** REVISION **
                                   SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Intergovernmental Relations

TIME & DATE:  2:00PM or upon adjournment,
             Wednesday, May 14, 1997

PLACE: Capitol Extension, E1.028

CHAIR: Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr.

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To consider the following:


HB 580            Coleman / et al.         SP: Moncrief
Relating to enforcement of laws relating to parking by, or
accessibility of facilities to, persons with disabilities.

HB 803            Kuempel                  SP: Armbrister
Relating to investment of the volunteer firefighters' relief and
retirement fund.

HB 826            Turner, Bob              SP: Wentworth
Relating to the tax rate of the Sutton County Hospital District.

HB 883            Krusee                   SP: Barrientos
Relating to the composition of the board of directors of certain
metropolitan transit authorities.

HB 970            McClendon                SP: Madla
Relating to the transportation of hazardous materials in certain
municipalities.

HB 1012            Counts                   SP: Duncan
Relating to the appointment of an environmental health officer in a
home-rule municipality.

HB 1028            Krusee                   SP: Wentworth
Relating to strategic partnership agreements between certain local
governments.

HB 1029            Hawley                   SP: Truan
Relating to the creation of municipal development districts;
authorizing the imposition of certain local taxes and the issuance
of local bonds.

HB 1161            Clark                    SP: Shapiro
Relating to uniform competitive bidding requirements for
municipalities.

HB 1166            Garcia                   SP: Lucio
Relating to municipal regulations concerning insurance for
taxicabs.

HB 1243            Holzheauser              SP: Cain
Relating to energy savings projects for local governments.

HB 1294            Solomons                 SP: Haywood
Relating to continuing education requirements for county
commissioners.

HB 1310            Chisum                   SP: Bivins
Relating to the extension or reimposition of the sales and use tax
by certain industrial development corporations.

HB 1540            Yarbrough                SP: Whitmire
Relating to the sheriff's department civil service system in
certain counties.

HB 1561            Smith                    SP: Shapiro
Relating to regulation of alarm systems by municipalities and
counties.

HB 1610            Turner, Bob              SP: Carona
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 1692            Eiland                   SP: Patterson, Jerry
Relating to the operation of publicly owned and operated harbor and
port facilities located in certain municipalities.

HB 1881            Oakley                   SP: Madla
Relating to initial training and continuing education for police
chiefs.

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

HB 2285            Corte                    SP: Madla
Relating to the ability of a commissioners court of a county to
determine county courthouse security policies.

HB 2445            Greenberg                SP: Barrientos
Relating to the operation of a fixed rail transit system by certain
metropolitan rapid transit authorities.

HB 2446            Greenberg                SP: Barrientos
Relating to performance audits of certain metropolitan transit
authorities.

HB 2577            Hill                     SP: Lucio
Relating to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
and to low income and affordable housing.

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

HB 2622            Heflin                   SP: Brown
Relating to liability for postjudgment taxes, penalties, and
interest in a suit to collect a delinquent ad valorem tax.

HB 2900            Crabb                    SP: Gallegos
Relating to the authority of a municipality and a county to
regulate the subdivision of land in the extraterritorial
jurisdiction of a municipality.

HB 2982            Junell                   SP: Duncan
Relating to the authority of certain counties to borrow money.

HB 3224            Eiland                   SP: Patterson, Jerry
Relating to the dissolution of a beach park board of trustees.

HB 3566            Rhodes                   SP: Armbrister
Relating to the Gonzales County Hospital District.

SB 1945            Armbrister
Relating to the salary of county auditors.

Pending Business:

SB 1866            Wentworth
Relating to changes in the property tax calendar.

Subcommittee Report:


SB 1434            Wentworth
Relating to the creation of a consolidated municipal-county
government in Bexar County.

SJR 40            Wentworth
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the voters of
Bexar County and certain political subdivisions located, in whole
or in part, in Bexar County to create a consolidated city-county
government by adopting a charter restructuring and consolidating
political subdivisions.

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BILLS ADDED AFTER LAST POSTING:

HB 2285
HB 2577