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Highlights of the 78th Session of the Texas Legislature
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- HB 2104 Relating to the date coverage begins under the health benefit plans provided by the Texas Employees Group Benefits Act.
- Tommy requests that Governor Perry declare HB 183 emergency legislation
- HB 184 Relating to the application of sales tax to United States and Texas Flags
- HB 185 Relating to creating September 11th Remembrance Day.
- HB 313 Relating to the repeal of the state inheritance tax.
- HB 395 Relating to the rendition of property for ad valorem tax purposes and to the imposition of a penalty for failure to render property
- HB 1562 Relating to applications for public information that are frivolous or filed for the purpose of harassment
- HB 183 Relating to a requirement that the Bureau of Economic Geology (BEG) at the University of Texas at Austin conduct a study of the East Texas Oil Field.
- HB 1785 Relating to the establishment of a geriatric education and care research center for the Texas-Louisiana border region.
- Tommy co-authors House Bill 167 to allow for a moment of silence in schools. This bill is based on a Virginia Law that was upheld by the United States Supreme Court last year.
- HB 3169 Relating to the sale of certain land dedicated to the permanent school fund.
- HB 3381 Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, operations, and financing of a border region high-speed rail authority for the Texas-Louisiana and the Texas-Mexico border regions; granting the power to issue bonds; imposing a tax; granting the power of eminent domain
- HB 3382 Relating to public school finance.
- HJR 8 Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to establishing the Texas Great Teachers & Facilities Fund as a sequestered fund, funded by dedicated sales tax revenue, and providing for mandatory ad valorem property tax relief.
- HJR 47 Proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit an inheritance tax unless approved by a majority of registered voters in a statewide referendum.
- HJR 94 Proposing a constitutional amendment to permit the legislature to require the sale of certain land dedicated to the permanent school fund in exchange for a specified sum.
- HB 1729 Relating to the municipal court of record for the City of Longview.
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