HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Transportation TIME & DATE: 8:00AM, Tuesday, April 19, 2005 PLACE: E2.012 CHAIR: Rep. Mike Krusee ___________________________________________________________________________ The Committee will meet to consider the following: HB 1550 Alonzo / et al. Relating to speed limits in certain areas. HB 1696 Bonnen Relating to the relocation of utility facilities for state highway purposes. HB 1885 Van Arsdale Relating to requiring the Texas Department of Transportation to place a sign on the approach to each toll booth on certain turnpikes that describes the improvements the department has made or proposes to make using revenue collected for use of the turnpike. HB 1977 Gallego Relating to the creation of a Star of Texas license plate and the presentation of Star of Texas awards for all peace officers, firefighters, and emergency medical first responders who are killed or sustain serious or fatal injuries in the line of duty. HB 1985 Bohac Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for maintaining a public nuisance that is a junked vehicle. HB 1986 Solomons Relating to the administration and powers of a coordinated county transportation authority. HB 2075 Seaman Relating to ferries. HB 2300 Turner Relating to the authority of metropolitan rapid transit authorities to enter into comprehensive development agreements. HB 2402 Casteel Relating to erecting an off-premise sign adjacent to and visible from certain roads. HB 2422 Frost Relating to the designation of Farm-to-Market Road 2065 as the S/Sgt Herbert S. Robertson Jr Memorial Highway. HB 2495 Wong Relating to motor vehicle title in dealer auctions. HB 2630 Hill Relating to procedures regarding the removal and storage of vehicles. HB 2647 Homer Relating to designation of Farm-to-Market Road 68 in Fannin County as Speaker Jimmy Turman Road. HB 2702 Krusee Relating to the construction, acquisition, financing, maintenance, management, operation, ownership, and control of transportation facilities and the progress, improvement, policing, and safety of transportation in this state. HB 2816 Rose Relating to requiring the Texas Department of Transportation to establish a special use commercial driveway permit program. HB 2852 Uresti Relating to the creation and use of certain certificates issued for completion of approved driver safety courses. HB 2966 Seaman Relating to the criminal penalty for violating certain statutes enforceable by, or ordinances, rules, or regulations of, navigation districts or port authorities. HB 3041 Branch / et al. Relating to the designation of the structure on Spur 366 connecting the east and west levee of the Trinity River as the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge. HB 3095 West, George "Buddy" Relating to use of electronically readable information from a driver's license or personal identification certificate by a commercial business. HB 3129 Hamilton Relating to the creation of a driver safety program for holders of provisional driver's licenses. HB 3189 Gallego Relating to the sale or conveyance of the Presidio International Bridge. SB 182 Barrientos / et al. Relating to the board of directors of an intermunicipal commuter rail district. ___________________________________________________________________________