HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: County Affairs TIME & DATE: 8:00AM, Wednesday, April 14, 1999 PLACE: E2.036 CHAIR: Rep. Tom Ramsay ___________________________________________________________________________ To consider the following: HB 1202 Dutton Relating to the authority of the commissioners court to establish a commission for the homeless and to require the collection of a fee to finance the commission. HB 1756 Puente / et al. Relating to the adoption of a county charter by Bexar County. HJR 61 Puente / et al. Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the voters of certain counties to adopt a charter that restructures and empowers the county government and that may allow the integration of the county government with certain other political subdivisions located, in whole or in part, in the county. HB 1854 Thompson / et al. Relating to indigent care provided by the Harris County Hospital District. HB 1993 Palmer Relating to certain crime control and prevention districts. HB 2034 Gray Relating to the authority of certain counties to delegate traffic regulation functions. HB 2214 Olivo Relating to the authority of a county to operate a water or sewer utility system; granting the power of eminent domain. HB 2265 Hamric Relating to the Harris County Road Law; providing a civil penalty. HB 2331 Nixon, Joe Relating to creating a court fee to pay for the renovation and construction of court buildings in certain counties. HB 2419 Driver Relating to declaring a junked motor vehicle a nuisance. HB 2497 Farabee Relating to the collection of trash or solid waste in the unincorporated area of a county. HB 2616 Counts Relating to the Garza County Health Care District. HB 2654 Elkins Relating to the expiration of municipal and county ordinances, orders, and similar acts. HB 2693 Hope Relating to the operation of the East Montgomery County Improvement District. HB 2729 Longoria Relating to regional business certification programs for purchasing by political subdivisions. HB 2787 Eiland / et al. Relating to the consideration of the location of a bidder's principal place of business in the award of contracts by certain local governments. HB 2968 Corte Relating to the fee imposed on certain criminal convictions for records management and preservation services. HB 2971 Staples Relating to the training required to be appointed as a county jailer. HB 3114 Uresti Relating to permitting certain veterans to park free of charge in certain county parking facilities. HB 3185 Gray Relating to the assistance a county may provide another governmental entity for a construction project. HB 3262 Uher / et al. Relating to information in a rabies vaccination certificate or in a county or municipal registry of dogs and cats; providing criminal penalties. HB 3453 Williams Relating to the administration, powers, including taxing powers, operations and financing of Town Center Improvement District of Montgomery County, Texas. HB 3463 Alexander Relating to the dissolution of the Cedar Creek Hospital District. HB 3569 Uher Relating to the functions of a grievance committee in relation to certain elected county officials. ___________________________________________________________________________