SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Intergovernmental Relations

TIME & DATE:  8:00AM, Tuesday, May 8, 2001

PLACE: E1.028

CHAIR: Senator Frank Madla

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SB 1183            Van de Putte
Relating to reimbursement for expenses of collecting a short-term
motor vehicle rental tax.

SB 1231            West, Royce
Relating to certain hotel facilities.

SB 1779            Armbrister
Relating to the creation of the County Court at Law of Aransas
County and to the jurisdiction of the County Court of Aransas
County.

SB 1786            Haywood
Relating to the jurisdiction of a county court at law in Wichita
County.

HB 122            West, George "Buddy"     SP: Duncan
Relating to authorizing a municipality to transfer real property to
a nonprofit organization to use for public purposes.

HB 166            Brown, Fred              SP: Ogden
Relating to the establishment or use of certain cemeteries.

HB 200            Pitts                    SP: Cain
Relating to the creation of an additional county court at law in
Ellis County and to the jurisdiction of the county courts at law in
that county.

HB 501            Carter                   SP: Moncrief
Relating to the board of managers and the budget of certain 9-1-1
service districts.

HB 785            Isett                    SP: Duncan
Relating to the liability for performing certain services for
another governmental unit.

HB 858            Dutton                   SP: Staples
Relating to the effect of a deed of conveyance of tax foreclosed
property resold by a municipality for urban redevelopment purposes.

HB 969            Oliveira                 SP: Lucio
Relating to local governments that may consider the location of a
bidder's principal place of business in awarding contracts.

HB 1091            Reyna, Elvira            SP: West, Royce
Relating to the appointment of members to certain county civil
service commissions.

HB 1107            Hartnett                 SP: Cain
Relating to the use of money in the county law library fund.

HB 1113            Goolsby                  SP: West, Royce
Relating to legislative leave time accounts for police officers in
certain municipalities.

HB 1254            West, George "Buddy"     SP: Bivins
Relating to the extension of uniform group benefits for political
subdivisions to certain affiliated service contractors.

HB 1368            Callegari                SP: Barrientos
Relating to application for registration of vehicles used by
nonprofit disaster relief organizations.

HB 1392            Keffer                   SP: Staples
Relating to certain ad valorem tax exemptions.

HB 1393            Hodge                    SP: Cain
Relating to the procedure for a refund of an overpayment or
erroneous payment of ad valorem taxes.

HB 1448            Oliveira                 SP: Van de Putte
Relating to authorizing the governing body of a municipality or a
county to enter into a tax abatement agreement with the owner of a
leasehold interest in real property that is located in a
reinvestment zone.

HB 1469            Oliveira                 SP: Lucio
Relating to improvements to county roads and the assessment of
costs by the commissioners courts of certain counties.

HB 1543            Luna, Vilma              SP: Truan
Relating to the sales and use tax imposed by municipal crime
control and prevention districts.

HB 1681            Bosse                    SP: Cain
Relating to the regulation of tow trucks by political subdivisions
of this state.

HB 1683            Goolsby                  SP: Cain
Relating to the powers of certain transportation authorities and to
the exercise of those powers.

HB 1837            Denny                    SP: Armbrister
Relating to restrictions on the application of noise regulations to
sport shooting ranges.

HB 1886            Coleman                  SP: Lindsay
Relating to municipal hotel occupancy taxes.

HB 2002            Walker                   SP: Bivins
Relating to exempting the purchase of certain recreational services
performed on county-owned land in certain counties from competitive
bidding and competitive proposal procedures.

HB 2092            Brown, Betty             SP: Cain
Relating to the abatement of public nuisances in counties.

HB 2185            Goolsby                  SP: Carona
Relating to fees collected by a county tax assessor-collector for
processing certain payments by credit card.

HB 2262            Danburg                  SP: Madla
Relating to certain requirements for membership on the governing
board of certain state agencies.

HB 2525            Junell                   SP: Fraser
Relating to the operation of the Mitchell County Hospital District.

HB 2580            Bosse                    SP: Whitmire
Relating to establishing the enforcement of land use restrictions
as a governmental function of a municipality.

HB 2746            Carter                   SP: Madla
Relating to emergency services and rural fire prevention districts.

HB 2869            Ramsay                   SP: Madla
Relating to county financial reporting procedures and to the
creation of the Texas County Financial Data Advisory Committee.

HB 2870            Ramsay                   SP: Staples
Relating to the authority of a commissioners court of a county to
develop and administer an economic development program for making
loans or grants of public money.

HB 3150            Allen                    SP: Carona
Relating to authorizing county officers and employees to receive
reduced travel agent fees for travel arrangements for official
county business.

HB 3191            Puente                   SP: Van de Putte
Relating to the consent of certain municipalities to the inclusion
of their extraterritorial jurisdiction in emergency services
districts.

HB 3193            Puente                   SP: Madla
Relating to the number of members of the governing body of certain
home-rule municipalities.

HB 3413            McClendon                SP: Madla
Relating to the exemption of a public housing authority from
competitive bidding requirements for certain activities.

HB 3414            McClendon                SP: Madla
Relating to the powers of public housing authorities regarding the
development and operation of housing projects.

HJR 2            Chisum                   SP: Madla
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a commissioners
court of a county to declare the office of constable in certain
precincts dormant and providing a procedure for reinstatement of
the office.

Bills Pending:


SB 151            Gallegos
Relating to the number of members of a commissioners court
constituting a quorum.

SB 378            Gallegos
Relating to the conditions of employment for fire fighters.

SB 469            Gallegos
Relating to the minimum staffing for certain fire apparatus in
certain fire departments.

SJR 4            Gallegos
Proposing a constitutional amendment to increase the number of
county commissioners in Harris County.

HB 164            Olivo / et al.           SP: Armbrister
Relating to the authority of counties to regulate outdoor lighting
near major astronomical observatories.

HB 3068            Chisum                   SP: Bivins
Relating to the appointment of a county auditor in certain
counties.

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