Posted on 12/31/2001 10:11:38 AM PST by Come And Take It
SB1074, which bans racial profiling by law enforcement agencies, went into effect Sept. 1 but must be implemented by Tuesday.
Other laws effective Jan. 1:
HB506: Clarifies law to guarantee that certain surviving spouses are entitled to the limitation of school tax on their subsequent homesteads if their elderly spouse dies.
HB824: Entitles a nonprofit county fair association that holds agricultural fairs and encourages agricultural pursuits to a tax exemption on the land and buildings it owns and uses to hold such fairs.
HB1127: Sets standards for dates by which institutions of higher education must issue contracts or employment agreements to full-time faculty members.
HB1196: Allows a thoroughbred Texas mare to be bred out of state without limitation as long as the foal is born in Texas. Also changes funding to Texas Racing Commission to allow association hosting horse races to offer prize bonus to winning horses bred and born in Texas.
HB1428: Specifies a uniform policy regarding purchasing prior service credit in statewide retirement systems; allows system membership unintentionally canceled because of former unclear policies to be re-established.
HB1447: Expands program offering development, job creation and investment tax credits for so-called strategic investment areas, or SIA.
HB1940: Clarifies when to prorate tax exemptions given because a homeowner is over 65; modifies other provisions regarding residential homestead exemptions.
HB1979: Creates County Criminal Courts at Law Nos. 1 and 2 of El Paso County to help reduce the current backlog of cases.
HB2076: Exempts travel trailers that are not used for income from property taxes.
HB2226: Amends the tax code to require chief appraisers to prepare and certify to the tax assessor a list of those properties that are taxable but that are not included on the appraisal roll or list certified by the assessor.
HB2648: Requires all emergency medical technicians to be trained to use epinephrine auto-injector devices. Epinephrine is used to help treat severe allergic reactions.
HB2832: Requires tax collectors to notify taxpayers of an overpayment of more than $5.
HB3140: Expands definition of agricultural processing for use in determining tax exemptions given to businesses located in areas with 50,000 or fewer people.
HB3383: Requires community housing development organizations to expend at least 50 percent of the money it saves from property tax exemptions on support services.
HB3627: Creates County Court at Law No. 4 of Montgomery County to help with large caseload.
HB3649: Grants the Gregg County Court at Law concurrent jurisdiction with district courts of Texas in civil and criminal cases, except capital murder.
SB7: Sets deadlines for authorities to take an arrested person before a magistrate or released on bond and for the appointment and compensation of counsel to represent indigent people accused of crime.
SB43: Simplifies enrollment in certain medical assistance programs, including the certification process for medical assistance provided to children.
SB63: Allows corporations to claim a franchise tax credit for 10 percent of the wages paid to a disabled employee for a period of two years, and sets forth conditions of employment.
SB181: Changes the terms of court in the 32nd Judicial District to three four-month terms.
SB248: Allows property tax exemptions for motor vehicles leased for personal use.
SB352: Permits a county to contract with a private or public entity, including a public utility, to collect solid waste fees.
SB372: Allows state employees enrolled in the Employee Retirement System to re-establish service credit that was previously canceled while working at a different state job without returning to the job from which the employee withdrew service credit.
SB393: Permits electronic records and electronic signatures in electronic transactions and electronic commerce to be legally enforceable.
SB507: Establishes the Texas Residential Property Owners Protection Act to provide guidelines for the operation of property owners' associations and to provide homeowners a mechanism by which to redeem property in the event of a foreclosure.
SB577: Modifies current law to incorporate components of the graduated driver licensing system.
SB650: Raises the limit on the allowable number of regular appraisal review board members and clarifies the authority of auxiliary board members.
SB1272: Allows land located in a county with a population of 35,000 or less on which a greenhouse for growing florist items is located to be given an agricultural use designation for property tax appraisal purposes.
This is only 32...... the bulk of them are already in effect.......
Most of the 1,500 laws enacted by the 2001 Legislature took effect Sept. 1, the beginning of the state's fiscal year.
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Top 10 state stories of 2001
San Antonio Express-NewsWeb Posted : 12/30/2001 12:00 AM
Missing preacher: Barre Cox, a San Antonio preacher who mysteriously vanished in 1984 and later claimed amnesia, reappears leading a congregation in Dallas, only to lose that job over questions about his truthfulness.
O'Hair mystery: The nation's foremost missing person case ends when the former office manager for atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair leads authorities to her Hill Country grave.
Gary Dale Cox: A convicted sex offender sought in the abduction of at least three young girls kills himself in May as a Kerr County deputy draws near.
Tropical Storm Allison: Not even a hurricane, it hits Houston, killing 22 people and causing $5 billion in damage.
Andrea Yates: A Houston housewife with a history of depression apparently drowns her five children in the family bathtub, leaving her husband and the nation asking why.
Connally 7: George Rivas, the leader of seven inmates who broke out of a Kenedy prison in late 2000, is convicted of murdering a Dallas policeman and gets a death sentence.
Politicos come home: With Sen. Phil Gramm and House Majority Leader Dick Armey retiring, Texas Republicans will lose clout in Washington.
Laredo maid case: A 12-year-old maid, bound and gagged in a Laredo back yard, becomes a child-abuse case ending with a 99-year prison sentence for her employer.
Causeway collapse: Four barges hit a section of the Queen Isabella Causeway in September; eight people die, and South Padre again becomes an island.
Enron: The Houston energy company begins the year as a Wall Street darling, ends with its stock worth pennies and claims of fraud ringing in its well-connected executives' ears.
12/30/2001
This law will further handicap law enforcement from apprehending and punishing the real criminal predators in our state.
Thankfully, my spouse and I obtained our concealed carry permits during 2001, and thus are no longer completely dependent upon law enforcement for personal protection.
The Walter Umphrey law??????? He built a huge greenhouse in Tyler County.
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