HB 1559 DESTRUCTION OF DOCUMENTS Effective: 5-30-2011 Statutes Affected: GV 441.025 Destruction of documents dating from 1860-1905 are unprotected Court documents filed, presented, or produced from 1860 – January 1, 1951 may not be destroyed until the Texas State Library adopts rules

SB 1907 ARCHAIC INFORMATION Effective: 9-1-2011 Statutes Affected: LG 201.009 On or after the 75th anniversary of the date of creation of information the public is allowed access to such information that was excepted from disclosure Any government record, including birth records, are open to public inspection 75 years after the record was originally created

HB 1481 RESPECTFUL LANGUAGE Effective: 9-1-2011 Statutes Affected: GV Chapter 392 Statutes must reflect following terms: Disabled, developmentally disabled, mentally disabled, mentally ill, mentally retarded, handicapped, cripple, and crippled Change to: Persons with disabilities, person with developmental disabilities, persons with mental illness, and persons with intellectual disabilities

SB 0321 STORAGE OF FIREARMS Effective: 9-1-2011 Statutes Affected: LA 52.061 Public or private employer must allow employee with handgun license to transport or store a firearm or ammunition in locked vehicle in parking area provided for employees Employer is exempt from liability Individual remains liable

HB 0015 INFORMED CONSENT FOR ABORTION Effective: 9-1-2011 Statutes Affected: HS Chapter 171 Requires sonogram at least 24 hours before abortion Requires physician to provide images and heartbeat Requires physician to provide list of agencies offering ultrasounds at no cost

HB 0118 NOTICE REGARDING MEDICAL RECORDS Effective: 9-1-2011 Statutes Affected: HS 241.103 Requires hospital to provide written notice that medical records may be disposed on or after periods specified by hospital licensing laws

HB 0184 CANCELLATION OF SPECIAL ELECTION Effective: 9-1-2011 Statutes Affected: EL 2.055 Secretary of State must declare an unopposed candidate in a special election to fill a vacancy in the legislature, elected

HB 0549 DISPOSITION OF REMAINS Effective: 6-17-2011 Statutes Affected: HS 711.002 Person with right to control disposition of remains may not do so if person has been indicted for criminal homicide involving family violence There is no longer a presumption that a married woman directs that her name include the same last name she used at the time of her death on a grave marker

HB 0843 ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF TAX BILLS Effective: 1-1-2012 Statutes Affected: TX 31.01 Tax office may offer a paperless, electronic tax bill Taxpayer must opt to receive Taxpayer must specify e-mail address before 9-15

HB 1075 AMBER ALERT SYSTEM Effective: 9-1-2011 Statutes Affected: GV 411.352 Statewide AMBER alert system will include persons with intellectual disabilities "Intellectual disability" means significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning that is concurrent with deficits in adaptive behavior and originates during the developmental period. The term includes a pervasive developmental disorder.

HB 1075 AMBER ALERT SYSTEM Effective: 9-1-2011 Statutes Affected: GV 411.352 Statewide AMBER alert system will include persons with intellectual disabilities "Intellectual disability" means significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning that is concurrent with deficits in adaptive behavior and originates during the developmental period. The term includes a pervasive developmental disorder.

HB 1137 SALE OF EPHEDRINE Effective: 9-1-2011 Statutes Affected: HS 486.014 Before completing sale, business selling product containing ephedrine must transmit record of sale to real-time electronic logging system Sale cannot be completed if ELS returns report that person would be obtaining an amount greater than allowed

HB 3487 SERVICE ANIMALS Effective: 9-1-2011 Statutes Affected: BC 106 HB 3487 SERVICE ANIMALS Effective: 9-1-2011 Statutes Affected: BC 106.001 Hotel, other lodging establishment, and restaurant prohibited from charging fee or security deposit for service canine Waives governmental immunity and allows agency of canine unit to beheld liable for damages to premises caused by service canine

HB 3487 SERVICE ANIMALS Effective: 9-1-2011 Statutes Affected: BC 106 HB 3487 SERVICE ANIMALS Effective: 9-1-2011 Statutes Affected: BC 106.001 Hotel, other lodging establishment, and restaurant prohibited from charging fee or security deposit for service canine Waives governmental immunity and allows agency of canine unit to beheld liable for damages to premises caused by service canine