** REVISION **
                                   SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Economic Development

TIME & DATE:  9:00AM, Tuesday, April 8, 1997

PLACE: Lt. Governor's Cmte. Room

CHAIR: Senator David Sibley

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To consider the following:


SB 265            Ellis / et al.
Relating to the expansion and promotion of the linked deposit
program.

SB 555            Sibley
Relating to certain business organizations.

SB 682            Armbrister
Relating to advertisements for health insurance coverage.

SB 738            Carona
Relating to a disqualification of eligibility for unemployment
compensation benefits for periods of partial unemployment caused by
a disciplinary reduction in hours.

SB 739            Carona
Relating to the refund of certain overpaid unemployment
compensation benefits by the recipients of those benefits.

SB 932            Sibley
Relating to abolishing the Texas Department of Commerce and
transferring its powers and duties to the newly created Texas
Department of Economic Development and Tourism and to certain other
economic development programs in the state.

SB 1265            Armbrister
Relating to the abolition of the Texas Department of Commerce, and
the consolidation of economic development and tourism activities
from the Texas Department of Commerce and other agencies into the
Office of Economic Development and Tourism and a public-private
effort called "Partnership Texas."

SB 1335            Ellis / et al.
Relating to funding the housing trust fund.

SB 1447            Harris
Relating to the conversion of mutual insurance companies to stock
insurance companies.

SB 1837            Ratliff
Relating to certain business documents filed and recorded with the
secretary of state.

SB 1913            Sibley
Relating to service contracts sold by a manufacturer or seller of
property covered by a service contract.

Pending Business:


SB 865            Patterson, Jerry
Relating to coverage under the Texas Catastrophe Property Insurance
Association for certain demolition and debris removal expenses.

SB 976            Madla
Relating to managed care plans issued by managed care organizations
under Medicare risk-sharing contracts; imposing administrative
penalties.

SB 1155            Harris
Relating to business practices in the writing of title insurance.

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BILLS ADDED AFTER LAST POSTING:

SB 682
SB 1335
SB 1837
SB 865

BILLS DELETED AFTER LAST POSTING:

SB 1264