June 30, 2003 - July 28, 2003

Leadership

Governor: Rick Perry -  Vetoes

Lieutenant Governor: David Dewhurst

Speaker of the House: Tom Craddick 

Special Session Topics

 Proclamations

• 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]

Journals

The House Journal and Senate Journal for the 78th 1st Called Session are available online.

Rules
House Rules (78th R.S.)
Senate Rules (78th R.S.)