SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Intergovernmental Relations TIME & DATE: 8:00AM, Tuesday, May 8, 2001 PLACE: E1.028 CHAIR: Senator Frank Madla ___________________________________________________________________________ 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. ___________________________________________________________________________