HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: State, Federal & International Relations

TIME & DATE:  8:00AM, Tuesday, March 27, 2001

PLACE: E1.014

CHAIR: Rep. Bob Hunter

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The committee will meet to hear the following bills:


HB 1974            Hunter
Relating to creating a committee to appoint a poet laureate and a
state artist.

HB 2040            Hawley
Relating to defense base development authorities created by certain
municipalities.

HB 2908            Hawley / et al.
Relating to transferring the Texas Strategic Military Planning
Commission to the office of the governor.

HB 3591            Hunter
Relating to certain non-profit libraries providing clinical medical
information.

HCR 74            Brown, Betty
Declaring West Tawakoni the Catfish Capital of Texas.

HCR 197            Miller
Designating Gatesville as the Spur Capital of Texas.

The committee will also hear invited testimony regarding Military Base
Realignments and Closures from James Christoferson with the Office of
Defense Affairs; General Hines, Pete Taylor, and Bob Tokerud of the
Strategic Military Planning Commission; and Bill Ehrie, Dick Messbarger,
and Gary Bushell of the Texas Defense, Aviation, and Aerospace Alliance.

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