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HB 275 |
85(1) - 2017 |
Under current law, groundwater may be transferred outside of a district if a permit is granted. Depending on whether or not the construction of a conveyance system has been initiated, the permit allows for the transfer of water for three or 30 years. HB 275 would automatically extend a water transference permit before its expiration for at least as long as the operating permit is valid.Read More
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HB 27 |
85(1) - 2017 |
Under current law, brackish groundwater production zones are designated to reduce the use of fresh groundwater. HB 27 would authorize a groundwater conservation district located over any part of a designated brackish groundwater production zone to create a process for issuing permits to a project designed to treat brackish groundwater to drinking water standards. The establishment of a permitting process would be required upon the receipt...Read More
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HB 26 |
85(1) - 2017 |
HB 26 would stipulate that the rules in effect on the date an application for a permit or permit amendment is submitted to a groundwater district are the only district rules that may govern the district's decision to grant or deny the application. This bill would update and clarify language regarding the export of water out of one district for use in another district.This bill would prohibit a district from denying a permit because the applicant...Read More
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HB 215 |
85(1) - 2017 |
Under current law a person may not perform an abortion during the third trimester except under certain circumstances, including the presence of a "severe and irreversible abnormality, identified by reliable diagnostic procedures". This bill would require that for any third trimester abortion performed under the physical abnormality exemption, the physician certify in writing the fetal abnormality identified by the physician. The...Read More
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HJR 38 |
85(1) - 2017 |
This bill proposes an amendment to the Texas constitution to permit the legislature to "exempt from ad
valorem taxation precious metal held in the Texas Bullion
Depository" and to define the term "precious metal" as it relates to this exemption. Read More
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HB 239 |
85(1) - 2017 |
This bill would entitle a person to "an exemption from taxation of the precious metal that the person owns and that is held in the Texas Bullion Depository." If enacted, this bill would only take effect if the corresponding constitutional amendment (HJR 38) is also passed by the legislature and approved by voters of this state. Read More
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HB 72 |
85(1) - 2017 |
HB 72 would amend the Tax Code to give a total property tax exemption to Purple Heart recipients and surviving spouses if the spouse meet certain conditions. Read More
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HB 74 |
85(1) - 2017 |
HB 74 would amend the Local Government Code to include a county adjacent to a county with a U.S. military installation wholly or partly located in it in the definition of “local government” for the purpose of state aid to certain local governments disproportionately affected by granting property tax relief to disabled veterans. The revised definition would also apply to a municipality wholly or partly located in such a county.Read More
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HB 192 |
85(1) - 2017 |
Under current law if a property owner successfully protests an appraised property valuation and the valuation is lowered, the valuation may not be subsequently raised the following year unless the "chief appraiser is reasonably supported by substantial evidence". This legislation would increase the evidentiary standard from "substantial" to "clear and convincing" thereby making it more difficult for the chief appraiser to raise the valuation...Read More
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HB 2653 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HB 2653 would update and clarify the process of protesting certain property tax appraisal valuations by clearly establishing conditions under which a district court could make a final determination in a dispute between a property owner and an appraisal review board. Read More
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HB 165 |
85(1) - 2017 |
HB 165 would update and clarify the process of protesting certain property tax appraisal valuations by clearly establishing conditions under which a district court may make a final determination in a dispute between a property owner and an appraisal review board. Read More
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HB 155 |
85(1) - 2017 |
This bill would allow an appraisal review board to lower the appraised property tax value of a residence homestead for certain years to the actual sales price at which the house sold. Certain qualifying conditions would be required for a home's appraised value to be lowered under the authority this bill would provide. Read More
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HJR 20 |
85(1) - 2017 |
HJR 20 proposes a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to exempt all or part of the property tax on the residence homestead of a Purple Heart recipient or the surviving spouse of a Purple Heart recipient provided certain qualifications are met. Read More
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HB 80 |
85(1) - 2017 |
This legislation would implement a cost of living adjustment (COLA) equal to the lesser of three percent of the monthly benefit or $100 per month for qualified beneficiaries who are participants in the Teacher Retirement System. Read More
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HB 20 |
85(1) - 2017 |
This bill would appropriate $212.7 million from the Economic Stabilization Fund (ESF) to the retired school employees group insurance fund for the purpose of decreasing premiums and deductibles that would otherwise be paid during the 2018 and 2019 plan years by participants in the Texas Public School Employees Group Insurance Program and to reduce costs for enrolled adult children with a mental disability or physical incapacity. Read More
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HB 9 |
85(1) - 2017 |
This bill would extend the sunset date of the Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Task Force to 2023. The task force is currently scheduled to expire in 2019. This bill would further refine and revise the mission of the task force. Among other things, new responsibilities of the task force would include studying "best practices and programs operating in other states that have reduced rates of pregnancy-related deaths" and comparing "rates of...Read More
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HB 28 |
85(1) - 2017 |
This bill would revise the membership of the Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Task Force by adding a member who is a nurse specializing in labor and delivery.Read More
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HB 11 |
85(1) - 2017 |
This bill would extend the sunset date of the Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Task Force to September 1, 2023. The bill would also revise and extend the study and reporting requirements of the task force. Read More
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HB 10 |
85(1) - 2017 |
This bill would extend the sunset provision for the Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Task Force from 2019 to 2023. The bill would also revise some of the study and reporting requirements of the task force, including data improvement and a feasibility study related to maternal health and safety. Read More
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HB 2 |
85(1) - 2017 |
This bill would repeal budget contingency riders for the Texas Medical Board and the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists from the 85th legislature, regular session. Read More
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