SENATE
                          NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Business & Commerce

TIME & DATE:  9:00AM, Tuesday, April 8, 2003

PLACE: Betty King Committee Room

CHAIR: Senator Troy Fraser

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To be considered:

SB 75            Zaffirini
Relating to child-care services for certain low-wage employees.

SB 77            Zaffirini
Relating to the development of child care quality improvement
strategies by the Texas Workforce Commission.

SB 78            Zaffirini
Relating to disbursements and expenditures for certain child-care
activities funded under the federal Child Care and Development
Block Grant.

SB 252            Staples
Relating to certain exemptions from the regulation of mortgage
brokers.

SB 256            Harris / et al.
Relating to contingent payment clauses in certain construction
contracts.

SB 876            Duncan
Relating to commissions on certain negotiated bond sales.

SB 1013            Staples
Relating to the regulation of the practice of appraising real
property; providing civil and criminal penalties.

SB 1430            Averitt
Relating to additional interest for default on certain secondary
mortgage loans.

SB 1526            Brimer
Relating to certain information filed by a person who holds a
license issued by, or applies for a license to be issued by the
office of the consumer credit commissioner.

SB 1577            Carona
Relating to the consideration of compliance with the law and with
enforcement orders in the licensing of, and disciplinary action
against, mortgage brokers and loan officers.

SB 1578            Carona
Relating to a prelicense test requirement for mortgage broker
applicants.

SB 1666            Averitt
Relating to the definition of financial institution.

SB 1667            Averitt
Relating to authorization of Federal Bureau of Investigation background
checks for mortgage broker and loan officer license applicants.

SB 1668            Averitt
Relating to the sale of insurance by financial institutions
employed by a trustee.

SJR 42            Carona
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a home equity line
of credit, providing for administrative interpretation of home
equity lending law, and otherwise relating to the making,
refinancing, repayment, and enforcement of home equity loans.

SJR 47            Fraser
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing home equity lines
of credit.

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