HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Ways & Means 

TIME & DATE:  10:00 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
Monday, April 12, 2021 

PLACE:       JHR 140 
CHAIR:       Rep. Morgan Meyer 

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

HB 59          Murr | et al.                                         
Relating to the elimination of school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes and the creation of a joint interim committee on the elimination of those taxes.

HB 211         Thierry | et al.                                       
Relating to sales and use taxes on e-cigarette vapor products to benefit the child health plan program; imposing taxes.

HB 349         Craddick                                              
Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain property owned by a charitable organization and used in providing housing and related services to certain homeless individuals.

HB 1764        Guillen                                               
Relating to authorizing certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax and the use of revenue from that tax.

HB 1851        Bucy                                                  
Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to receive certain tax revenue derived from a hotel and convention center project and to pledge certain tax revenue for the payment of obligations related to the project.

HB 2172        Morales, Eddie                                         
Relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax and the use of revenue from that tax.

HB 2209        King, Tracy O.                                         
Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue by certain municipalities.

HB 2245        Shine                                                 
Relating to notice to a property owner by an appraisal district of a change in the account number assigned to the property by the district for purposes of the appraisal records.

HB 2345        Zwiener                                               
Relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax.

HB 2403        Krause                                                
Relating to the procedure for selecting the members of the board of directors of an appraisal district.

HB 2433        Zwiener                                               
Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue in certain municipalities.

HB 2535        Sanford                                               
Relating to the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of real property that includes improvements used for the noncommercial production of food for personal consumption.

HB 2623        Sanford                                               
Relating to suits for tax refunds.

HB 2690        Reynolds                                              
Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to receive certain tax revenue derived from a hotel and convention center project and related establishments and to pledge certain tax revenue for the payment of obligations related to the project.

HB 3097        Stephenson                                            
Relating to entitlement of certain municipalities to receive tax revenue from certain establishments located near a hotel and convention center project.

HB 3193        Shine                                                 
Relating to the applicability of provisions entitling certain lessees to receive a copy of a notice of appraised value delivered to a property owner by the chief appraiser of an appraisal district.

HB 3217        Harris                                                
Relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax and the use of revenue from that tax.

HB 3343        Paddie                                                
Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue in certain municipalities.

HB 3565        Smith                                                 
Relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax.

HB 3682        Perez                                                 
Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue by certain municipalities.

HB 3777        Noble | et al.                                         
Relating to eligible costs and expenses for purposes of the franchise tax credit for the certified rehabilitation of certified historic structures.

HB 3795        Button | et al.                                        
Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation for certain solar or wind-powered energy devices.

HB 3971        Meyer                                                 
Relating to the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of residential real property located in a designated historic district.

HB 4010        Spiller                                               
Relating to the filing of certain reports by distributors of certain off-highway vehicles purchased outside this state; providing civil penalties.

HB 4027        Bell, Keith                                           
Relating to the definition of eligible central municipality for purposes of the municipal hotel occupancy tax.

HB 4032        Herrero                                               
Relating to the review by local governmental entities of certain sales and use tax audit reports and audit working papers.

HB 4103        Burrows                                               
Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to receive certain tax revenue derived from certain establishments related to a hotel and convention center project and to pledge certain tax revenue for the payment of obligations related to the project.

HB 4269        Hull                                                  
Relating to the procedure to be used by an appraisal review board to conduct a hearing on a protest.

HB 4305        Morales, Eddie                                         
Relating to the use of hotel occupancy tax revenue by certain counties and municipalities.

HB 4315        Craddick                                              
Relating to the eligibility of a county assessor-collector to serve on the board of directors of an appraisal district.

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