HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Appropriations TIME & DATE: 1:30PM, Tuesday, April 8, 1997 PLACE: E1.030 CHAIR: Rep. Robert Junell ___________________________________________________________________________ To take up and consider pending items: HB 188 Serna Relating to state or federal matching funds. HB 538 Maxey Relating to the distribution of general revenue appropriations to certain institutions of higher education. HB 1591 Wise Relating to the establishment of a trust fund to provide scholarships to economically or educationally disadvantaged students studying outside the United States. HB 2174 Kubiak Relating to increasing the longevity pay of state employees. HB 2546 Oakley Relating to certain payments to eligible survivors of certain fire fighters. HB 3513 Greenberg Relating to the position classification plan for state employees. SB 886 Ratliff Relating to making emergency appropriations. SB 1706 Ratliff Relating to the funding of passenger rail service by the Texas Department of Transportation. SB 1898 Ratliff Relating to making emergency appropriations. ___________________________________________________________________________