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Includes legislation with Paul Bettencourt as the primary author for the 84th through 85th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System. Author information is not available for the 86th Legislature.
| 85th Regular Session | |
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| SB 2 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul | et. al. Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the administration of the ad valorem tax system. |
| SB 7 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul | et. al. Last Action: Effective on 9/1/17 Caption: Relating to improper relationships between educators and students and reporting of educator misconduct; creating a criminal offense and expanding the applicability of an existing offense; authorizing an administrative penalty. |
| SB 151 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul | et. al. Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to voter approval of obligations for certain municipal liabilities to a public pension fund. |
| SB 152 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to municipal control of certain public retirement systems established for the benefit of municipal employees. |
| SB 153 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to acceptable forms of identification for voting for certain persons. |
| SB 412 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul | et. al. Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to requiring a presidential elector to vote for the candidates for president and vice president who won the popular vote in this state for those offices. |
| SB 488 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul | et. al. Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to requirements for certain petitions requesting an election and ballot propositions. |
| SB 542 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to an insurance premium tax credit for contributions made to certain educational assistance organizations. |
| SB 598 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul | et. al. Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to authorization by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for certain public junior colleges to offer baccalaureate degree programs. |
| SB 641 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to periodic zero-based budgeting for certain political subdivisions. |
| SB 642 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to required disclosures in and to the length of ballot proposition language authorizing political subdivisions to issue bonds or impose or change a tax. |
| SB 646 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the elimination of the taxing authority of certain county boards of education and boards of county school trustees. |
| SB 650 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to tax increment financing. |
| SB 655 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul | et. al. Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to certain notice of the extent of a municipality or its extraterritorial jurisdiction. |
| SB 716 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the sheriff's department civil service system in certain counties. |
| SB 730 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul | et. al. Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of income-producing tangible personal property having a value of less than a certain amount. |
| SB 731 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Effective on 9/1/17 Caption: Relating to the appeal through binding arbitration of certain appraisal review board orders. |
| SB 870 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to the scheduling by an appraisal review board of a hearing on a protest. |
| SB 871 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to municipal voting rights and eligibility for municipal office of residents in areas subject to limited-purpose annexation under strategic partnership agreements. |
| SB 898 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Agriculture, Water, & Rural Affairs Caption: Relating to the ownership and local regulation of trees and timber. |
| SB 939 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to the regulatory analysis of rules proposed by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. |
| SB 945 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the authority of the chief appraiser of an appraisal district to correct an ad valorem tax appraisal roll. |
| SB 946 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to deadlines for performing various functions in connection with the ad valorem tax system. |
| SB 1085 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Effective on 9/1/17 Caption: Relating to the certification of unopposed candidates for the board of directors of the North Harris County Regional Water Authority. |
| SB 1106 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the issuance of a citation for criminal trespass punishable as a Class B misdemeanor. |
| SB 1166 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul | et. al. Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to providing for the review of certain county departments of education by the Sunset Advisory Commission. |
| SB 1167 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to abolishing certain county boards of education, boards of county school trustees, and offices of county school superintendent. |
| SB 1230 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the cancellation of a person's voter registration on notice that the person has acknowledged that the person is not a citizen. |
| SB 1259 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the extraterritorial jurisdiction of and municipal annexation by certain municipalities. |
| SB 1286 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Effective on 9/1/17 Caption: Relating to the system for protesting or appealing certain ad valorem tax determinations. |
| SB 1609 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul | et. al. Last Action: Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar Caption: Relating to regulation by a property owners' association of certain religious displays. |
| SB 1661 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to voting rights and eligibility for office of residents of certain districts subject to a strategic partnership agreement. |
| SB 1662 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to limited-purpose annexation under strategic partnership agreements for certain districts. |
| SB 1702 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the requirements for filing an annual financial statement by a municipality. |
| SB 1703 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the requirements for filing an annual financial statement by a municipality. |
| SB 1750 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to a study of the cost-effectiveness and feasibility of implementing a hybrid retirement plan for newly hired state employees and teachers. |
| SB 1751 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to authorizing the Employees Retirement System of Texas and the Teacher Retirement System of Texas to establish defined contribution plans or hybrid retirement plans to provide retirement benefits to certain employees. |
| SB 1752 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to authorizing certain municipalities to establish defined contribution plans to provide retirement benefits to certain employees. |
| SB 1846 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the authority of municipalities to replat a subdivision without vacating the preceding plat. |
| SB 1847 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul | et. al. Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to the correction of an ad valorem tax appraisal roll and related appraisal records. |
| SB 1848 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to the award of attorney's fees in a judicial appeal of certain ad valorem tax determinations. |
| SB 1884 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to powers and duties of the board of trustees of an independent school district. |
| SB 1885 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the location of certain temporary branch early voting polling places. |
| SB 1886 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm. Caption: Relating to the oversight of public education, including the creation of the office of inspector general at the Texas Education Agency. |
| SB 1887 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to performance-based supplemental funding for school districts. |
| SB 1888 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to limitations on the automatic admission of students to general academic teaching institutions and on the admission of nonresident students to The University of Texas at Austin. |
| SB 1889 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to insurance premium tax and alcoholic beverage tax credits for contributions made to certain educational assistance organizations. |
| SB 1890 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to employing, terminating, and reporting misconduct of public school personnel and related entity personnel, including creating a registry of persons ineligible for hire; creating a criminal offense. |
| SB 1891 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to a general employment review of persons who apply to school districts, open-enrollment charter schools, and certain independent contractors for employment involving direct contact with students or children; providing a civil penalty. |
| SB 1892 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to student success-based funding for certain public institutions of higher education. |
| SB 1905 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to information provided by a voter to an election officer. |
| SB 1906 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to the matters that a taxing unit is entitled to challenge before an appraisal review board. |
| SB 1907 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the selection of the officers of an appraisal review board. |
| SB 1908 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the selection of an arbitrator for purposes of an appeal through binding arbitration of certain appraisal review board orders. |
| SB 2032 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to the authority of the Texas State Technical College System to offer technical-vocational courses or programs. |
| SB 2033 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to the fixed tuition price plan offered by certain general academic teaching institutions. |
| SB 2043 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the number of days that certain tangible personal property that is exempt from ad valorem taxation due to its location in this state for a temporary period may be located in this state for the purpose of qualifying for the tax exemption. |
| SB 2044 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the use of tax proceeds for lobbying activities or lobbyists. |
| SB 2045 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the reporting by local governmental entities of expenditures for lobbying. |
| SB 2046 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to voting by the qualified voters of a water or sewer district wholly or partly annexed by a municipality. |
| SB 2047 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the creation, territory, and operation of municipal management districts and public improvement districts. |
| SB 2048 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the student loan program administered by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and to the repeal of a related bond program. |
| SB 2197 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to documentation of proof of identification for voting. |
| SB 2239 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to ad valorem taxation. |
| SJR 45 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the imposition of an individual income tax. |
| SR 58 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing March 2017 as Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month. |
| SR 257 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 23, 2017, as La Belle Day. |
| SR 258 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 22, 2017, as Texas BOMA Advocacy Day. |
| SR 314 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 28, 2017, as Texas Anesthesiologists Day. |
| SR 340 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul | et. al. Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commemorating Texas Independence Day 2017. |
| SR 467 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of William Dowling. |
| SR 608 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing James and Leeshan Chuang Birney for their service to the Houston community. |
| SR 655 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Rita Polland on the occasion of her 90th birthday. |
| 85th 1st Called Session | |
| SB 1 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul | et. al. Last Action: Senate appoints conferees-reported Caption: Relating to the calculation of the ad valorem rollback tax rate of a taxing unit and voter approval of a proposed tax rate that exceeds the rollback tax rate. |
| SB 83 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to certain notice of the extent of a municipality or its extraterritorial jurisdiction. |
| SB 84 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the oversight of public education, including the creation of the office of inspector general at the Texas Education Agency. |
| SB 89 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the extraterritorial jurisdiction of certain municipalities. |
| SB 90 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the extraterritorial jurisdiction of and municipal annexation by certain municipalities. |
| SB 93 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to ad valorem taxation. |
| SB 96 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to ad valorem taxation. |
| SR 159 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul | et. al. Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Republican Party of Texas. |
| 84th Regular Session | |
| SB 182 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul | et. al. Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the calculation of the ad valorem rollback tax rates of certain taxing units. |
| SB 449 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the titling, registration, and operation of an autocycle. |
| SB 515 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul | et. al. Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to an increase in the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district, a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed by a school district on the homestead of an elderly or disabled person to reflect the increased exemption amount, and the protection of school districts against the resulting loss in local revenue. |
| SB 516 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul | et. al. Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to increasing the period of time for exempting freeport goods from ad valorem taxation. |
| SB 567 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the production of the index of the parties to all suits by the clerk of a district court; authorizing a fee. |
| SB 568 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul | et. al. Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to a classroom visual aid stipend for public school classroom teachers. |
| SB 576 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to an individual's eligibility to receive unemployment compensation benefits on the individual's waiting period claim. |
| SB 642 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul | et. al. Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to a franchise or insurance premium tax credit for contributions made to certain educational assistance organizations. |
| SB 694 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul | et. al. Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to authorizing patients with certain terminal illnesses to access certain investigational drugs, biological products, and devices that are in clinical trials. |
| SB 752 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul | et. al. Last Action: Effective on 9/1/15 Caption: Relating to the repeal of the inheritance tax. |
| SB 758 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain tangible personal property used by the owner of the property to manufacture, process, or fabricate tangible personal property for ultimate sale. |
| SB 762 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul | et. al. Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of income-producing tangible personal property having a value of less than a certain amount. |
| SB 763 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul | et. al. Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain income-producing tangible personal property. |
| SB 766 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the calculation of certain ad valorem tax rates of a taxing unit. |
| SB 767 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the procedure for the adoption of an ad valorem tax rate. |
| SB 849 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Effective on 9/1/15 Caption: Relating to access to and fees associated with binding arbitration of appraisal review board orders. |
| SB 965 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Effective on 9/1/15 Caption: Relating to the filing of a copy of certain records related to the release of an accused person on personal bond. |
| SB 966 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the recording of the presentment of an indictment by a grand jury. |
| SB 967 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the authority of a district clerk to collect certain fees for providing electronic copies of court records. |
| SB 982 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to acceptable forms of identification for voting for certain persons. |
| SB 983 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul | et. al. Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to restrictions on the assessment of the fee charged for issuance of certain birth records. |
| SB 984 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the residence address of a person for purposes of registration under the Election Code. |
| SB 985 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the acceptance of a voter at a polling place. |
| SB 986 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to information obtained by a guardian ad litem representing a child in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. |
| SB 1003 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm. Caption: Relating to the issuance of school district teaching permits to persons who teach career and technical education. |
| SB 1004 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to courses and programs offered jointly by certain public junior colleges and independent school districts. |
| SB 1013 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to periodic zero-based budgeting for certain political subdivisions. |
| SB 1015 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to limiting the amount of assistance a person may provide a voter; creating a criminal offense. |
| SB 1041 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul | et. al. Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to required disclosures in and to the length of ballot proposition language authorizing political subdivisions to issue bonds or impose or change a tax. |
| SB 1042 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to fiscal transparency and accountability of certain political subdivisions. |
| SB 1062 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the registration and certification of county tax assessor-collectors and their employees. |
| SB 1215 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to a study of the feasibility and benefits to this state of abolishing the property tax assistance division of the office of the comptroller of public accounts and transferring its powers and duties to an independent agency. |
| SB 1216 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul | et. al. Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to providing for the review of certain county departments of education by the Sunset Advisory Commission. |
| SB 1217 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the duty of an attorney ad litem appointed for a child to meet with the child before court hearings. |
| SB 1218 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to filing requirements applicable to administrative writs of withholding for child support. |
| SB 1219 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to a combined online application for persons applying for certain state and local economic development incentives. |
| SB 1220 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Scheduled for public hearing on . . . Caption: Relating to tax increment financing. |
| SB 1221 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to public school class size limits. |
| SB 1222 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the authority of the commissioner of education to issue subpoenas during an investigation of educator misconduct. |
| SB 1223 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to requiring the consent of all parties to legally intercept certain communications. |
| SB 1335 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the period after which a governmental entity must execute an expunction order. |
| SB 1452 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul | et. al. Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the power of a commissioners court to authorize ad valorem tax sales of real property to be conducted by means of online auctions. |
| SB 1459 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of the West Harris County Regional Water Authority. |
| SB 1460 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the evaluation and ranking of similar offers submitted to a governmental entity for certain construction-related contracts. |
| SB 1680 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the procedure for the adoption of an ad valorem tax rate by a taxing unit. |
| SB 1692 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the establishment of a limit on the maximum ad valorem tax rate of a county or municipality for a tax year based on inflation and the rate of population growth. |
| SB 1693 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the exemption of certain inventory from ad valorem taxation by a school district. |
| SB 1694 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to certain exemptions from ad valorem taxation. |
| SB 1782 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the status of separate legal entities for purposes of the sales and use tax on aircraft. |
| SB 1783 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to apportionment of certain receipts of a broadcaster under the franchise tax. |
| SB 1807 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the system for appraising property for ad valorem tax purposes; authorizing a fee. |
| SB 1808 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the confidentiality and use of information related to a taxpayer subject to audit by the comptroller. |
| SB 1809 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to ad valorem tax protests and appeals. |
| SB 1981 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the eligibility of persons to participate in an ad valorem tax sale of real property. |
| SB 1994 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to municipal control of certain public retirement systems established for the benefit of municipal employees. |
| SB 2051 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the study of public education performance. |
| SB 2053 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of the Pine Forest Municipal Utility District; providing authority to issue bonds and impose a tax. |
| SB 2056 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul | et. al. Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 148; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
| SB 2059 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Urban Affairs Caption: Relating to the composition of the governing body of certain metropolitan rapid transit authorities. |
| SCR 32 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Urging Congress to expedite natural gas exports. |
| SJR 28 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul | et. al. Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for public school purposes and providing for a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for those purposes on the homestead of an elderly or disabled person to reflect the increased exemption amount. |
| SJR 29 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul | et. al. Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to extend the number of days that certain tangible personal property to be transported outside of this state is exempt from ad valorem taxation. |
| SJR 35 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation by one or more political subdivisions tangible personal property used by the owner of the property to manufacture, process, or fabricate tangible personal property for ultimate sale. |
| SJR 36 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul | et. al. Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation income-producing tangible personal property valued at less than $50,000. |
| SJR 56 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation by one or more political subdivisions of this state a person's inventory. |
| SJR 57 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for public school purposes, providing for a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for those purposes on the homestead of an elderly or disabled person to reflect the increased exemption amount, and extending the number of days that certain tangible personal property that is exempt from ad valorem taxation due to its temporary location in this state may remain located in this state before forfeiting the right to the exemption. |
| SR 16 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the investiture of Jane Cummins as President of the Texas Lyceum. |
| SR 17 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Cheryl Lynn McIntyre. |
| SR 309 |
Author: Bettencourt, Paul Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending the work of the KK125 Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation. |