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HB 184 |
84(R) - 2015 |
HB 184 would clarify
the governmental body responsible for the costs and attorney’s fees incurred by
a Court of Inquiry. Specifically, if an affidavit for a Court of Inquiry was
filed in a county, than that county is responsible for the attorney’s fees. The
county that the Court of Inquiry is held is also responsible for the costs and
attorney’s fees. However, in all situations, the state is responsible for
attorney’s fees...Read More
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HB 2066 |
84(R) - 2015 |
This bill is has been substantively updated
since we reported on it in its original chamber. The changes made in the Senate committee are administrative and do not alter the bill's overall provisions. We continue to support HB 2066.Our first chamber analysis is below.HB 2066 seeks to amend the Property Code in regards to the sale of real property under a contract lien. HB 2066 would allow a mortgagee, trustee, or substitute trustee to rescind...Read More
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SB 1734 |
84(R) - 2015 |
SB 1734, if passed, would modify the Agriculture Code
(Section 1, Subchapter B, Chapter 201) by adding a new section (201.0225). This
section would require that the state board develop and implement a program to
eradicate Carrizo Cane along the Rio Grande River. Read More
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SB 755 |
84(R) - 2015 |
Senate Bill 755 would amend section 151.006 of the Tax Code to add to the definition of a "sale for resale" the "sale of a computer program to a provider of Internet hosting who acquires the computer program from an unrelated vendor for the purpose of selling the right to use the computer program to an unrelated user of the provider’s Internet hosting services in the normal course of business and in the form or condition in which...Read More
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HB 4149 |
84(R) - 2015 |
HB 4149 seeks to amend the powers and operations of The Woodlands Township to include developing, maintaining, and promoting safe and efficient public transit to reduce congestion in the district or adjacent to the district. The district may apply for and receive state and federal
transportation funding, including grants or other assistance. The district may charge a fare, fee, rate, toll, or
other charge for the use of a district transportation...Read More
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HB 3067 |
84(R) - 2015 |
HB 3067 seeks to allow counties with with a
population of one million or more to donate $100,000 in a calendar year
to one or more crime stoppers or crime prevention programs to assist in
meeting those organization's goals defined by Sec. 351.901(a) Local
Government Code. Currently the law only allows for donations up to
$25,000 per calendar year regardless of county population. HB...Read More
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SB 734 |
84(R) - 2015 |
Currently the Public Utility Commission is required to
meet on December 1st to set the annual interest rates for utility
deposits for the next calendar year. If December 1st falls on a
weekend or legal holiday the Commission is to meet on the next available work
day. The Commission recently submitted a recommendation that it be permitted to
meet on any day in the fourth quarter before December 1st, on the
grounds of logistical flexibility....Read More
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HB 4001 |
84(R) - 2015 |
5/19/15 Update:
This bill is substantively
the same as when we reported on it in its original chamber. We continue to remain neutral on HB 4001. The second chamber sponsor is Senator Schwertner.
Original chamber analysis
below:Home and community support services agencies are currently
authorized to provide home health, hospice, or personal assistance services to
a client under Chapter 142 of the Health and Safety Code.
This legislation...Read More
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HB 2068 |
84(R) - 2015 |
HB 2068 would allow hospital district that has been created under general or special law to elect to require automatic employee participation in a deferred compensation plan unless the employee opts out. This would change from the current 'opt in' policy. At any time, an employee would be able to end participation and would be informed at the time of employment of their elections and responsibilities. Read More
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HB 1062 |
84(R) - 2015 |
HB 1062 would authorize the commissioners court of a county that borders
the United Mexican States and the Gulf of Mexico to adopt a $2 records
technology and infrastructure fee. The bill requires the fee to be paid at
the time a person pays an applicable records management and preservation fee,
county clerk's records archive fee, or probate matters fee. The bill requires
the records technology and infrastructure fee to be...Read More
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SB 795 |
84(R) - 2015 |
The bill would amend the Election Code to require the Secretary of State to coordinate with other states and jurisdictions in order to develop systems to prevent the duplication of voter registration. A cross check is implemented with the intention of eliminating voter registration duplicates, and prevent voter fraud. 5/19/15 update:HB 891 was a similar bill which did not receive a floor vote.Read More
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HB 973 |
84(R) - 2015 |
HB 973 amends the Health and Safety Code to entitle an emergency services commissioner of an emergency services district in a county with more than 3 million people (Harris County) a per diem of $150 per day for the commissioner. There is a $7,200 yearly cap. The bill prohibits a commissioner who receives per diem compensation from being reimbursed for reasonable and necessary expenses.Read More
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SB 367 |
84(R) - 2015 |
SB 367 would amend the Alcoholic Beverage Code to make it
illegal for the holder of an alcoholic license or permit to allow another person,
who the license was not issued for, to use or display that license.
The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code (TABC) commissioner or the
administrator could cancel that license if a person is convicted of that
offense. Moreover, the commissioner or administrator may refuse to issue a new
license for...Read More
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SB 24 |
84(R) - 2015 |
SB 24 would expand the training requirements for newly appointed board
members during their first year on the board. Bill requires all newly appointed members to attend a training
program and go through a short orientation course before taking their oath of
office. Additionally newly appointed board members will not be allowed to vote
on any budgetary or personnel matters until they have completed the training
course.
SB 24 would...Read More
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SB 18 |
84(R) - 2015 |
5/19/15 Update:
The bill has been amended since we reported on it, and the
House Higher Education Committee introduced a committee substitute.
The Amendment, introduced on the Senate floor, would require
that immediately after the completion of the actuarial study, the commissioner
determine whether a necessity exists to suspend the association’s authority to issue
new insurance policies pending a future enactment by the legislature...Read More
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SJR 22 |
84(R) - 2015 |
SJR 22, if passed, will place a proposed constitutional amendment on the November ballot for Texans to vote on. The proposed amendment states that the people of Texas have a constitutional right
to hunt, fish, and harvest wildlife. The resolution also states that hunting
and fishing are the preferred methods of managing wildlife and that this right to
hunt and fish does not affect any provision of law related to trespass,
property...Read More
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SB 531 |
84(R) - 2015 |
SB 531 would amend the Family Code to specify that rulings or decisions
for marriage proceedings, a suit for dissolution of a
marriage, or a suit affecting the parent-child relationship cannot be
based on the judgment of a foreign court, arbitration decision, or
application of a foreign law if the law violates a
fundamental right guaranteed by the United State Constitution, the
constitution of the state, good morals or natural...Read More
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HB 2732 |
84(R) - 2015 |
House Bill 2732 would amend the Labor Code to allow the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) to participate in the federal Treasury Offset Program and collect covered unemployment compensation debt listed in the bill.Before submitting covered unemployment compensation debt for recovery under the program, the commission would have to notify the debtor, provide the debtor at least 60 days following the date the notice is provided to present to...Read More
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HB 875 |
84(R) - 2015 |
House Bill 875 would amend Chapter 501 of the Government Code relating to inmate welfare, and Chapter 511 of the Government Code relating to the commission on jail standards to modify the way the verification of an inmate veteran status is done.Specifically, it would require that information relating to an inmate's military history be recorded during the diagnostic process on the inmate's admission sheet and intake screen form and that the...Read More
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HB 1919 |
84(R) - 2015 |
(The second chamber sponsor is Senator Estes.)HB 1919, if passed, would modify the Parks and Wildlife Code
(Section 66.007) by providing an exemption. Currently Texas law provides
criminal penalties for actions which enlarge the range of certain aquatic
invasive species. HB 1919 grants an exemption from these provisions is such an
expansion takes place as a result species moving through water transfer,
conveyance, storage, or distribution...Read More
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