SENATE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Economic Development 

TIME & DATE:  9:00 AM, Wednesday, May 11, 2011 

PLACE:        2E.20 (Betty King Cmte. Rm.) 
CHAIR:        Senator Mike Jackson 

HB 970        Gonzales, Larry | et al.     SP: Ogden
Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue to enhance and upgrade coliseums and multiuse facilities in certain municipalities.

HB 990        Rodriguez, Eddie        SP: Watson
Relating to certain homestead preservation reinvestment zones.

HB 1040       Gallego                 SP: Uresti
Relating to the validation of the creation of, and certain acts related to, a venue project.

HB 1178       Flynn                   SP: Birdwell
Relating to employment protection for members of the state military forces.

HB 1245       Callegari               SP: Birdwell
Relating to the repeal of the authorization to establish a super collider facility research authority.

HB 1643       Zerwas                  SP: Hegar
Relating to the duration of a development agreement governing land in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of certain municipalities.

HB 1711       Davis, John             SP: Jackson
Relating to disaster remediation contracts.

HB 2579       Davis, John | et al.    SP: Deuell
Relating to relief for certain employers from penalties and sanctions under the Texas Unemployment Compensation Act.

HB 2853       Davis, John | et al.    SP: Jackson
Relating to tax increment financing.

HB 3302       Reynolds | et al.       SP: Hegar
Relating to the authority of certain Type A economic development corporations to undertake certain categories of projects.

HB 3465       Sheffield               SP: Fraser
Relating to the period for which a school district's participation in certain tax increment financing reinvestment zones may be taken into account in determining the total taxable value of property in the school district.

At the chairman's discretion the committee may take up any pending legislation.