** REVISION ** SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Finance TIME & DATE: 8:30 AM or upon adjournment of CC-HB 1 Thursday, April 26, 2007 PLACE: E1.036 (Finance Room) CHAIR: Senator Steve Ogden To consider the following: SB 841 Lucio Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain travel trailers. SB 1113 West, Royce Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain property used to provide low-income housing. SJR 31 Williams Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation one or more passenger cars or light trucks owned by an individual and used in the course of the owner's occupation or profession and also for personal activities of the owner. SB 736 Williams Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of passenger cars or light trucks owned by an individual and used in the course of the owner's occupation or profession and also for personal activities of the owner. SJR 36 Williams Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to permit an owner of real property to require that ad valorem taxes, other than taxes imposed for public school purposes, be imposed on the property on the basis of a five-year average taxable value. SB 1062 Williams Relating to the authority of an owner of real property to require that ad valorem taxes, other than taxes imposed for public school purposes, be imposed on that real property on the basis of a five-year average of the property's taxable value. SB 504 Wentworth Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation for certain solar or wind-powered energy devices. SB 1296 Wentworth Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of the property of organizations engaged primarily in performing charitable functions. SB 1421 Wentworth Relating to allowing the creation of scientific and cultural facilities districts in council of government regions; authorizing a tax. SJR 29 Carona Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt all or part of the residence homesteads of certain totally disabled veterans from ad valorem taxation. SB 666 Carona Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homesteads of certain totally disabled veterans. SJR 52 Van de Putte Proposing a constitutional amendment to exempt from ad valorem taxation 25 percent of the assessed value of real and tangible personal property used for the production, storage, distribution, or wholesale or retail sale of carbon-free hydrogen. SB 1612 Van de Putte Relating to programs, incentives, and tax exemptions to encourage the use, manufacture, storage, distribution, or sale of carbon-free hydrogen energy; providing for the issuance of bonds.

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SJR 53 Van de Putte Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds to provide and guarantee loans to encourage the use of carbon-free hydrogen energy. SB 1162 Estes Relating to the ad valorem tax situs of certain portable drilling rigs and associated equipment. SB 1748 Nichols Relating to the collateralization of certain public funds; providing administrative penalties. SB 1087 Watson Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of property used by a charitable organization operating certain radio stations. Pending Business: SB 377 Janek Relating to the electronic payment of certain taxes and the electronic filing of certain reports. SB 407 Eltife / et al. Relating to the authority of the voters of a municipality or a county to adopt a one-quarter cent sales and use tax in the municipality or county to provide property tax relief. SB 2015 Duncan Relating to the consummation of sales for purposes of the computation of local sales and use taxes. SJR 61 Duncan Proposing a constitutional amendment increasing dedicated funding for the major repair or rehabilitation of buildings and other permanent improvements of institutions of higher education that were not created as a part of The University of Texas System or The Texas A&M University System. SB 2033 Williams Relating to the issuance of general obligation bonds by the Texas Public Finance Authority for certain maintenance, improvement, repair, and construction projects. SJR 65 Williams Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds for maintenance, repair, and construction projects and for the salaries of related employees. ** See Committee Coordinator for previous versions of the schedule **