** REVISION **
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:   Economic & Small Business Development 

TIME & DATE: 10:00 AM, Thursday, April 24, 2014 

PLACE:       E2.014 
CHAIR:       Rep. John Davis 

The committee will meet to consider the following interim charges:

Examine and evaluate economic development incentives to determine if the incentives are achieving the desired outcomes for which the incentives were initially established.  Review which economic development goals and incentives are most important and report on methods to further improve those goals and incentives while reducing ones not meeting their desired objectives.

Review the Governor's Office of Economic Development and Tourism and determine its effectiveness on economic development in Texas.  Determine how the office could be more efficiently coordinated with local and regional economic development entities and other state agencies to help further the economic development goals of the state.

Monitor manufacturing and manufacturing workforce development initiatives passed by the 83rd Legislature.

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