SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Finance

TIME & DATE:  9:30AM, Monday, March 24, 1997

PLACE: Finance Committee Room

CHAIR: Senator Bill Ratliff

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To consider the following bills:


SJR 31            Ogden
Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide that certain
amounts designated for deposit to the economic stabilization fund
be transferred to the higher education fund.

SB 105            Nelson
Relating to the dedication of revenue derived from the state
lottery to the foundation school fund.

SB 126            Bivins
Relating to a tax exemption for hydrocarbon production from certain
inactive oil and gas leases returned to production.

SB 184            Shapiro
Relating to a driver's license that authorizes the operation of a
motorcycle.

SB 485            Brown
Relating to the joint listing on an ad valorem tax appraisal roll
of separate interests in minerals in place.

SB 591            Gallegos
Relating to courses and programs at the University of Houston
Downtown.

SB 645            Armbrister
Relating to state fiscal matters, including holidays, employee
compensation and deductions, reports, consultants, and the
comptroller's powers.

SB 781            Ellis / et al.
Relating to the creation and operation of the Texans Work program
and the establishment of the Texas employment and training account.

SB 848            Armbrister
Relating to certain court costs a person convicted of certain
offenses is required to pay.

SB 850            Luna, Gregory / et al.
Relating to the student union building fees at The University of
Texas at San Antonio.

SB 861            Armbrister
Relating to the administration of franchise taxes; imposing
penalties.

SB 862            Armbrister
Relating to the administration, collection, and enforcement by the
comptroller of various taxes and fees.

SB 893            Moncrief
Relating to certain convention center hotel facilities.

SB 918            Patterson, Jerry
Relating to funding the costs of apprehending certain inmates for
whom warrants are issued by the Board of Pardons and Paroles or the
pardons and paroles division of the Texas Department of Criminal
Justice.

SB 926            Sibley
Relating to the medical services fee at the University of North
Texas.

SB 1012            Ogden
Relating to the creation of the office of criminal district
attorney of Madison County, to the abolition of the office of
county attorney of Madison County, and to the abolition of the
jurisdiction of the district attorney for the 12th Judicial
District in Madison County.

SB 1018            Armbrister
Relating to peer assistance programs for licensed veterinarians.

SB 1093            Wentworth
Relating to the use of state lottery revenue to fund the Texas
tuition assistance grant program.

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