** REVISION **
                                   SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Finance

TIME & DATE:  8:30AM, Thursday, April 19, 2001

PLACE: E1.036

CHAIR: Senator Rodney Ellis

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The Committee will consider the following bills:


SB 86            Ellis, Rodney
Relating to exemptions from the sales tax.

SB 547            Sibley / et al.
Relating to an exemption from the sales and use tax for certain
assessments and fees related to telecommunications services.

SB 1200            Shapiro
Relating to a franchise tax credit for contributions to
organizations assisting educationally disadvantaged children.

SB 1286            Carona
Relating to a phased-in and limited exemption for certain purchases
of machinery and equipment used for research and development from
sales and use taxes.

SB 1377            Armbrister
Relating to the authority of the comptroller to review the use of
money collected as court costs.

SB 1378            Armbrister
Relating to criminal and civil fees.

SB 1379            Armbrister
Relating to the implementation of a change in law imposing or
changing the amount of certain court costs and fees.

SB 1689            Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the franchise tax.

SB 1690            Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the taxation of insurance companies and certain
insurance agents.

HB 244            Ellis, Dan / et al.      SP: Staples
Relating to exempting certain emergency service organizations from
the sales and use tax on boats and boat motors.

PENDING BILLS/OTHER BUSINESS


SB 174            Duncan
Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of tangible
personal property held at certain locations only temporarily for
assembling, manufacturing, processing, or other commercial
purposes.

SB 248            Carona
Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of motor
vehicles leased for personal use.

SB 344            Bivins
Relating to the rates of the gas and oil severance taxes.

SB 529            Bernsen
Relating to an exemption from the sales and use tax for tangible
personal property rented in connection with the improvement of
realty of a navigation district or port authority.

SB 615            Harris
Relating to the definition of security services for purposes of the
application of the sales tax.

SB 679            Harris
Relating to the enactment of the Texas Economic Development Act,
authorizing certain ad valorem tax incentives for economic
development, including authorizing school districts to provide tax
relief for certain corporations and limited liability companies
that make large investments that create or maintain jobs in this
state, and to continuing the Property Redevelopment and Tax
Abatement Act.

SB 845            Fraser
Relating to an exemption from the motor vehicle use tax for motor
vehicles brought into this state by certain military personnel or
retired military personnel.

SB 857            Madla
Relating to exempting renewable energy devices from the sales and
use tax.

SB 982            Duncan
Relating to establishing uniform minimum ethics requirements for
persons involved in the management or investment of state funds.

SB 1114            Brown, J. E. "Buster"
Relating to an exemption from the sales and use tax for taxable
items used in the performance of a space flight contract.

SB 1173            Wentworth
Relating to authorizing the issuance of not more than $9 million in
revenue bonds for the benefit of the Fleet Admiral Chester W.
Nimitz Memorial Naval Museum.

SB 1479            Madla
Relating to sales tax exemption for certain property used in the
repair, remodeling or maintenance of aircraft.

SB 1515            Lucio
Relating to the acquisition of vehicles by the Texas Department of
Transportation.

SB 1520            Lucio
Relating to the fee collected for registration of motor vehicles in
certain counties.

SB 1678            Jackson
Relating to exempting certain electronic information services from
the sales and use tax.

SJR 6            Duncan / et al.
Proposing a constitutional amendment to exempt from ad valorem
taxation tangible personal property held at certain locations only
temporarily for assembling, manufacturing, processing, or other
commercial purposes.

RECESS

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BILLS ADDED AFTER LAST POSTING:

SB 1689
SB 1690