SENATE
                          NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Business & Commerce

TIME & DATE:  9:00AM, Tuesday, May 20, 2003

PLACE: Betty King Committee Room

CHAIR: Senator Troy Fraser

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To be considered:

HB 329            Naishtat / et al.        SP: Fraser
Relating to the regulation of mold assessors and remediators, civil
liability for mold remediation, and insurance coverage on mold
claims; providing civil and administrative penalties.

HB 1020            Villarreal               SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the promotion of dependent care benefits for employees.

HB 1131            Flores                   SP: Carona
Relating to insurer interests in certain motor vehicle repair
facilities.

HB 1296            Noriega                  SP: Lindsay
Relating to small business development programs of navigation
districts and port authorities.

HB 1329            McReynolds               SP: Staples
Relating to the liability insurance and security requirements for
wood treaters and other persons engaged in the business of
structural pest control.

HB 1338            Taylor                   SP: Averitt
Relating to the amount of homeowners insurance or other residential
property insurance required in connection with certain financing
arrangements.

HB 1493            Solomons                 SP: Harris
Relating to the foreclosure of property and the authority of a
mortgage servicer to administer the foreclosure on behalf of a
mortgagee.

HB 1839            Solomons                 SP: Armbrister
Relating to property in the custody of a pawnbroker; providing
criminal penalties.

HB 2033            Menendez                 SP: Fraser
Relating to historically underutilized businesses that perform
investment brokerage services for a state agency.

HB 2112            Homer                    SP: Brimer
Relating to the liability of an employer for actions of an employee
in the sale, service, dispensing, or delivery of alcoholic
beverages.

HB 2528            Madden                   SP: Fraser
Relating to the authority of school districts to purchase
electricity through a political subdivision corporation.

HB 2548            King                     SP: Fraser
Relating to electric transmission capacity.

HB 3034            Ellis                    SP: Armbrister
Relating to the rates of certain retail public utilities.

HB 3179            Homer                    SP: Van de Putte
Relating to the elimination of certain membership requirements for
local workforce development boards and of certain programs
administered by those boards.

HB 3324            Keffer, Jim              SP: Fraser
Relating to the issuance of certain obligations and the imposition
of assessments for the unemployment compensation system.

HB 3325            Keffer, Jim              SP: Staples
Relating to the creation and administration of the community
telecommunications alliance program.

HB 3534            Laubenberg               SP: Shapiro
Relating to the place of business of a retailer for purposes of the
collection of the municipal sales and use tax.

HJR 23            Hochberg                 SP: Carona
Proposing a constitutional amendment permitting refinancing of a
home equity loan with a reverse mortgage.

SB 1193            Carona
Relating to the regulation of barbers and related occupations,
barbershops and specialty shops, and barber schools; providing a
criminal penalty.

Pending business

HB 730            Ritter / et al.          SP: Fraser
Relating to residential construction, including certain warranties,
building and performance standards, and dispute resolution;
providing an administrative penalty.

HB 1282            McCall                   SP: Duncan
Relating to commercial electronic mail; providing penalties.

SB 256            Harris
Relating to contingent payment clauses in certain construction
contracts.

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