** REVISION **
                                   SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Finance

TIME & DATE:  8:00AM, Wednesday, May 12, 1999

PLACE: E1.036

CHAIR: Senator Bill Ratliff

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To consider the following bills:


HB 551            Goolsby / et al.         SP: Fraser
Relating to exempting certain small corporations from the franchise
tax and to the reporting requirements for those corporations.

HB 652            Berman                   SP: Ratliff
Relating to the application of the sales tax to certain eating
utensils.

HB 1398            Coleman                  SP: Zaffirini
Relating to indigent health care.

HB 1604            Thompson                 SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to certain procedures involving the ad valorem taxation of
property owned or acquired by a religious organization.

HB 2140            Williams                 SP: Carona
Relating to the tax on motor vehicles purchased or leased outside
this state and brought into this state by new residents.

HB 2146            Allen                    SP: Harris
Relating to the application of the sales tax to certain items sold
through coin-operated vending machines.

HB 2371            Gutierrez                SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to exempting diapers from the sales tax.

HB 2372            Gutierrez                SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to exempting certain drugs, medicines, and medical devices
from the sales tax.

HB 3159            Oliveira                 SP: Armbrister
Relating to the application of the diesel fuel tax to diesel fuel
used in certain passenger commercial motor vehicles.

HB 3197            Ramsay                   SP: Bernsen
Relating to the appraisal and ad valorem taxation of retail
manufactured housing inventory.

HB 3421            Davis, Yvonne            SP: Cain
Relating to the appraisal of certain motor vehicles for ad valorem
tax purposes.

HB 3549            Heflin                   SP: Wentworth
Relating to the administration and collection of ad valorem taxes
and certain local standby fees.

HB 804            Gallego                  SP: Wentworth
Relating to salaries and fees for services of certain prosecutors.

HB 3776            Luna, Vilma              SP: Truan
Relating to the use of certain funds by the Nueces County Hospital
District.

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BILLS ADDED AFTER LAST POSTING:

HB 3776