside Management District to impose a sales tax upon approval by voters at an election held in the district. Read More
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HB 1992 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1992 would prohibit a telemarketer from transmitting misleading information to a recipient’s caller identification service or device.Read More
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HB 1973 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1973 would change the way the community support portion of applications for low income housing tax credits is scored. If an application receives no written statement from the state representative who represents the district where a proposed low income housing development would be located, the Department of Housing and Community Affairs would be required to reallocate the points that could had been given to that application.Read More
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HB 4720 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 4720 would create a municipal utility district (MUD) focusing on road construction, drainage, wastewater, and other fundamental needs and may issue bonds and may hold an election to vote on issuing bonds from ad valorem taxes and operation and maintenance taxes. The first five members of the board of directors would be appointed and temporary. The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain. Read More
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HB 2195 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2195 would require school districts to include a policy on responding to an active shooter situation in its multihazard emergency operations plan. It would also require a school district peace officer or school resource officer to complete an active shooter response training program approved by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.Read More
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HB 4719 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 4719 create a municipal utility district (MUD) focusing on road construction, drainage, wastewater, and other fundamental needs and may issue bonds and may hold an election to vote on issuing bonds from ad valorem taxes and operation and maintenance taxes. The first five members of the board of directors would be appointed and temporary. The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain. Read More
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HB 4716 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 4716 would repeal subchapter HH of the Uniform Municipal Courts of Record Act. This bill would only apply to a municipal court in the City of Rowlett and would allow the court to operate under general provisions rather than provisions that are only applied to Rowlett.Read More
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HB 2159 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2159 would allow property owners or chief appraisers to file motions with the appraisal review board to correct an error regarding the unequal
appraisal or excessive market value of a property which resulted in an incorrect appraisal value for the property. Read More
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HB 2143 |
86(R) - 2019 |
Under current law, first responders are eligible for certain workers compensation benefits due to work-connected post-traumatic stress disorder caused by an event occurring in the course and scope of employment. This bill would add language to specify that a person is eligible if the PTSD is a result of one or more events occurring in the course and scope of the first responder's employment. It would also add that PTSD is a compensable...Read More
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HB 4712 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 4712 would amend current law that relates to Fort Bend County Levee Improvement District No. 7 by altering the powers and duties of the board of the district. According to the author's statement of intent, the bill would provide a way for the district to undertake a Brazos River erosion control project. Read More
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