HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: State Affairs TIME & DATE: 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess Tuesday, April 07, 2009 PLACE: JHR 140 CHAIR: Rep. Burt Solomons HB 457 Alvarado | et al. Relating to requiring certain service stations to be capable of operating with alternative electrical power and to have an alternative electrical generator. HB 535 Anchia Relating to the provision of a preference in state purchasing decisions for vendors that provide health benefits to employees. HB 623 Harless | et al. Relating to the regulation of massage establishments. HB 1109 Anchia Relating to late fees under a residential lease. HB 1390 Rose | et al. Relating to access by the members of electric cooperatives to meetings of the boards of directors and certain information of the electric cooperatives. HB 1959 Isett Relating to the governmental entities subject to the sunset review process. HB 2426 Gattis Relating to the creation of the office of inspector general and the appointment of deputy inspector generals at the Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Youth Commission, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Texas Education Agency, and Texas Department of Transportation; providing penalties. HB 2502 Hartnett Relating to the adoption of a nonsubstantive revision of provisions of the Texas Probate Code relating to decedents' estates and the redesignation of certain other provisions of the Texas Probate Code, including conforming amendments and repeals. HB 2520 Swinford Relating to the state's goal for electric generating capacity derived from emerging renewable energy resources. HB 2521 Pickett Relating to a preference in state purchasing for certain media-related services offered by businesses based in Texas. HB 2619 Frost Relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain local laws concerning special districts, including conforming amendments. HB 2781 Keffer Relating to the development and implementation of a wholesale market structure for ERCOT. HB 2782 Keffer Relating to regulation of electric generation capacity ownership in the electric power market.

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HB 2851 Farabee Relating to the right of certain entities to intervene in enforcement actions regarding market power abuse. HB 2852 Farabee Relating to a prohibition on retail electric providers including a change of law provision in a contract for retail electric service. HB 2909 Marquez Relating to allowing a governmental body to redact certain personal information under the public information law without the necessity of requesting a decision from the attorney general and the calculation of certain deadlines under the public information law. HB 2942 Dunnam | et al. Relating to fiscal accountability and transparency in government operations by providing for effective legislative oversight. HB 2987 Phillips Relating to a nonsubstantive revision of statutes relating to railroads; including conforming amendments. HB 3115 Otto Relating to the computation of income tax expense for electric utilities. HB 3125 Turner, Sylvester Relating to the change in fuel mandates for the percent of megawatts of generating capacity installed. HB 3245 Solomons Relating to consumer protections within the electricity markets. HB 3249 Bohac Relating to the display of month-to-month prices on www.powertochoose.org. HB 3478 Gallego Relating to this state's goal for renewable energy. HB 3545 Leibowitz Relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted codes, to the nonsubstantive codification or disposition of various laws omitted from enacted codes, to conforming codifications enacted by the 80th Legislature to other Acts of that legislature, and to the repeal of certain unconstitutional laws. HB 3820 Swinford | et al. Relating to the governance and disclosure requirements of electric cooperative corporations and the review of complaints of electric cooperative corporation members by the Office of the Attorney General. HB 3838 Hilderbran Relating to the powers and duties of the Office of Public Utility Counsel. HB 4233 Ritter Relating to the delay of retail electric competition in the areas of the state covered by the Southeastern Electric Reliability Council and to the recovery of certain transmission costs by electric utilities in those areas. HB 4307 Crownover Relating to the creation of the office of inspector within the State Auditor's Office and the appointment of deputy inspectors general at the Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Youth Commission, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Texas Education Agency, and Texas Department of Transportation; providing penalties.