** REVISION **
SENATE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:     Local Government 

TIME & DATE:   9:30 AM, Monday, May 1, 2023 

PLACE:         E1.028 (Hearing Room) 
CHAIR:         Senator Paul Bettencourt 

SB 1316        Eckhardt              
Relating to the date of dissolution of the Save Historic Muny District.

SB 1546        Bettencourt              
Relating to the authority of a special district to exercise a right or power outside the district's boundaries.

SB 2361        Parker
Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of property owned by an organization engaged primarily in performing charitable functions.

SB 2434        Bettencourt              
Relating to the dissolution of the SH130 Municipal Management District No. 1.

SB 2521        Creighton              
Relating to the powers, authorities, duties, and responsibilities of water districts.

SB 2526        Campbell              
Relating to the appraisal and ad valorem taxation of Type 1 Municipal Solid Waste Landfills

SB 2529        Parker              
Relating to the provision of homeless services in Texas.

SB 2570        Zaffirini              
Relating to the creation of the Webb County Groundwater Conservation District; providing authority to impose fees.

SB 2598        Paxton              
Relating to the creation of the Honey Creek Improvement District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments and fees.

SB 2609        Hughes              
Relating to the creation of the Fannin Farms Municipal Utility District of Fannin County; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

SB 2613        Parker              
Relating to the creation of the Tabor Ranch Municipal Management District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

SB 2615        Menéndez              
Relating to the creation of the Jones Avenue Municipal Management District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

SB 2616        Zaffirini              
Relating to the creation of the Travis County Municipal Utility District No. 27; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

SB 2619        Creighton              
Relating to the powers and duties of the Stanley Lake Municipal Utility District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose fees and taxes.

HB 349         Bucy | et al.               SP: Flores
Relating to the exemption of certain property from municipal drainage service charges.

HB 586         Thompson, Ed               SP: Bettencourt
Relating to municipal annexation of certain rights-of-way.

HB 796         Button | et al.               SP: Bettencourt
Relating to the creation and maintenance by an appraisal district of a publicly available Internet database of information regarding protest hearings conducted by the appraisal review board established for the district.

HB 1922        Dutton | et al.               SP: Bettencourt
Relating to periodic reauthorization of municipal building permit fees.

HB 2071        Jetton | et al.               SP: Bettencourt
Relating to certain public facilities used to provide affordable housing.

HB 3273        Thierry               SP: Bettencourt
Relating to public notice of the availability on the Internet of property-tax-related information.

Public Testimony:

Oral testimony is limited to 2 minutes. If providing written testimony, please bring 20 copies with your name on each copy to E1.028. All written testimony will be distributed to the Committee Members during or after the hearing. Those registering a position only may do so at any Senate kiosk by the end of the hearing.

Oral testimony: Please use the kiosks outside in the extension hallways.

Oral and written testimony: Please use the kiosks in the extension hallways and submit your written testimony to Committee staff located in E1.028.

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 10 a.m. 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 E1.028 and hand them to Committee 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

Bills added after last posting:

HB 586

HB 1922

HB 2071

SB 2361

** See Committee Coordinator for previous versions of the schedule **

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