SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Veteran Affairs & Military Installations TIME & DATE: 9:00 AM, Tuesday, May 13, 2008 PLACE: El Paso, Texas CHAIR: Senator Leticia Van de Putte The Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs and Military Installations will hold a joint hearing with the Senate Subcommittee on Base Realignment and Closure, and the House Committee on Defense Affairs and State-Federal Relations on Tuesday, May 13, 2008, at 9:00 am. The hearing will be held at the El Paso Community Transmountain Campus, 9570 Gateway Boulevard North, El Paso, Texas. The committees will hear invited testimony only on the following interim charges: Monitor national and overseas BRAC developments and Department of Defense redevelopment efforts. Monitor and analyze the realignment of the various installations across the state, including but not limited to, Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Fort Bliss in El Paso, and Red River Army Depot in Texarkana. Monitor the implementation of legislation addressed by the Subcommittee on Base  Realignment and Closure (BRAC), 80th Legislature, Regular Session, and make recommendations for any legislation needed to improve, enhance, and/or complete implementation. Focus on implementation of the following: -SB 962 relating to school districts affected by troop reassignments at military installations, -SB 1237 relating to defense base development authorities, -SB 1724 relating to the Texas Military Facilities Commission, -SB 1743 relating to the Red River Redevelopment Authority, -SB 1956 relating to areas affected by defense restructuring, and -HB 3879 relating to defense base development authorities. The committee will address any unfinished business from previously scheduled hearings.