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


COMMITTEE: State Affairs

TIME & DATE:  2:00PM or upon adjournment
             Monday, May 3, 1999

PLACE: E2.010

CHAIR: Rep. Steven Wolens

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To consider the following:


HB 382            Chisum / et al.
Relating to placing a child in a foster home or adoptive home.

HB 383            Chisum / et al.
Relating to the recognition of a same-sex marriage.

HB 415            Talton / et al.
Relating to disqualifying certain persons from serving as foster
parents.

HB 475            Maxey / et al.
Relating to the prohibition of employment discrimination on the
basis of sexual orientation.

HB 604            Craddick / et al.
Relating to contingent fee contracts for legal services entered
into by a state or local governmental entity and to the deposit of
certain delinquent or disputed funds recovered by a state or local
governmental entity.

HB 868            Wilson
Relating to the Texas Human Rights Protection Act; providing civil
penalties.

HB 913            Thompson
Relating to the prohibition of certain discrimination in
applications for employment and employment interviews.

HB 1094            Burnam
Relating to certain state purchases from and investments in
entities doing business in Burma.

HB 1181            Danburg
Relating to the placement of certain children for adoption or in
substitute care.

HB 2342            Culberson
Relating to the repeal of certain prevailing wage requirements
regarding payment for services under certain contracts.

HB 2377            Burnam
Relating to the establishment of a minimum wage for public
employees.

HB 2386            Talton
Relating to discrimination or preferential treatment by the state
or a political subdivision of the state because of race, color,
sex, ethnicity, or national origin.

HB 3508            Marchant
Relating to creating the Texas Commission on Spinal Cord Research.

HB 3601            McClendon
Relating to the prohibition of employment discrimination affecting
certain former offenders.

HJR 95            Gray
Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide a four-year term
for the adjutant general and to provide that the term run
concurrently with the term of the governor.

SB 57            Harris
Relating to the exception from required disclosure under the public
information law of information relating to litigation.

SB 277            Carona
Relating to attorney general decisions requested under the open
records law and to the reconsideration of those decisions.

SB 583            Ellis, Rodney
Relating to a prospective state contractor who is indebted to or
owes delinquent taxes to the state.

SB 1382            Shapleigh
Relating to the technology access clause in certain state
contracts.

SB 1438            Duncan
Relating to a pilot project transferring certain professional and
occupational licensing boards to self-directed semi-independent
status; making an appropriation.

SB 1846            Brown, J. E. "Buster"
Relating to the exception from required disclosure under the public
information law of certain information related to peace officers
killed in the line of duty.

SB 1851            Wentworth / et al.
Relating to public access to governmental information and
decisions, including revisions to the public information law.

SJR 41            Madla
Proposing a constitutional amendment to permit a public school
teacher or faculty member of a public institution of higher
education to serve as a member of the legislature.








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BILLS ADDED AFTER LAST POSTING:

SB 1438
SB 1851
SJR 41