** REVISION **
                                   SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Finance

TIME & DATE:  8:00AM, Tuesday, April 13, 1999

PLACE: E1.036

CHAIR: Senator Bill Ratliff

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To consider the following bills:


SB 1547            Bivins
Relating to the sales and use tax on gasoline, diesel fuel, and
liquefied gas; providing penalties.

SB 1056            Carona
Relating to exempting certain machinery and equipment used for
certain telecommunications services from the sales and use tax.

SB 1188            Armbrister
Relating to the collection of motor fuel tax; providing penalties

SJR 42            Brown, J. E. "Buster"
Proposing a constitutional amendment allowing the state to create a
program involving the issuance of bonds backed by money received
from the tobacco settlement to meet the vital infrastructure needs
of the state.

SB 1695            Brown, J. E. "Buster"
Relating to the Texas Vital Infrastructure Program and to the
issuance of bonds backed by tobacco settlement money to pay for
infrastructure programs.

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BILLS ADDED AFTER LAST POSTING:

SB 1056
SJR 42
SB 1695