SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Finance

TIME & DATE:  9:00AM or Upon Adj. of the Senate,
             Thursday, May 15, 1997

PLACE: Finance Committee Room

CHAIR: Senator Bill Ratliff

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To consider the following:

HB 65            Kamel                    SP: Cain
Relating to increases in tuition and fees  charged by public
institutions of higher education.

HB 733            Raymond                  SP: Shapleigh
Relating to the lease of certain state facilities.

HB 767            Junell                   SP: Lindsay
Relating to an exemption from tuition and fees at a public
institution of higher education for certain students in foster or
other residential care.

HB 846            King                     SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain
public property.

HB 1209            Maxey                    SP: Ellis
Relating to payments to vendors doing business with state
government.

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

HB 2252            Oliveira                 SP: Truan
Relating to certain projects and programs for residents of a
colonia.

HB 2564            Hinojosa                 SP: Lucio
Relating to authorizing the Board of Regents of The University of
Texas System to acquire by purchase, exchange, gift, or otherwise
certain properties to be used for campus expansion and university
purposes in The University of Texas System.

HB 2747            Hinojosa                 SP: Lucio
Relating to allowing students at public junior colleges to pay
tuition and fees in installments.

HB 2778            Junell                   SP: Ratliff
Relating to directing payment, after approval, of certain
miscellaneous claims and judgments against the state out of funds
designated by this Act; making appropriations.

HB 2798            Marchant                 SP: Carona
Relating to tax-exempt private activity bonds.

HB 2799            Marchant                 SP: Ellis
Relating to investment practices of governmental entities.

HB 3027            Smithee                  SP: Cain
Relating to recoupment of certain professional liability discounts
in lieu of reimbursement under Chapter 110, Civil Practice and
Remedies Code; and declaring an emergency.

HB 3189            Kuempel                  SP: Armbrister
Relating to the authority of the Parks and Wildlife Department to
issue revenue bonds.

HB 3271            Berlanga                 SP: Truan
Relating to student center complex fees for institutions in The
Texas A&M University System.

SCR 71            Madla
Granting Orian R. Gardner permission to sue the State of Texas and the
Texas Department of Transportation.

Pending Bills:


HB 3203            Counts                   SP: Duncan
Relating to the disposition of unclaimed funds by nonprofit
cooperative corporations.

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