SENATE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

 

COMMITTEE:    Finance-S/C on Fiscal Matters 

TIME & DATE:  9:00 AM, Monday, April 22, 2013 

PLACE:        E1.036 (Finance Room) 
CHAIR:        Senator Glenn Hegar 

 

 

Those wishing to give public testimony, please limit prepared remarks to 3 minutes.  If submitting written testimony, please submit 20 copies, with your name on each copy, to the Committee during the hearing.

 

To consider the following:

 

SB 142        West
Relating to zero-based budgeting for state agencies as a part of the sunset review process.

SB 486        Taylor
Relating to the calculation of ad valorem taxes on the residence homestead of a 100 percent or totally disabled veteran or the surviving spouse of the veteran for the tax year in which the veteran or spouse qualifies or ceases to qualify for an exemption from taxation of the homestead.

SB 535        West
Relating to exemptions from the sales and use tax for certain energy-efficient products.

SB 645        Ellis
Relating to water quality improvement and pollution reduction through beverage container recycling incentives; assessing a fee; providing penalties.

SB 1434       Hegar
Relating to the definition of new property value for purposes of the calculation of certain ad valorem tax rates for a county.

SB 1778       Zaffirini
Relating to funding for certain county transportation infrastructure projects.

SB 1779       Zaffirini
Relating to ad valorem tax incentives for the recycling of water used in oil or gas drilling or production.

SB 1780       Zaffirini
Relating to the definition of new property value for purposes of the calculation of certain ad valorem tax rates for a county.

SJR 27        Birdwell
Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring certain tax bills to be approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house of the legislature.