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HB 4148 |
84(R) - 2015 |
HB 4148 would repeal Chapter 708,
Acts of the 65th Legislature, Regular Session, 1977, providing for the
compensation of and reimbursement of travel expenses for commissioners of the
Refugio County Drainage District No. 1.Read More
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HB 4156 |
84(R) - 2015 |
HB 4156 seeks to create the Missouri City Management District No. 2 to promote,
develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce,
transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts,
entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public
welfare in the district. All or part of the district is eligible
to be included in a tax increment or abatement reinvestment zone, and
enterprise zone, or an industrial district.The...Read More
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HB 4158 |
84(R) - 2015 |
HB 4158 seeks to create the East Waller County Management District to promote,
develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce,
transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts,
entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public
welfare in the district. All or part of the district is eligible
to be included in a tax increment or abatement reinvestment zone, and
enterprise zone, or an industrial district.The...Read More
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HB 3175 |
84(R) - 2015 |
HB 3175 would allow Hays county to create a Local Provider Participation Fund (LPPF) to
collect mandatory payments based on paying hospital net patient revenue to
provide the nonfederal share of a Medicaid supplemental payment program.
Under this bill, money
deposited to the fund may only be used to:
fund intergovernmental
transfers from the county to the state to provide the nonfederal share of
a Medicaid supplemental...Read More
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HB 1585 |
84(R) - 2015 |
HB 1585 would allow certain municipalities to use revenue from
the hotel occupancy tax for promotional expenses related to a sporting event in
which most of the participants are tourists who increase the amount of business
at the hotels within the municipality. The fiscal note above provides a more
detailed explanation of what this bill would do. Read More
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HB 2206 |
84(R) - 2015 |
The fiscal note above provides a sufficient explanation of
what this bill would do. Read More
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HB 2590 |
84(R) - 2015 |
HB 2590 would add fraud in a transaction involving real estate or stock in a corporation or joint stock company to the list of unlawful deceptive trade practices. The bill would further provide that "If a district, county, or city attorney brings an action
under this section, 75 percent of any penalty recovered shall be
deposited in the general fund of the county or municipality in which
the violation occurred."Read More
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HB 1307 |
84(R) - 2015 |
HB 1307 seeks to allow the Gainesville Hospital District to mortgage or pledge the buildings and improvements
as security for the payment of the purchase price provided that the total amount of debt secured by the district’s
buildings and improvements may not exceed $2.5 million. HB 1307 would also change the quorum and vote requirements of the Nocona Hospital
District from five directors to four directors. Read More
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HB 2201 |
84(R) - 2015 |
Under the provisions of HB 2201 if member of the governing body of a Type A gerneral-law municipality moves outside of the corporate boundaries of the municipality that member would be disqualified from continuing to hold that office and the office would be considered vacated. The bill further provides that a member of a governing body who resigns from such a governing body would be ineligible to vote to in a special election to fill the...Read More
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HB 74 |
84(R) - 2015 |
HB 74 seeks to provide a distinction between urban and rural areas for the purpose of distributing federal low income housing tax credits. Read More
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HB 6 |
84(R) - 2015 |
House Bill 6 would abolish all funds, accounts and revenue dedications that were created or recreated by the regular session of the 84th Legislature.House Bill 6 would exempt statutory dedications, funds and accounts that were enacted before the 84th Legislature convened to comply with state constitutional or federal law, dedications, funds, or accounts that remained exempt from former section 403.094 (h) of the Government...Read More
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HB 1535 |
84(R) - 2015 |
HB 1535 would add two new sections to Chapter 36 (Rates) and
Chapter 37 (Certificates of Convenience and Necessity) of the Utilities Code.
Both of these sections would apply to electric utilities that operate outside
the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). In Chapter 36, Section 36.112 would regulate how an electric
utility may recover costs and adjust rates. Specifically, if the electric
utility elects to do...Read More
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HB 483 |
84(R) - 2015 |
House Bill 483 would amend the Government Code in order to create a state bullion depository.The Texas bullion depository would be a state agency in the office of the comptroller, would be administered by an administrator appointed by the comptroller with the advice and consent of the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the senate.The depository could hold certain bullion and specie either acquired by the state and political...Read More
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HB 2903 |
84(R) - 2015 |
Chapter 42 of the Human Resources Code currently requires an
employee, director, or operator of a day-care center, group day-care home, or
registered family home include, for an employee of a day-care center who has no
previous training or less than two years of employment experience in a
regulated child-care facility, to do 24 hours of initial training that must be
completed not later than the 90th day after the first day of
employment,...Read More
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HB 3374 |
84(R) - 2015 |
HB 3374 would add a new subchapter to the Health and Safety
Code. Specifically, this subchapter would require the Department of State
Health Services (DSHS) to make available certain information regarding the
condition of Down syndrome. This information must include general
statistics and information regarding the genetic disorder.
Additionally, this legislation would require a
health care provider who specializes in...Read More
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HB 2131 |
84(R) - 2015 |
5/25/2015 update:This bill was amended on the House floor but not in the Senate committee. We continue to remain
neutral on HB 2131. The first and second chamber analyses are below.The second chamber
sponsor is Senator Huffman.
First chamber
analysis below:The bill would amend Chapter 32 of the Health and
Safety Code to require the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) to
designate health care entities meeting certain...Read More
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HB 1930 |
84(R) - 2015 |
SB 1930 would make administrative changes to the strategic planning process for anticipating future needs of community supervision and corrections
departments.Read More
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SB 19 |
84(R) - 2015 |
On Tuesday the House of Representatives will consider CSSB 19
which we supported in the Senate. The bill that was passed by the Senate was designed to reform and improve ethics laws to increase government transparency and reduce opportunities for people to use their official public position as a vehicle for their own personal gain.The House Committee Substitute, however, is
virtually unrecognizable from the Senate-passed version and is...Read More
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HB 1924 |
84(R) - 2015 |
HB 1924 would amend Chapter 501 of the Occupations Code to include a person enrolled in a formal internship as provided by Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists rules among the persons to whom a licensed psychologist is authorized to delegate any psychological test or service that a reasonable and prudent psychologist could delegate within the scope of sound psychological judgment if the psychologist makes the requisite determinations.Read More
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HB 2896 |
84(R) - 2015 |
House Bill 2896 would amend Section 171.106 of the Tax Code related to the apportionment of margin to this state for the purpose of the franchise tax.House Bill 2896 would require that a broadcaster (as defined in the bill) must include must include in the numerator of the broadcaster's apportionment factor receipts arising from licensing income from broadcasting or distributing film programming if the legal domicile of the broadcaster's...Read More
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