** REVISION **
                                   SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: NAFTA (Interim)

TIME & DATE:  9:00AM 114 W. Commerce, San Antonio,
             Wednesday, April 15, 1998

PLACE: City Council Chambers

CHAIR: Senator Carlos F. Truan

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To Consider the Following:

The Committee will receive invited testimony concerning Charge Number One:
Evaluate the impact of NAFTA on the Texas economy and determine how
different segments of the economy are affected; Committee Charge #2:
Determine how NAFTA has affected employment and identify any employment
losses or gains.  Assess how the state's workforce programs have responded
to any employment changes and make any necessary recommendations to improve
that response; and Committee Charge #3:  Assess the impact NAFTA is having
on the state's infrastructure, including but not limited to transportation,
education, housing, the environment and health and human services.

Please notify the Committee immediately if interpreter services are needed.

The hearing will be conducted jointly with the House Economic Development
Committee.

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