SENATE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE:
Transportation & Homeland Security
TIME & DATE:
8:00 AM, Wednesday, February 18, 2009
PLACE:
E1.016 (Hearing Room)
CHAIR:
Senator John Carona
The Committee will consider and adopt Committee Rules, introduce
members and their staffs, discuss the Committee schedule, and conduct any
other organizational business deemed necessary by the Chair.
 
Additionally, the Committee will hear updates from the following agencies:
the Governor's Office of Homeland Security, the Governor's Division of
Disaster Recovery and Renewal, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS),
and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT).  The topics to be
discussed include border security; homeland security; disaster preparation,
mitigation, response, and recovery; transportation development, funding,
and programming; and DPS organization and functions.
 
Invited testimony only.