** REVISION ** SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Business & Commerce TIME & DATE: 9:00AM, Tuesday, March 27, 2001 PLACE: Lt. Gov. Cmte. Room CHAIR: Senator David Sibley ___________________________________________________________________________ To be considered SB 317 Sibley Relating to continuation and functions of the Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner and the regulation of certain financial businesses. SB 544 Brown, J. E. "Buster" Relating to requiring health maintenance organizations to provide periodic health evaluations. SB 623 Duncan Relating to damages for liability actions in residential construction. SB 770 Harris Relating to availability of health benefit plan coverage for certain dependents of an enrollee. SB 842 Bivins Relating to class actions. SB 1127 Brown, J. E. "Buster" Relating to the minimum size of a container of liquor. SB 1143 Carona Relating to the credentialing of physicians and providers by health maintenance organizations. SB 1284 Van de Putte Relating to payment by certain issuers of health benefit plans of certain claims; providing penalties. SB 1306 Harris Relating to the use of pre-existing surveys by title insurance agents and companies. SB 1318 Staples Relating to health spas. SB 1329 Bivins Relating to the regulation of insurance and to requirements regarding motor vehicle insurance; providing penalties. SB 1391 Brown, J. E. "Buster" Relating to the venue for a suit involving a violation of insurance law. SB 1637 Bernsen Relating to discount cards deceptively marketed as insurance. SB 1659 Sibley Relating to the format of telecommunications utility billing statements. SB 1661 Sibley Relating to access to utility poles of electric and telephone utilities. SCR 12 Shapleigh Memorializing congress to authorize an additional 16 federal judges and commensurate staff to handle the current and anticipated caseloads along the Texas-Mexico border and to fully reimburse local governments for the costs incurred in prosecuting and incarcerating federal defendants. Subcommittee reports: SB 192 Lucio / et al. Relating to inclusion of ports-of-entry in Texas Department of Transportation planning and funding. SB 195 Lucio Relating to the Border Trade Advisory Committee in the Texas Department of Transportation. SB 1296 Lucio / et al. Relating to the issuance of general obligation securities to provide financial assistance to counties for roadway projects for colonias. SCR 7 Shapleigh Requesting the Texas Department of Transportation to collaborate with Mexico to develop and implement an electronic check and clearance system at border crossings in Mexico, including weigh-in motion technology. SCR 8 Shapleigh Requesting TxDOT to assist the federal government to establish DCLs at the Texas-Mexico border crossings in order to facilitate cross-border employment, and the free movement of people and goods. SJR 37 Lucio / et al. Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the issuance of obligations to provide financial assistance to counties for roadways to serve colonias. Pending: SB 12 Nelson Relating to a prohibition of discrimination based on the use of certain medical information in the determination of eligibility for employment or an occupational license. SB 393 Carona Relating to the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. SB 465 Shapleigh Relating to the creation of a border port authority; granting the power of eminent domain and the right to issue bonds. SB 601 Carona Relating to certain investments and rate reductions by insurance companies and related organizations; providing an administrative penalty. ___________________________________________________________________________ BILLS ADDED AFTER LAST POSTING: SB 842