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Pending Legislation for 2005 |
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House | Senate | Legislation Filed in Response to ACC's Approved Legislative Priorities
relating to the dates on which elections may be held |
Denny |
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relating to exempting textbooks for university and college courses from the sales tax |
Pena |
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relating to the automatic admission to public institutions of higher education of certain undergraduate transfer students |
McClendon |
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relating to the removal of a member of a junior college district board of trustees for failure to attend board meetings |
McClendon |
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relating to reporting of personal financial information by officers
of certain school districts, junior college districts, and certain
municipal retirement systems and reporting of expenditures to |
Wong |
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relating to a limitation on the amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed on the residence homestead of an eligible person serving on active duty in the United States armed forces |
Guillen |
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relating to exempting health savings accounts from seizure for satisfaction of debts. |
Burnam |
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relating to the minimum wage. |
Burnam |
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directing the legislative staff responsible for maintaining the websites for the Texas Legislature to provide improved public access to information on votes |
Branch |
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directing the legislative staff responsible for maintaining the Internet website for the Texas Legislature to provide improved public access to information on votes taken on legislation |
Hilderbran |
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proposing a constitutional amendment to require a house or committee of the legislature to take a record vote on certain legislative measures and actions |
Naishtat |
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relating to promoting the importance of higher education in public schools. |
Dukes |
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direct the legislative staff responsible for maintaining the Texas Legislature’s Internet websites to develop, as soon as practicable, a link on the main page that will allow the public to easily and promptly access information on votes taken on the passage of legislation in the Texas Legislature by directing the user to a user-friendly history of each item of legislation, clearly enumerating each vote on approval of that legislation, with an explanation of each type of vote. In making the information user-friendly, the legislative staff may organize the information by any appropriate method, including by the number of each item of legislation or by the name of each member of the legislature. |
Merritt |
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relating to the regulation of time, place, and manner of speech at a public institution of higher education |
Chavez |
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relating to personal finance education as a requirement for graduation from public high school |
Woolley |
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relating to requiring proof of citizenship at the time a person registers to vote |
Brown |
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relating to prohibiting discrimination in awarding state scholarships or other financial aid for higher educationbased on a person's high school attendance or achivement |
Howard |
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relating to the offense of using a hand-held loudspeaker near the polling place |
Madden |
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relating to the offense of using a sound amplificaiton device near a polling place |
Denny |
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relating to minimum personal leave for faculty members at public institutions of higher education |
Bailey |
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relating to the eligibility of a high school graduate for automatic admission to an institution of higher education |
Goolsby |
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relating to a pilot program allowing for countywide voting locations in certain elections |
Denny |
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relating to billingual education and special language programs in public schools |
Luna |
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relating to the authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds of Texas State University-San Marcos for the Round Rock Higher Education Center in Williamson County |
Krusee |
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creating a joint interim committee on Election Code recodification |
Denny |
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relating to an exemption from tuition and fees at institutions of higher education for peace officers and police cadets enrolled in certain law enforcement programs |
Keel |
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relating to the annecation of territory to a public junior college district |
Callegari |
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relating to exempting certain general academic teaching institutions from the requirement that certain high school graduates be granted automatic admission |
Dutton |
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relating to reports regarding the use of race, color, ethnicity, or national origin by public institutions of higher education in admissions |
Van Arsdale |
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relating to the creation of the TexasNextStep grant program to pay tuition and required fees and textbook costs of certain students enrolled in two-year public institutions of higher education in this state |
Goolsby |
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relating to fees and charges imposed by the governing board of a public junior college district. |
Gonzales |
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relating to the use of gifts to fund technology workforce development grants and the evaluation of the technology workforce development grant program |
McCall |
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relating to the authority of another institution of higher education to conduct vocational or technical courses in the service area of a junior college district |
Casteel |
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relating to the establishment of a dual usage educational complex by junior college district and other political subdivisions or institutes of higher education |
Flores |
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relating to the creation of, and funding for, the Texas Entrepreneurship Network |
Keffer |
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relating to African American Studies programs and course work at certain public junior colleges. |
Giddings |
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relating to the eligibility of certian institutions of higher education faculty members to participate in a group benefits program |
Strama |
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relating to reduced tuition for certain public junior college district students |
Strama |
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relating to eligibility for an early college start program offered by a public junior college district |
Bailey |
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relating to the date on which an election on the issuance of bonds or the imposition or increase of taxes must be held. |
Gattis |
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relating to elections and terms of office for trustees of an independent school district. |
Madden |
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relating to the sale of instructional materials and other merchandise to students of institutions of higher education. |
Brown |
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proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to limit the maximum average annual increase in the appraised value of real property for ad valorem tax purposes to three percent or more |
Bonnen |
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relating to requiring students receiving certain financial aid at institutions of higher education to meet timely graduation and academic progress requirements |
Zaffirini |
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relating to certain special tuition rates at institutions of higher education |
Zaffirini |
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relating to students enrolled in courses for which students may receive both high school and higher education academic credit |
Zaffirini |
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relating to a bonus for certain new public school classroom teachers |
Shapleigh |
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relating to tuition and fee exemptions for students contracting to graduate in a timely manner from public institutions of higher education |
Zaffirini |
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Relating to the inclusion in the cost of education index of social security contributions paid by a school district |
Barrientos |
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relating to the authority of another institution of higher education to conduct vocational or technical courses in the service area of a junior college district. |
Fraser |
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relating to exempting books purchased by university ad college students from sales tax for a limited time period |
Zaffirini |
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relating use of money in the Texas Enterprise Fund |
Eduardo |
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relating to requiring more Spanish language content for online services provided by state agencies |
Shapleigh |
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relating to minimum personal leave for faculty members at public institutions of higher education |
Lucio |
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relating to the compensation of administrators in public institutions of higher education and university systems |
Barrientos |
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relating to the installment payment of tuition and fees charged by public junior colleges for summer term |
Hinojosa |
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relating to the tuition charged for certain courses repeated by students attending public junior colleges |
Hiojosa |
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relating to a fixed tuition rate porvided by general academic teaching institutions to certain students for satisfactory academic progress and performance |
West |
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relating to the tuition charged for certain courses repeated by students attending public junior colleges |
West |
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relating to tuition for a student registered in a public junior college |
Shapiro |
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relating to the governor's study of emerging technology and economic development |
Carona |
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relating to the service areas of the Alamo Community College District and the Austin Community College District |
Wentworth |
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relating to purchasing practices of public junior college and community college districts. |
West |
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relating to the eligibility of a high school graduate for automatic admission to an institution of higher education |
West |
| HB 3031 | relating to the eligibility of certian institutions of higher education faculty members to participate in a group benefits program |
Strama |
| HB 3032 | relating to reduced tuition for certain public junior college district students |
Strama |
| HB 3192 | relating to eligibility for an early college start program offered by a public junior college district | Bailey |
| SB 1193 | relating to the service areas of the Alamo Community College District and the Austin Community College District | Wentworth |
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