** REVISION ** SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Finance TIME & DATE: 11:30AM or upon adjournment Monday, May 7, 2001 PLACE: E1.036 CHAIR: Senator Rodney Ellis ___________________________________________________________________________ The Committee will consider the following bills: HB 1333 Junell SP: Ellis, Rodney Relating to making emergency appropriations. SB 1801 Ogden Relating to the amount of tuition that a public institution of higher education must set aside for Texas Public Education Grants. HB 2071 Junell SP: Haywood Relating to establishing a billing procedure to ensure that each state agency is billed for the cost of support services allocated to the agency under the statewide cost allocation plan. HB 2378 Kuempel SP: Armbrister Relating to the cigarette tax and providing a penalty. HB 2604 McReynolds SP: Duncan Relating to assistance to certain volunteer fire departments and to the imposition of an assessment on certain insurers to finance that assistance. HB 2852 Junell SP: Ellis, Rodney Relating to directing payment, after approval, of certain miscellaneous claims and judgments against the state out of funds designated by this Act; making appropriations. HB 3064 Junell SP: Ellis, Rodney Relating to the issuance of general obligation bonds by the Texas Public Finance Authority for certain construction and repair projects. HB 3097 Counts SP: Truan Relating to the security provided for revenue bonds issued by the Veterans' Land Board. HJR 82 Counts SP: Truan Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the Veterans' Land Board to issue additional general obligation bonds and to use certain assets in certain funds to provide for veterans homes and veterans cemeteries and to make certain payments on revenue bonds. HJR 97 Junell SP: Ellis, Rodney Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds for construction and repair projects. SCR 39 Van de Putte Allowing Carmen R. Melenyzer to sue the State of Texas and John Cornyn, Attorney General of the State of Texas. SCR 42 Whitmire Granting Gibson Recycling, Inc. permission to sue the State of Texas and the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission. SCR 48 Bivins Granting Cyral and Patricia Farley permission to sue the state and the General Land Office. HB 2190 Junell SP: Ellis, Rodney Relating to the establishment of debt issuance policies and guidelines by the Bond Review Board. SB 1838 Duncan Relating to certain long-term care facilities. RECESS ___________________________________________________________________________ BILLS ADDED AFTER LAST POSTING: SB 1838