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

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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.

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