SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Border Affairs - Special

TIME & DATE: 10:00AM, Tuesday, January 11, 2000

PLACE: TX A&M International Univ

CHAIR: Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr.

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The Senate Committee on Border Affairs and the Senate Committee on State
Affairs will meet in a joint hearing at 10:00 am in Bullock Hall, room 101,
on the A&M International campus located at 5201 University Blvd., Laredo,
TX  78041.

To consider the following:

1.  (Charge #1) Assessing the long-term intermodal transportation needs
                of the Texas-Mexico Border Region to facilitate regional
                economic development, international trade and safety.

                 NOTICE OF ASSISTANCE AT PUBLIC MEETINGS

Persons with disabilities who plan to attend this meeting and who may need
auxiliary aids or services, such as interpreters for persons who are deaf
or hearing impaired, are requested to contact Stephanie Hoover at
(512)463-0385 at least two (2) weeks prior to the meeting so that
appropriate arrangements can be made.

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