** 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 ___________________________________________________________________________ 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. ___________________________________________________________________________ BILLS DELETED AFTER LAST POSTING: HB 2405 HB 3633