FORTY-EIGHTH DAY
(Continued)
(Thursday, April 28, 2011)
AFTER RECESS
The Senate met at 8:00 a.m. and was called to order by Senator Eltife.
SESSION HELD FOR
LOCAL AND UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
The Presiding Officer announced that the time had arrived to consider bills and resolutions placed on the Local and Uncontested Calendar. Notice of consideration of the local calendar was given by Senator Eltife yesterday.
Pursuant to Senate Rule 9.03(d), the following bills and resolutions were laid before the Senate in the order listed, read second time, amended where applicable, passed to engrossment or third reading, read third time, and passed. The votes on passage to engrossment or third reading, suspension of the Constitutional Three-day Rule, and final passage are indicated after each caption. All Members are deemed to have voted "Yea" on viva voce votes unless otherwise indicated.
HB 314 (Estes)
Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 81 as the Corporal David Slaton Memorial Highway.
(viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)
HB 367 (Davis)
Relating to the designation of State Highway 121 in Tarrant and Johnson Counties as the Chisholm Trail Parkway.
(viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)
HB 1409 (Deuell)
Relating to the designation of a segment of State Highway 243 in Van Zandt County as the Veterans Memorial Parkway.
(viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)
CSHB 1510 (Carona)
Relating to the regulation of manufactured housing.
(viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)
SB 145 (Hinojosa)
Relating to student loan repayment assistance for nurses employed as faculty members at certain institutions of higher education.
(viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)
CSSB 373 (Duncan)
Relating to the office of county treasurer.
(viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)
CSSB 604 (Rodriguez)
Relating to the execution of lawful process by county jailers.
(viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)
SB 631 (Hinojosa)
Relating to statutory references to the common electronic infrastructure project formerly known as TexasOnline.
(viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)
SB 632 (Hinojosa)
Relating to the application of the Information Resources Management Act to public junior colleges and public junior college districts.
(viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)
CSSB 767 (Ellis)
Relating to the regulation of certain residential mortgage foreclosure consulting services; providing a criminal penalty.
(viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)
SB 878 (Whitmire)
Relating to a defendant's release on a personal bond or bail bond.
(viva voce vote) Hegar "Nay" (30-1) Hegar "Nay" (30-1) Hegar "Nay"
SB 879 (Whitmire)
Relating to a local community supervision and corrections department monitoring certain conditions of bond and the administrative fees associated with certain department services.
(viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)
SB 880 (Whitmire)
Relating to the operation of pretrial intervention and certain other programs by a community supervision and corrections department.
(viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)
SB 933 (Ellis)
Relating to the electronic submission of certain documents to the attorney general and the submission of certain documents by the attorney general; imposing certain fees.
(viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)
(Senator Rodriguez in Chair)
SB 953 (Whitmire)
Relating to the conditions for granting an occupational license to certain persons, the monitoring of those persons by a local community supervision and corrections department, and the fees associated with department services.
(viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)
CSSB 1159 (Wentworth)
Relating to an exception to the residency requirements for filing a suit for dissolution of a marriage in this state for certain spouses of military personnel.
(viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)
CSSB 1219 (Carona)
Relating to the Internet website operated by the Public Utility Commission of Texas to provide information regarding a customer's power to choose retail electric providers.
(viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)
CSSB 1240 (West)
Relating to a tenant's remedies regarding a local government's revocation of a certificate of occupancy due to a landlord's failure to maintain the premises.
(viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)
SB 1257 (Hegar)
Relating to the annexation by certain conservation and reclamation districts of noncontiguous land in another county.
(viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)
CSSB 1290 (Hegar)
Relating to the creation of the Calhoun County Groundwater Conservation District; providing authority to issue bonds.
(viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)
CSSB 1307 (Wentworth)
Relating to an exemption from the payment of a toll for unmarked military vehicles conducting or training for emergency operations.
(viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)
CSSB 1325 (Watson)
Relating to the administration of the Texas Save and Match Program to assist qualifying beneficiaries under the state's prepaid tuition unit program and college savings plans and to the treatment of a beneficiary's assets under a prepaid tuition program or a college savings plan in determining eligibility for student financial assistance and other assistance programs.
(viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)
SB 1385 (Lucio)
Relating to the authority of the chief appraiser of an appraisal district or the collector for a taxing unit to waive penalties for failing to file certain documents.
(viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)
CSSB 1431 (Carona)
Relating to the functions of insurance holding company systems.
(viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)
CSSB 1478 (Hegar)
Relating to deadlines for the Railroad Commission of Texas to review certain applications for surface coal mining operation permits.
(viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)
CSSB 1596 (Wentworth)
Relating to changes in participation in public utility agencies.
(viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)
CSSB 1619 (Duncan)
Relating to participation of public high school students in college credit programs.
(viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)
CSSB 1620 (Duncan)
Relating to substitution of certain career and technology courses for certain mathematics and science courses otherwise required under the recommended high school program.
(viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)
CSSB 1687 (Ellis)
Relating to information on turnover among licensed jailers at jails under the jurisdiction of the Commission on Jail Standards.
(viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)
SB 1706 (Lucio)
Relating to certain comprehensive development agreements of regional mobility authorities.
(viva voce vote) Fraser "Nay" (30-1) Fraser "Nay" (30-1) Fraser "Nay"
SB 1707 (Lucio)
Relating to certain comprehensive development agreements of regional mobility authorities.
(viva voce vote) Fraser "Nay" (30-1) Fraser "Nay" (30-1) Fraser "Nay"
SB 1708 (Lucio)
Relating to certain comprehensive development agreements of regional mobility authorities.
(viva voce vote) Fraser "Nay" (30-1) Fraser "Nay" (30-1) Fraser "Nay"
SB 1709 (Lucio)
Relating to certain comprehensive development agreements of regional mobility authorities.
(viva voce vote) Fraser "Nay" (30-1) Fraser "Nay" (30-1) Fraser "Nay"
SB 1710 (Lucio)
Relating to certain comprehensive development agreements of regional mobility authorities.
(viva voce vote) Fraser "Nay" (30-1) Fraser "Nay" (30-1) Fraser "Nay"
SB 1711 (Lucio)
Relating to certain comprehensive development agreements of regional mobility authorities.
(viva voce vote) Fraser "Nay" (30-1) Fraser "Nay" (30-1) Fraser "Nay"
CSSB 1726 (Zaffirini)
Relating to the development of measurable learning outcomes for undergraduate courses at public institutions of higher education.
(viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)
CSSB 1730 (Zaffirini)
Relating to requiring the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to create a tool to allow prospective students to compare general academic teaching institutions by certain criteria.
(viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)
CSSB 1755 (Van de Putte)
Relating to the issuance of certain specialty license plates.
(viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)
SB 1812 (Nichols)
Relating to criminal history record information of certain applicants for a certificate of registration issued by the Texas Real Estate Commission.
(viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)
SCR 37 (Hinojosa)
Designating August 7 as Purple Heart Day for a 10-year period beginning in 2011.
(viva voce vote)
BILLS REMOVED FROM
LOCAL AND UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
Senator Watson and Senator Eltife requested in writing that SB 687 be removed from the Local and Uncontested Calendar.
Senator Wentworth and Senator Zaffirini requested in writing that SB 1113 be removed from the Local and Uncontested Calendar.
Senator Hinojosa and Senator Eltife requested in writing that SB 1463 be removed from the Local and Uncontested Calendar.
Senator Wentworth and Senator Eltife requested in writing that SB 1592 be removed from the Local and Uncontested Calendar.
ADJOURNMENT
Pursuant to a previously adopted motion, the Senate at 8:22 a.m. adjourned, in memory of Clifton L. Taylor, until 11:30 a.m. today.