SENATE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE:
Transportation & Homeland Security
TIME & DATE:
7:30 AM, Wednesday, May 20, 2009
PLACE:
E1.016 (Hearing Room)
CHAIR:
Senator John Carona
**If necessary, the Committee will reconvene 30 minutes after the
adjournment of the Senate.**
 
The Committee will meet to consider the following as new business:
 
HB 400
 
Herrero
SP:
Hinojosa
Relating to the dismissal of a charge of unlawfully parking a vehicle in a space designated specifically for persons with disabilities.
 
HB 768
 
Kolkhorst
SP:
Hegar
Relating to the requirement that a new road ordered by the commissioners court of a county be laid out by a jury of view.
 
HB 805
 
Quintanilla | et al.
SP:
Carona
Relating to the definitions of police vehicle and authorized emergency vehicle for the purposes of certain traffic laws.
 
HB 965
 
Pickett | et al.
SP:
Van de Putte
Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for disabled veterans.
 
HB 1286
 
Eiland
SP:
Huffman
Relating to the issuance of Save Our Beaches specialty license plates.
 
HB 1749
 
Bonnen
SP:
Hegar
Relating to the issuance of marine conservation specialty license plates.
 
HB 2057
 
Gallego
SP:
Carona
Relating to an optional county fee on registration of a vehicle in certain counties.
 
HB 2346
 
Thibaut
SP:
Ellis
Relating to the removal of illegally parked vehicles from residential parking permit areas in certain municipalities.
 
HB 2854
 
Hughes | et al.
SP:
Deuell
Relating to license plates created by the Texas Department of Transportation for professional firefighters.
 
HB 3095
 
Harless
SP:
Watson
Relating to the use of a parking space or area designated specifically for persons with disabilities.
 
HB 3672
 
Harper-Brown
SP:
Carona
Relating to the disclosure of personal information under the Motor Vehicle Records Disclosure Act; providing a penalty.
 

HB 3785
 
Callegari
SP:
Ellis
Relating to the powers and duties of a navigation district or port authority.
 
HB 4064
 
Gonzalez Toureilles
SP:
Hinojosa
Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for cancer of unknown primary origin awareness.
 
HB 4409
 
Taylor | et al.
SP:
Jackson, Mike
Relating to emergency preparation and management.
 
 
The Committee will also consider as pending business CSHB 300, Relating to
the continuation and functions of the Texas Department of Transportation,
including the governance of the department and the transfer of certain
functions of the department to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles and
the office of the governor; providing penalties.
 
At the Chairman's discretion, the Committee may also consider other
pending business.
 
Those wishing to submit public testimony should limit oral testimony to 2
minutes. If you wish to submit written testimony, please submit 15 copies,
with your name and the corresponding bill number on each copy, to the
Committee Staff at the hearing.