SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Intergovernmental Relations

TIME & DATE:  8:30AM, Wednesday, March 31, 1999

PLACE: E1.028

CHAIR: Senator Frank Madla

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To Consider the Following:


SB 173            Cain / et al.
Relating to the creation of municipal courts of record in Tyler.


SB 507            Duncan
Relating to purchases by municipalities through a competitive
procedure.


SB 633            Madla
Relating to the application of a fire code and fire code inspections to
certain buildings in unincorporated areas of a county.


SB 969            Lindsay
Relating to form specifications for recording certain legal
instruments.


SB 1013            Duncan
Relating to increasing the flexibility in the types of projects
which housing finance corporations may finance.


SB 1090            Duncan
Relating to the treatment of certain contracts for purposes of
determining the rollback tax rate of a taxing unit.


SB 1155            Carona
Relating to the allocation and reservation system for certain
tax-exempt private activity bonds.


SB 1174            Wentworth
Relating to the creation of alternate subdivision platting
requirements in priority groundwater management areas.


SB 1209            Cain
Relating to communication in an electronic format between a
property owner and a chief appraiser of an appraisal district for
the purpose of ad valorem taxation.


SB 1401            Nixon, Drew
Relating to the determination of an ad valorem tax protest based on
inequality of appraisal.


SB 1501            Lindsay
Relating to the appointment of directors and chairman of the board
of directors of a sports and community venue district.


SB 1603            Sibley
Relating to the expenditure of revenue and interest derived from
the municipal hotel occupancy tax.


SB 1606            Whitmire
Relating to municipal governing body confirmation of appointments
to a venue district board.


SB 1624            Haywood
Relating to the Hardeman County Hospital District.


SB 1625            Haywood
Relating to the Childress County Hospital District.


SB 1626            Haywood
Relating to the Chillicothe Hospital District.


SB 1627            Haywood
Relating to the Castro County, Hansford County, and Ochiltree
County hospital districts.


SB 1628            Haywood
Relating to the operation of the Muenster Hospital District.


SB 1641            Nixon, Drew
Relating to the appraisal of property for ad valorem tax purposes.


SB 1642            Nixon, Drew
Relating to the requirement that certain meetings of an appraisal
review board be open to the public.


SB 1730            Lucio
Relating to county contracts with private entities for jail
facilities.


HB 957            Uher
Relating to the law enforcement authority and status of a reserve
deputy, reserve deputy constable, reserve municipal police officer
and certain other peace officers.

Pending:


SB 549            Haywood / et al.
Relating to the oversight and operations of regional planning
commissions and councils of governments.


SB 712            Wentworth
Relating to requiring manufactured home rental communities to
comply with county subdivision regulations.


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