** REVISION **
                          HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Ways & Means

TIME & DATE:  4:00PM, Wednesday, April 16, 1997

PLACE: E2.012

CHAIR: Rep. Tom Craddick

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HB 392            Mowery
Relating to the authority of a taxing unit to enter into ad valorem
tax abatement agreements.

HB 1029            Hawley
Relating to qualifying certain municipalities to impose the
municipal sales and use tax.

HB 1361            Alexander
Relating to administrative and judicial review of property tax
determinations.

HB 1518            Farrar
Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the property
of a neighborhood association.

HB 1610            Turner, Bob
Relating to a requirement of filing of a release of a judgment lien
for ad valorem taxes on payment of the amount of the judgment.

HB 2064            King
Relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a county
hotel occupancy tax.

HB 2157            Williamson
Relating to reporting under the sales and use tax the value of
certain tickets to an amusement service purchased for resale.

HB 2587            Horn
Relating to the collection of delinquent property taxes and the
foreclosure of tax liens.

HB 2606            Ramsay
Relating to the appraisal and ad valorem taxation of a retail
manufactured housing inventory.

HB 2621            Heflin
Relating to the appraisal and ad valorem taxation of heavy
equipment.

HB 2667            Hawley
Relating to the administration of property taxation.

HB 2669            Patterson, L.P. "Pete" /
Relating to the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of land that
does not have any valuable use because of a restriction imposed by
a governmental entity.

HB 2682            Hawley
Relating to ad valorem tax sanctions on certain land diverted from
agricultural use.

HB 3189            Kuempel
Relating to the authority of the Parks and Wildlife Department to
issue revenue bonds and to the allocation of certain sales, excise,
and use tax revenue to the Parks and Wildlife Department for debt
service on revenue bonds.

HB 3210            Raymond / et al.
Relating to assistance to certain volunteer fire departments and to
the imposition of a tax to finance that assistance.

HB 3305            Heflin
Relating to the appraisal and ad valorem taxation of certain
personal property.

HB 3400            Horn
Relating to requirements for the creation of a county development
district.

HB 3491            Holzheauser
Relating to tax exemptions on oil and gas production.

HJR 37            Mowery
Proposing a constitutional amendment to repeal the provision that
authorizes the legislature to permit taxing units to grant ad
valorem tax exemptions for economic development.

HJR 80            Farrar
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature
to exempt from ad valorem taxation the property of a neighborhood
association.

SB 93            Patterson, Jerry
Relating to providing notice to property owners of the right to
protest a property tax matter.

SB 420            Cain
Relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a county
hotel occupancy tax.

HB 1723            Telford / et al.
Relating to appraisal for property tax purposes of open-space land
that is converted to production of timber.

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BILLS ADDED AFTER LAST POSTING:

HB 1723