SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Transportation & Homeland Security TIME & DATE: 8:00 AM, Monday, May 18, 2009 PLACE: E1.016 (Hearing Room) CHAIR: Senator John Carona **If necessary, the Committee will reconvene 30 minutes after the adjournment of the Senate.** The Committee will meet to consider the following as new business: HB 300 Isett | et al. SP: Hegar Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Department of Transportation, including the governance of the department and the transfer of certain functions of the department to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles and the office of the governor; providing penalties. HB 537 Berman | et al. SP: Eltife Relating to the transportation of children in motor vehicles; creating an offense. HB 548 Pickett SP: Carona Relating to the impoundment of certain motor vehicles involved in the commission of the offense of racing on a highway. HB 646 Hughes | et al. SP: Eltife Relating to the participation of this state in the Southern High-Speed Rail Compact. HB 1054 Mallory Caraway | et al. SP: Shapleigh Relating to the enforcement of certain traffic laws; providing a penalty. HB 2556 Solomons SP: Carona Relating to the rights and duties of the parties to a motor vehicle retail installment contract or a conditional delivery agreement involving the sale or conditional delivery of a motor vehicle; providing an administrative penalty. HB 2642 Kent | et al. SP: Carona Relating to a program to designate historic roads and highways in this state. HB 2644 Kent | et al. SP: Deuell Relating to the designation of the Bankhead Highway as a historic highway. HB 3057 Castro SP: Uresti Relating to the use by a metropolitan rapid transit authority of the construction manager-at-risk method for the construction, rehabilitation, alteration, or repair of a facility. HB 3070 Solomons SP: Nelson Relating to the administration and powers of a coordinated county transportation authority. HB 3082 Thibaut SP: Patrick, Dan Relating to the obstruction of streets by certain municipalities.

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HB 3433 Menendez | et al. SP: Watson Relating to the extended registration of a fleet of motor vehicles. HB 3621 Solomons SP: Carona Relating to certain charges included in a motor vehicle installment agreement. HB 3650 Merritt | et al. SP: Carona Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, operations, and financing of a border region higher-speed rail authority for the Texas-Louisiana and the Texas-Mexico border regions; granting the power to issue bonds; imposing a tax; granting the power of eminent domain. HB 4102 Eiland | et al. SP: Carona Relating to the disaster contingency fund. HB 4465 Gallego | et al. SP: Hinojosa Relating to "Welcome to Texas" signs on highways entering Texas and to the placement of Texas flags at international ports-of-entry. HB 4493 Eiland SP: Huffman Relating to contracts awarded through competitive bidding by certain port and harbor facilities. At the Chairman's discretion, the Committee may also consider pending business. Those wishing to submit public testimony should limit oral testimony to 2 minutes.  If you wish to submit written testimony, please submit 15 copies, with your name and the corresponding bill number on each copy, to the Committee Staff at the hearing.