SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Intergovernmental Relations TIME & DATE: 9:00AM, Wednesday, March 30, 2005 PLACE: E1.028 CHAIR: Senator Frank Madla ___________________________________________________________________________ To consider the following: SB 343 Brimer Relating to county authority to regulate the placement of water wells in unincorporated areas of the county; providing a penalty. SB 369 Barrientos Relating to the prohibition of signs on Farm-to-Market Road 3238. SB 428 Lindsay Relating to the repeal of the requirement that the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 388 be confirmed by a specific date. SB 429 Lindsay Relating to the repeal of the requirement that the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 387 be confirmed by a specific date. SB 574 Armbrister Relating to requirements for the issuance of land development permits by political subdivisions. SB 706 Barrientos Relating to the conditions of employment for emergency medical services personnel employed by certain municipalities. SB 736 Brimer Relating to county authority to adopt fire codes in unincorporated areas. SB 748 Lindsay Relating to the use of funds received under a contract with a municipality by a conservation and reclamation district. SB 829 Wentworth Relating to the authority of counties to establish petty cash funds. SB 848 Shapiro / et al. Relating to the approval of certain permit applications by local governments. SB 993 Ellis Relating to the creation of the Harris County Improvement District No. 5; providing authority to impose a tax and issue a bond or similar obligation. SB 1104 Madla Relating to the transfer of extraterritorial jurisdiction between certain home-rule and general-law municipalities and annexation of certain territory by the general-law municipalities. Bills Pending: SB 447 Janek Relating to the sale of tax receivables by a local government. SB 1137 Madla / et al. Relating to the development of the wine industry in this state. ___________________________________________________________________________