HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                         NOTICE OF FORMAL MEETING


COMMITTEE: Transportation

TIME & DATE: upon lunch recess
             Tuesday, May 18, 1999

PLACE: Desk 25

CHAIR: Rep. Clyde Alexander

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Notice of this meeting was announced from the house floor.


SB 349            Nixon, Drew
Relating to allowing certain trailers to travel at the posted speed
limit.

SB 411            Duncan
Relating to the offense of operating a vehicle with a child in an
open bed of the vehicle or in the open bed of a trailer being towed
by the vehicle.

SB 1176            Wentworth
Relating to the issuance of special license plates in honor of the
YMCA in Texas.

SB 1647            Cain
Relating to the authority of the Texas Turnpike Authority division
of the Texas Department of Transportation to manage its affairs, to
the clarification of certain statutory provisions, and to the
elimination of inconsistencies within the affected provisions.

SB 1648            Cain
Relating to the issuance of permits for the operation of certain
vehicles that exceed maximum allowable weight limitations;
providing criminal penalties.

SB 1872            Lindsay
Relating to the sale of certain toll roads by certain political
subdivisions.

HCR 155            Swinford
Urging the Railroad Commission of Texas and the governor of Texas
to review recommendations by the Railroad Advisory Committee
regarding service by rail carriers.

HCR 156            Swinford
Urging the United States Congress and the Surface Transportation
Board to review recommendations by the Railroad Advisory Committee
regarding service by rail carriers.




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