** 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