** REVISION **
                                   SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: State Affairs

TIME & DATE: 12:30PM or upon adj. of L&U
             Thursday, May 13, 1999

PLACE: Senate Chamber

CHAIR: Senator Florence Shapiro

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I.  To consider the following:


HB 156            Wolens / et al.          SP: Wentworth
Relating to the application of the open meetings law to certain
gatherings at which a governmental body receives information from
third persons, including government employees.

HB 673            Carter                   SP: Lindsay
Relating to requiring the use of protective helmets for bicycle
safety.

HB 707            Tillery                  SP: Cain
Relating to dismissal of an inspection certificate violation.

HB 826            Greenberg                SP: Wentworth
Relating to alternative dispute resolution proceedings of
governmental bodies.

HB 953            Uher                     SP: Brown, J. E. "Buster"
Relating to the conducting of a driver education course by the
student's grandparent or stepparent.

HB 1016            Maxey                    SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the manner in which state agency reports are made
available to members of the legislature.

HB 1032            Pitts                    SP: Cain
Relating to parking of a motor vehicle operated by or for the
transportation of a person with a disability.

HB 1052            Brimer                   SP: Wentworth
Relating to creating a real estate broker's and appraiser's lien on
commercial real estate; providing a penalty.

HB 1103            Smith                    SP: Shapiro
Relating to when a vehicle becomes a junked vehicle.

HB 1223            Seaman                   SP: Armbrister
Relating to a historical artifacts program under the Texas
Historical Commission.

HB 1353            Deshotel                 SP: Bernsen
Relating to certain information used for emergency management and
disaster services.

HB 1544            Haggerty                 SP: Madla
Relating to registration of engineering firms and to the
publication by the Texas Board of Professional Engineers of a
roster of engineers and engineering firms.

HB 2219            Hilbert                  SP: Lindsay
Relating to an exemption from investment training for officers and
employees of emergency services and rural fire prevention
districts.

HB 2300            Hunter                   SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the publication by the Texas Board of Professional
Engineers of a roster of engineers.

HB 2409            King, Tracy              SP: Bernsen
Relating to the issuance of a certificate of title for and the
transfer of a motor vehicle that is not registered in this state.

HB 2538            Davis, Yvonne            SP: Cain
Relating to compulsory inspection of certain vehicles to be
registered and titled outside this state.

HB 2539            Davis, Yvonne            SP: Cain
Relating to the issuance of temporary license plates for vehicle
converters.

HB 2541            Hupp                     SP: Haywood
Relating to traffic offenses occurring in a construction or
maintenance work zone.

HB 2598            McReynolds               SP: Shapiro
Relating to plans and specifications for projects on public
rights-of-way.

HB 2611            Greenberg                SP: Moncrief
Relating to electronic reporting of certain political contributions
and political expenditures.

HB 2769            Pickett                  SP: Cain
Relating to the disposition of the personal property and security
deposit of a deceased residential tenant.

HB 2794            Gutierrez                SP: Wentworth
Relating to the automation of the compulsory motor vehicle
inspection system.

HB 2819            Hunter                   SP: Haywood
Relating to the designation of the interchange at U.S. Highways 83
and 84 and Loop 322 in Abilene as the Sam Waldrop Highway
Interchange.

HB 2862            Uher                     SP: Brown, J. E. "Buster"
Relating to the appointment of election judges for county
elections.

HB 2877            Maxey                    SP: Ratliff
Relating to the lease of certain facilities and the retirement
options and health coverage of certain employees in connection with
implementation of integrated enrollment services for health and
human services programs.

HB 2922            Dunnam                   SP: Sibley
Relating to the offense of obstructing a railroad crossing with a
train.

HB 2944            Ellis, Dan               SP: Nixon, Drew
Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice to the Board of Regents of the Texas
State University System.

HB 3072            Averitt                  SP: Brown, J. E. "Buster"
Relating to certain payments by a retail seller in a retail
installment transaction involving a motor vehicle.

HB 3125            Chisum                   SP: Fraser
Relating to the management of vehicles owned by the state.

HB 3262            Uher                     SP: Madla
Relating to information in a rabies vaccination certificate or in a
county or municipal registry of dogs and cats; providing criminal
penalties.

HB 3433            Delisi                   SP: Cain
Relating to dismissal of certain traffic offenses occurring in a
construction or maintenance work zone.

HB 3682            Gutierrez                SP: Shapleigh
Relating to authorizing a state agency to waive a matching funds
requirement for an economically disadvantaged county.

HB 3736            Eiland                   SP: Jackson
Relating to the applicability of procedures governing restrictive
covenants in certain residential subdivisions.

HJR 62            Mowery                   SP: Shapiro
Proposing a constitutional amendment to eliminate duplicative,
executed, obsolete, archaic, and ineffective constitutional
provisions.

II. Subcommittee reports:


SB 1751            Wentworth
Relating to funds maintained by and for the Texas Turnpike
Authority Division of the Texas Department of Transportation.

HB 236            Krusee                   SP: Wentworth
Relating to the composition of the board of directors of certain
metropolitan rapid transit authorities.

HB 1227            Jones, Jesse             SP: Bernsen
Relating to special license plates to support reading programs of
public libraries.

HB 1425            Staples                  SP: Nixon, Drew
Relating to a traffic offense committed in a construction or
maintenance work zone.

HB 1436            Salinas                  SP: Truan
Relating to designating Farm-to-Market Road 1931 in Alice as
Flournoy Road.

HB 1538            Uher                     SP: Cain
Relating to the issuance by the Texas Department of Transportation
of annual permits to move certain superheavy or oversize equipment
on a state highway.

HB 1616            Uher                     SP: Bernsen
Relating to the issuance of volunteer firefighter license plates.

HB 2149            Bosse                    SP: Bernsen
Relating to the award of state highway improvement contracts.

HB 2265            Hamric                   SP: Brown, J. E. "Buster"
Relating to the Harris County Road Law; providing a civil penalty.

HB 2760            Moreno, Joe              SP: Gallegos
Relating to special license plates for certain persons retired from
service in the merchant marine of the United States.

HB 3014            Hawley                   SP: Bernsen
Relating to the Texas Department of Transportation's automated
registration and title system.

HB 3061            Hill                     SP: Bernsen
Relating to the issuance of permits for the operation of certain
vehicles that exceed maximum size or weight limitations.

HB 3521            Noriega                  SP: Whitmire
Relating to motor vehicle title services; providing a criminal
penalty.

III.  Pending business:


SB 439            West, Royce
Relating to the Texas Human Rights Protection Act; providing civil
penalties.

HB 571            Hupp / et al.            SP: Nelson
Relating to information collected and used in connection with a
driver's license or identification certificate; providing a
penalty.

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BILLS ADDED AFTER LAST POSTING:

HB 1052
HB 1353
HB 2219
HB 2300
HB 2409
HB 2538
HB 2539
HB 2541
HB 2598
HB 2769
HB 2794
HB 2862
HB 2877
HB 2922
HB 2944
HB 3072
HB 3125
HB 3262
HB 3433
HB 3736
SB 439
HB 571