HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Business & Industry SUBCOMMITTEE: Consumer and Employee Issues TIME & DATE: 1:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess Wednesday, March 18, 2009 PLACE: E2.036 CHAIR: Rep. Helen Giddings HB 654 Brown, Fred Relating to the prices of certain consumer goods and services during a declared state of disaster. HB 972 Quintanilla Relating to inclusion on certain advertising documents of the license or certificate of registration number of certain individuals regulated by this state who solicit business in consumers' homes; providing a civil penalty. HB 1007 Allen Relating to the expiration of a stored value card. HB 1388 Davis, Yvonne Relating to a fee charged by a consumer reporting agency for the placement, removal, or temporary lifting of a security freeze on the consumer file of certain elderly persons. HB 1771 Chavez Relating to the reduction in value or abandonment of stored value cards. HB 523 Giddings Relating to the contents of a receipt issued for payment of a good or service; providing a civil penalty. HB 2127 Giddings Relating to regulations regarding the sale of plastic bulk merchandise containers; providing a criminal penalty. HB 2128 Giddings Relating to the enforcement of regulations regarding the sale of plastic bulk merchandise containers. HB 2235 Giddings Relating to business entities and associations. HB 1336 Hilderbran Relating to the disclosure and increase of credit card interest rates and fees.