** REVISION ** SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: State Affairs TIME & DATE: 8:00AM, Monday, May 12, 2003 PLACE: Senate Chamber CHAIR: Senator Bill Ratliff ___________________________________________________________________________ To consider the following bills: HB 15 Corte / et al. SP: Williams Relating to regulation of abortion; creating an offense. HB 294 Davis, John SP: Barrientos Relating to recognizing March as Texas History Month. HB 296 Goodman SP: Harris Relating to petition requirements for an application for a place on the general primary election ballot for certain judicial candidates. HB 581 Crownover SP: Fraser Relating to the medication or drug testing of racing animals under the Texas Racing Act. HB 671 Lewis SP: Brimer Relating to the requirements for certain alcoholic beverage licenses. HB 752 Woolley SP: Williams Relating to the administration of public retirement systems for police officers in certain municipalities. HB 845 Howard SP: Carona Relating to a purchasing preference for Texas vendors. HB 928 Eiland SP: Armbrister Relating to the authorized investments and transactions of certain stipulated premium insurance companies. HB 1171 Madden SP: Ratliff Relating to the notice required to be given to a governmental entity to recover in a suit on a payment bond. HB 1174 Brown, Betty SP: Staples Relating to the election officers that serve a branch polling place during the early voting period. HB 1549 Denny SP: Nelson Relating to changes required in election laws to implement the federal Help America Vote Act of 2002. HB 1948 Baxter SP: Fraser Relating to the membership of the electric utility restructuring legislative oversight committee. HB 1984 Kuempel SP: Armbrister Relating to participation and credit in, contributions to, and benefits and administration of the Texas County and District Retirement System. HB 2089 Geren SP: Nelson Relating to requiring the secretary of state to publicly post a list of candidate names on the Internet. HB 2093 Harper-Brown SP: Staples Relating to electioneering regulations during early voting. HB 2359 Ritter SP: Armbrister Relating to the programs and systems administered by the Employees Retirement System of Texas. HCR 13 West, George "Buddy" SP: Shapiro Urging congress to enact the Protect Children From E-Mail Smut Act of 2001. HCR 14 West, George "Buddy" SP: Shapiro Urging congress to enact the Child Modeling Exploitation Prevention Act of 2002. HCR 16 Flores SP: Hinojosa Designating tortilla chips and salsa as the official State Snack of Texas. HCR 34 Hopson SP: Staples Designating the Texas State Railroad as the official State Railroad of Texas. ___________________________________________________________________________ BILLS DELETED AFTER LAST POSTING: HJR 3 HB 4