Texas Bills and Legislation

Relating to the Texas Physician Health Program and the regulation of certain occupations by the Texas Medical Board; expanding the applicability of surcharges.

Relating to certain notice and filing requirements in court proceedings involving persons with mental illness.

Relating to the state law enforcement authority of federal National Park Service law enforcement officers.

Relating to the powers and duties of the Far North Fort Worth Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Tarrant and Wise Counties; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.

Relating to the assignment of certain retired and former justices and judges.

Relating to certain policies and procedures related to concussions or other brain injuries sustained by public school students.

Relating to the prosecution of the offense of sexual assault.

Relating to the certificate of medical examination for chemical dependency and the duration of court-ordered treatment for a person with a chemical dependency.

Relating to exclusive contracts for municipal solid waste management services.

Relating to restricting the collection and use of DNA samples from children in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.

Relating to certain enforcement powers of the banking commissioner regarding the regulation of money services businesses.

Relating to compliance by a fire department with certain minimum standards adopted by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection.

Relating to the contents of a request for disclosure in a civil action brought under the Family Code.

Relating to requirements for certain meteorological evaluation towers.

Relating to the elimination of the remittance of a portion of certain loan administration fees to the comptroller.

Relating to the establishment of the governor's task force on the governance of early childhood education and care.

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain violations of certain court orders or conditions of bond in cases involving family violence, child abuse or neglect, sexual assault or abuse, indecent assault, stalking, or trafficking.

Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification the "Keep Nine" amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Relating to the availability of certain personal information of a child, spouse, or surviving spouse of a current or former employee of the office of the attorney general or of a public defender's office.

Relating to the registration of frac tanks; authorizing a fee.

Relating to the regulation of the provision of elective intravenous therapy.

Relating to the creation and re-creation of funds and accounts, the dedication and rededication of revenue and allocation of accrued interest on dedicated revenue, and the exemption of unappropriated money from use for general governmental purposes.

Relating to state agency purchasing methods and procedures, including a state agency multiple award contract purchasing procedure.

Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 242 in Montgomery County as the Lance Corporal Armando Hernandez Memorial Bridge.