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                     ITEMS ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION
                          Thursday, May 17, 2001
                               10:00 A.M.

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

The senate requests appointment of a conference committee on:


SB 382    Gallegos
         SP: Ehrhardt
Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Commission on Fire
Protection.
Senate conferees:  Gallegos, ch; Cain; Carona; Van de Putte; Whitmire


SB 406    Cain / et al.
         SP: Hawley
Relating to the preservation of rail facilities by the Texas
Department of Transportation.
Senate conferees:  Cain, ch; Bernsen; Carona; Shapiro; Truan


SB 684    Madla
         SP: Uresti
Relating to the definition of non-physician mental health
professional for purposes of a proceeding or evaluation under the
Texas Mental Health Code.
Senate conferees:  Madla, ch; Bernsen; Carona; Harris; Lucio


SB 846    Cain
         SP: Naishtat
Relating to municipal payroll deductions.
Senate conferees:  Cain, ch; Carona; Shapiro; Sibley; Whitmire


SB 1472    Ogden
         SP: Williams
Relating to the general property deposit paid by a student of a
public institution of higher education.
Senate conferees:  Ogden, ch; Sibley; Staples; West; Zaffirini


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



HB 2    Gallego / Danburg / Madden / Swinford / Junell / et al.
         SP: Shapiro
Relating to the regulation of certain political contributions,
political expenditures, and political advertising; providing civil
and criminal penalties.


HB 102    Maxey / Wohlgemuth / Danburg / Naishtat / Villarreal, Mike /
              et al.
         SP: Moncrief
Relating to the electronic imaging program of the Texas Department
of Human Services.


HB 445    Goodman / Lewis, Glenn
         SP: Harris
Relating to the imposition by certain municipalities of a sales and
use tax dedicated to street maintenance.


HB 459    Carter / et al.
         SP: Moncrief
Relating to higher education tuition and fee exemptions for
children of dead or disabled firefighters or peace officers.


HB 490    Heflin
         SP: Brown, J. E. "Buster"
Relating to the administration and collection of ad valorem taxes.


HB 606    Smithee / Uresti / et al.
         SP: Nelson
Relating to prohibiting certain health benefit plans from requiring
the use of hospitalists by participating physicians.


HB 663    Lewis, Ron / Wise
         SP: Nelson
Relating to the regulation of tanning facilities.


HB 695    Reyna, Arthur
         SP: Wentworth
Relating to the regulation of certain occupations by the Texas Real
Estate Commission; providing penalties.


HB 741    Bailey
         SP: Gallegos
Relating to the creation of the Aldine Community Improvement
District; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.


HB 815    Bailey / Merritt / Tillery
         SP: Whitmire
Relating to providing the state flag and a certificate of gratitude
to the survivors of deceased peace officers.


HB 915    Gray / Brown, Fred / Eiland / Naishtat / et al.
         SP: Moncrief
Relating to bulk purchasing of prescription drugs by certain state
agencies.


HB 1166    Denny / Giddings
         SP: Carona
Relating to regulation of the business of selling checks, including
electronic checks.


HB 2494    Haggerty
         SP: Armbrister
Relating to the ratification of the Interstate Compact for Adult
Offender Supervision.


HB 2589    Hochberg
         SP: Wentworth
Relating to the required posting of information on a state agency's
Internet site and to the security, confidentiality, and management
of certain information.


HB 2628    Wolens
         SP: Shapiro
Relating to the powers and rights of a cultural educational
facilities finance corporation.


HB 2690    Walker
         SP: Staples
Relating to enforcement measures available to groundwater
conservation districts.


HB 2809    Wolens
         SP: Cain
Relating to statutory revision and statutory construction.


HB 2828    Smithee
         SP: Harris
Relating to the delegation of certain functions by a health
maintenance organization; providing penalties.


HB 2853    Bosse
         SP: Cain
Relating to studies performed by, and information gathered and
analyzed by, the legislative council.


HB 2912    Bosse / Chisum / Counts
         SP: Harris
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Natural
Resource Conservation Commission; providing penalties.


HB 2959    Williams
         SP: Ogden
Relating to the board of supervisors and the powers of the
Brookshire-Katy Drainage District; providing a civil penalty.


HB 3286    Lewis, Ron
         SP: Brown, J. E. "Buster"
Relating to water conservation measures by state agencies and local
governments.


HB 3309    Hochberg
         SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the development, funding, and operation of the
Southeast Texas Biotechnology Park.


HB 3421    Farabee
         SP: Madla
Relating to the licensure of physician assistants.


HB 3626    Hardcastle
         SP: Haywood
Relating to the ratification of the creation of and to the
administration, powers, duties, operation, and financing of the
Tri-County Groundwater Conservation District.


HJR 97    Junell / Davis, John
         SP: Ellis, Rodney
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the issuance of
general obligation bonds for construction and repair projects and
for the purchase of needed equipment.