HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Intergovernmental Affairs 

TIME & DATE:  8:00 AM, Tuesday, April 8, 2025 

PLACE:        E2.026 
CHAIR:        Rep. Cecil Bell 

**Public Testimony may be limited to 3 minutes per witness**

HB 158         Raymond                                   
Relating to a study on the use of surplus government property to provide housing to veterans and low-income families.

HB 714         Walle                                     
Relating to the establishment and implementation by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs of the Texas Tenant Readiness and Landlord Incentive Pilot Program.

HB 1198        Manuel                                    
Relating to consideration of the location of a bidder's principal place of business in certain municipal contracts.

HB 1630        Lopez, Janie                              
Relating to the eligibility of social workers for the Homes for Texas Heroes home loan program.

HB 1998        Spiller | et al.                          
Relating to the amount of an expenditure made by certain political subdivisions for which a competitive procurement method may be required.

HB 3509        Anchía | et al.                           
Relating to a common characteristic or use project in a public improvement district in certain municipalities.

HB 3788        Spiller                                   
Relating to the operations of municipal hospital authorities.

HB 3875        Bell, Cecil                               
Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to provide credits against impact fees to builders and developers for certain water conservation and reuse projects.

HB 3948        Davis, Yvonne                             
Relating to the office of inspector general of certain municipalities.

HB 3977        Rosenthal | et al.                        
Relating to conditions of employment for firefighters employed by certain political subdivisions.

HB 4097        Harris                                    
Relating to the penalty for noncompliance with certain audit requirements by a municipality.

HB 4313        Bell, Cecil                               
Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to impose a fee to fund a climate or environmental project.

HB 4314        Bell, Cecil                               
Relating to prohibiting certain preferences in a political subdivision contractor selection process.

HB 4317        Bell, Cecil                               
Relating to severance pay for certain political subdivision employees.

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/home?c=c324

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