Highlights 77th Texas Legislature - Senate
Highlights 77th Texas Legislature - Senate
Highlights 77th Texas Legislature - Senate
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ABLE OF CONTENTS<br />
77 th <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Legislature</strong><br />
Collecting Under Holocaust Victims’ Insurance Policies Issued Before 1946 - H.B. 845............................................175<br />
Small Employer Carriers and Insurance - H.B. 949.....................................................................................................175<br />
Insurance for Older Dependent Children - H.B. 1440..................................................................................................175<br />
Insurance Fraud and Health Care - H.B. 1562............................................................................................................176<br />
Mandated Benefits and Health Insurance - H.B. 1610 ................................................................................................176<br />
Brain Dysfunction – Disease or Injury? - H.B. 1676 ....................................................................................................176<br />
Prompt Pay for Physicians - H.B. 1862 (Vetoed).......................................................................................................177<br />
Guidelines for Health Plans - H.B. 1913 (Vetoed) .....................................................................................................177<br />
An Actuarial Evaluation of Life Insurance Policies - H.B. 2415 ...................................................................................177<br />
Health Maintenance Organizations and Consumer Choices - H.B. 2430 (Vetoed) ...................................................177<br />
Long-Term Care Insurance - H.B. 2482 ......................................................................................................................178<br />
Valet Parking and Liability Insurance - H.B. 2495 (Vetoed).......................................................................................178<br />
Health Maintenance Organizations and Network Failures - H.B. 2828 .......................................................................178<br />
Managed Care Entities to Provide Details of Reimbursement Amounts - H.B. 2831..................................................178<br />
Insurance for Volunteer Firefighters - H.B. 3667.........................................................................................................179<br />
Judiciary<br />
State Commission on Judicial Conduct (Sunset) - S.B. 303 .......................................................................................180<br />
Recusal Requirements of Attorneys and Law Clerks - S.B. 1210 (Vetoed)...............................................................181<br />
Magistrate Must Determine if Arrested Person is Currently on Bail - S.B. 1807 .........................................................181<br />
Voter Information Guide for Judicial Elections - H.B. 59 .............................................................................................182<br />
Judges Must Receive Racial, Cultural, and Ethnic Awareness Training - H.B. 546 (Vetoed) ...................................182<br />
Abolishing the Office of Court Administration - H.B. 2111 (Vetoed) ...........................................................................182<br />
Providing for the Certification and Licensing of Court Interpreters - H.B. 2735...........................................................182<br />
Jurisprudence<br />
Indigent Defense System - S.B. 7 ...............................................................................................................................184<br />
Using Race or Ethnicity as Predictor of Future Criminal Behavior Barred - S.B. 133 .................................................189<br />
Statute of Limitations for Various Crimes - S.B. 214 ...................................................................................................189<br />
Minimum Age at Which a Parent is Liable for Property Damage by Child - S.B. 233 .................................................189<br />
Statute of Limitations Related to Injuring a Child, the Elderly, or Disabled - S.B. 328 ................................................189<br />
Compensation for Wrongful Imprisonment - S.B. 536.................................................................................................190<br />
Defendant’s Competency to Stand Trial and Insanity Defense Task Force - S.B. 553...............................................190<br />
Protection for Property Owners in Criminal Asset Forfeiture Proceedings - S.B. 563.................................................191<br />
Seizure of Certain Assets in Criminal Forfeiture Proceedings - S.B. 626 ...................................................................191<br />
Arrest and Adjudication of Misdemeanor Traffic Offenses - S.B. 730 (Vetoed).........................................................192<br />
Proving Computer Crime - S.B. 917 ............................................................................................................................192<br />
Limitations on Payments for Certain Settlements or Judgments – S.B. 1091.............................................................193<br />
Interception of Wire, Oral, or Electronic Communications - S.B. 1345........................................................................193<br />
Arts, Entertainment, Advertisement, and Sports Contracts with Minors - H.B. 539 ....................................................194<br />
Income Withholding for Spousal Maintenance - H.B. 691...........................................................................................194<br />
Authorizing a Child to Continue Certain Wrongful Death Suits - H.B. 947 (Vetoed).................................................196<br />
Guardianships and Other Matters Related to Incapacitated Persons - H.B. 1132 ......................................................196<br />
Economic Contributions by One Marital Estate to the Benefit of Another - H.B. 1245................................................197<br />
Parent May Join in a Personal Injury Suit Brought by a Dependent - H.B. 1515 (Vetoed).......................................198<br />
Local Government<br />
Assessment of Impact Fees to Finance Capital Improvements – S.B. 243 ................................................................199<br />
Solid Waste Disposal Fees - S.B. 352.........................................................................................................................199<br />
<strong>Senate</strong> Research Center<br />
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