HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Transportation TIME & DATE: 8:00AM, Tuesday, April 12, 2005 PLACE: E2.012 CHAIR: Rep. Mike Krusee ___________________________________________________________________________ The Committee will meet to consider the following: HB 891 Leibowitz Relating to motor vehicle airbags. HB 1118 Eiland Relating to operating a motor vehicle with a person riding in a boat or personal watercraft being drawn by the vehicle; creating an offense. HB 1244 Hopson Relating to specialty license plates for classic travel trailers. HB 1248 Villarreal / et al. Relating to erecting an off-premise sign adjacent to and visible from certain roads. HB 1403 Deshotel Relating to the board of port commissioners of the Port of Beaumont Navigation District of Jefferson County. HB 1741 Seaman Relating to the creation by certain municipalities and powers of regional mobility authorities. HB 1822 Kolkhorst Relating to an offense of passing or avoiding a weigh station by certain vehicle operators. HB 1898 Brown, Fred Relating to offenses involving use of safety belts or a child passenger safety seat. HB 2071 Rose Relating to the designation of U.S. Highway 281 as the American Legion Memorial Highway. HB 2114 Merritt Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, operations, and financing of a border region high-speed rail authority for the Texas-Louisiana and the Texas-Mexico border regions; granting the power to issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain. HB 2334 Morrison Relating to the filing of a disclosure statement by a vendor or member of a governing body of a port authority or navigation district; imposing a penalty. HB 2348 Raymond Relating to construction on a highway under the jurisdiction of the Texas Department of Transportation by certain transit departments. HB 2394 Hill Relating to the issuance of a temporary tag for use on an unregistered motor vehicle. HB 2654 Krusee Relating to the terms of directors of a regional mobility authority. HB 2655 Krusee Relating to regional mobility authorities. HB 2656 Krusee Relating to the state aviation facilities. HB 2683 Branch Relating to allowing the Texas Department of Transportation to make grants to a county or municipality for recreational trails. HB 2703 Krusee Relating to contracts for the design and construction of transportation projects by certain governmental entities. HB 2889 Coleman / et al. Relating to the governing board and territory of certain metropolitan rapid transit authorities. HB 2891 Oliveira Relating to the continuation of the law authorizing the issuance of oversize or overweight vehicle permits by certain port authorities. HB 2955 Hamric Relating to the operation of a motor vehicle. HB 2998 Hupp Relating to certain costs, fees, and expenses that may be imposed on a motor carrier for certain violations on a recommendation by an administrative law judge. HJR 79 Krusee Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for a six-year term for a board member of a regional mobility authority. SB 129 Barrientos Relating to certain exceptions to the requirement that the operator of a motor vehicle operated on a turnpike project pay the proper toll or the full amount of the toll. ___________________________________________________________________________