** REVISION **
                                   SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Finance

TIME & DATE:  9:00AM, Monday, April 19, 1999

PLACE: E1.036

CHAIR: Senator Bill Ratliff

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To consider the following bills:


HB 1            Junell                   SP: Ratliff
General Appropriations Bill.

SB 805            Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the investment of the higher education fund.

SB 848            Nixon, Drew
Relating to the use of a scholarship fund for fifth-year accounting
students.

SB 1354            Barrientos
Relating to longevity pay for employees of the Texas School for the
Blind and Visually Impaired and the Texas School for the Deaf.

SB 1841            Ratliff
Relating to the abolition of the Texas Eminent Scholars Program.

SB 1862            Ratliff
Relating to the state participation program of the Texas Water
Development Board.

Pending Bills:


SB 1488            Armbrister
Relating to technical changes to statutes involving taxes or fees
administered by the Comptroller of Public Accounts.

SB 1547            Bivins
Relating to the sales and use tax on gasoline, diesel fuel, and
liquefied gas; providing penalties.


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BILLS DELETED AFTER LAST POSTING:

SB 1145