SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Finance

TIME & DATE:  9:30AM, Thursday, March 4, 1999

PLACE: E1.036

CHAIR: Senator Bill Ratliff

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To consider the following:


SB 5            Sibley
Relating to a franchise tax refund or credit for certain research
and development activities.

SB 341            Ogden
Relating to taxing the sale, use, or consumption of Internet access
service.

SB 441            Ellis, Rodney
Relating to exemptions from the sales tax.

SB 616            Brown, J.E. "Buster"
Relating to the financial obligations of the state under a contract
between the Texas Lottery Commission and a lottery operator.


Pending Bills:


SB 174            Ratliff
Relating to codification of certain state employment matters
currently prescribed by the General Appropriations Act.

SB 175            Ratliff
Relating to codification of certain travel provisions in the
General Appropriations Act that are applicable to state officers
and employees.

SB 176            Ratliff
Relating to codification of certain reporting and accounting
requirements in the General Appropriations Act that are applicable
to state agencies.

SB 177            Ratliff
Relating to codification of certain provisions in the General
Appropriations Act that authorize, restrict, or prohibit
expenditures by public entities.

SB 178            Ratliff
Relating to codification of certain state agency practices and
duties currently prescribed by the General Appropriations Act.


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