SENATE
                          NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Veteran Affairs & Military Installations

TIME & DATE:  1:00PM, Thursday, August 19, 2004

PLACE: Fredericksburg, Texas

CHAIR: Senator Leticia Van de Putte

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The Committee will meet on Thursday, August 19th at 1:00 p.m. at the
National Museum of the Pacific War in the George Bush Gallery Conference
Room, 340 E. Main St., Fredericksburg, Texas.
The Committee will hear testimony regarding the following Committee charge:

Charge #2: Study existing language of the Hazlewood Act (Section 54.203,
Education Code) which entitles wartime veterans and their children to a
waiver of tuition and fees at some state-supported colleges and
universities, and make recommendations, including cost estimates, on
possible amendments to this Act to permit veterans who have not fully
used their entitlement under the Act to pass on residual benefits to
their children.

The Committee will hear invited and public testimony.

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