SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Intergovernmental Relations TIME & DATE: 4:15 PM or 30 minutes upon adjournment Thursday, May 17, 2007 PLACE: E1.026 (Hearing Room) CHAIR: Senator Royce West Senate Posting Rule 11.10 and 11.18 Suspended HB 573 Gonzales / et al. SP: Estes Relating to providing street lights in a subdivision in the unincorporated area of certain counties. HB 831 Raymond SP: Zaffirini Relating to the eligibility of certain counties to adopt a civil service system. HB 1456 Coleman SP: Hinojosa Relating to the requirements for filing an annual financial statement by a municipality. HB 1573 Keffer, Jim SP: Estes Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, functions, operations, and financing of the Fort Griffin Special Utility District. HB 1671 Homer SP: Seliger Relating to limiting the authority of a property owner to erect a gate on certain third-class and neighborhood roads. HB 1680 Swinford SP: Seliger Relating to the required payment of taxes by property owners who appeal certain ad valorem tax determinations. HB 2063 Menendez SP: West, Royce Relating to the allocation of certain housing funds by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs and to the information used to determine the allocation of those funds. HB 2091 Hill SP: Wentworth Relating to municipal consent to the addition to a political subdivision of land located in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the municipality. HB 2184 Dukes SP: Watson Relating to the right of certain municipalities to maintain local control over wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment. HB 2283 Chavez SP: Watson Relating to the suspension or removal of a deputy sheriff. HB 2353 Thompson SP: West, Royce Relating to the applicability of the Texas Fair Housing Act to public housing authorities. HB 2484 Menendez SP: Deuell Relating to the funds allocation advisory committee of the Texas Commission on Fire Protection. HB 2523 Parker SP: Nelson Relating to the authority of the Denton County Municipal Utility District No. 6 to divide into two districts.

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HB 2653 Harless SP: Whitmire Relating to the election and disqualification of emergency services commissioners in certain populous counties. HB 2734 Gattis SP: Ogden Relating to the creation of the Williamson-Liberty Hill Municipal Utility District;  providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds;  granting the power of eminent domain. HB 2909 Gattis SP: Ogden Relating to the authority of the governing body of a taxing unit to elect not to impose or collect taxes on real property erroneously omitted from the appraisal roll or tax roll in a previous year. HB 3182 Parker SP: Nelson Relating to the creation of the Tradition Municipal Utility District No. 2 of Denton County; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain. HB 3195 Hill SP: Williams Relating to the requirements of a municipal or county budget that raises more property taxes than in the previous year's budget. HB 3223 Elkins SP: West, Royce Relating to public improvement districts designated by a county or municipality. HB 3232 Olivo / et al. SP: Janek Relating to certain subdivision golf courses. HB 3355 Haggerty SP: Brimer Relating to the board of trustees, benefits, and contributions of certain fire and police pension funds. HB 3407 Hamilton SP: Nichols Relating to the appointment of emergency services boards in districts located in more than one county. HB 3417 Garcia SP: Hinojosa Relating to the sales and use tax imposed by municipal crime control and prevention districts. HB 3439 Parker SP: Jackson, Mike Relating to county fiscal matters. HB 3873 Menendez SP: West, Royce Relating to the administration of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs; providing a penalty. HB 3954 Macias SP: Wentworth Relating to improvement projects in certain counties. HB 3982 Dutton SP: Whitmire Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 494; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain. HB 3991 King, Phil SP: Estes Relating to the creation of the Rolling V Ranch Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 of Wise County; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.

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HB 4004 Vo SP: Ellis Relating to the creation of the International Management District; providing authority to impose assessments and taxes and to issue bonds. HB 4006 Olivo SP: Janek Relating to the creation of Booth Ranch Municipal Utility District of Fort Bend County, Texas; providing authority to impose taxes and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain. HB 4060 Parker SP: Estes Relating to the creation of the Four Seasons Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Denton and Grayson Counties; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds. HB 4077 McClendon SP: Uresti Relating to the creation of an east San Antonio economic development district to be known as the Eastside Improvement District No. 1; providing authority to impose an assessment and issue bonds. HB 4093 Otto SP: Williams Relating to the creation of the Chambers-Liberty Counties Improvement District; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds. HB 4099 Phillips SP: Estes Relating to the creation of the Preston Summit Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Grayson County; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain. HB 4109 Eissler SP: Williams Relating to the administration, powers, including taxing powers and the authority to issue bonds, boundaries, operations, financing, and dissolution of the Town Center Improvement District of Montgomery County, Texas. HB 4110 Coleman SP: Whitmire Relating to the creation of the Harris County Improvement District No. 9; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds. HB 4120 Phillips SP: Estes Relating to the creation of the Sangani Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 2 of Grayson County; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain. HB 4123 Miles SP: Ellis Relating to territory included in, and the validation of acts of, the Greater Southeast Management District. Subcommittee Reports: HB 3698 McCall SP: Gallegos Relating to temporary housing and emergency shelters provided by a political subdivision for disaster victims. Pending Business: HB 610 Brown, Fred / et al. SP: Hegar Relating to a plan to provide services to an area annexed by a municipality. HB 3674 Davis, John SP: Jackson, Mike Relating to the operation of property owners' associations. HB 4016 Smith, Wayne SP: Williams Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 508; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.

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HB 4073 Eissler SP: Williams Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 103; providing authority to impose taxes and issue bonds.