HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Ways & Means

TIME & DATE:  2:00PM or upon final adjourn./recess
             Wednesday, April 25, 2001

PLACE: E2.010

CHAIR: Rep. Rene Oliveira

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HB 679            Homer
Relating to providing a deduction of not more than $100,000 for a
corporation under the franchise tax.

HB 1847            Keffer
Relating to tax refunds to property owners following ad valorem tax
appeals.

HB 2637            George
Relating to an interim study of certain school district ad valorem
tax rates.

HB 2978            Dukes
Relating to the criteria for designating a residence homestead as a
historic site for purposes of exemption from ad valorem taxation.

HB 3235            Reyna, Arthur
Relating to the Pan American Games trust fund and revenue dedicated
to that fund.

HB 3617            Moreno, Joe E.
Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of raw cocoa and
green coffee that is held in Harris County.

HJR 112            Moreno, Joe E.
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature
to exempt from ad valorem taxation raw cocoa and green coffee that
is held in Harris County.

SB 256            Carona
Relating to the recovery by a taxing unit of certain costs on the
resale of property bid off to the unit at a tax foreclosure sale.

SB 337            Madla
Relating to allowing certain hospital districts to vote for
appraisal district directors.

SB 1037            Ellis, Rodney
Relating to authorizing the comptroller to establish a program to
permit certain certified public accountants to perform certain
audits.

SB 1547            Duncan
Relating to the establishment of an investment advisory board by
the comptroller of public accounts.

HB 2901            Burnam
Relating to the imposition of a tax on the purchase of coal in this
state; providing penalties.

HB 3364            Menendez
Relating to the deferral of property taxes for disabled
individuals.

HB 3438            Gallego
Relating to the authority of a county to grant volunteer
firefighters and volunteer emergency medical technicians a tax
credit against county ad valorem taxes imposed on the real property
of those persons.

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