** REVISION **
                                   SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Economic Development

TIME & DATE:  8:00AM, Tuesday, May 11, 1999

PLACE: Lt. Gov. Cmte. Room

CHAIR: Senator David Sibley

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To be considered:

HB 512            Gray / et al.            SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the admissibility in a civil action of certain
communications of sympathy.

HB 542            Brimer                   SP: Fraser
Relating to the board of directors of the Texas Workers'
Compensation Insurance Fund.

HB 610            Janek                    SP: Carona
Relating to health care providers under certain health benefit
plans.

HB 756            Hartnett                 SP: Madla
Relating to certain meetings held by a nonprofit corporation.

HB 965            Swinford                 SP: Duncan
Relating to certain dealer agreements concerning forestry
harvesting and off-road construction equipment.

HB 1014            Oliveira                 SP: Lucio
Relating to use of state and municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue
to clean and maintain beaches in certain municipalities.

HB 1018            Denny                    SP: Sibley
Relating to participation of cities and counties in the National
Flood Insurance Program.

HB 1064            Pickett                  SP: Carona
Relating to the regulation of the sale and use of certain
refrigerants.

HB 1066            Swinford                 SP: Duncan
Relating to dealers of certain farm and industrial equipment.

HB 1194            Turner, Bob              SP: Fraser
Relating to the operation of a statewide rural health care system.

HB 1354            Hartnett                 SP: Carona
Relating to requiring notice of certain appeal rights to a person
insured or applying for medical liability insurance provided
through a joint underwriting association.

HB 1498            Janek                    SP: Sibley
Relating to the availability of health benefit coverage options for
health maintenance organization eligible enrollees.

HB 1511            Marchant                 SP: Armbrister
Relating to the operation and regulation of pawnshops.

HB 1522            Siebert                  SP: Armbrister
Relating to prompt payment requirements for work performed by
contractors and subcontractors on certain real property.

HB 1543            Keffer                   SP: Fraser
Relating to the residency requirements for directors of certain
economic development corporations.

HB 1687            Hunter                   SP: Armbrister
Relating to a state program of loan guarantees to promote the film
industry in this state; providing a penalty.

HB 1764            Farabee                  SP: Whitmire
Relating to coverage by a health benefit plan of reconstructive
breast surgery  after mastectomy.

HB 1778            Giddings                 SP: Armbrister
Relating to the medical review of health care provided under the
workers' compensation insurance system.

HB 1878            Averitt                  SP: Harris
Relating to the regulation of pawnbrokers and pawnshop employees.

HB 1924            Averitt                  SP: Sibley
Relating to health insurance provided through the Texas Health
Insurance Risk Pool.

HB 1983            Bosse                    SP: Madla
Relating to the functions of the Advisory Commission on State
Emergency Communications and emergency communication districts and
to the continuation of the Advisory Commission on State Emergency
Communications.

HB 1984            Bosse                    SP: Madla
Relating to the consolidation of emergency communication districts.

HB 2049            Thompson                 SP: Madla
Relating to the right of a person entitled to coverage under
certain health and accident insurance policies to select certain
health care practitioners.

HB 2054            Solomons                 SP: Shapleigh
Relating to mechanic's, contractor's, and materialmen's liens.

HB 2066            Marchant                 SP: Fraser
Relating to regulation of bank holding companies in an interstate
banking and branching environment, the authorization of interstate
operations of financial institutions in accordance with the
requirements of federal law, and the enhancement of state bank and
trust company charters for the interstate banking and branching
environment.

HB 2180            Averitt                  SP: Cain
Relating to usury and the regulation of lenders.

HB 2559            Turner, Bob              SP: Ratliff
Relating to increasing the policy limit on stipulated insurance
company policies.

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

HB 2748            Smithee                  SP: Sibley
Relating to coverage for certain care for children provided through
a health maintenance organization.

HB 2752            Smithee                  SP: Sibley
Relating to joint underwriting and reinsurance advisory
organizations.

HB 2842            Brimer                   SP: Armbrister
Relating to continued payment of salary by an employer as
replacement for certain workers' compensation income benefits.

HB 2856            Yarbrough                SP: Carona
Relating to the quantity of alcoholic beverages which may be sold
by package store and wine only package store permittees in a single
transaction.

HB 3020            Smithee                  SP: Sibley
Relating to the withdrawal from operations by a health maintenance
organization.

HB 3033            Oliveira                 SP: Carona
Relating to the ad valorem taxation of an inventory consisting of
motor vehicles held for sale.

HB 3333            Tillery                  SP: Cain
Relating to certain duties of local workforce development boards in
connection  with the provision of child care.

HB 3515            Marchant                 SP: Sibley
Relating to the nature of certain contracts included in the cash
price of motor vehicles sold at retail.

HB 3657            Oliveira                 SP: Sibley
Relating to the continuation, funding, and operation of certain
workforce development programs.

HB 3697            Siebert                  SP: Sibley
Relating to the operation of the Texas Workers' Compensation
Insurance Fund and the disposition of certain surpluses of that
fund.

SB 745            Shapleigh
Relating to employment discrimination based on certain
employer-imposed language requirements.


Pending business:

HB 1642            Hochberg / et al.        SP: Nelson
Relating to the treatment of property in certain reinvestment zones
for purposes of school finance.

SB 645            Lucio
Relating to compliance with government standards as a defense to an
award of exemplary damages in certain products liability actions.

SB 899            Sibley
Relating to certain investments by insurance companies and related
organizations.

Subcommittee reports:

HB 23            Goolsby                  SP: Armbrister
Relating to liability for certain prohibited telephone
communications.

HB 2109            Bonnen                   SP: Brown, J. E. "Buster"
Relating to limits on liability of a taxing unit for storage tanks.

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