** REVISION **
                                   SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Intergovernmental Relations

TIME & DATE:  8:00AM, Tuesday, April 10, 2001

PLACE: E1.028

CHAIR: Senator Frank Madla

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SB 379            Gallegos
Relating to conditions of employment for peace officers employed by
certain rapid transit authorities.

SB 778            Shapiro
Relating to the definition of an off-premise sign and the
attachment of the nonconforming, off-premise sign status to the
original nonconforming, off-premise sign.

SB 829            Lindsay
Relating to prohibiting municipal regulation of water and
wastewater facilities in the unincorporated area of certain
counties.

SB 929            Bernsen
Relating to a restriction on the financing of multifamily
residential developments by housing finance corporations.

SB 954            Barrientos
Relating to the jurisdiction of and procedure in a county court at
law in Travis County.

SB 1007            Barrientos
Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of property
owned by charitable organizations that provide child care services.

SB 1113            Cain
Relating to the application of the professional prosecutors law to
and the compensation of the county attorney of Rains County.

SB 1145            Staples
Relating to a local option election on alcoholic beverage zones in
municipal commercial areas.

SB 1172            Wentworth
Relating to the authority of municipalities and counties to
regulate subdivisions in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a
municipality.

SB 1189            Ellis, Rodney
Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of property owned
by nonprofit corporations that provide chilled water and steam to
certain health-related institutions of this state.

SB 1272            Bernsen
Relating to the designation of certain land that includes a
greenhouse as agricultural land for ad valorem tax appraisal
purposes.

SB 1275            Armbrister
Relating to a child safety fee in certain counties.

SB 1290            Staples
Relating to the authority of a commissioners court of a county to
develop and administer an economic development program for making
loans or grants of public money.

SB 1302            Cain
Relating to municipal elections for the conveyance of certain park
land.

SB 1308            Barrientos
Relating to the setting of certain county fees for a license,
permit, or registration.

SB 1393            Bernsen
Relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a hotel
occupancy tax and to the rate of the tax.

SB 1574            Gallegos
Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of raw cocoa and
green coffee that is held in Harris County.

SB 1677            Jackson
Relating to the applicability of procedures governing restrictive
covenants in certain residential subdivisions.

SB 1762            Wentworth
Relating to the authority of a county to regulate land development
after a local option election.

SB 1772            Bernsen
Relating to the operation of the East Montgomery County Improvement
District.

SB 1773            Bernsen
Relating to the creation of the Port Bolivar Improvement District;
providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.

SB 1775            Lindsay
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of Harris County Municipal Utility
District No. 386, of Harris County, Texas.

SB 1776            Lindsay
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of Harris County Municipal Utility
District No. 387, of Harris County, Texas.

SB 1777            Lindsay
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of Harris County Municipal Utility
District No. 388, of Harris County, Texas.

SB 1780            Lindsay
Relating to a sheriff's appeal to district court of a decision by a
civil service commission.

SB 1784            Bernsen
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the East Montgomery County Municipal
Utility District No. 3.

SJR 47            Gallegos
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.

HB 440            Madden / et al.          SP: Wentworth
Relating to an uncontested election for a trustee of a library
district.

HB 630            Turner, Sylvester        SP: Whitmire
Relating to the authority of a municipality to permit the use of
unmarked automobiles by certain municipal code enforcement
officers.

HB 782            Tillery                  SP: Carona
Relating to the ability of a development corporation to receive
funding from a municipality.

HB 1569            Yarbrough                SP: Brown, J. E. "Buster"
Relating to a firefighters' relief and retirement fund in certain
municipalities.

HB 1573            Thompson                 SP: Gallegos
Relating to the establishment of a retirement system for officers
and employees of certain municipalities and of the retirement
system and the transfer of credit from one retirement system to the
established system.

Bills Pending:

SB 322            Lucio
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Department
of Housing and Community Affairs and to other matters relating to
housing or community development, including the creation of the
Manufactured Housing Board and the Office of Rural Community
Affairs.

SB 800            Wentworth
Relating to the regulation of the subdivision of land under the
jurisdiction of counties.

SB 944            Van de Putte
Relating to the contracting authority of certain hospital districts
to enter into or modify a tax abatement agreement.

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BILLS ADDED AFTER LAST POSTING:

SB 379
SB 1574
SJR 47
HB 1573