SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: State Affairs TIME & DATE: 10:00AM, Wednesday, April 12, 2000 PLACE: Houston, Texas CHAIR: Senator Florence Shapiro ___________________________________________________________________________ The Senate Committee on State Affairs and the Special Committee on Border Affairs will meet in a joint hearing at 10:00 a.m. at the Red Lion Hotel, 2525 West Loop South, Houston, Texas. Discussion of Committee Charge #1: Evaluate the state's intermodal transportation planning efforts with an emphasis on NAFTA-related trade corridors and their impact on both metropolitan and rural areas of the state. The Committee shall address all modes of transportation including highways, farm-to-market roads, turnpikes, mass transit, aviation, railroads, and water traffic. The Committee shall determine whether the state is maximizing federal funding levels, and evaluate alternative and innovative methods of transportation funding and develop recommendations for their use. The Committee shall coordinate study of this issue with the Special Committee on Border Affairs. Discussion of Committee Charge #3: Evaluate the safety of the state's commercial trucking industry, including the safety of roads and bridges; enforcement of truck safety regulations by the Department of Public Safety and other law enforcement entities; the effectiveness of current laws relating to oversize and overweight vehicles; and the adequacy of the fee structure designed to compensate county governments for road repair. NOTICE OF ASSISTANCE AT PUBLIC MEETINGS Persons with disabilities who plan to attend this meeting and who may need auxiliary aids or services, such as interpreters for persons who are deaf or hearing impaired, are requested to contact Cindy Hodges at (512)463-0380 at least one week prior to the meeting so arrangements can be made. ___________________________________________________________________________