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SB 1428 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1428 would allow a property owner or their agent to sue their appraisal district, chief appraiser, or appraisal review board to compel those entities to comply with a procedural requirement applicable to protest. A property owner would not be able to bring suit unless the property owner delivered written notice of the procedural requirement that the entity failed to comply with, and the entity refuses to comply with the requirement on...Read More
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HB 3001 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 3001 would exempt certain special purpose districts from duplicative reporting requirements regarding debt obligations.Read More
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SB 1070 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1070 would eliminate the Low Income Vehicle Repair Assistance Program (LIRAP), a program created to provide financial assistance to low-income vehicle owners who fail emissions testing, and expand the Local Initiatives Program (LIP). Under LIP, a commissioners court of a participating county would be able to impose an additional fee, not to exceed $6, for a vehicle inspected in the county. The fee revenue would be retained by the county...Read More
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HB 4513 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 4513 would require the Texas Veterans Commission to employ and train mental health professionals to assist the Department of State Health Services in the administration of the mental health program for veterans. Read More
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HB 2931 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2931 would authorize a qualified entity to issue a temporary receipt for a drivers license to an applicant who holds a learner license issued by the Department of Public Safety. It would also authorize DPS to authorize and set standards for certain entities to administer, train, and certify examiners to administer the required examination for a driver's license.Finally, the bill would require DPS to develop a process for a qualified entity...Read More
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HB 288 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 288 would increase the amount permitted under the Personal
Needs Allowance for Medicaid patients in long-term care facilities, from $60
per month to $75.Read More
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SB 740 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 740 would allow certain school districts to: (1) borrow money from the Texas Public Finance Authority (TPFA); (2) as necessary in connection with obtaining financial assistance from TPFA, issue bonds bonds and notes with a term not to exceed 15 years and enter into financing agreements with TPFA; (3) make payments on an obligation issued using any available funds, including maintenance and operation tax revenue; and (4) secure the payment...Read More
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HB 2897 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2897 would require the Department of Criminal Justice to develop and identify community
resources to assist an developmentally disabled offenders successfully reenter and reintegrate into the community. The bill would also require the department to develop and implement a reentry
and reintegration plan based on the individual needs of developmentally disabled offenders. The plan may include the coordination
of treatment, identification...Read More
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HB 2942 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2942 would make a variety of statutory changes regarding land used for a particular sand mining operation overlying the Carrizo Aquifer. The would stipulate that the eligibility of the land for an open-space exemption does not end because the land ceases to be devoted principally to agricultural use to the degree of intensity generally accepted in the area if the owner of the land intends that the use of the land for agricultural...Read More
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SB 694 |
86(R) - 2019 |
Owners or operators of a quarry, sand pit, gravel pit, or other aggregate production operation (APO) must register with the Texas Commission on Environment Quality (TCEQ).SB 694 would require TCEQ to inspect each active APO at least once every two years, rather than three, during the first six years in which the operation is registered, and after the expiration six years, at least once every three years. It would also authorize TCEQ...Read More
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HB 4013 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 4013 would impose additional sales and use tax on vapor e-cigarettes, with a tax rate of 10% of the sales price. The bill would additionally impose related reporting requirements upon vapor e-cigarette sellers. Revenue raised from the tax would be deposited to the foundation school fund. Lastly, the bill would allow the Comptroller to revoke the sales tax permits of, and impose fines against businesses convicted of selling...Read More
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HB 2288 |
86(R) - 2019 |
The cities of El Paso, Texas and Sunland Park, New Mexico are essentially the same community. Many people live in one city and work in the other. Sunland Park is nowhere near any major cities in its own state. HB 2288 would allow the Housing Authority of El Paso to serve as the housing authority for Sunland Park. Importantly, this bill would not make Texans responsible for subsidizing housing for an out of state community.Read More
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HB 2286 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2286 would deregulate firearm suppressors in the state. The bill would additionally ban state entities, officers, employees, bodies etc. from enforcing federal silencer regulations, withholding state grants from entities that do so. Lastly, the bill would allow citizens to file complaints with the Attorney General offering evidence of a state entity enforcing federal regulations in violation of this bill. Read More
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HB 1761 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1761 would allow the judge of the court in which the defendant is
convicted to give the defendant credit on their sentence
for any time they were confined in jail or prison for
another case if that confinement occurred after the
commission of the offense for which the defendant is convicted and
before the date of the defendant’s sentencing.
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SB 2316 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 2316 would amend the Health and Safety Cody to prohibit a
civil action that would arise from a prescriber, dispenser, or dispenser’s delegate’s
failure to provide adequate documentation in the Prescription Drug Database in
the event of a computer system failure. The prohibition of the civil action would exclude circumstances of
gross negligence.
In addition, the bill would create a Class A misdemeanor for...Read More
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HB 62 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 62 would allow commissioners courts in counties declared by the Governor to be under a state of disaster or emergency and in which transportation is difficult as a result to hold meetings which do not comply with open meetings requirements of the Government Code in limited circumstances. Meetings would only be authorized to be held in this manner to deliberate matters that require an immediate response. Commissioners courts would not...Read More
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SB 185 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 185 would require an oil or gas well operator to give the Texas Commission on Environment Quality (TCEQ) immediate notice of a fire, leak, spill, or break at the well, and submit a letter giving a full description of the event.This bill would prohibit TCEQ from approving an application for a permit to drill an oil or gas well if: (1) the organization that submitted the application violated a statute or TCEQ rule, order, license,...Read More
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HB 1662 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1662 would require the criminal justice division of the Governor's Office to administer a grant program to reimburse counties for costs incurred from the GPS monitoring of defendants and victims involved in family violence cases.Read More
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HB 297 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 297 would prohibit school districts from imposing maintenance & operations taxes beginning in 2022 and would establish a Joint Interim Committee on the Elimination of School District Maintenance and Operations Ad Valorem Taxes to evaluate using consumption tax revenue to meet the state's constitutional duty to fund public education. The school districts would still be allowed to impose an enrichment tax at a rate not to exceed...Read More
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HB 2243 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2243 would allow for each school district, open-enrollment charter school, and private school to adopt and implement a policy authorizing a school nurse to maintain and administer asthma medicine. The policy must provide that the school nurse may administer prescription asthma medicine to a student only if the school nurse has written notification from a parent or guardian of the student that the student...Read More
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