SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Intergovernmental Relations TIME & DATE: 8:30AM, Tuesday, April 17, 2001 PLACE: E1.028 CHAIR: Senator Frank Madla ___________________________________________________________________________ SB 378 Gallegos Relating to the conditions of employment for fire fighters. SB 382 Gallegos Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Commission on Fire Protection. SB 740 Bernsen Relating to certain diseases or illnesses suffered by a firefighter. SB 949 Shapiro Relating to the applicability of municipal zoning ordinances to open-enrollment charter schools. SB 985 Duncan Relating to authorizing the governing body of a municipality to enter into a tax abatement agreement with the owner of a leasehold interest in real property that is located in a reinvestment zone. SB 986 Duncan Relating to allowing certain tax abatement agreements to provide for the recapture of lost ad valorem tax revenue if a property owner fails to comply with a tax abatement agreement requirement for creating jobs. SB 1108 Bernsen Relating to certain employee benefits for tuberculosis contracted by a public safety employee. SB 1315 Staples Relating to the allocation of revenue from the municipal hotel occupancy tax. SB 1344 Barrientos Relating to certain municipal firefighters and police officers entitled to additional wages; providing a civil penalty. SB 1398 Fraser Relating to the authority of the governing body of a municipality to change previously adopted zoning regulations. SB 1480 Madla Relating to the administration of reinvestment zones for tax increment finance and ad valorem tax abatement and to ad valorem tax abatement agreements for property in a reinvestment zone. SB 1535 Madla Relating to effective dates for tax abatements. SB 1544 West, Royce Relating to local enforcement of certain health and safety statutes and ordinances. SB 1564 Duncan Relating to the funding of emergency medical services by municipalities with a population of more than 5,000 in counties with a population of less than 60,000. SB 1632 Bernsen Relating to municipalities that are exempt from giving security for court costs. SB 1635 Bernsen Relating to firefighter employee relations in certain political subdivisions; providing penalties. SB 1708 Van de Putte Relating to certain subdivision improvements and the bond requirements for certain subdivision improvements. SB 1710 Van de Putte Relating to deadlines and terms of local tax abatement agreements. SB 1711 Van de Putte Relating to allowing municipalities and counties to grant tax abatement agreements to lessees. SB 1716 Van de Putte Relating to the authority of a county to establish public improvement districts. SB 1736 Cain Relating to the waiver of penalties and interest if an error of a taxing unit or appraisal district results in failure to pay an ad valorem tax. SB 1737 Cain Relating to a property owner's right of access to records and information used in appraising property for property taxation. SB 1759 Armbrister Relating to the issuance and sale of and security and payment for public securities. SB 1781 Bivins Relating to the appointment of a public defender by the Commissioners Court of Potter County. SB 1782 Shapiro Relating to the creation of the Frisco Square Management District; providing the authority to impose a tax and issue bonds. SB 1789 Bivins Relating to the appointment of a public defender by the Commissioners Court of Randall County. HB 666 Bailey SP: Lindsay Relating to prohibiting municipal regulation of water and wastewater facilities in the unincorporated area of certain counties. HB 1619 Jones, Jesse SP: Carona Relating to authorizing county purchasing agents to establish a county purchasing card program. Pending Bills: SB 1780 Lindsay Relating to a sheriff's appeal to district court of a decision by a civil service commission. ___________________________________________________________________________