** REVISION ** SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Finance TIME & DATE: 9:00AM, Monday, April 12, 1999 PLACE: E1.036 CHAIR: Senator Bill Ratliff ___________________________________________________________________________ To consider the following bills: SB 1056 Carona Relating to exempting certain machinery and equipment used for certain telecommunications services from the sales and use tax. SJR 42 Brown, J. E. "Buster" Proposing a constitutional amendment allowing the state to create a program involving the issuance of bonds backed by money received from the tobacco settlement to meet the vital infrastructure needs of the state. SB 1695 Brown, J. E. "Buster" Relating to the Texas Vital Infrastructure Program and to the issuance of bonds backed by tobacco settlement money to pay for infrastructure programs. Pending Bill: SB 5 Sibley / et al. Relating to a franchise tax refund or credit for certain research and development activities. ___________________________________________________________________________ BILLS DELETED AFTER LAST POSTING: SB 113 SB 1188 SB 1547