** REVISION **
                                   SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Intergovernmental Relations

TIME & DATE:  8:00AM or upon adjournment
             Friday, May 11, 2001

PLACE: E1.004 Ext. Auditorium

CHAIR: Senator Frank Madla

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HB 674            Elkins / et al.          SP: Lindsay
Relating to stopping, standing, or parking a vehicle on a sidewalk.

HB 1096            Luna, Vilma              SP: Gallegos
Relating to the creation of fire control, prevention, and emergency
medical services districts by certain municipalities.

HB 1194            Brimer                   SP: Harris
Relating to the eligibility of certain property owned or leased by
a local official for ad valorem tax abatement or tax increment
financing.

HB 1388            Moreno, Joe E.           SP: Gallegos
Relating to the civil service status of fire fighters in certain
cities.

HB 1689            Chisum                   SP: Barrientos
Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation for certain
organizations engaged primarily in performing charitable functions.

HB 1863            Kuempel                  SP: Wentworth
Relating to the registration fee for dogs required by certain
counties.

HB 1890            Lewis, Glenn             SP: Harris
Relating to control of contracts and funds of a commissary for the
county jail of certain counties.

HB 1912            Capelo                   SP: West, Royce
Relating to the authority of a municipality to impose and use
utility fees for certain disabled access improvements.

HB 2053            Clark                    SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to municipal courts of record.

HB 2175            Hochberg                 SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of property owned
by nonprofit corporations that provide chilled water and steam to
certain health-related institutions of this state.

HB 2306            Chisum                   SP: Bivins
Relating to the extension of residence homestead ad valorem tax
exemptions and protection from forced sale to a homestead owned by
a family-owned business.

HB 2477            Counts                   SP: Duncan
Relating to the Garza County Health Care District.

HB 2488            Chisum                   SP: Haywood
Relating to the powers and duties of the Donley County Hospital
District.

HB 2658            Counts                   SP: Haywood
Relating to the authority of Knox County Hospital District to enter
into a loan agreement.

HB 2681            Allen                    SP: West, Royce
Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use hotel
occupancy tax revenue for certain venue projects.

HB 2760            Brown, Betty             SP: Madla
Relating to the resolution of disputes arising under interlocal
cooperation contracts.

HB 2778            Farabee                  SP: Madla
Relating to the membership of the interagency work group on
unfunded mandates on political subdivisions.

HB 2818            Counts                   SP: Shapleigh
Relating to the maximum inmate population of facilities operated by
municipalities.

HB 2863            Farabee                  SP: Madla
Relating to the threshold contract amount at which a county and
certain municipalities are required to engage in a competitive
purchasing procedure for certain purchases.

HB 3006            Uresti                   SP: Madla
Relating to composition of the board of directors of a tax
increment reinvestment zone.

HB 3229            Craddick                 SP: Bivins
Relating to a declaration for write-in candidacy for director of
the Midland County Hospital District.

HB 3364            Menendez                 SP: Van de Putte
Relating to deferring or abating a suit to collect ad valorem taxes
owed by certain disabled individuals.

HB 3623            Flores                   SP: Shapleigh
Relating to the transfer of certain underused real property owned
or controlled by the state to political subdivisions for use as
affordable and accessible housing.

HB 3632            Farabee                  SP: Haywood
Relating to the jurisdiction of a county court at law in Wichita
County.

HB 3637            Hilderbran               SP: Fraser
Relating to the County Court at Law of Burnet County.

HB 3643            Seaman                   SP: 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.

HB 3663            Thompson                 SP: Brown, J. E. "Buster"
Relating to the jurisdiction of a county criminal court at law in
Harris County.

HB 3671            Denny                    SP: Nelson
Relating to the creation of municipal courts of record in Trophy
Club located in Tarrant and Denton counties.

HB 3687            Green                    SP: Armbrister
Relating to the operation of the Nixon Hospital District of
Gonzales and Wilson Counties, Texas, and the DeWitt Medical
District.

HB 3691            Dunnam                   SP: Sibley
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of a hospital district to be known as the
West Medical District; authorizing a tax; and granting the
authority to issue and refund bonds.

HB 3692            Coleman                  SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the creation of the Greater Southeast Management
District; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.

HB 3695            Merritt                  SP: Cain
Relating to the creation of an additional county court at law in
Gregg County.

HCR 102            Brimer                   SP: Harris
Designating the week of May 20-26, 2001, as Make an Impact Week.

HJR 67            Chisum                   SP: Bivins
Proposing a constitutional amendment to extend residence homestead
ad valorem tax exemptions and protection from forced sale to a
homestead owned by a family-owned business.

HB 3184            Danburg                  SP: Lindsay
Relating to the contents of an application for an exemption from ad
valorem taxation.

HB 2832            Smithee                  SP: Bivins
Relating to requiring tax collectors to notify taxpayers of certain
overpayments of ad valorem taxes and to issue refunds of certain
duplicate payments of ad valorem taxes.

HB 3604            Najera                   SP: Shapleigh
Relating to the requirements for the connection of land to utility
service in certain subdivisions in certain counties.

HB 3552            Raymond                  SP: Madla
Relating to the regulation of manufactured housing; providing a
penalty.

HB 2683            Allen                    SP: Madla
Relating to public improvement projects to enforce deed
restrictions and perform architectural control.

HB 1940            Bonnen                   SP: Cain
Relating to the proration of the taxes imposed on a residence
homestead in a year in which a residence homestead exemption for an
elderly person terminates.

HB 3696            Hinojosa                 SP: Lucio
Relating to the creation of the County Court at Law No. 5 of
Hidalgo County and the County Criminal Court at Law of Hidalgo
County, to redesignating the County Court at Law No. 3 of Hidalgo
County as the Probate Court of Hidalgo County, and to the
jurisdiction of the statutory county courts in Hidalgo County.
Pending Bills:

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 340            Keffer                   SP: Madla
Relating to the acquisition by a county of a public interest in
certain roads.

HB 370            Hinojosa                 SP: Lucio
Relating to the fees imposed by certain counties for the
preservation, restoration, and management of certain county
records.

HB 617            Puente                   SP: Madla
Relating to the use of neighborhood associations in the enforcement
of certain municipal health and safety ordinances.

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 1191            Williams                 SP: Bernsen
Relating to the authority of the commissioners court of a county to
alter speed limits on county roads.

HB 1445            Turner, Bob              SP: Wentworth
Relating to the authority of municipalities and counties to
regulate subdivisions in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a
municipality.

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

HB 3298            Bonnen                   SP: Brown, J. E. "Buster"
Relating to the contracting authority of and authorized uses for
corporate revenue by certain industrial development corporations.

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BILLS DELETED AFTER LAST POSTING:

HB 2405
HB 3633