SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: State Affairs TIME & DATE: 12:30PM or 30 min. after adj. Thursday, April 8, 1999 PLACE: Senate Chamber CHAIR: Senator Florence Shapiro ___________________________________________________________________________ I. To consider the following: SB 123 Bivins Relating to representation of a person before an executive state agency by a member of the legislature. SB 785 Wentworth Relating to autopsy reports. SB 839 West, Royce Relating to security bars on residential dwellings. SB 1016 Wentworth Relating to the regulation of real estate brokers, salespersons, and inspectors and to the administration of certain recovery funds. SB 1042 Wentworth / et al. Relating to requests for attorney general decisions under the public information law. SB 1043 Wentworth / et al. Relating to the deposit that a governmental body may require under the open records law before preparing copies of certain information. SB 1044 Wentworth / et al. Relating to the charge a governmental body may impose for providing a copy of public information. SB 1045 Wentworth / et al. Relating to making government information available on the Internet and to the cost of making government information available to the public. SB 1097 Nixon, Drew Relating to the authority of this state or a political subdivision of this state to participate in a challenge, protest, or appeal regarding the ad valorem tax appraisal of a taxable leasehold or other possessory interest in real property owned by this state or the political subdivision. SB 1327 Gallegos Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Historical Commission. SB 1345 Brown, J. E. "Buster" Relating to the definition of an off-premise sign and the attachment of the nonconforming, off-premise sign status to the original nonconforming, off-premise sign. SB 1390 Shapleigh Relating to the Records Management Interagency Coordinating Council. SB 1419 Lucio Relating to the referral and reporting of delinquent obligations to the attorney general. SB 1438 Duncan Relating to a pilot project transferring certain professional and occupational licensing boards to self-directed semi-independent status; making an appropriation. SB 1533 Carona Relating to the hazardous substances law; providing penalties. SB 1785 Gallegos Relating to creation of a benefit fund and supplemental one-time payment for certain peace officers and fire fighters disabled in the line of duty. SB 1832 Bivins Relating to the location of polling places and to certain ballots for write-in voting. SJR 37 Harris Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the application of equity loan law to cooperative membership fees and certificates. SJR 41 Madla Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow a public school teacher or faculty member of a public institution of higher education to serve as a member of the legislature. II. Subcommittee reports: SB 1446 Barrientos Relating to authorizing the General Services Commission to convey certain state-owned property to the City of Austin. SB 1794 Ratliff Relating to powers and duties of the Red River Redevelopment Authority; validating certain acts of the authority. SB 555 Ogden Relating to the award of state highway improvement contracts. III. Pending business: SB 29 Shapiro / et al. Relating to the civil commitment of sexually violent predators; providing a penalty. ___________________________________________________________________________