** REVISION **
                                   SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Intergovernmental Relations

TIME & DATE:  8:00AM, Wednesday, April 21, 1999

PLACE: E1.028

CHAIR: Senator Frank Madla

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To Consider The Following:


SB 376            Nelson
Relating to the statutory county courts in Denton County.


SB 431            Barrientos
Relating to benefits and administration of retirement systems for
firefighters in certain municipalities.


SB 621            Gallegos
Relating to conditions of employment for peace officers employed by
certain transportation authorities.


SB 824            Gallegos
Relating to tax increment investment financing and the powers of a
municipality.


SB 833            Cain
Relating to the authority of certain counties to regulate public
nuisances.


SB 935            Lucio
Relating to the purposes for which certain municipalities may use
revenue from the municipal hotel occupancy tax.


SB 961            Barrientos
Relating to conditions of employment for peace officers and
detention officers employed by certain sheriff departments.


SB 1022            Ellis, Rodney
Relating to a branch office of a county clerk.


SB 1277            Wentworth
Relating to the uses of impact fees charged by municipal utility
districts.


SB 1322            Wentworth
Relating to county regulation of firearms in unincorporated areas.


SB 1323            Wentworth
Relating to requiring certain plats for the subdivision of land to
include proof of groundwater supply.


SB 1397            Haywood
Relating to the creation of a virtual university to assist elected
officials of rural local governments.


SB 1537            Gallegos
Relating to membership and credit in and benefits and
administration of retirement systems for officers and employees of
certain municipalities.


SB 1708            Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the imposition of a criminal penalty for a violation of
a rule concerning the use of county parks.


SB 1718            Ellis, Rodney
Relating to alternative dispute resolution systems established by
counties.


SB 1793            Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the Houston Downtown Management District.


SB 1866            Lindsay
Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Management
District No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax and issue
bonds.


HB 649            Flores                   SP: Truan
Relating to the waiver of filing fees for persons of low or
moderate income who are buying or improving a home.


HB 960            Counts                   SP: Duncan
Relating to regulation of the Sam Wahl Recreation Area at Lake Alan
Henry.


HB 962            Jones, Delwin            SP: Duncan
Relating to requiring voter approval for the lease or sale of a
certain facility owned and operated by the Lubbock County Hospital
District.


HB 963            Jones, Delwin            SP: Duncan
Relating to the protection of playa lakes by certain home-rule
municipalities.


HB 1138            Thompson                 SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to a branch office of a county clerk.


HB 1177            Junell                   SP: Duncan
Relating to permissible uses of courthouse security fund and
municipal court building security fund.


HB 1189            Gallego                  SP: Madla
Relating to the petition for creation of a civic center authority.


HB 1889            Keffer                   SP: Sibley
Relating to the dissolution of the Ranger Hospital District of
Eastland County, Texas.

Pending:


SB 1118            Armbrister
Relating to the date by which the governing body of a taxing unit
must adopt an ad valorem tax rate for that taxing unit.


SB 1772            Zaffirini
Relating to the allocation of revenue from the state hotel tax for
certain purposes in certain municipalities located in a park and
recreation district.

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BILLS ADDED AFTER LAST POSTING:

HB 1138