HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Ways & Means

TIME & DATE:  2:00PM or upon final adjourn./recess
             Wednesday, April 11, 2001

PLACE: E2.010

CHAIR: Rep. Rene Oliveira

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HB 182            Turner, Bob
Relating to the tax rate of the Sutton County Hospital District.

HB 1447            Oliveira / et al.
Relating to a franchise tax credit for certain research and
development activities in certain defense economic readjustment
zones.

HB 2738            Turner, Bob
Relating to administration of change of use of land.

HB 2739            Turner, Bob
Relating to the repeal of the additional pro-rated tax levied on
residential property which no longer qualifies for homestead
exemption and which was owned by persons over 65 years of age.

HB 2821            Swinford
Relating to eligibility for certain franchise tax credits.

HB 2833            Grusendorf
Relating to the application of the sales tax to services provided
in connection with certain foreclosure sales.

HB 2914            Bonnen
Relating to state fiscal matters, including electronic records and
signatures used or accepted by the comptroller, rulemaking about
the rollback tax rate limit, the intellectual property of the
comptroller, the collection of delinquent taxes and debts to the
state, state property accounting, advisory committees, determining
the fiscal year to charge for certain state expenditures, financial
reporting by state agencies, administration of the energy
management center, longevity pay, hazardous duty pay, temporary
reassignments of state employees, automatic payment of interest to
vendors, the applicability and collection of 9-1-1 fees and
surcharges, the payment of credit interest on local revenue funds,
the deadline for governmental entities to claim refund of the state
hotel occupancy tax, and reports about the franchise tax credit for
after school care.

HB 2992            Gray
Relating to the income method of appraisal for property tax
purposes.

HB 3001            Uresti
Relating to effective dates for tax abatements.

HB 3006            Uresti
Relating to composition of the board of directors of a tax
increment reinvestment zone.

HB 3019            Chisum
Relating to the eligibility for ad valorem tax abatement of
property that is the subject of a voluntary cleanup agreement.

HB 3099            Counts
Relating to the extension of existing severance tax incentives to
maintain existing levels of production of natural gas and crude
oil.

HB 3140            Swinford
Relating to eligibility for certain franchise tax credits.

HB 3143            Hartnett
Relating to technical changes to statutes involving taxes or fees
administered by the Comptroller of Public Accounts.

HB 3146            Hartnett
Relating to the enforcement and collection of taxes, fees and other
revenue, and providing criminal penalties.

HB 3165            Chavez
Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of property that
is owned by certain child-care facilities and is used for providing
care for children.

HJR 100            Chavez
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature
to exempt from ad valorem taxation property that is owned by a
licensed child-care facility and is used exclusively for providing
care for children.

HB 3184            Danburg
Relating to the contents of an application for an exemption from ad
valorem taxation.

HB 3350            Keffer
Relating to the calculation of the franchise tax.

HB 3391            Oliveira
Relating to the definition of a strategic investment area for
purposes of certain tax credits.

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