** REVISION ** SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Finance TIME & DATE: 9:00AM, Monday, April 19, 1999 PLACE: E1.036 CHAIR: Senator Bill Ratliff ___________________________________________________________________________ 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. ___________________________________________________________________________ BILLS DELETED AFTER LAST POSTING: SB 1145