HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Ways & Means

TIME & DATE:  2:00PM or upon final adjourn./recess
             Wednesday, March 28, 2001

PLACE: E2.010

CHAIR: Rep. Rene Oliveira

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HB 1060            Mowery
Relating to appeals to small claims courts of certain ad valorem
tax determinations.

HB 1431            Danburg
Relating to the voluntary collection of certain taxes.

HB 1601            Davis, John / et al.
Relating to exempting certain corporations from the franchise tax.

HB 1731            King, Tracy
Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation for freeport
goods.

HB 1732            King, Tracy
Relating to the changing of an ad valorem tax appraisal roll.

HB 1841            Junell
Relating to authorizing the comptroller to establish a program to
permit certain certified public accountants to perform certain
audits.

HB 1940            Bonnen
Relating to the proration of the taxes imposed on a residence
homestead in a year in which a residence homestead exemption for an
elderly person terminates.

HB 1965            Danburg
Relating to the imposition and use of revenue from a sales and use
tax on billboard advertising services.

HB 2076            Flores
Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation for travel
trailers.

HJR 44            Flores
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to
exempt certain travel trailers from ad valorem taxation.

HB 2175            Hochberg
Relating to ad valorem tax exemption for nonprofit corporations
providing chilled water and steam.

HB 2274            Hilbert
Relating to the application of the sales tax and licensing fees to
professional land surveyors.

HB 2378            Kuempel
Relating to the cigarette tax.

HB 2756            Ritter
Relating to the recording of expenditures of revenue from the
county hotel occupancy tax.

HB 2832            Smithee
Relating to requiring tax collectors to notify taxpayers of certain
overpayments of ad valorem taxes.

HB 2963            Heflin
Relating to the collection and enforcement of taxes; providing
penalties.

HB 3106            Alexander / et al.
Relating to the rates of state motor fuel taxes and the allocation
of the taxes.

HB 57            Oliveira
Relating to exempting the purchase of certain school supplies,
school books, and other school materials from the sales tax.

HB 375            Flores
Relating to exemptions from the sales tax.

HB 860            Dutton
Relating to exemptions from the sales tax.

HB 3272            Oliveira
Relating to the time period for the sales and use tax exemption for
clothing and footwear.

HB 3273            Oliveira
Relating to exempting certain writing instruments from the sales
and use tax for a limited time.

HB 3274            Oliveira
Relating to exempting certain paper and paper holders from the
sales and use tax for a limited time.

HB 3275            Oliveira
Relating to exempting certain school mathematics instruments from
the sales and use tax for a limited time.

HB 3276            Oliveira
Relating to exempting certain reference books from the sales and
use tax for a limited time.

HB 3277            Oliveira
Relating to exempting certain arts and craft items from the sales
and use tax for a limited time.

HB 3278            Oliveira
Relating to exempting certain backpacks from the sales and use tax
for a limited time.

HB 3279            Oliveira
Relating to exempting certain sewing notions from the sales and use
tax for a limited time.

HB 3280            Oliveira
Relating to exempting certain child safety products from the sales
and use tax for a limited time.

HB 2601            Coleman
Relating to clarifying the taxation of possesory interests in
certain municipal property.

HB 2782            Villarreal, Mike
Relating to allowing counties to assess an application fee for tax
abatements.

HB 2965            Longoria
Relating to allowing municipalities and counties to grant tax
abatement agreements to lessees.

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