** REVISION ** HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Ways & Means TIME & DATE: 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess Wednesday, April 08, 2009 PLACE: E2.010 CHAIR: Rep. Rene Oliveira HB 2276 Hunter Relating to the use of state hotel occupancy tax revenue to clean and maintain beaches in certain municipalities. HB 146 Smith, Todd Relating to the implementation of a project plan or financing plan for a reinvestment zone under the Tax Increment Financing Act and the granting of exemptions from ad valorem taxes imposed on real property in a reinvestment zone under that Act. HB 413 Isett Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to extend the termination date for a reinvestment zone created under the Tax Increment Financing Act. HB 1004 Jones Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to extend the termination date for a reinvestment zone created under the Tax Increment Financing Act. HB 1159 Kuempel Relating to the extension of the term of a reinvestment zone created under the Tax Increment Financing Act. HB 1237 Miklos Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to extend the termination date for a reinvestment zone created under the Tax Increment Financing Act. HB 1770 Miklos Relating to the designation of an area as a reinvestment zone under the Tax Increment Financing Act. HB 2316 Villarreal Relating to allowing certain tax units to impose a fee for processing a petition requesting that an area in the unit be designated as a tax increment financing reinvestment zone. HB 3111 Villarreal Relating to authorizing Bexar County to issue bonds or notes to finance the acquisition of real property and the construction of a building or facility on the property for use by an institution of higher education and to pledge for repayment of those bonds or notes increases in revenues from ad valorem taxes imposed by the county and other political subdivisions on property located in a designated area of the county. HB 3222 Hancock Relating to the authority of two or more municipalities to designate a joint tax increment financing reinvestment zone. HB 3699 Isett Relating to eligibility for the ad valorem tax exemption for pollution control property and the adjustment of the rollback tax rate of a taxing unit to compensate for the costs of compliance with pollution control requirements. HB 3765 Paxton Relating to the use of hazardous and solid waste remediation fee funds for lead-acid battery recycling activities. HB 3983 Rodriguez Relating to certain homestead preservation reinvestment zones.

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HB 4613 Oliveira Relating to the creation, operations and financing of tax increment reinvestment zones. HB 2908 Paxton Relating to the regulation of property tax lenders. HB 3477 Bolton | et al. Relating to authorizing an emergency services district to impose an ad valorem tax for the acquisition of land, equipment, or apparatus or the construction of capital improvements. HJR 112 Bolton Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the imposition of an additional ad valorem tax for emergency services districts, subject to voter approval, at a rate not to exceed five cents for the acquisition of land, equipment, or apparatus or the construction of capital improvements. HB 2878 Sheffield Relating to the establishment of a limit on the amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed on the residence homestead of a disabled or elderly person that is constructed under the federal community development block grant program or a housing rehabilitation program of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs and that replaces the person's former residence homestead. HJR 78 Parker Proposing a constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds vote of the legislature to enact and submit to the voters a law imposing an income tax or increasing that tax. HJR 91 Sheffield Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to establish a limit on the amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed on the residence homestead of a disabled or elderly person that is constructed under the federal community development block grant program or a housing rehabilitation program of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs and that replaces the person's former residence homestead. HB 1134 England Relating to the authority of the Dallas County Flood Control District No. 1 to enter into a tax abatement agreement and to designate a reinvestment zone. HB 752 England Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to enter into an agreement with a school district to dedicate revenue from a tax increment fund to the district for the acquisition, construction, or reconstruction of an educational facility. HB 702 Heflin | et al. Relating to the eligibility of school districts in certain counties to enter into agreements under the Texas Economic Development Act. HJR 93 Villarreal Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing Bexar County to issue bonds or notes to finance the acquisition of real property and the construction of a building or facility on the property for use by an institution of higher education and to pledge for repayment of those bonds or notes increases in revenues from ad valorem taxes imposed by the county and other political subdivisions on property located in a designated area of the county. Bills added after last posting: HJR 93