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84th Texas Legislature Regular Session update, January 27, 2015

Brackish groundwater, desert plants, traffic, hunting, wastewater, renewable energy, metal recycling, the GLO… and notably a resolution recognizing the 100th anniversary of the Texas A&M Forest Service.

House Bills

HB 30: Relating to the development of brackish groundwater.
HB 798: Relating to the sale or transportation of certain desert plants; creating an offense and providing penalties; providing authority to impose a fee.
HB 801: Relating to planning for the use of and liability resulting from prescribed burns by the Parks and Wildlife Department.
HB 802: Relating to the provision of a transportation allotment under the foundation school program based on the price of gasoline.
HB 813: Relating to the operation and movement of motorcycles during periods of traffic congestion.
HB 814: Relating to posting notice of a meeting of a governmental body on the Internet instead of in a newspaper.
HB 821: Relating to the requirements of certain minors applying for a hunting or fishing license.
HB 836: Relating to the development of brackish groundwater.
HB 848: Relating to qualifications for a backflow prevention assembly tester license.
HB 849: Relating to an exemption from the sales tax for firearms and hunting supplies for a limited period.
HB 856: Relating to Internet broadcasts of open meetings held by the policy board of a metropolitan planning organization.
HB 857: Relating to the legislature’s goals for renewable electric generating capacity.
HB 862: Relating to requiring an electric utility to notify certain landowners of its application for a certificate of convenience and necessity for a proposed transmission line facility.
HB 876: Relating to the method of payment for regulated material purchased by a metal recycling entity.
HB 898: Relating to the confidentiality of certain water well reports.
HB 911: Relating to the composition of the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
HB 912: Relating to the dismissal of protests against certain decisions and actions of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality regarding wastewater discharge permits.
HB 928: Relating to state and local planning for and responses to drought.
HB 930: Relating to water well drillers and pump installers; authorizing fees.
HB 936: Relating to the operation of a neighborhood electric vehicle.
HB 939: Relating to unenforceable restrictive covenants regarding standby electric generators affecting residential homes

Senate Bills

SB 329: Relating to state and local planning for and responses to drought.
SB 341: Relating to the allocation of certain motor vehicle sales tax revenue to the state highway fund and to the uses of that revenue.
SB 350: Relating to the duties of the General Land Office and other state agencies with regard to the accounting for and management of real property owned by the state.
SB 356: Relating to the creation, purpose, implementation, and funding of the County Park Beautification and Improvement Program.

Senate Resolutions
SR 30: Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the Texas A&M Forest Service.