HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Financial Institutions

TIME & DATE:  2:00PM, Monday, February 17, 1997

PLACE: E1.010

CHAIR: Rep. Kenny Marchant

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To meet to consider the following:


HB 799            Elkins
Relating to the issuance of short-term obligations by certain
counties.

HB 832            Pickett
Relating to requiring escrow agents dealing primarily in real
estate transactions to be bonded; providing a civil penalty.

HB 882            Horn
Relating to designating property as a homestead.

HB 906            McCall
Relating to approval by a lienholder required for payment of an
insurance claim; providing a civil penalty.

HB 1077            Telford
Relating to the powers and duties of and the continuation of the
Texas Public Finance Authority.

HJR 59            Delisi
Proposing a constitutional amendment limiting debt payable from the general
revenue fund.







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