HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Ways & Means

TIME & DATE:  4:00PM, Wednesday, April 9, 1997

PLACE: E2.012

CHAIR: Rep. Tom Craddick

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HB 826            Turner, Bob
Relating to the tax rate of the Sutton County Hospital District.

HB 1147            Coleman / et al.
Relating to authorizing the comptroller to provide assistance to local
governments in obtaining funds from the federal government.

HB 1773            Danburg
Relating to the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem
taxation.

HB 2043            Smith
Relating to the appraisal of property for ad valorem tax purposes.

HB 2044            Smith
Relating to notice that a municipality must provide before holding
a public hearing on the adoption of an ad valorem tax increase.

HB 2293            Oliveira / et al.
Relating to the listing on an ad valorem tax appraisal roll of
certain possessory interests in exempt property.

HB 3520            Stiles
Relating to the recovery of costs and expenses in a suit to collect
a  delinquent ad valorem tax.

HJR 102            Lewis, Ron
Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to exemptions or other relief
from ad valorem taxes on property upon which approved water conservation
initiatives have been implemented.

SB 95            Patterson, Jerry
Relating to the immediate qualification for an ad valorem tax
exemption for a church or other nonprofit organization.

SB 492            Patterson, Jerry
Relating to the cancellation and removal from the delinquent tax
roll of an ad valorem tax on certain real property.

SB 590            Duncan / et al.
Relating to the adoption or increase of local sales and use taxes
by a municipality or county in which previous elections adopting
the taxes are invalid.

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