78th 1st Called Session
June 30, 2003 - July 28, 2003
Leadership
Governor: Rick Perry
Lieutenant Governor: information not available.
Speaker(s) of the House:
Tom Craddick
Special Session Topics
- For the purpose of considering congressional redistricting. [Mon Jun 23, 2003]
- Appropriating fees established by legislation during the regular session that remain unappropriated. [Tue Jul 1, 2003]
- Creating a study on private prisons. [Tue Jul 1, 2003]
- Designating the Texas Department of Public Safety as the agency to establish school bus safety standards. [Tue Jul 1, 2003]
- Directing the Texas Coordinating Board for Higher Education to review the organization and operation of each university system office. [Tue Jul 1, 2003]
- Modifying the Governor’s budget authority. [Tue Jul 1, 2003]
- Modifying the organizational pattern of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. [Tue Jul 1, 2003]
- Modifying the scope and function of the State Office of Risk Management. [Tue Jul 1, 2003]
- Permitting the Governor to designate the presiding officers for executive branch agencies. [Tue Jul 1, 2003]
- Permitting the Legislative Budget Board to meet by teleconference. [Tue Jul 1, 2003]
- Permitting the reorganization of legislative support agencies and offices. [Tue Jul 1, 2003]
- Relating to a modification in the qualifications for membership on the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission. [Tue Jul 1, 2003]
- Relating to a modification in the qualifications for membership on the Texas Veterans Commission. [Tue Jul 1, 2003]
- Relating to a modification in the qualifications for the Commissioner of Insurance. [Tue Jul 1, 2003]
- Relating to a reconstitution of the membership of the Texas Building and Procurement Commission. [Tue Jul 1, 2003]
- Relating to a transfer in the oversight of Regional Planning Commissions to the State Auditor’s Office. [Tue Jul 1, 2003]
- Relating to civil claims involving exposure to asbestos. [Tue Jul 1, 2003]
- Relating to corrections to HB 3588 from the just completed regular session concerning transportation and trauma issues. [Tue Jul 1, 2003]
- Relating to legislative and executive branch working papers on the budget. [Tue Jul 1, 2003]
- Relating to the abandonment of proceeds on demutualization. [Tue Jul 1, 2003]
- Relating to the abolition of the Office of State-Federal Relations and transferring its functions to the Governor’s Office. [Tue Jul 1, 2003]
- Relating to the abolition of the State Aircraft Pooling Board. [Tue Jul 1, 2003]
- Relating to the abolition of the Texas Commission on Private Security. [Tue Jul 1, 2003]
- Relating to the procedures followed in condemnation proceeding in a county civil court at law in Harris County. [Tue Jul 1, 2003]
- Streamlining the environmental permitting and regulation process in Texas for competitiveness with other states. [Tue Jul 1, 2003]
- To provide for one uniform day for canvassing elections for the general election for state and county officers and for all other local elections. [Tue Jul 1, 2003]
- To provide one uniform deadline for receiving late ballots for all elections and one uniform time period for the ballot board to convene to count late mail ballots. [Tue Jul 1, 2003]
- To re-establish the first Saturday in May as the May uniform election date. [Tue Jul 1, 2003]
- To re-establish the runoff primary election date to the second Tuesday in April. [Tue Jul 1, 2003]
- Relating to making an appropriation for the purpose of returning to a fund outside of the state treasury cash that was transferred from the fund to the general revenue fund [Thu Jul 10, 2003]
Bill statistics for the 78th Legislature, 1st C.S.
Status |
HB |
HCR |
HJR |
HR |
SB |
SCR |
SJR |
SR |
Total HB & SB |
Total |
Filed |
126 |
21 |
2 |
190 |
55 |
5 |
5 |
128 |
181 |
532 |
Passed |
4 |
7 |
0 |
185 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
128 |
4* |
326 |
Vetoed |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
*Although four bills were reported enrolled during the 78th Legislature, 1st called session, other Constitutional requirements were not completed for three of them before final adjournment on 7/28/03.