MINUTES 
                                           
                  SENATE COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS 
                               Monday, June 12, 2000 
                                     9:00 a.m. 
                           Capitol Extension, Room E1.016 
                                           
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on  
         Intergovernmental Relations was held on Monday, June 12, 2000,  
         in the Capitol Extension, Room E1.016, at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Frank Madla                     Senator Rodney Ellis 
         Senator Jon Lindsay 
         Senator Mike Moncrief 
         Senator Drew Nixon 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 9:05 a.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         The chair laid out charge three: 
         Review the statutory authority granted to local governments to  
         regulate the development of residential subdivisions. The  
         Committee shall identify conflicting provisions and make  
         recommendations to clarify existing statutes.  
          
         The following are witnesses testifying and registering on charge  
         three:   
         Donald Lee, representing Texas Conference of Urban Counties,  
         testified on the charge.  Ed Garza, representing City of San  
         Antonio, testified on the charge.  Robert Litke, representing  
         City of Houston, testified on the charge. Ray Tonjes,  
         representing himself, testified on the charge.  Wayne Harwell,  
         representing Greater San Antonio Builder Association, testified  
         on the charge.  Norman Dugas, representing himself, testified on  
         the charge.  Frank Turner, representing City of Plano, testified  
         on the charge.  Jim Allison, representing County Judges and  
         Commissioners Association of Texas, registered on the charge but  
         did not testify.  
          
         At 11:55, the chair called a ten minute break. At 12:05 the  
         chair laid out charge five: 
         Examine the powers, functions and programs administered by the  
         Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) and  
         the Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation (TSAHC). The  
         committee's report will assess the methodology used in  
  
         allocating the various housing funds and resources, including  
         the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program and the Housing Trust  
         Fund, and the compliance by the agency with that methodology,  
         and address whether the programs administered by TDHCA and the  
         TSAHC meet the affordable housing demands of targeted population  
         groups throughout the State of Texas.  
          
         The following are witnesses testifying and registering on charge  
         five: 
         Daisey Stiner, representing Texas Department of Housing and  
         Community Affairs (TDHCA), testified on the charge.  John  
         Garvin, representing TDHCA, testified on the charge.  Ruth  
         Cedillo, representing TDHCA, testified on the charge.  Sam  
         Guzman, representing TDHCA, testified on the charge.  Sandy  
         Mauro, representing TDHCA, testified on the charge.  Homero  
         Cabello, Jr., representing TDHCA, testified on the charge.   
         Bobbie Hill, representing TDHCA, testified on the charge.  Sally  
         Velasquez, representing City of Eagle Pass, testified on the  
         charge. 
          
         At 1:20 p.m. Senator Madla moved that the committee stand  
         recessed until call of the chair; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.     
          
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         Senator Frank Madla, Chair 
          
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         Hillery Stephens, Clerk