SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: State Affairs

TIME & DATE: 10:00AM, Tuesday, February 22, 2000

PLACE: The Irving Art Center

CHAIR: Senator Florence Shapiro

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The Senate Committee on State Affairs and the Special Committee on Border
Affairs will meet in a joint hearing at 10:00 a.m. at the Irving Art
Center in Carpenter Hall, 3333 N. MacArthur Blvd., Irving, TX 75062.

I.    Roll Call

II.   Approval of Minutes

III.  Committee Business:

     Discussion of Committee Charge #1:  Evaluate the state's intermodal
transportation planning efforts with an emphasis on NAFTA-related trade
corridors and their impact on both metropolitan and rural areas of the
state.  The Committee shall address all modes of transportation including
highways, farm-to-market roads, turnpikes, mass transit, aviation,
railroads, and water traffic.  The Committee shall determine whether the
state is maximizing federal funding levels, and evaluate alternative and
innovative methods of transportation funding and develop recommendations
for their use.  The Committee shall coordinate study of this issue with
the Special Committee on Border Affairs.

     Discussion of Committee Charge #5:  Study the funding and expenditures
of metropolitan transit authorities (MTAs) and budgetary relationships
that MTAs have with the cities they serve.  The Committee shall analyze
the overall fiscal management of the MTAs and the effectiveness of their
delivery of services on a cost-benefit basis.

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at least one week prior to the meeting so arrangements can be made.

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