SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Border Affairs - Special TIME & DATE: 8:30AM, Thursday, April 22, 1999 PLACE: Lt. Gov. Cmte. Room CHAIR: Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. ___________________________________________________________________________ To consider the following: SB 684 Bivins Relating to peace officers from adjoining states enforcing the law in a bordering municipality in this state. SB 1287 Lucio Relating to housing loans to low income families. SB 1422 Lucio Relating to financial assistance for residential hookups to water and wastewater services in economically distressed areas. SCR 40 Shapleigh Requesting the lieutenant governor and speaker to initiate joint sessions with legislators of bordering Mexican states to establish communications on issues pertinent to the region. SJR 30 Lucio Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize additional general obligation bonds to fund water and wastewater services for economically distressed areas. SJR 34 Lucio Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the issuance of bonds to provide funds for low-income owner-built housing. To consider the following pending bills: SB 966 Lucio Relating to the financing and construction of highways by the Texas Department of Transportation. SB 1080 Shapleigh Relating to the tuition charged certain foreign students attending a public junior college in a county bordering a foreign nation. SJR 45 Lucio / et al. Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for the issuance of certain highway improvement and infrastructure bonds to the state highway system. ___________________________________________________________________________