HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Ways & Means 

TIME & DATE:  10:00 AM, Monday, March 22, 2021 

PLACE:       JHR 140 
CHAIR:       Rep. Morgan Meyer 

Public testimony will be limited to three (3) minutes per witness.

HB 209         Thierry                                               
Relating to a franchise tax credit for entities that establish a grocery store or healthy corner store in a food desert.

HB 1197        Metcalf                                               
Relating to the period for which certain land owned by a religious organization for the purpose of expanding a place of religious worship or constructing a new place of religious worship may be exempted from ad valorem taxation.

HB 1391        Middleton                                             
Relating to the effect of an election at which the voters fail to approve or vote to reduce the ad valorem tax rate adopted by the governing body of a taxing unit.

HB 1869        Burrows                                               
Relating to the definition of debt for the purposes of calculating certain ad valorem tax rates of a taxing unit.

HB 2014        Lucio III                                             
Relating to ad valorem taxation.

HB 2080        Leman | et al.                                         
Relating to taxpayers' suits.

HB 2398        Meyer                                                 
Relating to the administration and collection of sales and use taxes and certain fees applicable to sales involving marketplace providers.

HB 2404        Meyer                                                 
Relating to the creation and maintenance of a database of information regarding certain local economic development agreements; providing a civil penalty.

HB 2429        Meyer                                                 
Relating to the alternate provisions for ad valorem tax rate notices when the de minimis rate of a taxing unit exceeds the voter-approval tax rate.

HB 2510        Noble | et al.                                         
Relating to a sales and use tax exemption for animals adopted from or sold by nonprofit animal welfare organizations.

HB 2625        Noble                                                 
Relating to excluding the furnishing of an academic transcript from the definition of "information service" for purposes of sales and use taxes.

For those persons who will be testifying, information for in-person witness registration, can be found here:

https://mytxlegis.capitol.texas.gov/HWRSPublic/About.aspx

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Texas residents who wish to electronically submit comments related to agenda items on this notice without testifying in person can do so until the hearing is adjourned by visiting:

https://comments.house.texas.gov/?c=c490

NOTICE OF ASSISTANCE AT PUBLIC MEETINGS

Persons with disabilities who plan to attend this meeting and who may need assistance, such as a sign language interpreter, are requested to contact Stacey Nicchio at (512) 463-0850, 72 hours prior to the meeting so that appropriate arrangements can be made.