Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the designation of a portion of United States Highway 287 as the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Freeway.

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to creating a recognition day in honor of election volunteers.

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas Senate and House of Representatives recognizing The Institute for Environmental and Human Health in Lubbock on the occasion of its 10th anniversary.

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas Senate and House of Representatives recalling H.B. No. 1892 from the house for further consideration.

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to expressing support for bids by the Texas Bio- and Agro-Defense Consortium and the Texas A&M NBAF Consortium to locate the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Texas.

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to certain information reporting requirements regarding workers' compensation claims.

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the priority given to the hearing by trial courts of certain ad valorem tax matters.

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the issuance or violation of an order for emergency protection on the basis of the offense of sexual assault or aggravated sexual assault.

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the collection of certain data for the Texas Natural Resources Information System and the duties of the Texas Geographic Information Council.

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas Senate and House of Representatives commending the professionals of the Texas juvenile justice system on Texas Juvenile Justice Day 2005.

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas Senate and House of Representatives paying tribute to Petty Officer Third Class Troy Lowell Luce for his service to his country.

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas Senate and House of Representatives recognizing Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth for its selection to host a second NASCAR Nextel Cup race.

Joint resolution introduced by the Texas Senate and House of Representatives proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the denial of bail to a criminal defendant who violates a condition of the defendant's release pending trial.

Joint resolution introduced by the Texas Senate and House of Representatives proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to define rates of interest for commercial loans.

Joint resolution introduced by the Texas Senate and House of Representatives proposing a constitutional amendment clearing land titles by relinquishing and releasing any state claim to sovereign ownership or title to interest in certain land.

Joint resolution introduced by the Texas Senate and House of Representatives proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing line-of-credit advances under a reverse mortgage.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether excess contribution refunded to a county under section 26.008 of the Government Code may be paid as one-time salary supplements to employees of a county court (RQ-0315-JC).

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether a taxing unit may , by a "blanket" resolution ,authorize that tax-foreclosure-sale property be resold as directed by the taxing unit's private tax-collection attorney(RQ-0322-JC).

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Application of nepotism and conflict of interest statutes to the governing boards of open-enrollment charter schools (RQ-0331-JC)

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Gov. Davis issued Executive Order D-5-99 in March 1999 calling for removal of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) from gasoline no later than December 31, 2002. The Executive Order required the California Air Board, State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) and Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) to prepare an analysis of potential impacts and health risks that may be associated with the use of ethanol as a fuel oxygenate. The SWRCB contracted with the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) to lead a team of researchers, including scientists from Clarkson University, University of Iowa, and University of California, Davis, in evaluating the potential ground and surface water impacts that may occur if ethanol is used to replace MTBE. These findings are reported in the document entitled Health and Environmental Assessment of the Use of Ethanol as a Fuel Oxygenate. This document has been peer reviewed and presented to the California Environmental Policy Council and may be viewed at: http://www-erd.llnl.gov/ethanol/. Ethanol used for fuels is made primarily from grains, but any feed stock containing sugar, starch, or cellulose can be fermented to ethanol. Ethanol contains 34.7% oxygen by weight. It is less dense than water, but infinitely soluble in water. …

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A power lead tower containing the multi-tube power leads is designed and under fabrication for the superconducting IR quadrupole magnets in the Beijing Electron Position Collider Upgrade (BEPCII). The lead tower consists of six pairs of gas-cooled leads for seven superconducting coils at various operating currents. The power lead is designed in a modular fashion, which can be easily applied to suit different operating current. The end copper block of the tube lead has a large cold mass that provide a large time constant in case of cooling flow interruption. A novel cryogenic electrical isolator is used for the leads.

This work investigates a control system for HCCI engines, where thermal energy from exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) and compression work in the supercharger are either recycled or rejected as needed. HCCI engine operation is analyzed with a detailed chemical kinetics code, HCT (Hydrodynamics, Chemistry and Transport), that has been extensively modified for application to engines. HCT is linked to an optimizer that determines the operating conditions that result in maximum brake thermal efficiency, while meeting the restrictions of low NO{sub x} and peak cylinder pressure. The results show the values of the operating conditions that yield optimum efficiency as a function of torque and RPM. For zero torque (idle), the optimizer determines operating conditions that result in minimum fuel consumption. The optimizer is also used for determining the maximum torque that can be obtained within the operating restrictions of NO{sub x} and peak cylinder pressure. The results show that a thermally controlled HCCI engine can successfully operate over a wide range of conditions at high efficiency and low emissions.