HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Ways & Means TIME & DATE: upon final adjourn./recess Friday, May 2, 2003 PLACE: E 2.010 CHAIR: Rep. Ron Wilson ___________________________________________________________________________ Notice of this meeting was announced from the house floor. HB 53 Wolens Relating to an increase in the cigarette tax and the distribution of that increase to counties and municipalities for police, sheriff, and fire services. HB 184 Merritt / et al. Relating to the application of the sales tax to United States and Texas flags. HB 321 Wolens Relating to additional court filing fees to pay operating expenses of the courts of appeals. HB 702 Solomons Relating to the application of the sunset review process to state taxes. HB 855 West, George "Buddy" Relating to the application of the sales tax to certain bingo equipment. HB 1393 Smith, Wayne Relating to the application of the sales tax and licensing fees to professional land surveyors. HB 1603 Griggs Relating to increases in the tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products and to the allocation of those increases to the foundation school fund. HB 1964 Oliveira Relating to the sales tax on telecommunications services. HB 2413 Hopson Relating to the tax on gasoline sold to volunteer fire departments for their exclusive use. HB 2772 Solomons Relating to civil penalty for sales and use tax. HB 2942 McReynolds Relating to the use of electronic means for certain interactions between taxpayers and appraisal districts. HB 3072 Wohlgemuth Relating to the determination of school district property values and the accountability of appraisal district operations. HJR 83 Hopson Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to allocate an amount greater than one-fourth of the net revenue from the tax on motor fuels sold to volunteer fire departments to the available school fund. SB 714 Lindsay Relating to the liability of a taxing unit for the fee of an attorney ad litem in a suit to collect delinquent ad valorem taxes. ___________________________________________________________________________