HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Ways & Means

TIME & DATE:  4:00PM or upon adjournment,
             Monday, May 12, 1997

PLACE: E1.026

CHAIR: Rep. Tom Craddick

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SB 102            Zaffirini / et al.
Relating to the creation and use of an emergency medical services
and trauma care system fund.

SB 746            Sibley
Relating to property tax increment financing and property tax
abatements.

SB 861            Armbrister
Relating to the administration of franchise taxes; imposing
penalties.

SB 862            Armbrister
Relating to the administration, collection, and enforcement by the
comptroller of various taxes and fees.

SB 1249            Ellis
Relating to the sale of property for delinquent ad valorem taxes.

SB 1407            Lucio
Relating to temporary tax exemptions for certain high-cost gas.

SB 1440            Wentworth
Relating to tax exemptions on, and the use of certain revenues from
taxes on, oil and gas production.

SB 1557            Sibley
Relating to certain contributions and tax abatement agreements of a
school district for the support of reinvestment zones.

SB 1596            Ellis / et al.
Relating to ad valorem tax incentives for the development or
redevelopment of certain property subject to a voluntary cleanup
agreement.

SB 1805            Nixon, Drew
Relating to the adoption or increase of local sales and use taxes
by a municipality or county for which previous elections adopting
such taxes were invalid.

SJR 45            Brown
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature
to permit a taxing unit to grant an exemption or other relief from
ad valorem taxes on property on which a water conservation
initiative has been implemented.

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