SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Veteran Affairs & Military Installations TIME & DATE: 1:30PM Or upon adjournment Wednesday, March 26, 2003 PLACE: Betty King Committee Room CHAIR: Senator Leticia Van de Putte ___________________________________________________________________________ SB 719 Madla Relating to authorizing a defense base development authority to use alternative methods for contracting for public improvement projects. SB 720 Madla Relating to the sale by defense base authorities of property located in an enterprise zone. SB 814 Averitt Relating to an exemption for certain military personnel and veterans from the requirements of the Texas Academic Skills Program. SB 938 Barrientos Relating to enforcement of veteran's employment preferences. SB 983 Van de Putte Relating to the approval of expenditures for state militia. Pending business from a previous hearing: SB 81 Zaffirini Relating to making a military discharge record recorded with the county clerk a confidential document. Pending business from a previous hearing: SB 85 Wentworth Relating to excepting military discharge records from required public disclosure and limiting the persons to whom the information may be disclosed. Pending business from a previous hearing: SB 652 Shapleigh Relating to economic development, strategic planning, and other issues regarding military facilities, and the merger of certain state agencies with aerospace or military responsibilities; granting authority to issue bonds. Pending business from a previous hearing: SB 655 Shapleigh Relating to members and veterans of the armed forces. ___________________________________________________________________________