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SB 975 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 975 would require that high speed intercity passenger railroads adhere to federal safety requirements established by the Transportation Security Administration or its successor agency. This would include establishing secured areas, conducting screenings, investigating security threat reports, and the completion of emergency management training by certain employees. Other requirements for coordinating with state agencies are also stipulated.Read More
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SB 1893 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, counties are grouped into nine administrative judicial regions. SB 1893 would increase the number of regions to 11 and reallocate the grouping of the counties. The bill would also require presiding judges of each administrative region to collect and report information regarding the amount and character of any business transacted by the judges. Read More
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SB 1124 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Currently, the Texas Forensic Science Commission is administratively attached to Sam Houston State University and the Board of Regents of the Texas State University System provides administrative support to the commission. SB 1124 would administratively attach the Texas Forensic Science Commission to the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System and remove it from Sam Houston State University.Read More
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SB 80 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 80 would make a multitude of changes to various government reporting requirements with these to take note of:The Educational
Economic Policy Center would no longer be required to provide annual progress reports
to the governor, legislative budget board, and commissioner of education on the
efficiency of the public-school system and the effectiveness of instructional
methods.The Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) would replace...Read More
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SB 669 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 669 would require the comptroller to appoint a property tax administration advisory board to advise the comptroller on the property tax system including best practices and the complaint process. The bill would proscribe the number of training and continuing education hours appraisal review board members must take. The comptroller would be required to "approve curricula and provide an arbitration
manual and other materials for use in...Read More
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HB 239 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would require the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) to prepare a report for the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house, and each standing committee of the house and senate that has jurisdiction over matters relating to corrections by December 1, 2018. The report would be expected to detail the department’s implementation of policies and procedures for providing adequate care to pregnant inmates....Read More
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SB 1076 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 1076 would amend the Insurance Code to prohibit a health plan issuer from requiring an enrollee to make a payment for a drug in amount greater than the lesser of the applicable copayment or the allowable claim for the prescription drug, or the amount an individual would pay for the drug if the individual purchased the drug without using a health benefit plan or any other source of drug benefits or discounts. Read More
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HB 2819 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, the TexNet Seismic Monitoring Program exists to study seismic events in Texas. HB 2819 would establish the TexNet Advisory Committee within the University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology. The committee would determine the scope of any use of state appropriations to the program, deliver a biennial report to key legislators, and ensure certain data transfers.Read More
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HB 2252 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HB 2252 would establish a joint interim committee to continue to study the creation of a coastal barrier system to prevent storm surge damage to gulf beaches or coastal ports, industry, or property. The committee would be required to provide a report on its findings and
any recommendations to the governor and the legislature by December, 2018.
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HB 1780 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, the Public Safety Commission is authorized to establish a reserve officer corps consisting of retired or previously commissioned officers of the Department of Public Safety who retired in good standing. HB 1780 would expand the pool of eligible retirees to include all peace officers.Read More
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HB 471 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HB 471 is enabling legislation for HJR 37. This bill would allow credit unions and financial institutions to conduct savings promotion raffles to encourage Texans to open and use savings accounts. These institutions are not allowed to require consideration from their customers in order to participate in the raffle, but a certain amount of money deposited into an account may be needed to represent an entry into their savings promotion raffle. Read More
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HJR 37 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, the Texas Constitution prohibits lotteries and gift enterprises with some exceptions. HJR 37 would allow credit unions and other financial institutions to conduct promotional activities to promote savings by awarding prizes to their depositors. Read More
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HB 129 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, the payors of oil and gas royalties can send important information (regarding sales, taxes, deductions, and lease identification) on a monthly basis. HB 129 would require written consent to be granted by royalty interest holders before payors may send such information by a means other than remittance advice (such as check stubs).Read More
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SB 879 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would allow a person who has been disqualified by DFPS from serving as a relative or other caregiver for a child because of a low-risk criminal offense to appeal the decision. The bill would establish a procedure for the appeal and require the department to publish a list of offenses defined as low-risk criminal offenses and information regarding the review process for appeals on their internet website and provide information...Read More
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SB 2150 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 2150 would make procedural changes to the lapse of the share of a designated beneficiary who predeceases the testator. The optional form for transfer on death deed would be updated to further detail the procedures if one surviving beneficiary exists, no surviving primary beneficiary exists, and no surviving alternate beneficiary exists after the death of the transferor. Read More
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SB 528 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Current law stipulates that the term of a chief administrative law judge appointed by the governor is two years. SB 528 would specify that the term would expire on May 15 of each even-numbered year.Read More
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SB 1831 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 1831 would require the comptroller, not later than December 31 of each year, to submit a report to the legislature that identifies for each state agency:each program the state agency is statutorily required to implement for which no appropriation was made for the preceding state fiscal year;a citation to the law imposing the requirement; andthe amount and source of money the state agency spent to implement any portion of the programA...Read More
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SB 1330 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 1330 would require the Texas Low-level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission to deposit in the low-level radioactive waste fund an amount of revenue calculated by TCEQ to support the activities of the commission.Read More
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SB 977 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 977 would prohibit the legislature from appropriating funds, except as required by federal law, "to pay
for a cost of planning, facility construction or maintenance, or
security for, promotion of, or operation of, high-speed rail
operated by a private entity". The bill would also ban a state agency from accepting or using state money to pay for the aforementioned things. Semiannual reports on such spending by a state agency would be...Read More
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SB 813 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, a person is entitled to the recovery of expenses and attorney's fees in the case of a frivolous claim made by a state agency. SB 813 would also make the state culpable for damages and attorney's fees in the case of a frivolous regulatory action.Read More
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