HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Financial Institutions

TIME & DATE:  3:00PM, Monday, April 12, 1999

PLACE: E2.012

CHAIR: Rep. Kip Averitt

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To consider the following:

HB 763            Dutton
Relating to encumbrances that may be fixed on homestead property.

HB 1299            Yarbrough
Relating to prohibiting an encumbrance to be fixed on or executed
against homestead property for an obligation to pay certain
property owners' association fees.

HB 1510            Marchant
Relating to documentary fee included in a vehicle retail
installment contract.

HB 1830            Elkins
Relating to the number and qualifications of members of the Finance
Commission of Texas.

HB 2101            Pitts
Relating to compliance by financial institutions with requests
relating to judgment debtors.

HB 2337            Ehrhardt
Relating to additional interest for default on a loan contract
including simple interest.

HB 2338            Ehrhardt
Relating to certain charges for administration of loans and loan
applications.

HB 2743            Wise
Relating to the disclosure of certain information by a lender;
providing a criminal penalty.

HB 2745            Wise
Relating to requiring federal credit unions to provide notice of
expansion of membership.

HB 2800            Driver
Relating to requiring a financial institution to maintain certain
information from a business account holder.

HB 3044            Hunter
Relating to the student loan program administered by the Texas
Higher Education Coordinating Board; authorizing the issuance of
bonds.

HJR 37            Dutton
Proposing a constitutional amendment permitting an encumbrance to
be fixed on homestead property for an obligation to pay  certain
property owners' association fees without permitting the forced
sale of the homestead.

HJR 46            Yarbrough
Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting an encumbrance to
be fixed on or executed against homestead property for an
obligation to pay certain property owners' association fees.

HJR 83            Hunter
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the issuance of
general obligation bonds to finance educational loans to students.

SJR 15            Harris
Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to transactions by an
incapacitated person in connection with a homestead.

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