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                     ITEMS ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION
                           Tuesday, May 8, 2001
                                1:00 P.M.

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                  ******** CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ********

The senate requests the appointment of a conference committee on:


SB 555    Ellis, Rodney / et al.
         SP: Junell
Relating to a college savings plan for qualified higher education
expenses.
(Senate conferees:  Ellis, ch; Bivins; Sibley; Van de Putte; Zaffirini)


SB 583    Duncan
         SP: Janek
Relating to liens for certain services provided by physicians.
(Senate conferees:  Duncan, ch; Bernsen; Carona; Fraser; Moncrief)


SB 1596    Bivins / et al.
         SP: Rangel / Jones, Jesse
Relating to the establishment and operation of the Toward
EXcellence, Access, & Success (TEXAS) grant II program.
(Senate conferees:  Bivins, ch; Ellis; Staples; Van de Putte; Wentworth)



Conference Committee Reports:


SB 187    Shapleigh
         SP: Solomons
Relating to the creation of an authority and project to provide
government services through a secure and uniform online system.

                    ******** SENATE AMENDMENTS ********


HB 261    Ritter
         SP: Bernsen
Relating to the transfer of a defendant from county jail to the
institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
pending an appeal by the defendant.


HB 444    Madden / Walker
         SP: Shapiro
Relating to the requirements for write-in candidates in an election
for city officers.


HB 757    Coleman
         SP: Bernsen
Relating to the establishment of a task force to eliminate health
and health access disparities in Texas.


HB 822    Giddings / Pitts / Jones, Jesse
         SP: West, Royce
Relating to the deferral of proceedings in a justice, municipal, or
juvenile court against certain persons for purposes of attending a
teen court program.


HB 987    Oliveira
         SP: Truan
Relating to the collection of solid waste disposal service fees by
a county or by certain public or private entities contracting with
a county.


HB 1132    Thompson / Naishtat
         SP: Bernsen
Relating to guardianships and other related matters concerning
incapacitated persons.


HB 1178    Wohlgemuth / Naishtat
         SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the regulation of child-care facilities and agencies.