SENATE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE:
Intergovernmental Relations
TIME & DATE:
4:15 PM or 30 minutes upon adjournment
Thursday, May 17, 2007
PLACE:
E1.026 (Hearing Room)
CHAIR:
Senator Royce West
Senate Posting Rule 11.10 and 11.18 Suspended
HB 573
 
Gonzales / et al.
SP:
Estes
Relating to providing street lights in a subdivision in the unincorporated area of certain counties.
 
HB 831
 
Raymond
SP:
Zaffirini
Relating to the eligibility of certain counties to adopt a civil service system.
 
HB 1456
 
Coleman
SP:
Hinojosa
Relating to the requirements for filing an annual financial statement by a municipality.
 
HB 1573
 
Keffer, Jim
SP:
Estes
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, functions, operations, and financing of the Fort Griffin Special Utility District.
 
HB 1671
 
Homer
SP:
Seliger
Relating to limiting the authority of a property owner to erect a gate on certain third-class and neighborhood roads.
 
HB 1680
 
Swinford
SP:
Seliger
Relating to the required payment of taxes by property owners who appeal certain ad valorem tax determinations.
 
HB 2063
 
Menendez
SP:
West, Royce
Relating to the allocation of certain housing funds by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs and to the information used to determine the allocation of those funds.
 
HB 2091
 
Hill
SP:
Wentworth
Relating to municipal consent to the addition to a political subdivision of land located in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the municipality.
 
HB 2184
 
Dukes
SP:
Watson
Relating to the right of certain municipalities to maintain local control over wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment.
 
HB 2283
 
Chavez
SP:
Watson
Relating to the suspension or removal of a deputy sheriff.
 
HB 2353
 
Thompson
SP:
West, Royce
Relating to the applicability of the Texas Fair Housing Act to public housing authorities.
 
HB 2484
 
Menendez
SP:
Deuell
Relating to the funds allocation advisory committee of the Texas Commission on Fire Protection.
 
HB 2523
 
Parker
SP:
Nelson
Relating to the authority of the Denton County Municipal Utility District No. 6 to divide into two districts.
 

HB 2653
 
Harless
SP:
Whitmire
Relating to the election and disqualification of emergency services commissioners in certain populous counties.
 
HB 2734
 
Gattis
SP:
Ogden
Relating to the creation of the Williamson-Liberty Hill Municipal Utility District;  providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds;  granting the power of eminent domain.
 
HB 2909
 
Gattis
SP:
Ogden
Relating to the authority of the governing body of a taxing unit to elect not to impose or collect taxes on real property erroneously omitted from the appraisal roll or tax roll in a previous year.
 
HB 3182
 
Parker
SP:
Nelson
Relating to the creation of the Tradition Municipal Utility District No. 2 of Denton County; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.
 
HB 3195
 
Hill
SP:
Williams
Relating to the requirements of a municipal or county budget that raises more property taxes than in the previous year's budget.
 
HB 3223
 
Elkins
SP:
West, Royce
Relating to public improvement districts designated by a county or municipality.
 
HB 3232
 
Olivo / et al.
SP:
Janek
Relating to certain subdivision golf courses.
 
HB 3355
 
Haggerty
SP:
Brimer
Relating to the board of trustees, benefits, and contributions of certain fire and police pension funds.
 
HB 3407
 
Hamilton
SP:
Nichols
Relating to the appointment of emergency services boards in districts located in more than one county.
 
HB 3417
 
Garcia
SP:
Hinojosa
Relating to the sales and use tax imposed by municipal crime control and prevention districts.
 
HB 3439
 
Parker
SP:
Jackson, Mike
Relating to county fiscal matters.
 
HB 3873
 
Menendez
SP:
West, Royce
Relating to the administration of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs; providing a penalty.
 
HB 3954
 
Macias
SP:
Wentworth
Relating to improvement projects in certain counties.
 
HB 3982
 
Dutton
SP:
Whitmire
Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 494; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.
 
HB 3991
 
King, Phil
SP:
Estes
Relating to the creation of the Rolling V Ranch Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 of Wise County; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.
 

HB 4004
 
Vo
SP:
Ellis
Relating to the creation of the International Management District; providing authority to impose assessments and taxes and to issue bonds.
 
HB 4006
 
Olivo
SP:
Janek
Relating to the creation of Booth Ranch Municipal Utility District of Fort Bend County, Texas; providing authority to impose taxes and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.
 
HB 4060
 
Parker
SP:
Estes
Relating to the creation of the Four Seasons Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Denton and Grayson Counties; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
 
HB 4077
 
McClendon
SP:
Uresti
Relating to the creation of an east San Antonio economic development district to be known as the Eastside Improvement District No. 1; providing authority to impose an assessment and issue bonds.
 
HB 4093
 
Otto
SP:
Williams
Relating to the creation of the Chambers-Liberty Counties Improvement District; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
 
HB 4099
 
Phillips
SP:
Estes
Relating to the creation of the Preston Summit Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Grayson County; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.
 
HB 4109
 
Eissler
SP:
Williams
Relating to the administration, powers, including taxing powers and the authority to issue bonds, boundaries, operations, financing, and dissolution of the Town Center Improvement District of Montgomery County, Texas.
 
HB 4110
 
Coleman
SP:
Whitmire
Relating to the creation of the Harris County Improvement District No. 9; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
 
HB 4120
 
Phillips
SP:
Estes
Relating to the creation of the Sangani Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 2 of Grayson County; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.
 
HB 4123
 
Miles
SP:
Ellis
Relating to territory included in, and the validation of acts of, the Greater Southeast Management District.
 
 
Subcommittee Reports:
HB 3698
 
McCall
SP:
Gallegos
Relating to temporary housing and emergency shelters provided by a political subdivision for disaster victims.
 
 
 
Pending Business:
HB 610
 
Brown, Fred / et al.
SP:
Hegar
Relating to a plan to provide services to an area annexed by a municipality.
 
HB 3674
 
Davis, John
SP:
Jackson, Mike
Relating to the operation of property owners' associations.
 
HB 4016
 
Smith, Wayne
SP:
Williams
Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 508; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.
 

HB 4073
 
Eissler
SP:
Williams
Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 103; providing authority to impose taxes and issue bonds.