** REVISION **
                                   SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Finance

TIME & DATE:  9:00AM, Monday, April 12, 1999

PLACE: E1.036

CHAIR: Senator Bill Ratliff

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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.

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BILLS DELETED AFTER LAST POSTING:

SB 113
SB 1188
SB 1547