80th Regular Session (2007) – Governor Rick Perry
*HRO analysis is taken from
the House Research Organization's
Vetoes of Legislation, 80th Regular Session Legislature
Analyses include a digest of each vetoed bill, the governor's stated reason for the veto, and a response by the author of the vetoed bill.
| Bill | Caption | Document | HRO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB 1 |
General Appropriations Bill.
Line item veto. Regarding veto of funding of group insurance for community college employees: Correspondence between Representative Dunnam and Speaker Craddick concerning possibility of using budget execution authority to reinstate this funding. |
Veto | |
| HB 15 |
Relating to making supplemental appropriations and reductions in appropriations and giving direction, transfer authority, and other adjustment authority regarding appropriations.
Line item veto. |
Veto | |
| HB 44 | Relating to the restoration of good conduct time forfeited during a term of imprisonment. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 47 | Relating to the provision of educational services to certain inmates imprisoned in the institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 48 | Relating to distributions from the employment and training investment holding fund. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 317 | Relating to a study regarding the issuance of revenue bonds for certain campuses and centers of institutions of higher education. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 447 | Relating to contracts by governmental entities and related professional services and to public works performance and payment bonds. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 541 | Relating to procedures for certain persons charged with certain new offenses or an administrative violation of a condition of release from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on parole or mandatory supervision. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 544 | Relating to reduced tuition and fees for certain junior college district students who reside outside of the district. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 589 | Relating to the student enrollment required for certain institutions of higher education to operate as general academic teaching institutions and to receive certain revenue. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 738 | Relating to an exemption from Texas Commission on Fire Protection training requirements for certain aircraft fire fighting and rescue fire protection personnel. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 770 | Relating to requiring the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to provide notice to certain persons of the right to vote. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 971 | Relating to a documented member of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas hunting certain deer. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 1023 | Relating to grants made by the Texas Commission on the Arts. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 1092 | Relating to the prosecution of the offense of criminal trespass. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 1129 | Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of criminal trespass. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 1179 | Relating to procurements by the Texas Lottery Commission. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 1205 | Relating to the prohibition of certain employment discrimination regarding an employee who is a volunteer emergency responder. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 1427 | Relating to an optometry career program at the University of Houston. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 1503 | Relating to a person's eligibility for a license to carry a concealed handgun and to the prosecution of certain offenses involving the possession of a weapon. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 1519 | Relating to including within the offense of barratry and solicitation of professional employment certain solicitations made during certain periods. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 1667 | Relating to the amount of the fee for issuing certain alcoholic beverage permits. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 1687 | Relating to the information that must be included on the face of an appeal bond. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 1892 | Relating to the authority of certain counties and other entities with respect to certain transportation projects. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 2006 | Relating to the use of eminent domain authority. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 2087 | Relating to the holding by a county, municipality, or junior college district of a petition-initiated election on whether to establish a limitation on increases in the amount of ad valorem taxes imposed by the county, municipality, or junior college district on residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 2103 | Relating to a pilot program to provide student loan repayment assistance to certain correctional officers who graduate from Sam Houston State University. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 2265 | Relating to the award of prizes in, and the conduct of, a progressive bingo game. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 2622 | Relating to eligibility of board members of certain rapid transit authorities to receive insurance benefits. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 2646 | Relating to the award of stipends to nationally certified classroom teachers under the educator excellence awards program. | ||
| HB 2713 | Relating to studies, plans, and projects concerning electric generation capacity or electric energy storage, transmission, or distribution. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 2990 | Relating to use of certain electronic monitoring technology in certain correctional facilities by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 3084 | Relating to the municipal street maintenance sales tax. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 3200 | Relating to funding for community supervision and corrections departments. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 3281 | Relating to the recovery of medical or health care expenses in civil actions. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 3352 | Relating to municipal civil service for firefighters and police officers in certain municipalities. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 3457 | Relating to idling the diesel engine of a school bus while the bus is parked at a public school or school event. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 3609 | Relating to membership and service credit in the Employees Retirement System of Texas for certain employees. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 3619 | Relating to the authority of a political subdivision other than a county to change the date of its general election. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 3647 | Relating to a study by the attorney general of the effects on state law and authority of certain international and other agreements and bodies. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 3934 | Relating to the establishment of a student outcomes pilot program by Alamo Community College District. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 4065 | Relating to the establishment by the Texas Workforce Commission of a pilot program to provide grants for the construction of certain facilities for job training and employment services. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 4091 | Relating to the boundaries and board of directors of Harris County Improvement District No. 6. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 4113 | Relating to the Buffalo Bayou Management District. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 4123 | Relating to territory included in, and the validation of acts of, the Greater Southeast Management District. | Veto | Analysis |
| SB 182 | Relating to the prosecution of the offense of criminal trespass. | Veto | Analysis |
| SB 711 | Relating to the use of TexasOnline by businesses to apply and pay for certain permits. | Veto | Analysis |
| SB 718 | Relating to the route selection for the Trans-Texas Corridor. | Veto | Analysis |
| SB 960 | Relating to the administration of exit-level state assessment instruments to transfer students who are dependents of military personnel. | Veto | Analysis |
| SB 1053 | Relating to assessing the quality and effectiveness of academic advising services offered by public institutions of higher education. | Veto | Analysis |
| SB 1097 | Relating to the offense of criminal trespass. | Veto | Analysis |
| SB 1234 | Relating to a master plan for higher education in this state. | Veto | Analysis |
| SB 1735 | Relating to the effect of a charter provision relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages for off-premise consumption on a subsequent local option election for the sale of alcoholic beverages in certain home-rule municipalities. | Veto | Analysis |
| HCR 30 |
Designating the Texas blind salamander as the official State Amphibian of Texas.
Veto delivered by a non-signing statement rather than a veto proclamation. |
Veto | Analysis |
| HCR 187 | Expressing the commitment of the 80th Legislature of the State of Texas to providing a supplemental annuity in the form of a 13th check for eligible ERS retirees. | Veto | Analysis |
| HCR 230 | Instructing the enrolling clerk of the house to make corrections to H.B. No. 1892. | Veto | Analysis |
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