Texas Bills and Legislation

Relating to the provision by a political subdivision of credits against impact fees to builders and developers for certain water conservation and reuse projects.

Relating to emergency evacuation instruction and notice requirements for youth camps.

Relating to creating a grant program administered by the Texas Division of Emergency Management.

Relating to the regulation of the cultivation, processing, packaging, labeling, distribution, sale, testing, transportation, delivery, transfer, storage, dispensing, possession, use, and taxation of cannabis and cannabis products and local regulation of cannabis establishments; authorizing the imposition of fees; requiring an occupational license; creating a criminal offense; imposing a tax.

Relating to training and credentialing requirements for certain emergency management coordinators and officers of this state or a political subdivision of this state who have emergency management responsibilities.

Relating to a temporary reduction in the maximum compressed tax rate of a school district; making an appropriation.

Relating to a reduction in the maximum compressed tax rate of a school district; making an appropriation.

Relating to reducing school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes through the use of certain surplus state revenue.

Relating to the development and implementation of outdoor warning siren activation protocol, including the establishment of an advisory committee.

Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying activities.

Relating to the use by a school district or a school district employee of public funds for lobbying activities.

Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying and certain other activities.

Relating to flood safety and disaster preparedness.

Relating to requirements for campgrounds located in a floodway; authorizing an administrative penalty; providing a private cause of action.

Relating to the calculation of the voter-approval tax rate for certain taxing units.

Relating to emergency response planning and emergency preparedness of youth camps and campus programs for minors.

Relating to the development of a statewide real-time emergency communications platform.

Relating to public school accountability, including reducing state required accountability exams to the minimum required by federal law and replacing current state required assessments with instructionally supportive assessments.

Relating to reducing school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes through the use of certain surplus state revenue.

Relating to reducing school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes through the use of certain surplus state revenue.

Relating to campground emergency safety certification requirements; providing a civil penalty.

Relating to the allocation and deposit of certain surplus state revenue to the property tax relief fund for use in reducing school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes.

Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools, indicators of achievement, public school performance ratings, and interventions and sanctions under the public school accountability system, a grant program for school district local accountability plans, and actions challenging Texas Education Agency decisions related to public school accountability.

Relating to the regulation of certain products derived from hemp, including consumable hemp products and the hemp-derived cannabinoids contained in those products; requiring occupational licenses and registrations; imposing fees; creating criminal offenses; authorizing an administrative penalty.