** REVISION ** SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Finance TIME & DATE: 8:00 AM, Friday, May 22, 2009 PLACE: E1.036 (Finance Room) CHAIR: Senator Steve Ogden To consider the following: HB 1801 Bohac | et al. SP: Shapiro | et al. Relating to exemptions from the sales tax for a limited period for certain backpacks and school supplies specified by the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement. HB 2165 Rose | et al. SP: Wentworth Relating to the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of certain open-space land devoted principally to ecological research. HB 2654 Oliveira SP: Averitt Relating to imposition of the motor vehicle sales tax on motor vehicles transferred as the result of a gift. HB 3119 Alvarado | et al. SP: Jackson, Mike Relating to the creation of a pilot program to provide certain taxable entities with a franchise tax credit for the acquisition and installation of certain air quality monitoring devices to monitor the emission of air contaminants. HB 3477 Bolton | et al. SP: Lucio 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. HB 3611 Otto | et al. SP: Williams Relating to the consolidation of appraisal review boards. HB 3613 Otto | et al. SP: Williams Relating to the determination of the market value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes on the basis of the property's value as a residence homestead. HB 4583 Pitts SP: Ogden Relating to the creation and re-creation of funds and accounts in the state treasury, the dedication and rededication of revenue, and the exemption of unappropriated money from use for general governmental purposes. HB 4611 Oliveira | et al. SP: Williams Relating to the treatment of proceeds from sales of certain loans and securities for purposes of apportionment under the franchise tax. HB 4765 Oliveira | et al. SP: Patrick, Dan Relating to the total revenue exemption for the franchise tax. HJR 36 Otto | et al. SP: Williams Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for the ad valorem taxation of a residence homestead solely on the basis of the property's value as a residence homestead; and authorizing the legislature to authorize a single board of equalization for two or more adjoining appraisal entities that elect to provide for consolidated equalizations. Bills deleted after last posting: HB 2154 ** See Committee Coordinator for previous versions of the schedule **