SENATE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:     Local Government 

TIME & DATE:   3:15 PM, Monday, March 17, 2025 

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

SB 393         Sparks                 
Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to issue debt to purchase or lease tangible personal property.

SB 414         Middleton              
Relating to the text of ballot propositions for bond elections.

SB 472         Sparks                 
Relating to the right of the chief appraiser of an appraisal district, the appraisal district, or the appraisal review board of the appraisal district to bring certain claims in an appeal of an order of the appraisal review board.

SB 578         West                   
Relating to surveillance cameras for housing developments that receive an allocation of low income housing tax credits.

SB 617         Schwertner             
Relating to hearing and public notice requirements regarding the conversion by a municipality of certain properties to house homeless individuals.

SB 710         Eckhardt               
Relating to the establishment and use of a written electronic communications system accessible to the public by certain municipal entities.

SB 785         Flores                 
Relating to the regulation of new HUD-code manufactured housing.

SB 973         Eckhardt | et al.       
Relating to the prohibition on posting on the Internet information held by an appraisal district regarding certain residential property.

SB 1059        Parker | et al.         
Relating to the authority of the governing body of a home-rule municipality to submit a proposed charter amendment to the voters for approval if application of the provisions of the amendment would be contrary to state law.

SB 1062        Kolkhorst              
Relating to the type of newspaper required for publication of public notices.

SB 1352        Hinojosa, Adam          
Relating to the deadline for filing an application for certain ad valorem tax exemptions or allocations and the calculation of the penalty for filing a late application for such an exemption or allocation.

SB 1450        Bettencourt            
Relating to third-party review of development documents and inspection of improvements required to be approved by a political subdivision.

SB 1502        Bettencourt            
Relating to the authority of the governing body of a school district to adopt an ad valorem tax rate that exceeds the district's voter-approval tax rate.

SB 1547        Zaffirini              
Relating to fees charged by county clerks for certain property records.

SB 1566        Bettencourt            
Relating to connection of utilities by certain entities in certain subdivisions formerly located in a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction.

SB 1567        Bettencourt | et al.    
Relating to the authority of home-rule municipalities to regulate the occupancy of dwelling units.

The committee may also consider pending business.

Public Testimony:

Oral testimony is limited to 2 minutes. If providing written testimony,

please bring 18 copies with your name on each copy to E1.028, and send an

electronic copy to ross.leake_sc@senate.texas.gov and

jared.yust_sc@senate.texas.gov. 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 12:00 p.m. the morning of the hearing.

·Written testimony only: If providing written testimony, please bring 18 copies with your name on each copy to E1.028 and submit to Committee staff, and submit electronically to ross.leake_sc@senate.texas.gov and jared.yust_sc@senate.texas.gov.

·All written testimony will be distributed to the Committee Members during or after the hearing.

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

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