SENATE
                          NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Transportation & Homeland Security

TIME & DATE:  1:00PM Or upon adjournment
             Tuesday, April 18, 2006

PLACE: Capitol Extension E1.028

CHAIR: Senator John Carona

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The Senate Committee on Transportation and Homeland Security will meet on
Tuesday, April 18, 2006 at 1 p.m. in E1.028.  The Committee will consider
the following:

I.  Call to order
II.  Roll Call
III.  Adoption of Committee Rules
IV.  Approval of Minutes
V.  Opening Remarks
VI.  Invited and Public Testimony on the following interim charges:

1.  Study and make recommendations for updating the state's overweight
truck fees.  Include an analysis and recommendations relating to the
distribution of fees collected.

4.  Study and make recommendations relating to the Texas Department of
Transportation's ability to build, maintain, and relocate rail facilities.
Monitor and report on the Department's ability to efficiently contract and
provide funding for rail facility construction.

5.  Evaluate and make recommendations relating to the naming of state
highways and the criteria which should be followed in order to name a
highway after a natural person.  Include an analysis of criteria used in
other states.

6.  Study and make recommendations relating to the Texas Department of
Transportation's programs designed to increase safety on all state
transportation facilities.

VII.   Adjourn/Recess

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