SENATE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:     Local Government 

TIME & DATE:   1:00 PM, Monday, March 22, 2021 

PLACE:         Ext. Auditorium 
CHAIR:         Senator Paul Bettencourt 

Invited Testimony:

Agencies and other invited witnesses must submit any written materials at the hearing. Please bring 20 copies to the hearing. The hearing schedule is subject to change.

Public Testimony:

Oral testimony is limited to 3 minutes. If providing written testimony, bring 20 copies, with your name on each copy, to the Extension Auditorium. All written testimony will be distributed to the Committee Members after the hearing. Those registering a position-only may do so at any Senate kiosk by the end of the hearing.

·Oral testimony: fill out a paper witness card in Ext. Auditorium and submit to LGC staff.

·Oral and written testimony: fill out a paper witness card in Ext. Auditorium and submit your witness card and written testimony to LGC staff.

·Position only: register using the Senate kiosk located in the extension hallways or by going to http://swrs on public-capitol. Kiosk registration will open at 9am the morning of the hearing.

·Written testimony only: register your position using the Senate kiosk and then bring 20 copies, with your name on each copy, to Ext. Auditorium and submit to LGC staff.

For those unable to appear in person, comments may be provided directly to each Committee Member, whose contact information can be found at: www.senate.texas.gov

Note:

To protect the health and safety of members, staff and the public, the Senate Committee on Local Government will strictly follow all Senate rules relating to the pandemic, including the requirement for a negative COVID-19 test to enter the hearing room.

The Senate Committee on Local Government will meet to consider the following:

SB 526         Kolkhorst              
Relating to the requirements for meetings held and Internet websites developed by certain special purpose districts.

SB 581         Bettencourt | et al.    
Relating to regulation by a property owners' association of certain religious displays.

SB 591         Bettencourt            
Relating to requirements for beneficial tax treatment related to a leasehold or other possessory interest in a public facility used to provide affordable housing.

SB 604         Bettencourt | et al.    
Relating to bonds issued by and the dissolution of municipal management districts.

SB 646         Schwertner | et al.
Relating to requiring county approval of a proposed purchase or conversion by a municipality of a property to house homeless individuals.

SB 709         Hall | et al.
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Commission on Fire Protection.

SB 796         Schwertner | et al.
Relating to requiring public notice and a hearing concerning a proposed purchase or conversion by a municipality of a property to house homeless individuals.

SB 897         Paxton
Relating to the composition of the Texas Commission on Fire Protection.

Pending business:

SB 46          Zaffirini              
Relating to the municipal regulation of housing for homeless individuals provided by a religious organization.

SB 186         Perry                  
Relating to the authority of a county to issue bonds to restore or maintain a county courthouse.

SB 230         Seliger | et al.        
Relating to the continuing education requirement for county commissioners.

SB 252         Bettencourt            
Relating to certain criminal offenses, punishments, and procedures; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.

SB 479         Hughes                 
Relating to the powers of the TexAmericas Center, including its authority to issue bonds.

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 OR PERSONAL ASSISTIVE LISTENING DEVICES, ARE REQUESTED TO CONTACT THE SENATE COMMITTEE COORDINATOR AT 512/463-0070, 72 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING SO APPROPRIATE ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE.

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