HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Appropriations 

TIME & DATE:  7:30 AM, Tuesday, April 27, 2021 

PLACE:       E1.030 
CHAIR:       Rep. Greg Bonnen 

The House Appropriations Committee will meet to consider the following bills:

HB 125         Buckley | et al.                                       
Relating to the applicability of the law governing the provision of state aid to certain local governments disproportionately affected by the granting of ad valorem tax relief to disabled veterans.

HB 958         Oliverson | et al.                                     
Relating to the allocation and deposit of certain surplus state revenue to the property tax relief fund for use in reducing school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes.

HB 1063        Bell, Cecil                                           
Relating to the Texas State Guard uniform and insignia fund.

HJR 82         Craddick | et al.                                      
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of and use of money in the Grow Texas fund and allocating certain general revenues to that fund, the economic stabilization fund, and the state highway fund.

SB 1336        Hancock | et al.                                       
Relating to a limit on the rate of growth of certain appropriations.

SB 1605        Huffman                                               
Relating to directing payment, after approval, of certain miscellaneous claims and judgments against the state out of funds designated by this Act; making appropriations.

Testimony may be limited to three minutes.

For those persons who will be testifying, information for in-person

witness registration, can be found here: https://mytxlegis.capitol.texas.gov/HWRSPublic/About.aspx

A live video broadcast of this hearing will be available here: https://house.texas.gov/video-audio/

Instructions related to public access to the meeting location and health

and safety protocols for attending this meeting are available here: https://house.texas.gov/committees/public-access-house-committee-meetings/

Texas residents who wish to electronically submit comments related to agenda items on this notice without testifying in person can do so until

the hearing is adjourned by visiting: https://comments.house.texas.gov/?c=c030

NOTICE OF ASSISTANCE AT PUBLIC MEETINGS

Persons with disabilities who plan to attend this meeting and who may need assistance, such as a sign language interpreter, are requested to contact Stacey Nicchio at (512) 463-0850, 72 hours prior to the meeting so that appropriate arrangements can be made.