SENATE
                          NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Finance

TIME & DATE:  9:00AM, Wednesday, March 1, 2006

PLACE: E1.036

CHAIR: Senator Steve Ogden

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The Senate Finance Committee will hold a joint hearing with the Senate
Transportation and Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday, March 1st at
9 a.m. in room E1.036 of the Capitol Extension.  The Committee will hear
testimony on the following joint interim charges:

1.  Review the process by which the Texas Department of Transportation
Commission allocates funds to the districts through the Allocation Program.
Include a description of all scoring mechanisms used in making allocations
of resources and make recommendations for maximizing the use of these funds
to meet Legislative objectives.

2.  Review the process by which the Texas Department of Transportation
Commission determines which federal funding sources should be implemented
to comply with funding reductions mandated by Congress.  Assess the
Commission's options for determining how projects that were to be funded
out of these reduced revenue sources will be funded this biennium.

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