SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Border Affairs - Special

TIME & DATE:  8:30AM and upon adjournment
             Thursday, April 15, 1999

PLACE: Lt. Gov. Cmte. Room

CHAIR: Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr.

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To consider the following:


SB 867            Lucio
Relating to a loan guarantee to convert a contract for deed to a
warranty deed.

SB 913            Shapleigh / et al.
Relating to the establishment and maintenance of one-stop border
inspection stations in Brownsville, Laredo, and El Paso.

SB 1080            Shapleigh
Relating to the tuition charged certain foreign students attending
a public junior college in a county bordering a foreign nation.

SB 1375            Shapleigh
Relating to a study of state government functions at border
crossings.

SB 1381            Shapleigh
Relating to the establishment and operation of a border region
pilot program by the Texas Insurance Purchasing Alliance.

SB 1386            Shapleigh
Relating to a review and study of the effects of formulas for state
funding on programs and institutions in the national border area.

SB 1613            Lucio
Relating to requiring the Texas Commission on the Arts to use
private gifts and donations to promote the development of the arts
in certain municipalities located near an international border.

SB 1622            Lucio
Relating to the housing trust fund.

SB 1660            Shapleigh
Relating to the establishment and operation of the Paso del Norte
Regional Health Institute.

SB 1703            Ellis, Rodney
Relating to loan assistance for low-income individuals and
families.

SB 1857            Shapleigh
Relating to the study of barriers to the binational exchange of
health information.

SJR 35            Lucio
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the issuance of
bonds to augment funds for moderate and low income housing.

To consider the following pending bills:


SB 720            Zaffirini
Relating to granting limited state law enforcement authority to
border patrol agents of the United States Immigration and
Naturalization Service.

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