** REVISION **
SENATE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE: Business & Commerce
TIME & DATE: 8:00AM, Thursday, May 10, 2001
PLACE: Betty King Committee Room
CHAIR: Senator David Sibley
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To be considered:
HB 412 Zbranek SP: Bernsen
Relating to an extension to file a request to maintain service area
certification by a municipally owned utility.
HB 472 Solomons SP: Shapleigh
Relating to the regulation of telemarketing solicitation; providing
penalties.
HB 627 Hilderbran SP: Fraser
Relating to sale of wine by certain holders of a winery permit.
HB 936 Solis, Jim SP: Van de Putte
Relating to the application of certain laws to local workforce
development boards and to the application of certain conflict of
interest requirements to the members of those boards.
HB 1080 McReynolds SP: Bivins
Relating to insurance requirements to limit the liability of an
owner, lessee, or occupant of agricultural land for damages arising
from a certified prescribed burn on that land.
HB 1148 Cook SP: Armbrister
Relating to notice of proposed construction sent to the county
commissioners court and others regarding, and the marking,
location, and removal of, certain wireless communication
facilities.
HB 1214 Pitts SP: Brown, J. E. "Buster"
Relating to the regulation of certain occupations by, and other
powers and duties of, the Texas Department of Licensing and
Regulation.
HB 1241 Counts SP: Duncan
Relating to the purchase of diesel fuel by certain persons using a
signed statement.
HB 1309 Villarreal, Mike SP: Shapleigh
Relating to requirements applicable to child-care workers who
receive scholarships funded by the federal Child Care Development
Fund.
HB 1348 Villarreal, Mike SP: Shapleigh
Relating to a grant program for local workforce development boards
to design and implement child-care demonstration projects.
HB 1514 Junell SP: Harris
Relating to the operation of certain commercial enterprises.
HB 1612 Goolsby SP: Carona
Relating to permitted forms of payment for permit application fees.
HB 1613 Goolsby SP: Carona
Relating to records retention requirements for certain
manufacturers and distributors of alcoholic beverages.
HB 1614 Wise SP: Cain
Relating to requirements for the issuance of a food and beverage
certificate to certain alcoholic beverage permit or license
holders.
HB 1676 Burnam SP: Van de Putte
Relating to health benefit plan coverage for certain benefits
related to brain injury.
HB 1723 Seaman SP: Armbrister
Relating to the creation of a county employment development board
in certain counties to develop programs for rural economic
assistance for career training; authorizing a tax.
HB 1869 Wohlgemuth SP: Harris
Relating to the acquisition of manufactured homes through financing
or other means and to persons associated with those acquisitions.
HB 1902 Turner, Sylvester SP: Sibley
Relating to the purposes for which the system benefit fund may be
used.
HB 2028 Yarbrough SP: Van de Putte
Relating to the enforcement of a lien by the Texas Workforce
Commission for unpaid wages or penalties.
HB 2265 Villarreal, Mike SP: Shapleigh
Relating to the funding of child care subsidies by the Texas
Workforce Commission.
HB 2413 Ritter SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the tax on cigarettes, cigars, and other tobacco
products.
HB 2415 Giddings SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to an interim study of the marketplace in the state for
life insurance issued with a small face amount.
HB 2482 Kitchen SP: Zaffirini
Relating to stabilization of long-term care insurance premium
rates.
HB 2484 Wilson SP: Armbrister
Relating to the regulation of racing.
HB 2593 Chavez SP: Shapleigh
Relating to the establishment of a pilot program by the Texas
Workforce Commission for technology training for certain persons.
HB 2614 Solis, Jim SP: Lucio
Relating to a dental services pilot program in border-region
counties.
HB 2728 Crownover, Myra SP: Fraser
Relating to regulation of the issuance of a security under a
certain compensation plan established by the issuer of the security
or a participating subsidiary of the issuer.
HB 2767 Delisi SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the notice regarding sales of cigarettes and tobacco
products given by a retailer to its employees.
HB 2769 Solis, Jim SP: Jackson
Relating to the scope of child care services funded by a local
workforce development board.
HB 2830 Smithee SP: Sibley
Relating to unauthorized insurance.
HB 2831 Smithee SP: Sibley
Relating to notification to certain health care providers of the
factors considered by a managed care entity in determining the
amount of reimbursement for an out-of-network provider.
HB 2976 Dukes SP: Fraser
Relating to the funding of the State Office of Risk Management.
HB 3178 Solis, Jim SP: Shapleigh
Relating to the requirement that certain persons associated with
development corporations complete a training seminar on the
operation and administration of development corporations; providing
an administrative penalty.
HB 3393 Oliveira SP: Van de Putte
Relating to the adoption and use of certain consumer information
materials in Spanish regarding personal automobile insurance
coverage.
HB 3473 Naishtat SP: Shapleigh
Relating to prohibiting employer retaliation against certain
employees who report child abuse or neglect.
HB 3589 Hunter SP: Armbrister
Relating to the Texas Film Industry Development Loan Guarantee
Program.
HB 3591 Hunter SP: Bivins
Relating to including certain libraries of nonprofit corporations
in the TexShare consortium and authorizing grants from the
telecommunications infrastructure fund to those libraries.
HCR 109 Gutierrez SP: Moncrief
Supporting the establishment of a 2-1-1 information and referral
telephone network for Texas.
HCR 174 McCall SP: Nelson
Expressing the public policy relating to software piracy.
HCR 214 Chavez SP: Shapleigh
Memorializing Congress to establish a separate Federal Medical
Assistance Percentage for the Texas-Mexico border region.
SB 321 Sibley
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Department
of Economic Development and the operation, funding, and
administration of the smart jobs fund program.
SB 444 Fraser
Relating to a study by the Texas Workforce Commission of fraud in
the unemployment insurance system.
SB 1717 Van de Putte
Relating to the ability of a motor vehicle insurer to obtain a
release from liability or obtain certain statements with respect to
a motor vehicle accident; providing a penalty.
Pending:
HB 1692 Chisum / et al. SP: Bivins
Relating to customer protections applicable to certain electric
utilities.
HB 1862 Eiland SP: Van de Putte
Relating to the regulation and prompt payment of health care
providers under certain health benefit plans.
HB 2600 Brimer SP: Duncan
Relating to the provision of workers' compensation benefits and to
the operation of the workers' compensation insurance system;
providing penalties.
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BILLS ADDED AFTER LAST POSTING:
SB 321