SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: State Affairs TIME & DATE: 12:30PM or 30 min. after adj. Thursday, April 29, 1999 PLACE: Senate Chamber CHAIR: Senator Florence Shapiro ___________________________________________________________________________ I. To consider the following: SB 837 Wentworth Relating to the reapportionment of state legislative, congressional, and judicial districts and the creation, function, and duties of the Texas Redistricting Commission. SB 1092 Brown, J. E. "Buster" Relating to the establishment of a spaceport authority; granting the power of eminent domain and the right to issue bonds. SB 1220 Moncrief Relating to highway beautification; providing civil penalties. SB 1353 Barrientos Relating to the regulation of the practice of software engineering. SB 1520 Madla Relating to the authority of certain cities, counties, districts, authorities, agencies, and nonprofit corporations to enter into lease-leaseback transactions. SB 1828 Shapiro Relating to government purchasing from people with disabilities. SJR 27 Wentworth Proposing a constitutional amendment to create the Texas Redistricting Commission to establish legislative and congressional districts and to revise the constitutional redistricting provisions. HB 264 Hochberg SP: Cain Relating to a change of beneficiary by a retiree of the Employees Retirement System of Texas. HB 510 Hartnett SP: Cain Relating to the composition of the Commission on Uniform State Laws. HB 833 Denny SP: Shapiro Relating to the filing of an application for a place on the general primary election ballot. HB 1031 Hunter SP: Ellis, Rodney Relating to the filing of sworn statements prescribed by the constitution for public office and made by the directors of certain special districts. HB 1539 Pitts SP: Nelson Relating to validating certain conveyances of land formerly used for the superconducting super collider research facility. II. Subcommittee reports: SB 349 Nixon, Drew Relating to allowing certain trailers to travel at the posted speed limit. SB 791 Nixon, Drew Relating to specific information logo signs in certain counties. SB 923 Wentworth Relating to supervision of a vehicle operator holding an instruction permit. SB 1511 Ogden Relating to the powers of certain counties and rapid transit and regional transportation authorities within those counties to adopt or impose sales and use taxes. SB 1872 Lindsay Relating to the sale of certain toll roads by certain political subdivisions. HB 3092 Siebert / et al. SP: Cain Relating to the powers and duties of the Motor Vehicle Board of the Texas Department of Transportation; imposing a penalty. III. Pending business: SB 644 Haywood Relating to creating a covenant marriage. SB 838 Wentworth Relating to service credit in the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan One or the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two. SB 1364 Harris Relating to out-of-state political committees. ___________________________________________________________________________