SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Finance

TIME & DATE:  9:30AM, Thursday, March 20, 1997

PLACE: Finance Committee Room

CHAIR: Senator Bill Ratliff

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To consider the following bills:

SJR 33            Moncrief
Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the dedication of
the compensation to victims of crime fund and the compensation to
victims of crime auxiliary fund.

SB 515            Moncrief
Relating to certain unexpended balances of general revenue funds in
regional library systems.

SB 745            Carona
Relating to a special license plate for a mother, or the spouse of
a mother, of a person who died while serving in the United States
armed forces.

SB 770            Moncrief
Relating to the funding of certain peer assistance programs.

SB 987            Moncrief / et al.
Relating to the use of excess money in certain funds for the
compensation of crime victims.

SB 1706            Ratliff
Relating to the funding of passenger rail service by the Texas
Transportation Commission.

SB 1898            Ratliff
Relating to making emergency appropriations.

Pending Business:

SB 581            Ratliff
Relating to the cost of operation and administration of the state
lottery.


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