** REVISION ** SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Finance TIME & DATE: 9:00AM, Thursday, April 15, 1999 PLACE: E1.036 CHAIR: Senator Bill Ratliff ___________________________________________________________________________ To consider the following bills: SB 9 Duncan Relating to a franchise tax credit for corporations that provide financing for certain before and after school programs. SB 113 Fraser Relating to contingent fee contracts for legal services entered into by a state or local governmental entity and to the deposit of certain delinquent or disputed funds recovered by a state or local governmental entity. SB 868 Cain Relating to the treatment of the limitation on increases in the appraised value of a residence homestead in the determination of school district property values by the comptroller. SB 869 Cain Relating to the treatment of property appraised by more than one appraisal district in the determination of school district property values by the comptroller. SB 1203 Cain Relating to remedies for unequal appraisals of property by an appraisal district. SB 1210 Cain Relating to the limitation of school district ad valorem taxes on the residence homestead of an elderly person. SB 1434 Duncan Relating to the retention or refund of certain money collected or received by a state agency. SB 1435 Duncan Relating to the appraisal and ad valorem taxation of heavy equipment. SB 1461 Cain Relating to the calculation of a residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation and the limitation of school taxes on the homestead of an elderly person if the owner of the homestead qualifies for the exemption or limitation after the beginning of a tax year. SJR 39 Duncan Proposing a constitutional amendment to exempt from ad valorem taxation certain tangible personal property held temporarily for assembling, manufacturing, processing, or other commercial purposes. SB 1490 Duncan Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain tangible personal property held only temporarily for assembling, manufacturing, processing, or other commercial purposes. SB 1841 Ratliff Relating to the abolition of the Texas Eminent Scholars Program. Pending Bill: SB 341 Ogden Relating to taxing the sale, use, or consumption of Internet access service. ___________________________________________________________________________ BILLS ADDED AFTER LAST POSTING: SJR 39