HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Transportation TIME & DATE: 8:00AM, Tuesday, April 8, 2003 PLACE: E2.012 CHAIR: Rep. Mike Krusee ___________________________________________________________________________ The committee will meet to consider the following: HB 3247 Eiland / et al. Relating to causeways, bridges, tunnels, turnpikes, and highways in certain counties bordering the Gulf of Mexico and in adjacent counties. HB 1573 Wilson Relating to nonrepairable and salvage motor vehicles. HB 2100 Dutton Relating to the disposing of abandoned motor vehicles. HB 2953 Wolens Relating to the creation and powers of a north Texas regional mobility authority. HB 1654 Wohlgemuth Relating to designation of a portion of State Highway 121 in Tarrant and Johnson counties as the Chisholm Trail Parkway. HB 3343 Wohlgemuth / et al. Relating to the coordination of statewide public transportation by the Texas Transportation Commission and the Texas Department of Transportation. HB 2859 Wohlgemuth Relating to the regulation of obstructions to air navigation. HB 3366 Ritter / et al. Relating to licensing and regulation of certain pilots, pilotage rates, and pilot service. HB 2941 McReynolds Relating to the designation of the El Camino East-West Corridor. HB 1340 Eissler Relating to requiring a governmental entity that operates a toll highway or toll road in this state to permit the use of a transponder issued by another governmental entity to pay a toll for the use of the toll road or turnpike project. HB 668 McClendon / et al. Relating to the members of the Texas Transportation Commission. HB 2280 Coleman Relating to requiring the Texas Transportation Commission to require each highway district of the state that includes an urban area to establish a green ribbon master plan for the area. HCR 95 Coleman Directing the Texas Department of Transportation to expand the Green Ribbon Project to enhance the appearance of public highways in urban areas throughout the state. HB 2899 Phillips Relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Transportation to contract for the erection and maintenance of logo, major shopping area, and agricultural signs. HB 3106 Garza Relating to the issuance of specially designed license plates by the Texas Department of Transportation. HB 3292 Krusee Relating to the marketing and sale of prestige and specialized license plates. HB 3411 Krusee Relating to the board of directors of an intermunicipal commuter rail district. HJR 10 Krusee Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for a six-year term for a board member of an intermunicipal commuter rail district. HB 3413 Krusee Relating to the funding of and contracting for the construction, maintenance, or operation of toll facilities. HB 2962 Krusee Relating to the use of shadow tolls to finance the construction, maintenance, and operation of a tolled or nontolled state highway or another toll facility. HB 2959 Krusee Relating to bond requirements for privatized maintenance contracts. HB 3412 Krusee Relating to the disposition of certain fees and penalties collected by the Department of Public Safety to the credit of the Texas mobility fund for highway and transportation purposes. ___________________________________________________________________________