SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Business & Commerce TIME & DATE: 9:00AM, Thursday, March 31, 2005 PLACE: Betty King Committee Room CHAIR: Senator Troy Fraser ___________________________________________________________________________ To consider the following: SB 314 Gallegos Relating to the emergency service fee rate in certain 9-1-1 emergency communication districts. SB 686 Carona Relating to the regulation of air conditioning and refrigeration technicians. SB 743 Fraser Relating to independent organizations in ERCOT and their regulation and certification by the Public Utility Commission of Texas; providing an administrative penalty. SB 846 Janek Relating to distribution of recordings on consignment. SB 1112 Eltife Relating to debt management services; providing a penalty. SB 1447 Averitt Relating to electric utility employee pension and other post retirement benefit expense. SB 1494 Fraser Relating to the unbundling of electric utilities in the transition to competitive retail electric markets in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. SB 1495 Fraser Relating to the securitization of the nonbypassable delivery rates of transmission and distribution utilities. SB 1563 Estes Relating to uniform law on negotiable instruments and bank deposits and collections. SB 1593 Carona Relating to uniform law on documents of title. ___________________________________________________________________________