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HCR 69 |
84(R) - 2015 |
HCR 69 would designate the city of Jasper as the official
Butterfly Capital of Texas. Read More
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HB 3081 |
84(R) - 2015 |
This bill seeks to create a municipal
utility district focusing on road construction, drainage, wastewater, and other
fundamental needs and may issue bonds and levy ad valorem taxes.This district
may be split up if there is no outstanding bond debt and is not imposing ad valorem taxes. The first 5 members
of the board of directors are appointed and temporary. The district is located
in Brazoria County are given to Alvin, Texas. The
district...Read More
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HB 3078 |
84(R) - 2015 |
HB 3078 would establish an advisory
committee to recommend a uniform pre-nursing curriculum for undergraduate
professional programs in nursing at Texas institutions of higher education.
The advisory committee would consist of at least 16 members, including the
commissioner of higher education or the commissioner's designee, the executive
director of the Texas Board of Nursing or the executive director's designee, two
representatives...Read More
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HB 3062 |
84(R) - 2015 |
HB 3062 would transfer the administration of the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) grant program from
the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts to the Texas Workforce
Commission (TWC). The bill would allow an independent school
district to become an eligible recipient of JET grant funds if the district has entered into a partnership with a public junior college or
public technical institute. Read More
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HB 2628 |
84(R) - 2015 |
HB 2628 would require the Texas
Higher Education Coordinating Board to periodically review each field of study
curriculum to ensure alignment with student interest, academic, and industry
needs. The bill would require THECB to establish program of study curricula for career and technical education. The bill would require that a
student enrolled in a THECB-established program of study who transfers to a similar institution with a similar...Read More
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HB 1925 |
84(R) - 2015 |
(The second chamber sponsor is Senator Kohlkorst.)HB 1925, if passed,
would transfer authority of the Texas Farm and Ranch Lands Conservation Program
from the General Land Office to the Parks and Wildlife Department.
This program is
designed to manage agricultural conservation easements with the aims of
conserving water quality or quantity, conserving tracts of open land threatened
with fragmentation, and conserving native, rare,...Read More
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HB 824 |
84(R) - 2015 |
Under current law, liquor may not be sold in a package store after 9:00PM. HB 824 would allow a customer to complete their purchase if they're in a store before 9:00 PM. but have not
completed a purchase by that time. Under HB 824 the customer would be allowed a reasonable amount of time after 9:00 PM to finish shopping. The statement of purpose on TLO adds helpful background to this issue:"Interested
parties note that the Texas...Read More
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HB 3538 |
84(R) - 2015 |
HB 3538 would affirm the federal Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening
Families Act,
Public Law 113-183, which requires the verbatim adoption by states of
the Uniform
Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA) 2008, in order to continue
receiving federal funding. This bill is essentially a re-authorization
of current law in Texas and would add 'foreign countries' throughout
relevant statute to explain how a court of this
state...Read More
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HB 1415 |
84(R) - 2015 |
HB 1415 would remove the deadline
for the City of Schertz to establish a cemetery.Read More
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HB 1187 |
84(R) - 2015 |
From the Authors statement of Intent: "Christopher Scott Kyle was a United States Navy SEAL who served four tours in the Iraq war and was awarded two Silver Stars, five Bronze Stars, one Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, two Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals, and numerous other unit and personal awards. Chad Hutson Littlefield and Chris Kyle, trying to assist Eddie Ray Routh in his battle against post-traumatic stress...Read More
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SB 527 |
84(R) - 2015 |
From the Authors statement of Intent: "Christopher Scott Kyle was a United States Navy SEAL who served four tours in the Iraq war
and was awarded two Silver Stars, five Bronze Stars, one Navy and Marine Corps
Commendation Medal, two Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals, and numerous other
unit and personal awards.
Chad Hutson Littlefield and Chris Kyle, trying to assist Eddie Ray Routh in his battle against
post-traumatic stress...Read More
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HB 1077 |
84(R) - 2015 |
HB 1077 seeks to change the provisions regarding who may be appointed to the Electrical Safety and Licensing Advisory Board to remove one of the three public members serving on the board and make one master electrician take their place.Read More
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HB 801 |
84(R) - 2015 |
HB 801 would require the Parks and Wildlife Commission to
implement a general plan for using prescribed burns to manage state owned land.
The general plan must include: the standards for a prescribed burn; approval
from specified government agencies; adequate notice given to certain groups
such as neighboring landowners next to a specified burn site.
Additionally, HB 801 would make the Texas Parks and Wildlife
Department...Read More
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SB 2072 |
84(R) - 2015 |
This bill seeks to create a municipal
utility district focusing on road construction, drainage, wastewater, and other
fundamental needs and may issue bonds and levy ad valorem taxes.This district
may be split up if it does not issue bonds or impose taxes. The first 5 members
of the board of directors are appointed and temporary. The district is located
in Hays County. The
district may not exercise the power of eminent domain.The municipality...Read More
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SB 1227 |
84(R) - 2015 |
SB 1227 would add a new subsection to Chapter 462 (Texas
Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association), Section 202, of the
Insurance Code. Specifically, a person would have a covered claim under Chapter
462 if the person holds a valid assignment of a covered claim for unearned
premiums.Read More
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HB 369 |
84(R) - 2015 |
HB 369 would establish May 24 as Lung Cancer Awareness Day.
The purpose of this legislation would educate Texas residents on the risks
associated with the disease and different ways of reducing the prevalence of
it. Read More
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HB 2167 |
84(R) - 2015 |
In 2013 the Legislature passed a bill to prohibit unmanned aircraft from being used to conduct surveillance of a person or property. The intent of the bill was to protect privacy and property rights. A list of exemptions was included to protect the legitimate use of unmanned aerial surveillance. However, some legitimate uses may not have been included in the exemptions. This bill seeks to address that issue.HB 2167 would provide exceptions...Read More
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HB 3545 |
84(R) - 2015 |
HB 3545 seeks to allow the Rio Grande Regional Water Authority Board to create an Infrastructure Improvement Council to study the viability of each infrastructure improvement project requested by council members to determine whether an infrastructure improvement project is eligible to receive financial assistance from the council. The board will set a formula to determine an annual voluntary assessment and a member of the conference that...Read More
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HB 1759 |
84(R) - 2015 |
HB 1759 would make changes concerning the finance system for public school systems. According to the bill's fiscal analysis, the bill would "revise adjustments applied to the basic allotment in the calculation of
entitlement by repealing the cost of education index, reducing the level
of application of the mid-size district adjustment to 75 percent of the
current basic allotment and phasing the adjustment out over time,...Read More
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HB 1069 |
84(R) - 2015 |
Currently, the Board for Evaluation of Interpreters (BEI) in the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services (DARS) is responsible for testing and issuing certificates to interpreters, and only those interpreting court proceedings are required to be certified. The bill would amend Chapter 81 of the Human Resources Code to require the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services (DARS) to certify any person who...Read More
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