** REVISION **
                          HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Economic Development

TIME & DATE:  8:00AM, Thursday, April 8, 1999

PLACE: E1.010

CHAIR: Rep. Jim Solis

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The committee will meet to consider the following:


HB 946            Farrar
Relating to a prohibition of the waiver of certain employment
benefits by the acceptance of the payment of wages; providing a
penalty.

HB 2401            Keffer / et al.
Relating to the establishment of a voluntary workforce training
program for certain students.

HB 2487            Tillery
Relating to the creation and operation of a legislative oversight
committee for the labor exchange system administered by the Texas
Workforce Commission.

HB 2609            Greenberg
Relating to the provision of scholarships and wage supplementation
for professional child-care workers.

HB 2614            Counts
Relating to creation of a county alliance to jointly authorize the
creation of a development corporation.

HB 2881            Chavez
Relating to employment discrimination based on certain
employer-imposed language requirements.

HB 2992            Davis, John
Relating to the creation of a business technology outreach program.

HB 3142            Naishtat
Relating to exempting certain courses of instruction or review from
proprietary school certification.

HB 3161            Dunnam
Relating to disposition of public property in a readjustment zone.

HB 3200            Chavez
Relating to the local matching funds requirement for the child care
and development fund.

HB 3295            Goolsby
Relating to the deposit of excess proprietary school fees to the
proprietary school tuition protection fund.

HB 3429            Najera
Relating to information on assistance under the federal Community
Adjustment and Investment Program.

HB 3656            Oliveira
Relating to authorizing community-based organizations to
participate in the skills development fund.

HB 3658            Oliveira
Relating to the enterprise zone program.


The committee will also hear testimony on the following:

House Committee on Appropriations - Briefing on HB 1


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BILLS ADDED AFTER LAST POSTING:

HB 3161