Joint resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the establishment of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas and authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds for the purpose of scientific research of all forms of human cancer.

Joint resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate proposing a constitutional amendment creating the Texas rail relocation and improvement fund and authorizing grants of money and issuance of obligations for financing the relocation, construction, reconstruction, acquisition, improvement, rehabilitation, and expansion of certain rail facilities.

Joint resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate proposing a constitutional amendment providing that marriage in this state consists only of the union of one man and one woman.

Joint resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for a six-year term for a board member of a regional mobility authority.

Joint resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate proposing a constitutional amendment clarifying that certain economic development programs do not constitute a debt.

Joint resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the membership of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct.

Joint resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate proposing a constitutional amendment to clarify references to the permanent school fund, to allow the General Land Office to distribute revenue derived from permanent school fund land or other properties to the available school fund, and to provide for an increase in the market value of the permanent school fund for the purpose of allowing increased distributions from the available school fund.

Joint resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to meeting requirements of the United States Department of Education concerning federal student aid by naming private institutions of higher education in the State of Texas that are authorized to operate educational programs beyond secondary education, including programs leading to a degree or certificate.

Joint resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to permit a county to issue bonds or notes to finance the development or redevelopment of an unproductive, underdeveloped, or blighted area and to pledge for repayment of the bonds or notes increases in ad valorem taxes imposed by the county on property in the area.

Joint resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of part of the market value of the residence homestead of a partially disabled veteran or the surviving spouse of a partially disabled veteran if the residence homestead was donated to the disabled veteran by a charitable organization for less than the market value of the residence homestead and harmonizing certain related provisions of the Texas Constitution.

Joint resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate proposing a constitutional amendment relating to legislative authority to permit credit unions and other financial institutions to award prizes by lot to promote savings.

Joint resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate proposing a constitutional amendment on professional sports team charitable foundations conducting charitable raffles.

Joint resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the imposition of an individual income tax.

Joint resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation precious metal held in a precious metal depository located in this state.

Joint resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate proposing a constitutional amendment allowing increased distributions to the available school fund.

Joint resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to in memory of Juanita Daughtrey of Powderly.

Joint resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to granting the legislature permission to adjourn for more than three days during the period beginning on Wednesday, February 11, 2009, and ending on Tuesday, February 17, 2009.

Joint resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate proposing a constitutional amendment to allow an officer or enlisted member of the Texas State Guard or other state militia or military force to hold other civil offices.

Joint resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the financing, including through tax increment financing, of the acquisition by municipalities and counties of buffer areas or open spaces adjacent to a military installation for certain purposes.

Joint resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate proposing constitutional amendments limiting the public taking of private property, establishing the national research university fund to fund emerging research universities, and eliminating the higher education fund.

Joint resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for the ad valorem taxation of a residence homestead solely on the basis of the property's value as a residence homestead; authorizing the legislature to authorize a single board of equalization for two or more adjoining appraisal entities that elect to provide for consolidated equalizations; and authorizing the legislature to provide for the administration and enforcement of uniform standards and procedures for appraisal of property for ad valorem tax purposes.

Joint resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for the ad valorem taxation of a residence homestead solely on the basis of the property's value as a residence homestead; authorizing the legislature to authorize a single board of equalization for two or more adjoining appraisal entities that elect to provide for consolidated equalizations; and authorizing the legislature to provide for the administration and enforcement of uniform standards and procedures for appraisal of property for ad valorem tax purposes.

Joint resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the state to contribute money, property, and other resources for the establishment, maintenance, and operation of veterans hospitals in this state.

Joint resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to provide for members of a governing board of an emergency services district to serve terms not to exceed four years.