HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: State, Federal & International Relations TIME & DATE: 8:00AM, Tuesday, March 27, 2001 PLACE: E1.014 CHAIR: Rep. Bob Hunter ___________________________________________________________________________ The committee will meet to hear the following bills: HB 1974 Hunter Relating to creating a committee to appoint a poet laureate and a state artist. HB 2040 Hawley Relating to defense base development authorities created by certain municipalities. HB 2908 Hawley / et al. Relating to transferring the Texas Strategic Military Planning Commission to the office of the governor. HB 3591 Hunter Relating to certain non-profit libraries providing clinical medical information. HCR 74 Brown, Betty Declaring West Tawakoni the Catfish Capital of Texas. HCR 197 Miller Designating Gatesville as the Spur Capital of Texas. The committee will also hear invited testimony regarding Military Base Realignments and Closures from James Christoferson with the Office of Defense Affairs; General Hines, Pete Taylor, and Bob Tokerud of the Strategic Military Planning Commission; and Bill Ehrie, Dick Messbarger, and Gary Bushell of the Texas Defense, Aviation, and Aerospace Alliance. ___________________________________________________________________________