SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Business & Commerce TIME & DATE: 9:00AM, Tuesday, April 12, 2005 PLACE: Betty King Committee Room CHAIR: Senator Troy Fraser ___________________________________________________________________________ To consider the following: SB 41 Zaffirini Relating to the right of an employee to time off from work to participate in certain activities of the employee's child. SB 99 Ellis / et al. Relating to the extension of credit to a victim of identity theft. SB 100 Ellis / et al. Relating to a request for placement of a security freeze on a consumer file maintained by a consumer reporting agency. SB 237 Carona Relating to disclosure of the total amount of discount provided in a package arrangement by a funeral establishment, cemetery, or crematory. SB 674 West, Royce Relating to limiting the use of customers' social security numbers by persons; providing a civil penalty. SB 788 Williams Relating to eligibility for certain unemployment compensation benefits. SB 790 Williams Relating to the determination of benefit wage credits for purposes of unemployment compensation. SB 998 Madla Relating to contracts with local workforce development boards. SB 1143 Carona Relating to a loan secured by personal property with limited recourse against the borrower. SB 1173 Armbrister Relating to the regulation of a perpetual care cemetery and the sale of interment rights in a mausoleum before completion of construction. SB 1229 Fraser Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Workforce Commission, including the administration of unemployment compensation; providing a penalty. SB 1230 Fraser Relating to the authority of the state to fund the operations of the unemployment compensation system. SB 1309 Ellis Relating to member restrictions for commissioners of the Texas Workforce Commission. SB 1408 Estes Relating to the review of wage claim disputes by the Texas Workforce Commission. SB 1590 Carona Relating to use of electronically readable information from a driver's license or personal identification certificate by a commercial business. Pending Business: SB 533 Fraser Relating to the state's goal for renewable energy. ___________________________________________________________________________