Legislation authored by H. Tati Santiesteban

Includes legislation with H. Tati Santiesteban as the primary author for the 60th through 71st Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.

71st Regular Session
SB 2	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/89 Caption: Relating to the authorization, administration, and funding of the financial assistance programs to provide facility engineering and water supply and sewer services in economically distressed areas and to provide adequate....
SB 81	Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the removal or exclusion of a child from the child's home and to findings by a court in making certain emergency orders with respect to a child.
SB 93	Last Action: Reported favorably with substitute Caption: Relating to the issuance of a subpoena for the purpose of discovering the location of a person indicted on a criminal charge.
SB 109	Last Action: Laid on table subj. to call in comm. Caption: Relating to a requirement that a defendant released on parole or mandatory supervision reside in the county in which the defendant committeed the offense for which the defendant was sentenced.
SB 110	Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to improvement district finances, reports, supplies, and expenditures.
SB 111	Last Action: Laid on table subj. to call in comm. Caption: Relating to the authority of a municipality to annex certain political subdivisions and to the authority of the subdivisions' governing bodies to continue in existence after the annexation.
SB 218	Last Action: Reported favorably w/o amendments Caption: Relating to registration by the comptroller of public accounts of individuals performing certain accounting services other than auditing.
SB 273	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the expunction of arrest records of a person acquitted of a criminal offense.
SB 285	Last Action: Reported favorably w/o amendments Caption: Relating to the establishment of a water pollution control and abatement program by certain cities.
SB 370	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to the creation, administration, and powers of the Texas Rivers Protection System; providing civil and criminal penalties.
SB 467	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the offenses of aggravated assault and deadly assault on certain probation personnel and juvenile detention officers and to defining violations of certain conditions of probation as "escape" for the....
SB 489	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/89 Caption: Relating to the continuation, powers, and duties of the Department of Agriculture; providing penalties; making an appropriation.
SB 512	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the boundary of and the reinclusion of certain land in the Franklin Mountains State Park.
SB 570	Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/28/89 Caption: Relating to the sale of American Indian arts and crafts and turquoise; providing criminal penalty.
SB 584	Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the membership of the Dental Hygiene Advisory Committee and to the per diem and reimbursement to which committee members are entitled.
SB 693	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the manner in which certain businesses may claim a sales and use tax exemption for exported items.
SB 744	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the establishment of the Texas baccalaureate education system trust.
SB 760	Last Action: Postponed in committee Caption: Relating to protection of environmental quality associated with caves, sinkholes, and significant cave recharge areas; providing penalties.
SB 761	Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the liability of a landowner for certain recreational activities on the land.
SB 824	Last Action: Reported favorably with substitute Caption: Relating to the payment of ad valorem taxes on real property bequeathed to institutions of higher education.
SB 968	Last Action: Left as pending business in comm. Caption: Relating to the utilization of gas power by state agencies under the General Land Office jurisdiction; the cooperation of state agencies in the use of gas power and their ability to charge for . . .
SB 1090	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/89 Caption: Relating to court administration and jurisdiction in El Paso County; to pretrial diversion programs; and to the creation of the County Court at Law No. 6 of El Paso County, Texas.
SB 1137	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the applicability of the sunset review process to the State Seed and Plant Board.
SB 1144	Last Action: Referred to Environmental Affairs Caption: Relating to the exemption of the collecting of live reptiles and amphibians from restrictions on hunting from vehicles.
SB 1193	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to the creation of a local governmental commission to study and plan for the consolidation of certain local governments.
SB 1206	Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/28/89 Caption: Relating to the establishment of a single state-wide definition for "wetlands."
SB 1207	Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/28/89 Caption: Relating to notice to a purchaser of real property in a water district.
SB 1208	Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to approval by the Texas Water Commission of levee improvement district bonds.
SB 1209	Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to approval by the Texas Water Commission of drainage district bonds.
SB 1210	Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to the authority of the Texas Water Commission over issuance of certain water district bonds.
SB 1211	Last Action: Postponed in committee Caption: Relating to inspections and the collection of certain information by the Texas Water Commission concerning certain matters under its jurisdiction.
SB 1212	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/89 Caption: Relating to the creation, administration, and operation of underground water conservation districts and of management and critical areas.
SB 1213	Last Action: Laid on table in committee Caption: Relating to imposition and collection of standby fees by certain water districts.
SB 1214	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the appraisal for ad valorem taxation of certain residential real property.
SB 1215	Last Action: Reported favorably with substitute Caption: Relating to treatment of permits issued under certain federally authorized state programs.
SB 1216	Last Action: Reported favorably w/o amendments Caption: Relating to audit report exemptions and financial dormancy affidavits of certain water districts.
SB 1217	Last Action: Reported favorably with substitute Caption: Relating to the dissolution of certain water and municipal utility districts.
SB 1218	Last Action: Reported favorably with substitute Caption: Relating to the regulation of water and sewer utilities; providing administrative and civil penalties.
SB 1219	Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to certain federal-state agreements under the federal Migratory Bird Conservation Act and to acquisition of conservation easements.
SB 1220	Last Action: Postponed in committee Caption: Relating to certain administrative provisions for districts, regarding qualifications of board members, ability to set rates, and the awarding of contracts.
SB 1221	Last Action: Reported favorably with substitute Caption: Relating to the issuance, amendment, and renewal of waste discharge permits by the Texas Water Commission.
SB 1222	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/89 Caption: Relating to a discharge or spill of a hazardous substance into water in this state.
SB 1223	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the annual reporting to the Texas Water Commission of toxic chemical releases.
SB 1224	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Local&Consent Cal. Caption: Relating to administrative penalties for the violation of certain water rights laws, rules, orders, permits, certificates, and certified filings, and certain dam safety laws, rules, and orders.
SB 1225	Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to review and modification of water rights for certain purposes.
SB 1323	Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to confidentiality of certain reports, records, and papers used or developed in certain investigations under the Family Code.
SB 1324	Last Action: Reported favorably w/o amendments Caption: Relating to children whose behavior indicates that the children are from families in need of services.
SB 1325	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to minibar permits.
SB 1326	Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to licensure requirements for certain chemical dependency treatment facilities.
SB 1327	Last Action: Left as pending business in comm. Caption: Relating to the creation of criminal penalties for certain offenses concerning human burials and to the jurisdiction over and disposition of certain human burials and associated human remains or burial objects.
SB 1328	Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to foreign language instruction for high school students.
SB 1329	Last Action: Reported favorably w/o amendments Caption: Relating to the provision of home respiratory therapy for ventilator-dependent persons under the medical assistance program.
SB 1330	Last Action: Reported favorably with substitute Caption: Relating to the education, licensing, and regulation of bail bondsmen; providing a penalty.
SB 1331	Last Action: Received from the Senate Caption: Relating to the requirement for a raptor propagation permit; providing penalties.
SB 1462	Last Action: Referred to Urban Affairs Caption: Relating to the authority of a home-rule municipality to require that substandard buildings be vacated and that the occupants be relocated.
SB 1463	Last Action: No action taken in s/c Caption: Relating to public school finance, accreditation of public schools, student testing, campus improvement programs, and salaries of employees of the Central Education Agency.
SB 1464	Last Action: No action taken in s/c Caption: Relating to state and local funding of the foundation school program.
SB 1465	Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to property subject to a lien for a debt for which persons who have divorced or had a marriage annulled are liable; providing a penalty.
SB 1466	Last Action: Reported favorably with substitute Caption: Relating to the protection of groundwater in the state and to the creation, powers, and duties of the Texas Groundwater Protection Committee.
SB 1467	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to compensation of certain resident physicians.
SB 1469	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the determination of a school district's property value for purposes of the foundation school program.
SB 1470	Last Action: No action taken in s/c Caption: Relating to a yield for facilities under the Foundation School Program.
SB 1475	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the assessment of property and the calculation of taxes.
SB 1511	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/89 Caption: Relating to the recovery of certain costs and attorney's fees by the state or a local government and to venue for certain prosecutions concerning litter offenses or illegal disposal of solid waste.
SB 1514	Last Action: Reported favorably w/o amendments Caption: Relating to peace officers and their enforcement of and training regarding regulations relating to littering and solid waste disposal; establishing a hotline.
SB 1515	Last Action: Reported favorably with substitute Caption: Relating to notice requirements for and interagency evaluation of certain solid waste permit applications.
SB 1520	Last Action: Reported favorably with substitute Caption: Relating to certain fees charged on new and used tires sold by a tire retailer and on used or scrap tires replaced and taken out of service and to the establishment of a tire disposal cleanup program by the ...
SB 1693	Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to exclusion of certain territory from the El Paso County Lower Valley Water District Authority.
SB 1816	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to creation, operation and financing of parks and recreation districts by counties with a population of 350,000 or more or counties adjacent to counties with a population of 350,000 or more....
SB 1831	Last Action: Received from the Senate Caption: Relating to the issuance of certain permits by the Texas Water Commission.
SB 1844	Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to the acquisition of water, sewer or drainage systems of certain non-profit corporations by water districts and the assumption of obligations related thereto.
SB 1859	Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to power of a county to regulate subdivisions in the unincorporated area of the county.
SCR 75	Last Action: Reported favorably with substitute Caption: Requesting the United States Congress to establish a single nationwide definition of wetlands.
SCR 87	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Honoring The University of Texas at El Paso on its 75th anniversary.
SR 258	Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: Congratulating Mrs. Hazel S. Thompson on her retirement from the El Paso Independent School District after 40 years of service.
SR 535	Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: Recognizing the 391st anniversary of the First Thanksgiving Celebration in the United States and the 200th anniversary of the Presidio de San Eleceario.
SR 555	Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: Congratulating the El Paso Mission Trail Association for their reenactment of an historic event that took place 391 years ago on Texas soil.
SR 848	Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: Commending Matthew "Teo" Martin, for his superb academic and personal achievement.
71st 2nd Called Session
SR 31	Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: Declaring Senator Antonio Fas Alzamora to be an Honorary Citizen of the State of Texas.
71st 3rd Called Session
SB 20	Last Action: No action taken in s/c Caption: Relating to public school finance.
SB 49	Last Action: Reported favorably w/o amendments Caption: Relating to the state allocation and reservation system for private activity bonds.
SB 50	Last Action: Reported favorably w/o amendments Caption: Relating to notice to a purchaser of real property in a water district.
SB 78	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the authority of public school districts to contract with accredited private schools for educational services.
71st 4th Called Session
SB 23	Last Action: Referred to Select Comt. on Public Education Caption: Relating to the authority of public school districts to contract with accredited private schools for educational services.
SB 30	Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to the state allocation and reservation system for private activity bonds.
SB 38	Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to notice to a purchaser of real property in a water district.
SR 44	Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: Recognizing and publicly proclaiming that Texas and a point in what is now San Elizario on the outskirts of the City of El Paso are the site of the first Thanksgiving celebration held by colonists in America.
SR 89	Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: Commending the artistic and literary works of fellow Texan Tom Lea.
71st 5th Called Session
SB 22	Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to the state allocation and reservation system for private activity bonds.
SB 39	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the authority of public school districts to contract with accredited private schools for educational services.
71st 6th Called Session
SB 42	Last Action: Received from the Senate Caption: Relating to the state allocation and reservation system for private activity bonds.
70th Regular Session
SB 40	Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the establishment of the Texas baccalaureate education system trust.
SB 391	Last Action: Left as pending business in comm. Caption: Relating to the tuition at public senior colleges and universities for certain citizens of Mexico.
SB 392	Last Action: Left as pending business in comm. Caption: Relating to the establishment of a scholarship program for eligible citizens of Mexico and Central America.
SB 393	Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to tuition rates for residents of bordering nations.
SB 406	Last Action: Referred to County Affairs Caption: Relating to county change funds.
SB 439	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/87 Caption: Relating to an offset against workers' compensation benefits for certain law enforcement officers employed by political subdivisions.
SB 585	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/87 Caption: Relating to the water financing programs of the Texas Water Development Board and granting authority to issue bonds or notes, to use of proceeds, and to authorized investments.
SB 599	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the creation of the El Paso Criminal Law Magistrate Court.
SB 600	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the authority of counties to require the provision of certain facilities and services in subdivisions; providing civil penalties.
SB 601	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/87 Caption: Relating to the minimum wage.
SB 602	Last Action: Left as pending business in comm. Caption: Relating to registration by the Comptroller of Public Accounts of individuals performing certain accounting services other than auditing.
SB 603	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the amount of cash or security to be deposited by bondsmen as bail security.
SB 604	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/87 Caption: Relating to certain requirements for registration as a professional engineer.
SB 605	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/87 Caption: Relating to the regulation of the practice of engineering; providing a penalty.
SB 606	Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to the authority of the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Authority to select a low-level waste site.
SB 609	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the creation of and criminal and civil penalties for an offense concerning American Indian burial remains and funerary objects.
SB 610	Last Action: Effective in 90 days - 8/31/87 Caption: Relating to the transfer of certain trust responsibilities and trust lands of the Alabama-Coushatta and Tigua Indian tribes to the United States Department of the Interior based on the restoration of the federal trust relationship with those tribes.
SB 702	Last Action: Reported favorably with substitute Caption: Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, and financing of the Texas Conservation System; providing civil and criminal penalties.
SB 779	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/87 Caption: Relating to the regulation of underground storage tanks, imposing certain fees, authorizing charges for late payment, and establishing an underground storage tank fund.
SB 937	Last Action: Reported favorably with substitute Caption: Relating to jurisdiction of the Texas Water Commission and Texas Department of Health over plans and specifications for certain sewage disposal systems.
SB 967	Last Action: Record vote Caption: Relating to minimum standards for underground water management by and the creation, operation, and financing of underground water districts.
SB 997	Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to hunting the golden eagle or the Mexican brown eagle.
SB 998	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/87 Caption: Relating to affidavits certifying certain convictions under the Parks and Wildlife Code and other information provided to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department by a justice court.
SB 999	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/87 Caption: Relating to recovery by the state of the value of certain fish, shellfish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and animals
SB 1000	Last Action: Left as pending business in comm. Caption: Relating to the acquisition of natural areas and wetlands.
SB 1033	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the protection of groundwater in the state.
SB 1186	Last Action: Reported favorably w/o amendments Caption: Relating to solid waste disposal.
SB 1202	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the regulation of title insurance and imposing a tax on premiums.
SB 1203	Last Action: Left as pending business in comm. Caption: Relating to the rights, duties and obligations of surface owners who act as the leasing agent for certain state minerals and to the issuance of state prospecting permits for certain minerals.
SB 1204	Last Action: Laid on table subj. to call in comm. Caption: Relating to the licensing requirements of certain sources of radiation.
SB 1205	Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the use by a county of occupancy tax funds.
SB 1206	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to a foreign trade zone in or adjacent to the U.S. Customs Port of Entry at El Paso.
SB 1226	Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to the expansion of the Hudspeth County Underground Water Conservation District No. One.
SB 1227	Last Action: Referred to Liquor Regulation Caption: Relating to certain mixed beverage permits and license fees; providing minibar permits.
SB 1228	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the sale of American Indian arts and crafts and turquoise; providing criminal and civil penalties.
SB 1229	Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to the regulation of certain insurance agents who engage in the bail bond business; providing penalties.
SB 1230	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the composition of a county bail bond board.
SB 1231	Last Action: Left as pending business in comm. Caption: Relating to the execution of a capias when a bond is forfeited; and declaring an emergency.
SB 1232	Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the use by a county of occupancy tax funds.
SB 1233	Last Action: Left as pending business in comm. Caption: Relating to the liability of a surety on an appearance bond in a criminal case; providing for means of surrendering the defendant by the surety; and declaring an emergency.
SB 1234	Last Action: Left as pending business in comm. Caption: Relating to the causes which will exonerate; relating to the time passage necessary for certain judgments to become final; relating to the remittitur of a bond and the release from liability for the bond if the defendant dies, is arrested or appears before a final judgment of forfeiture of the bond.
SB 1235	Last Action: Left as pending business in comm. Caption: Relating to the liability of surety on an appearance bond in a criminal case, and providing for surrender of the principal by the surety and providing for terms of default; and declaring an emergency.
SB 1236	Last Action: Left as pending business in comm. Caption: Relating to the issuance of a warrant for the arrest of a criminal defendant upon application by his surety; and declaring an emergency.
SB 1237	Last Action: Left as pending business in comm. Caption: Relating to the execution of a capias when bond is forfeited; and declaring an emergency.
SB 1333	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the Farm and Ranch Finance Program and the Family Farm and Security Program.
SB 1341	Last Action: Effective in 90 days - 8/31/87 Caption: Relating to writs of possession.
SB 1478	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to abolishing a transit authority.
SB 1510	Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to priority of certain state transfers and payments.
SB 1539	Last Action: Reported favorably w/o amendments Caption: Relating to the selection and acquisition of disposal sites by the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Authority; providing for the power of eminent domain.
SCR 37	Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Granting Hal Mumme, Dennis Doornbos, Michael Matthews, Steve Wright and Don Davis permission to sue the State of Texas and The University of Texas System Board of Regents.
SR 256	Caption: Establishing an interim study committee to be named the Senate Special Committee on Municipal Utility Districts to study the potential for defaults among counties municipal utility districts.
SR 283	Caption: Commending Richard Guy and Rex Holt.
SR 284	Caption: Extending congratulations to Coletta DeArman.
SR 460	Caption: Recognizing April 25, 1987, as Southwest Repertory Organization of El Paso Day in Texas.
SR 520	Caption: Commending Victor A. L. Gielisse.
SR 579	Caption: Commending Dr. Haskell Monroe.
70th 2nd Called Session
SR 130	Caption: Memorial resolution for Mrs. Concepción Banuelos Hernandez.
69th Regular Session
SB 54	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the expenditure of funds for the operation and maintenance of the Franklin Mountains State Park.
SB 81	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the term of commitment of certain children to the Texas Youth Commission.
SB 485	Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the assessment of special costs for certain offenses to fund driver education courses in the public schools.
SB 486	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the deposit of a financial guarantee bond by a bail bondsman as security.
SB 487	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the time at which a corporation is in default on a bail bond.
SB 577	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the protection of endangered, threatened, or protected plants; authorizing certain fees; providing penalties.
SB 609	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to regulating the taking, possession, purchase, and sale of oysters and shrimp, to research programs concerning oysters and shrimp, and to fees for certain shrimp licenses; providing penalties.
SB 1007	Last Action: See remarks Caption: Relating to the certification and regulation of respiratory care practitioners; to the creation of a Respiratory Care Practitioners Advisory Board; and to the powers and duties of the Texas Board of Health and the Texas Department of Health; authorizing fees; and providing a penalty.
SB 1008	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to meal stops for railroad engine and train crews; providing a penalty.
SB 1009	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the appointment of bailiffs for the district courts and county courts at law in El Paso County.
SB 1010	Last Action: Referred to Judiciary Caption: Relating to proceedings to disbar an attorney based on certain convictions.
SB 1011	Last Action: Postponed Caption: Relating to the licensing and regulation of bail bondsmen.
SB 1012	Last Action: Reported favorably with substitute Caption: Relating to procedures in and effects of suits for forcible entry and detainer and forcible detainer.
SB 1013	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to the refunding of bonds by water control and improvement districts.
SB 1014	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the disposition of penalties collected in connection with the mixed beverage gross receipts tax.
SB 1015	Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to the subdivision and use of mineral-bearing land.
SB 1016	Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to the regulation of the use of airboats; providing penalties.
SB 1017	Last Action: Postponed in committee Caption: Relating to the purposes for which money in the state well plugging fund may be used.
SB 1018	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to restrictions, duties, and obligations of a surface owner in connection with Relinquishment Act leases on behalf of the State of Texas and the authority of the Commissioner of the General Land Office when the surface owner breaches any duty or obligation.
SB 1021	Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to regulation of public accountants.
SB 1186	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to fire fighter and police officer retirement systems in certain cities; validating certain prior acts and proceedings for separation of pension funds.
SB 1243	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the authority of the Department of Agriculture under certain circumstances to suspend or refuse to renew a license or certificate.
SB 1284	Last Action: Referred to County Affairs Caption: Relating to county change funds.
SB 1351	Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: An act amending Chapter 272, Acts of the 65th Legislature, regular session 1975, authorizing this act to be applicable to counties with a population of 450,000 or more and providing the funding of a one month's reserve; and declaring an emergency.
SB 1374	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to the regulation of certain iron ore and iron ore gravel mining and reclamation activity.
SB 1375	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the compensation of the director of a higher education authority.
SB 1396	Last Action: Postponed in committee Caption: Relating to the definition of casinghead gas.
SB 1465	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, operation, and financing of the Homestead Municipal Utility District No. 1.
SB 1466	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, operation, and financing of the Homestead Municipal Utility District No. 2.
SB 1472	Last Action: Received from the Senate Caption: Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, operations, financing, and organization of the Mowad Water District.
SB 1486	Last Action: Referred to Urban Affairs Caption: Relating to the composition of the board of metropolitan rapid transit authorities in certain counties.
SB 1494	Last Action: Received from the Senate Caption: Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, operation, and financing of the Lower Valley Water Authority and the authority of cities and districts to contract with the authority.
SCR 147	Last Action: Filed w/o the Governor's signature Caption: Granting Borsberry Construction Company, Inc. permission to sue the state.
SJR 7	Last Action: Withdrawn by author Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the issuance of an additional $600 million of Texas Water Development Bonds.
SJR 39	Last Action: Reported favorably w/o amendments Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to abolish the office of county treasurer in El Paso County.
SR 120	Caption: Extending congratulations to Laura Martinez Herring, Miss Texas, U.S.A.
SR 122	Caption: Extending congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Gordon D. Grunke.
SR 447	Caption: Extending congratulations to Miss Laura Martinez-Herring, Miss Texas USA.
SR 455	Caption: Directing the Senate Committee on Natural Resources to conduct an interim study on certain ussues concerning water and energy.
SR 456	Caption: Extending congratulations to Margaret Flores.
SR 538	Caption: Extending congratulations to F. Murray Abraham.
69th 2nd Called Session
SCR 12	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Requesting Congress to enact H.R. 5021 by Congressman Jack Brooks, relating to collecting sales tax on out-of-state mail orders.
69th 3rd Called Session
SR 70	Caption: Commending the El Paso Herald-Post on its efforts to promote literacy.
68th Regular Session
SB 182	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the trade of public school land; requiring reports to the legislature.
SB 183	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to certain permits and leases for public school, university, asylum land, and other state land.
SB 197	Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars Caption: Relating to the continuation of the Texas Energy and Natural Resources Advisory Council.
SB 198	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Ways & Means Caption: Relating to tax credits for corporations engaged in the business of manufacturing, selling, or installing solar energy devices.
SB 199	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Public Health Caption: Relating to the regulation of the practice of dentistry by regulating the use of a trade name; prohibiting solicitation; regulating advertising and referral services; setting certain fees; and exempting certain persons from application of the definition of dentistry.
SB 200	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Liquor Regulation Caption: Relating to the sale of alcoholic mixed beverages at certain airports and professional sports stadia.
SB 250	Last Action: Rules suspended Caption: Relating to the management of game management areas by the Parks and Wildlife Department, to the execution of any sale or lease by the State Purchasing and General Services Commission, and to licenses to take, purchase, or sell fur-bearing animals issued by the Parks and Wildlife Department to a nonresident.
SB 251	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the appointment, powers, and duties of law enforcement officers commissioned by the director of the Parks and Wildlife Department and to rewards made from the operation game thief fund.
SB 252	Last Action: Placed on daily Major State Calendar Caption: Relating to the expiration date of permits for scientific, zoological, and propagation purposes, and to reports filed by a permit holder.
SB 281	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Making a supplemental appropriation to the Board of Pardons and Paroles for certain expenses associated with relocating to different office space to alleviate current overcrowded conditions.
SB 282	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Making a supplemental appropriation to the General Land Office.
SB 283	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the effect of the value of property or service stolen, damaged, or destroyed on the penalty imposed for theft, theft of service, or criminal mischief.
SB 284	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the issuance of identification cards to disabled persons for use in parked vehicles; defining an offense and providing a penalty.
SB 498	Last Action: No action taken Caption: Relating to intoxication offenses and providing penalties therefor.
SB 597	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to removing an alcoholic beverage from the premises of a mixed beverage or private club registration permittee; providing penalties.
SB 614	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the period of validity of certain motor fuel tax decals and permits, to refunds for unused portions of certain advanced taxes paid, and to the determination of the tax liability in the first year after the issuance of a liquefied gas tax decal.
SB 632	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to a temporary readjustment allowance that may be granted on divorce or annulment.
SB 688	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the use of tetrahydrocannabinols and their derivatives for therapeutic and research purposes.
SB 689	Last Action: Withdrawn from calendar Caption: Relating to the requirements for a bail bondsman license.
SB 946	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the subdivision and use of mineral-bearing land; to certain powers and duties of the Railroad Commission, to the use of operations sites within a subdivision, and to the authority of municipalities.
SB 947	Last Action: No action taken Caption: Relating to the possession and display of certain documents relating to the origin and status of redfish and speckled sea trout; providing a penalty.
SB 1127	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the filing of notice with the county clerk evidencing the date of sale and the description of the real estate to be sold under powers conferred by any deed of trust or contract lien an the entering of such information by the county clerk in well bound books.
SB 1195	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Economic Development Caption: Relating to casino gambling in certain counties after a local option election authorizing such activity; the licensing, registration and regulation of casino gambling; taxation of casino gambling operations; appropriating funds to be recovered from licensed fees; and providing penalties.
SB 1229	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Health & Human Resources Caption: Relating to the placement of reading devices for blind and visually handicapped persons in libraries of institutions of higher education.
SB 1230	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Economic Development Caption: Relating to the regulation of public accountants.
SB 1231	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to rules governing certain audits conducted by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission and to certain powers and duties of the Alcoholic Beverage Commission.
SB 1232	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Health & Human Resources Caption: Relating to the placement of reading devices for blind and visually handicapped persons in public libraries.
SB 1233	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to refunding bonds of school districts.
SB 1235	Last Action: House conferees appointed Caption: Relating to the development and conservation of the water resources of the state and to certain powers and duties of the Texas Water Development Board and the Texas Water Commission.
SB 1238	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Education Caption: Relating to limiting the percentage of school districts that may receive state equalization aid.
SB 1262	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to the administration and provision of drugs by a licensed veterinarian or by a person designated by a licensed veterinarian.
SB 1263	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the creation of two judicial districts composed of El Paso County.
SB 1264	Last Action: No action taken Caption: Relating to extensions of time for certain filing deadlines in an appeal of a criminal case.
SB 1265	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Cultural and Historical Resources Caption: Relating to the powers and status of the tribal councils and tribal businesses of the Alabama-Coushatta and the Tigua Indian Tribes; prescribing exemptions from the Sales, Excise and Use Tax.
SB 1281	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the county courts at law in El Paso County and their jurisdiction and administration; providing the qualifications of judges and for their compensation; providing for juries and procedures for jury trials; providing for transfer of cases and exchange of benches and for the duties of clerks in filing cases.
SB 1295	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Finance Caption: Relating to a supplement appropriation to the Public Utility Commission.
SB 1312	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to municipal courts of record in the City of El Paso; prescribing the jurisdiction, organization, administration, procedures, and power of municipal courts; providing the practice in such courts and rules and procedures for appeals and the effect of rulings of the appellate court; creating the El Paso Municipal Court of Appeals; providing the qualifications, compensation, and selection of judges and providing for the necessary officers and employees of the courts; providing for appeals to the court of Appeals in certain cases; providing transition procedures.
SB 1339	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Economic Development Caption: Relating to the issuance of bonds by or on behalf of political subdivisions; containing other provisions relating to the subject; and declaring an emergency.
SB 1349	Last Action: No action taken Caption: Relating to withdrawal of El Paso County from the Texas County and District Retirement System and to provision of other service retirement, disability retirement, and death benefits for officers and employees of the county.
SB 1394	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs Caption: Relating to funds for the operation and maintenance of the Franklin Mountains State Park.
SB 1417	Last Action: No action taken Caption: Relating to the slaughter of domestic rabbits and the sale of rabbit meat in Texas.
SB 1418	Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars Caption: Relating to the authority and duties of a county historical commission and of a county commissioners court; giving a property owner certain rights.
SCR 23	Last Action: Filed without the Governor's signature Caption: Granting Borsberry Construction Co., Inc., permission to sue the state and the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation.
SCR 95	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Rules and Resolutions Caption: Commending Mrs. Lady Bird Johnson.
SCR 115	Last Action: Filed without the Governor's signature Caption: Granting L. Moody Bennett permission to sue the State of Texas and the General Land Office.
SCR 127	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Administration Caption: Granting R. A. Knapp, Karol Knapp, R. E. Knapp, and Barbara Knapp permission to sue the State of Texas and the Parks and Wildlife Department.
SJR 31	Last Action: No action taken Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the consolidation of property tax assessment and collections functions in the counties.
SJR 32	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the consolidation of property tax collection and assessment functions in El Paso County.
SR 156	Caption: Extending best wishes to Frank Feuille III.
SR 484	Caption: Extending welcome to Michele Schultz, Honorary Page for the Day.
SR 485	Caption: Extending welcome to Mindy Schultz, Honorary Page for the Day.
SR 486	Caption: Extending welcome to Allen Schultz, Honorary Page for the Day.
SR 487	Caption: Extending welcome to Donnie Johnson, Honorary Page for the Day.
SR 563	Caption: Directing the Senate Committee on Natural Resources to conduct an interim study relating to water, renewable energy resources and waste disposal.
SR 655	Caption: Commending the Natural Resources Advisory Group of the 29th Senatorial District.
SR 699	Caption: Extending welcome to Keith Kalman, Honorary Page for the Day.
SR 700	Caption: Extending welcome to Megan Priscilla Lewis, Honorary Page for the Day.
68th 2nd Called Session
SB 52	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to eligibility for appointment to and payment of dues to the Southern States Energy Board and use of previous appropriations for such payment.
67th Regular Session
SB 63	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to salaries of school district personnel.
SB 161	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably with amendments Caption: Relating to the Uniform Foreign Country Money-Judgment Recognition Act and the Recognition of money judgments by courts of foreign countries.
SB 237	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the application of the Professional Prosecutors Act to the offices of certain district attorneys, criminal district attorneys, and county attorneys performing the duties of the district attorney.
SB 258	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to a defense to the offense of compounding.
SB 259	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to service of subpoenas in criminal cases.
SB 260	Last Action: No action taken Caption: Relating to the time for electing whether the judge or the jury will assess punishment in a criminal case.
SB 261	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to motion for continuance in criminal cases.
SB 262	Last Action: No action taken Caption: Relating to the order of argument in a criminal case.
SB 263	Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to notice and hearing before altering a defendant's bail.
SB 267	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Finance Caption: Relating to tax credits for corporations engaged in the business of manufacturing, selling or installing solar energy devices.
SB 268	Last Action: No action taken Caption: Relating to the disclosure of law enforcement files and records not opened to public inspection under Title 3, Family Code.
SB 269	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the authority of juvenile courts to order certain children found to have engaged in delinquent conduct arising from the commission of certain offenses to make full or partial restitution to the victim of the offense or to render certain services.
SB 270	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the review of placement by courts of continuing jurisdiction of placement in which authorized agencies are named as managing conservators by the court or in affidavits of relinquishment under Title 2, Family Code, and to orders of the court.
SB 333	Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars Caption: Relating to the provision of textbooks for nonpublic school students.
SB 374	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to the bond requirement of a permittee subject to the gross receipts tax on mixed beverages.
SB 375	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably with substitute Caption: Relating to removal of an alcoholic beverage from the premises of a mixed beverage or private club registration permittee.
SB 424	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the authority of the Crippled Children's Division of the Texas Department of Health to procure dental service for eligible children.
SB 425	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the creation and operation of mass transit authorities in certain urban areas.
SB 515	Last Action: No action taken Caption: Relating to a warning to an alien criminal defendant of the effect of conviction on resident status.
SB 538	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the regulation of pawnbrokers and their employees; providing for certain fees and penalties.
SB 564	Last Action: Considered by committee in formal meeting Caption: Relating to licensing fees of persons licensed by the State Board of Barber Examiners.
SB 593	Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to the licensing fees of persons licensed by the Texas Cosmetology Commission.
SB 599	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Finance Caption: Relating to the administration and collection of liquefied gas taxes.
SB 623	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the certification, recognition, and regulation of social work practitioners; providing penalities; making an appropriation.
SB 680	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably with substitute Caption: Relating to regulation of dental assistants; providing penalty.
SB 681	Last Action: No action taken Caption: Relating to the safety of amusement parks, carnivals, and fairs; providing penalty.
SB 690	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Energy Resources Caption: Relating to the Energy Development Fund and to a program to demonstrate solar electric repowering; amending The Texas Energy Development Act of 1977.
SB 691	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the Energy Development Fund and to a program to demonstrate solar generation of heat from industrial purposes.
SB 727	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to bail bonds, the licensing and regulation of bail bondsmen and their agents and to forfeiture of bail; prohibiting certain acts; providing penalties.
SB 728	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the creation and establishement of a conservation and reclamation district under Article XVI, Section 59, or the Constitution of Texas known as the Haciendas Del Norte Water Improvement District; providing for one confirmation election; declaring the district a governmental agency and a body politic and corporate; finding benefit to all property within the district; defining the boundaries; conferring on the district the rights, powers, privilieges, authority, and functions of the general laws of Texas applicable to municipal utility districts created under Chapter 54, Title 4, Water Code, where not in conflict with this Act and adopting same by reference; naming the first directors of the district; providing for qualifications of directors and the filling of vacancies; providing for terms and elections of diretors and related matters; finding and declaring that the requirements of Article XVI, Sections 59(d) and 59(e), of the Constitution of Texas, have been performed and accomplished enacting other provisions relating to the above mentioned subjects; providing a severability clause.
SB 734	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably with substitute Caption: Relating to safety inspection of electrical equipment and regulation of electrical inspectors; providing penalties.
SB 742	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the requirement of informed consent as a prerequisite to an abortion; providing penalties.
SB 804	Last Action: No action taken Caption: Relating to prosecution by the attorney general of the offense of violation of the civil rights of a prisoner.
SB 845	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs Caption: Relating to certain fees charged by the Commissioner of the General Land Office.
SB 914	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to suspension of sentences in certain misdemeanor cases, authorizing the court to impose conditions and to dismiss the complaint after compliance and authorizing a special expense; prohibiting expunction of records after dismissal.
SB 920	Last Action: No action taken Caption: Relating the regulation of certain professional, business and insurance transactions and practices and to consumer remedies.
SB 927	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Judicial Affairs Caption: Relating to the office of bailiff for the 205th and 210th District Courts of Texas.
SB 989	Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to issuance of certain permits for oil and gas development on public school land; providing a penalty.
SB 990	Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars Caption: Relating to inspection of vehicles registered or titled in another state before registration or issuance of title in the State of Texas.
SB 1065	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the confinement of federal prisoners in a county jail.
SB 1066	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Finance Caption: Relating to the appraisal of certain land, the use of which is limited to recreational, park, or open space purposes by deed restriction or voluntary restriction under certain circumstances; providing for the validity, filing, and enforcement of voluntary restrictions on land; providing for the reassessment of certain taxes; providing a tax penalty.
SB 1067	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the sale, lease, or closure of public hospitals.
SB 1068	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Human Resources Caption: Relating to physical restoration services for crippled children provided by hospital districts.
SB 1109	Last Action: No action taken Caption: Relating to the application of the Act to certain cities with a population of 400,000 or more, providing for severability, and declaring an emergency.
SB 1110	Last Action: No action taken Caption: Relating to the expenditure of certain cities of proceeds from airport revenue bonds without the necessity of competitive bids and performance and payment bonds, providing for severability, and declaring an emergency.
SB 1111	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to certification, training, and qualifications of law enforcement communications operators; providing for approval of schools for training recruits for jobs as such law enforcement communications operators or as jailers or guards at county jails or as reserve law enforcement officers or as peace officers; providing for temporary or probational appointments; providing penalties.
SB 1112	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the right of a peace officer to carry a weapon.
SB 1135	Last Action: No action taken Caption: Relating to amending Acts by adding certain exceptions as to who are fiduciaries.
SB 1144	Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars Caption: Relating to the use of tetrahydrocannobinols. and their derivatives for therapeutic and research purposes.
SB 1168	Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars Caption: Relating to county Juvenile Boards.
SB 1234	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Authorizing certain counties to establish certain kinds of public facilities, to levy a hotel occupancy tax, and to issue bonds related thereto.
SB 1260	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the creation, jurisdiction, terms, administration, practice, and procedures of the County Court at Law No. 5 of El Paso County; providing for the qualifications, appointment, election, powers, and salary of judges and for the necessary officers and employees; providing for transfer of cases and for exchange of judges and benches.
SB 1273	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the acquisition and boundaries of land in the Franklin Mountain State Park and to the exclusion of certain land from that park.
SB 1291	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to the lease of certain state-owned land for developing minerals other than oil and gas.
SCR 70	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably with amendments Caption: Granting Allstate Insurance Company permission to sue the State of Texas.
SCR 106	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Recalling S.B. No. 425 from Senate Enrolling Clerk for further consideration.
SCR 126	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Judicial Affairs Caption: A Senate Concurrent Resolution granting J.D. Abrams, Inc. permission to sue the state.
SJR 54	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably with substitute Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize laws limiting ad valorem taxation by this state of property only temporarily in the state.
SR 309	Caption: Recognizing March 3, 1981, as El Paso Day in Austin.
SR 312	Caption: Extending congratulations to Diane Durnford, "Miss Texas."
SR 323	Caption: Extending congratulations to Simon Rodriguez.
SR 475	Caption: Commemorating the 300th anniversary of the Christian Brothers' founding.
SR 625	Caption: Extending congratulations to Nolan Richardson, his coaching achievements, and extending him best wishes for future success.
SR 660	Caption: Directing the Senate that no redistricting bill or amendment shall be considered without adequate population computation.
SR 719	Caption: Directing the Senate Natural Resources Committee to conduct and interim study on water supply and development, energy conservation, nuclear and industrial waste and maritime industry.
SR 749	Caption: Extending congratulations to Jose Luis Sanchez.
67th 1st Called Session
SB 32	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Finance Caption: Relating to a supplemental appropriation to the Texas Department of Corrections for the purpose of paying the expenses of transporting inmates from county jails.
SCR 21	Last Action: Rules suspended Caption: Granting Borsberry Construction Co., Inc., permission to sue the state.
SR 65	Caption: Directing Natural Resources Committee to conduct an interim study on coastal reef protection, erosion control and restoration and construction of wharves and other structures on State-owned water bottoms.
SR 96	Caption: Commending Phil Bible for his work in the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation.
67th 2nd Called Session
SJR 2	Last Action: See remarks Caption: Amending the constitution to repeal the state property tax.
SR 89	Caption: Commending Daniel Ramirez for his service to the Senate and extending him best wishes as he begins his new life.
67th 3rd Called Session
SR 13	Caption: Extending birthday congratulations to Senator Jack C. Ogg.
66th Regular Session
SB 166	Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to licensing, regulation, and examination of pawnshops, pawnbrokers, and employees of pawnshops; providing penalties.
SB 260	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to establishment of a statewide public service communications network.
SB 269	Last Action: Reported from subcommittee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to hunting and fishing licenses for disabled persons.
SB 270	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to periodic review of placements of children under the care, custody, or conservatorship of the Texas Department of Human Resources and to disposition of the child or children.
SB 273	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the practice of professional nursing and to the authority and powers of the board of nurse examiners; defining professional nursing; granting the board injunctive powers; establishing the minimum score required on the entrance examination; eliminating recording of certificate with county clerk; modifying the reasons for and procedures relating to refusal of examination, license, certificate, or permit and to disciplinary actions and permitting probation in such actions; providing for inactive status; modifying and establishing fees; modifying penalties; creating the Professional Nurse Registration Fund.
SB 306	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to the minimum sick leave program for public school employees.
SB 307	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to the provision of textbooks for nonpublic school students.
SB 337	Last Action: Scheduled for public hearing on . . . . . . Caption: Relating to defects in and motions to quash indictments and informations.
SB 338	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the requirement that a defendant give prior written notice to the attorney for the state when the defendant intends to rely on the defense of alibi and subsequent procedures in relation to the defense; amending Code of Criminal Procedure, 1965.
SB 363	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to guests of temporary members of private clubs and to billing members and temporary members.
SB 412	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to contracts for the education of Texas resident medical students attending the Medical College of El Paso.
SB 424	Last Action: Scheduled for public hearing on . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the hours for sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages.
SB 438	Last Action: Referred to Subcommittee on Criminal Matters Caption: Relating to the provisions for release in a noncapital criminal case including bail before conviction.
SB 439	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the procedure to be followed by the trial court whenever the record is supplemented or modified in any respect in order that it may speak the truth.
SB 440	Last Action: Considered by subcommittee in public hearing Caption: Relating to the offense of theft, clarifying ambiguities and inconsistencies.
SB 441	Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to the admissibility into evidence of extraneous offense on a plea of guilty or nolo contendere.
SB 442	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to notice of approval of the record in criminal cases.
SB 443	Last Action: Scheduled for public hearing on . . . . . . Caption: Relating to methods of proving character in criminal cases.
SB 447	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to issuance, countersignature, and delivery of insurance policies of certain insurance companies by certain agents.
SB 448	Last Action: Scheduled for public hearing on . . . . . . Caption: Relating to resisting unlawful arrest or search.
SB 449	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the time for notice of a pretrial hearing in a criminal case and the time for filing motions, pleadings, and exceptions after such notice.
SB 450	Last Action: Scheduled for future calendar placement Caption: Relating to conduct which is lewd, immoral or offensive to public decency or which is vulgar, indecent, or profane; defining such conduct.
SB 451	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to corroboration of accomplice testimony as a prerequisite to an adjudication of delinquent conduct or conduct indincating a need for supervision in an adjjdication hearing involving a child who is alleged to have engaged in delinquent conduct or conduct indicating a need for supervision.
SB 452	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the testimony of an accomplice in a prosecution under the Alcoholic Beverage Code.
SB 453	Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to the effect of intent on criminal responsibility in capital murder.
SB 456	Last Action: Considered by subcommittee in public hearing Caption: Relating to the order of proceeding in criminal trial where prior convictions are alleged for jurisdictional purposes.
SB 457	Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the filing of briefs in criminal cases.
SB 458	Last Action: Scheduled for future calendar placement Caption: Relating to the time period during which the state may amend its motion to revoke probation.
SB 459	Last Action: Referred to Subcommittee on Criminal Matters Caption: Relating to new trials granted on the basis of insufficiency of the evidence.
SB 521	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to approval of plans for construction and maintenance of levees; providing penalties.
SB 522	Last Action: Referred to Subcommittee on Civil Remedies Caption: Relating to licensing and regulation of practice of social work, provding penalties.
SB 540	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to photographing children in connection with the investigation of criminal offenses.
SB 541	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the grounds for the detention of a child taken into custody under Title 3, Family Code.
SB 549	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments Caption: Amending the Housing Authorities Law.
SB 570	Last Action: Scheduled for public hearing on . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the office of bailiff of each district court and statutory county court.
SB 606	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the prepayment and allocation of a corporation's initial franchise tax deposit and filing of its initial franchise tax report.
SB 609	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to instruction in American Sign Language in public schools and institutions of higher education.
SB 641	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to provision for issuance by an insurer of a prescribed certificate in lieu of a prescribed policy and issuance of a prescribed policy upon demand.
SB 648	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to compensation of district court judges in El Paso County.
SB 711	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to a temporary allowance that may be granted on divorce or annulment.
SB 712	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the authority of certain alcoholic beverage business entitites to designate the extent of their licensed premises, have business relationships with certain other business entities, and change the type of license or permit held and relating to certain prohibited interests.
SB 713	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably with amendments Caption: Relating to the offense of air pollution; providing for penalties; giving juridiction to justice and municipal courts for certain violations.
SB 737	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to leasing of certain tracts of public school land and asylum land and to commercial improvements on such land.
SB 877	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the use of tetrahydrocannabinols and their derivatives for therapeutic and research purposes and to the approval of certain new drug applications by the Commissioner of Health unde the Texas Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
SB 940	Last Action: Scheduled for public hearing on . . . . . . Caption: Relating the authority of certain counties to establish fire codes; providing a penalty.
SB 1006	Last Action: Scheduled for future calendar placement Caption: Relating to ad valorem taxation of tangible personal property temporarily in this state.
SB 1007	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to ad valorem taxation of tangible personal property temporarily located in this state.
SB 1106	Last Action: Considered by subcommittee in public hearing Caption: Relating to comprehensive special education for handicapped children.
SB 1107	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to advertising by a notary public who is not an attorney; prescribing sanctions for noncompliance with the Act.
SB 1137	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably with substitute Caption: Relating to the misdemeanor cases in which probation is authorized.
SB 1138	Last Action: Returned to Calendar Committee Caption: Relating to prisoner population in county jails and authority of county sheriffs.
SB 1210	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Education Caption: Relating to the establishment of parenting education as a required course of study.
SB 1283	Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to compensation from the state for each of the district attorneys for various districts.
SCR 18	Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Creating a committee to select the state artist.
SCR 61	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Rules Caption: Recognizing April 6, 1979, as Foregin Language Day in Texas.
SJR 52	Last Action: Failed to pass to third reading Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize laws limiting ad valorem taxation by this state of property only temporarily in the state.
SR 115	Caption: Extending congratulations to Miss Anne Hinnant, "Miss Texas."
SR 175	Caption: Extending congratulations to Richard P. Dozier.
SR 542	Caption: Extending congratulations to Christopher Paul Johnson.
65th Regular Session
SB 27	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Economic Development Caption: Relating to insurance coverage for certain cancer radiation centers by the joint underwriting association.
SB 140	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Public Education Caption: To aid and enhance instruction in secular courses taught by nonpublic schools by providing for textbooks to be furnished without cost to pupils attending nonpublic schools; defining nonpublic schools; providing for accreditation, certifying, or approving nonpublic schools; providing for a manner of requisitioning, acquisition, distributing, handling, and disposition of the textbooks; defining the title and custody of such textbooks; creating a Supplemental Textbook Fund; amending the Texas Education Code.
SB 201	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the designation and assignment of judges of county courts at law and the domestic relations court in El Paso County by the district courts of El Paso County and the District Court for the 34th Judicial District, to act as judge presiding for said district courts; relating to the qualifications, authority, powers, and duties of such judges of county courts at law and domestic relations court in El Paso County while acting as judge presiding in said district courts; relating to objection or appeal as to the validity of such designation or assignment; making other provisions relative to the district courts, domestic relations court, and county courts at law of El Paso County, and the District Court for the 34th Judicial District; providing for additional compensation for county courts at law of El Paso County; providing a severability clause; and declaring an emergency.
SB 204	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably with amendments Caption: Relating to the possession of marijuana; providing penalties.
SB 226	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the creation of the 269th Judicial District composed of El Paso County.
SB 227	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the creation of the 270th Judicial District composed of El Paso County.
SB 313	Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to the minimum sick leave program for persons employed in Texas public free schools and to its funding; allowing use of at least two days of accumulated sick leave for personal business; requiring certain provisions in a district's plan as to when sick leave or leave because of death in the family may be claimed.
SB 392	Last Action: Motion lost Caption: Relating to registered nurses and the practice of professional nursing; defining terms; providing for the regulation of registered nurses and the practice of professional nursing; establishing the Texas Board of Professional Nursing and providing for its composition, funding, organization, operation, powers, duties, and responsibilities in carrying out the provisions of the Professional Nursing Practice Act; providing for professional nursing standards of education, competence and ethical conduct necessary to assure the public health, safety, and welfare; providing for licensing and continuing professional nursing education; prohibiting certain acts and conduct; providing for specific terms of professional identification for professional nurses; making special provisions for professional nurses licensed on the effective date of this Act; making certain exceptions to application of the Act; revising all the laws pertaining to the licensing regulation of professional nurses and professional nursing; providing severability; providing certain penalties and enforcement procedures; providing a repealing clause; and declaring an emergency.
SB 427	Last Action: Reported from subcommittee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to the regulation and licensure of the practice of social work and the creation, duties, and authority of the Board of Examiners in Social Work; providing for funding; prescribing offenses and providing penalties and disciplinary and enforcement proceedings and remedies.
SB 451	Last Action: 90 Day Bill Caption: Amending the Political Funds Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1975 (Chapter 14, Texas Election Code) and conforming other provisions of the Texas Election Code to those amendments.
SB 452	Last Action: Motion lost Caption: Relating to a temporary allowance which may be granted on divorce or annulment.
SB 698	Last Action: 90 Day Bill Caption: Relating to subsurface mineral rights in certain public free school fund land.
SB 730	Last Action: 90 Day Bill Caption: Relating to the revision of various sections of the Alcoholic Beverage Code with regard to the regulation of the alcoholic beverage industry and to updating the code to reflect amendments enacted by the 65th Legislature.
SB 731	Last Action: 90 Day Bill Caption: Relating to the regulation of the size of liquor containter and to the requirement of furnishing to the commission samples and applications for label and container approval by holders of nonresident sellers's permits.
SB 751	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Liquor Regulation Caption: Relating to the payment of a civil penalty instead of suspension of an alcoholic permit or license.
SB 752	Last Action: Assigned to Consent Calendar Caption: Relating to the fee for a Private Club Late Hours Permit.
SB 753	Last Action: Ordered not printed after committee report Caption: Relating to temporary members and quests of temporary members of Private Clubs.
SB 786	Last Action: Considered by subcommittee in public hearing Caption: Relating to the treaty between the United States of America and the United Mexican States on the execution of penal sentences; providing court's jurisdiction to approve and order transfer of Mexican nationals under the custody, constrictive custody, in confinement, or under restraint of the State of Texas to federal jurisdiction for purpose of transfer to United Mexican States; making other provisions relative to the implementation of the above treaty; providing a severability clause.
SB 844	Last Action: Considered by subcommittee in public hearing Caption: Relating to a court administrator system for county courts at law in certain counties.
SB 845	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to compensation of county attorneys.
SB 913	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Finance Caption: Appropriating supplemental state funds to The University of Texas at El Paso to pay the additional cost of purchased utilities (nontransferable) incurred during the fiscal years ending August 31, 1974; August 31, 1975; and August 31, 1976.
SB 923	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Jurisprudence Caption: Adding to the jurisdiction of all county courts at law, county civil courts, and other statutory courts exercising civil jurisdiction corresponding to the constitutional jurisdiction of county courts in civil cases.
SB 924	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Education Caption: Relating to contracts for the education of Texas resident medical students attending the Medical College of El Paso.
SB 999	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the authority of the governor under a treaty between the United States and a foreign country for the transfer of convicted offenders.
SB 1000	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably Caption: Relating to issuance, countersignature, and delivery of insurance policies of certain insurance companies by certain agents.
SB 1033	Last Action: 90 Day Bill Caption: To provide that forfeited vehicles may be titled to and used by political entities responsible for their seizure; providing for payment of storage charges.
SB 1069	Last Action: Assigned to General State Calendar Caption: Relating to provision for issuance by an insurer of a prescribed certificate in lieu of a prescribed policy and issuance of a prescribed policy upon demand.
SB 1081	Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to defects in indictments and informations.
SB 1117	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction of the county courts at law in El Paso county; making other provisions relative to the county courts at law and the compensation of the judges and court reporters.
SB 1137	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to accident and sickness insurance policies delivered in the State of Texas.
SB 1138	Last Action: Notice given- 1 hour to suspend rules to consider Caption: Regulating insurance administrators.
SB 1223	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the reorganization of the 205th and 210th Judicial Districts; providing that the courts of both districts give preference to criminal cases.
SB 1322	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably Caption: Relating to the election of school board trustees from single-member districts.
SCR 38	Last Action: Signed by Governor Caption: Providing that Roll of Patriots of American Revolution be placed in Capitol Rotunda from March 21-31.
SCR 96	Last Action: Signed by Governor Caption: Granting J.D. Abrams, Inc., permission to sue the State.
SCR 97	Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Providing that the plaque honoring Texans of the American Revolution remain permanently in rotunda of capitol where it is now located on temporary basis.
SCR 102	Last Action: Signed by Governor Caption: Expressing the intent of the Legislature to give Senate Bill 731 immediate effect.
65th 2nd Called Session
SR 109	Caption: Memorial resolution for Mrs. Irma Ledesma de Bashore.
64th Regular Session
SB 101	Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Amending and reenacting Chapter 279, Acts of the 59th Legislature, Regular Session, 1965, as amended (Article 5421z, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), relating to the state's trust responsibility respecting Texas Indians.
SB 103	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably substituted Caption: Relating to driver education programs in the public schools.
SB 196	Last Action: Motion to suspend rules lost Caption: Relating to the right of eminent domain for the purpose of obtaining access to land in which the state has a mineral interest.
SB 263	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the taxation of the sale and service of alcoholic beverages by certain permittees.
SB 285	Last Action: Reported from subcommittee favorably with amendments Caption: Authorizing guards and messengers of banks, armored car companies, and financial institutions to carry certain weapons when handling money and valuables.
SB 361	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Education Caption: Relating to rules concerning the qualifications of persons employed in certain positions classified by the Central Education Agency.
SB 446	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the method of electing members of and the composition of the governing bodies of certain cities.
SB 462	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the compensation of district judges in El Paso County; stating the relation of this Act to other laws.
SB 463	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Education Caption: To aid and enhance instruction in secular courses taught by nonpublic schools by providing for textbooks to be furnished without cost to pupils attending nonpublic schools; defining nonpublic schools; providing for accreditation, certifying, or approving nonpublic schools; providing for a manner of requisitioning, acquisition, distributing, handling, and disposition of the textbooks; defining the title and custody of such textbooks; creating a Supplemental Textbook Fund.
SB 522	Last Action: Motion to suspend rules lost Caption: Relating to the possession of marijuana.
SB 547	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Facilitating the implementation of the Treaty to Resolve Pending Boundary Differences and Maintain the Rio Grande and Colorado River as the International Boundary between the United States of America and the United Mexican States, which entered into force April 18, 1972, and the American-Mexican Boundary Treaty Act of 1972, Public Law 92-549 (86 Stat, 1161), approved October 25, 1972, and the construction of works required under the treaty and the Act, by authorizing the Governor of the State of Texas to grant to the United States of America title and rights of the State of Texas to those portions of the bed and banks of the Rio Grande as may be necessary or expedient to implement and for the construction of works under the provisions of the treaty and Act, subject to certain reservations and conditions in favor of the State of Texas pertaining to the mineral interests in the bed and banks of the Rio Grande; protecting certain rights of private owners of land abutting the Rio Grande in the counties covered by this Act.
SB 611	Last Action: Reported from subcommittee favorably substituted Caption: Relating to regulation of the practice of optometry.
SB 654	Last Action: 90 day bill Caption: Relating to the compensation of the District Attorney of the 34th Judicial District and the compensation of the assistant district attorneys, investigators, secretaries, and other office personnel; relating to the authority of the district attorney and the commissioners court as to such salaries.
SB 655	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to the assessment of taxes by certain hospital districts.
SB 696	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Providing for and regulating the forms and content of individual accident and sickness insurance policies issued or issued for delivery in the state; defining certain terms and the purpose of this Act; expanding the applicability of the Act to include insurers covered in the Act, the form and content of policies, and the disclosure and sale of policies; establishing standards for policy provisions; declaring minimum standards for benefits and premium rates; providing for an outline of coverage; providing standards and periods of noncoverage for pre-existing conditions; establishing administrative procedures; providing for reasonable rules and regulations in the approval of policies; amending and expanding the powers of the State Board of Insurance regarding certain policy form approval procedures; striking certain accident and sickness policy provisions; providing and increasing penalties for violation of the provisions of this Act; enumerating certain exemptions.
SB 697	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to deducting association membership dues from employee payrolls by certain cities.
SB 804	Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to compensation paid to laborers, workmen, and mechanics engaged in construction of public works.
SB 807	Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to the assignment of peace officer status to municipal park and recreation patrolmen and security officers and providing for financial assistance to the surviving spouse and minor children of such person.
SB 808	Last Action: Postponed Caption: Relating to applicability of the Managing General Agents' Licensing Act to certain business corporations; excepting certain corporations.
SB 812	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the regulation of the practice of social work, licensing of various classifications of social workers, and the creation, duties, and authority of the Social Workers' Board; providing for advisory committees; providing for certain fees and the creation and use of a social workers' fund.
SB 932	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Providing for a statewide uniform bail bond form.
SB 933	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the licensure, regulation, and security of bail bondsmen; to expand the application of the Act to counties with a population of more than 50,000, by excluding counties having a population of less than 50,000 according to the last preceding federal census; to authorize insurance companies approved by the State Board of Insurance to write surety bonds for traffic law violations and exempting insurance companies, as approved, from the provisions of this Act; to provide authority for sherriffs to require title insurance policies or a title opinion covering real property utilized by bondsmen as their bail security; to provide for judgements of remittance; to provide that the affidavit executed for surrender of the principal by the bail bondsmen must be one based on probable cause; to provide that the affidavit executed for surrender of the principal by the bail bondsmen must be one based on probable cause; to provide that no person can execute a bail bond without a license as authorized under this Act; to prohibit any bondsman's or sheriff's servant, agent or employee from recommending any attorney; to provide for misdemeanor penalties for violations of this Act and making penalty provisions cumulative with other laws.
SB 934	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Providing for the payment of a bail bond fee to be in the form of cash, check, money order, personal property, or a motor vehicle accompanied by certificate of title; requiring the registration of chattels used as payment of the fee other than cash, check, money order, or a motor vehicle accompanied by a certificate of title.
SB 935	Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to the authority of the School Land Board for a limited time to acquire certain interests in land by trading interests in Public Free School Fund Lands with certain requirements; requiring a report to the legislature.
SB 972	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Allowing an alcoholic beverage permittee or licensee to pay a civil penalty rather than have his permit or license suspended
SB 973	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably Caption: Relating to extending the hours for sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages during the period of the year in which daylight savings time is in effect.
SB 974	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably Caption: Relating to guests of temporary members of private clubs.
SB 975	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the possession of certain beverages on, removal of certain beverages from, and service of alcoholic beverages away from the premises of a private club or mixed beverage establishment.
SB 976	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably Caption: Relating to the fee for a Private Club Late Hours Permit.
SB 1069	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Education Caption: Placing limitations on student building-use fees at state-supported institutions of higher education; exempting bonds heretofore issued.
SB 1120	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the creation and organization of residential redevelopment corporations.
SB 1121	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the creation of a redevelopment district by the governing body of a city.
SCR 48	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Rules Caption: Congratulating Mrs. Maurice Kubby on her election as national president of the American Legion Auxiliary, and welcoming her on her first official visit to her native state of Texas on April 7, 1975; providing that a copy of this resolution be prepared for Mrs. Kubby as a memento of her visit and as a token of the good wishes of the Texas Legislature.
SCR 77	Last Action: Signed by Governor Caption: Granting Dr. Howard S. Coleman permission to sue the State of Texas and the University of Texas at El Paso for the relief to which he is entitled concerning his claim for amounts due under the employment contract; providing that in the event suit is filed, service of process and other required process be made on the Attorney General of Texas and the president of the University of Texas at El Paso, that venue for the suit be in El Paso County, and that the suit be tried as other civil suits; providing that nothing in this resolution may be construed as an admission by the State of Texas, or any of its employees, agents, departments, agencies, or political subdivisions, of liability or of the truth of any allegation asserted by the claimant, but the alleged cause of action must be proved under the laws of this state as in other civil cases; providing that nothing in this resolution may be construed as a waiver of any defense of fact or law available to the State of Texas or to any of its employees, agents, departments, agencies, or political subdivisions, but every defense is specifically reserved.
SCR 78	Last Action: Signed by Governor Caption: Granting Mrs. Rebecca Falkner permission to sue the State of Texas and the University of Texas at El Paso for the relief to which she is entitled concerning her claims for compensation; providing that in the event suit is filed, service of process and other required process be made on the Attorney General of Texas and the president of the University of Texas at El Paso, that venue of the suit be in El Paso County, and that the suit be tried as other civil suits; providing that nothing in this resolution may be construed as an admission by the State of Texas, or any of its employees, agents, departments, agencies, or political subdivisions, of liability or of the truth of any allegation asserted by the claimant, but the alleged cause of action must be proved under the laws of this state as in other civil cases; providing that nothing in this resolution may be construed as a waiver of any defense of fact or law available to the State of Texas or to any of its employees, agents, departments, agencies, or political subdivisions, but every defense is specifically reserved.
SJR 64	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Texas Constitution Caption: Amending Constitution authorizing Legislature to grant tax relief for the purpose of encouraging the reconstruction, redevelopment and rehabilitation of blighted areas.
SJR 65	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Texas Constitution Caption: Amending Constitution to permit cities, towns and counties to create special purpose districts for any public purpose declared by the Legislature.
SR 377	Caption: Creating a Special Committee of the Senate to investigate alleged undue hindrance of trade and tourism by U. S. Border Patrol & Bureau of Customs.
SR 380	Caption: Extending congratulations to Mrs. Maurice (Ione) Kubby.
SR 477	Caption: Extending congratulations to Alfred A. Ratner.
63rd Regular Session
SB 140	Last Action: Reported favorably Caption: Relating to creation of the 244th Judicial district, composed of El Paso County.
SB 141	Last Action: Reported favorably Caption: Relating to creation of the 243rd Judicial District, composed of El Paso County.
SB 225	Last Action: Laid on table Caption: Relating to the compensation of the District Attorney of the 34th Judicial District and the appointment and compensation of assistants, investigators, and stenographers.
SB 383	Last Action: Signed by Governor Caption: Relating to the licensing and regulation of persons or corporations who engage in the business of executing bail bonds and establishing County Bail Bond Board in certain counties; providing for the composition, organization and powers, duties, and procedures of the board; providing forms and content of applications for licenses and for fees, deposits and deeds in trust to secure payment of judgments; making certain requirements of corporations acting as sureties; providing for renewal of licenses, renewal fees and identifying number of license; providing procedures for and reason for refusal to issue or for revocation of licenses; providing for judicial review; providing for remittitur to principal in certain situations; providing special powers and duties of sheriff; providing extra-county authority of licensed bondsmen; prohibiting execution of bonds or advertising as a bondsman by unlicensed persons; prohibiting certain recommendations or suggestions as to an attorney or particular bondsmen; providing penalties.
SB 398	Last Action: Notice of intent given Caption: Authorizing the Commissioner of the General Land Office to convey to private individuals or entities any title of the State of Texas in certain sections of land situated in El Paso County in exchange for other land of equal value in the vicinity of the Hueco Tanks State Park.
SB 472	Last Action: Sent to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the establishment and operation of a state lottery and the creation of the Texas Lottery Commission; providing penalties.
SB 473	Last Action: Reported by subcommittee favorably Caption: Relating to a referendum election on proposals for raising revenue for the support of the state government; providing for submission of propositions on establishment of a state lottery in Texas.
SB 474	Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Providing for the regulation, licensing, and taxing of horse racing and/or dog racing, and pari-mutuel wagering in this state.
SB 501	Last Action: Reported favorably Caption: Relating to the option of certain faculty members to rejoin the optional retirement system after becoming a member of the teacher retirement system.
SB 615	Last Action: Sent to subcommittee Caption: Providing for the Texas Standards Certification Board, establishing its duties, responsibilities and procedures; requiring the establishment of uniform standards for the manufacture of recreational vehicles and mobile homes; providing for certain definitions, providing for rules and regulations and administrative procedures; prohibiting the manufacture and sale of recreational vehicles and mobile homes under certain conditions; relating to the regulation and licensing of manufacturers nd dealers; providing for establishment and enforcement of standards and regulations for proper blocking, securing and anchoring of mobile homes; establishing fees and charges; prescribing penalties and providing for injunctive relief and appeals; providing for an effective date and severability and declaring an emergency.
SB 616	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Education Caption: Relating to driver education programs in the public schools; authorizing the Central Education Agency to develop such programs and to establish standards for the certification of necessary personnel; providing for the financing of the programs; providing an effective date.
SB 662	Last Action: Committee hearing date Caption: Relating to the assessment and collection of taxes by certain school districts; repealing conflicting general and special laws; containing a savings clause.
SB 665	Last Action: Committee hearing date Caption: Relating to the maximum amount of term life insurance which may be provided under certain plans of group insurance.
SB 666	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Human Resources Caption: Relating to attendance at driver rehabilitation schools as an alternative to driver's license suspension in certain cases; providing a penalty.
SB 667	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Education Caption: Amending the Texas Education Code to authorize and provide for the establishment and administration of a comprehensive crime and narcotics education program encompassing the services and efforts of regional education service centers and Texas school districts; providing guidelines to be considered in program development purposes; providing for an appropriation of state funds in support thereof; providing an effective date of this Act.
SB 668	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Human Resources Caption: Relating to the composition and qualifications of each appointee to the State Board of Pharmacy.
SB 727	Last Action: Committee hearing date Caption: Relating to duties of Texas State Board of Public Accountancy which requires that they hold examinations and issue licenses as public accountants to all persons who are United States citizens, reside within the State of Texas and meet certain job-related requirements.
SB 728	Last Action: Sent to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the issuance of search warrants.
SB 729	Last Action: Reported favorably Caption: Authorizing the School Land Board for a limited time to acquire certain interests in land by trading interests in Public Free School Land; requiring a report of such trades to the legislature; authorizing the board to manage lands so acquired for the public trust; repealing conflicting laws to the extent of their conflict with this Act; providing for the severability of the provisions of this Act; and declaring an emergency.
SB 902	Last Action: Reported favorably Caption: Relating to civil service systems for housing authorities; providing for the creation, administration, and duration of a system and for the powers of its commission, the employees covered, and for certain rights of appeal to courts by employees.
SB 903	Last Action: Sent to subcommittee Caption: Relating to participation in the Texas County and District Retirement System and to vesting of the service retirement allowance of county and district employees.
SCR 45	Last Action: Signed by Governor Caption: Recognizing El Paso as a Medical Center City.
SCR 100	Last Action: Signed by Governor Caption: Congratulating the City of El Paso on its Centennial Anniversary.
SCR 126	Last Action: Filed without Governor's signature Caption: Requesting the return of S.B. No. 34 to the Senate to correct a typographical error.
SCR 144	Last Action: Received from the Senate Caption: Directing the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles in cooperation with the governor to undertake a speedy review of the case file of all individuals currently serving penitentiary sentences for convictions involving violations of Article 725b in the light of penalties set forth in the revised statutes.
SJR 21	Last Action: Sent to subcommittee Caption: Proposing an amendment of the Texas Constitution to authorize the establishment and regulation of a state lottery.
SR 119	Caption: Memorial resolution for Allen R. Grambling.
SR 727	Caption: Extending welcome to Mayor Pro Tem Ruben Schaeffer of El Paso.
62nd 3rd Called Session
HCR 38	Caption: Commending the Family Law Section of the State Bar of Texas.
61st Regular Session
HB 973	Caption: Relating to creating the 194th Judicial District and the 194th District Court of El Paso County and providing for the jurisdiction, terms, personnel, administration, and practices of the court.
HB 974	Caption: Relating to the charge of the court submitted to juries in the trial of civil cases.
HB 975	Caption: Relating to creating a Court of Domestic Relations for El Paso County; providing for its jurisdiction, terms, personnel, administration, and practice.
HB 976	Caption: Relating to amending the Code of Criminal Procedure; relating to writs of habeas corpus; defining duties of arresting officer and magistrate; relating to bail bonds; relating to court appointment of counsel; relating to compensation of court appointed counsel; relating to the charge of the court; relating to special requested charges; relating to the time for giving appeal bond; relating to the collection of costs; relating to trial of causes; relating to verdicts; relating to motions for new trial; relating to judgments in open court; relating to judgments; relating to insanity in defense or in bar.
HB 1066	Caption: Relating to the regulation of rabies.
HB 1067	Caption: Relating to providing for compensation of District Attorney and Assistants in 34th Judicial District.
HB 1218	Caption: Relating to prohibiting a Mortgage Lender from requiring a borrower to procure insurance through certain persons and setting forth bases for rejecting such insurance.
HB 1481	Caption: Relating to creating and establishing a conservation and reclamation district known as "Casa Mañana Utility District".
60th Regular Session
HR 260	Caption: In memory of Captain John K. Adams of El Paso.
60th 1st Called Session
HCR 30	Caption: In memory of Judge Charles Windberg, Jr. of El Paso.