SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Finance

TIME & DATE:  1:00PM or upon adjournment
             Friday, May 14, 1999

PLACE: E1.036

CHAIR: Senator Bill Ratliff

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To consider the following bills:


HJR 4            Kuempel                  SP: Wentworth
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the exemption of
property owned by institutions of public charity, as defined by
general law, from ad valorem taxation.

HB 550            Goolsby                  SP: Shapiro
Relating to the eligibility of certain persons to enter into a
lottery contract or to purchase a lottery ticket or receive a
lottery prize.

HB 703            Wilson                   SP: Barrientos
Relating to the purchase and sale of lottery tickets.

HB 2269            Hamric                   SP: Barrientos
Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of property
owned by certain charitable organizations performing certain
functions.

HB 2429            King, Tracy              SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the method used by the comptroller of public accounts
to pay vendors and other persons.

HB 3084            Junell                   SP: Ratliff
Relating to the creation and re-creation of funds and accounts in
the state treasury, the dedication and rededication of  revenue,
and the exemption of unappropriated money from use for general
governmental purposes.


Pending:

HB 2371            Gutierrez                SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to exempting diapers from the sales tax.

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