** REVISION **
SENATE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

 

COMMITTEE:    Economic Development 

TIME & DATE:  8:00 AM or upon recess/adjournment
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 

PLACE:        Senate Chamber 
CHAIR:        Senator Bob Deuell 

The Senate Committee on Economic Development will meet at 8 a.m. or upon recess/adjournment of the Local and Uncontested Calendar.

 

HB 26         Martinez Fischer        SP: Zaffirini
Relating to unemployment compensation eligibility and chargebacks regarding certain persons who are victims or whose immediate family members are victims of sexual assault.

HB 916        Orr | et al.            SP: Birdwell
Relating to the amount of a chargeback for unemployment compensation benefits paid to a person who is partially unemployed.

HB 1662       Price                   SP: Seliger
Relating to the use of local hotel occupancy tax revenue to conduct an audit.

HB 1724       Bohac                   SP: Seliger
Relating to the statute of limitations on municipal and county hotel occupancy taxes and interest on delinquent payments of municipal hotel occupancy taxes.

HB 1967       Deshotel                SP: Williams
Relating to use of sales and use tax proceeds by certain economic development corporations for certain job-related skills training.

HB 2000       Thompson, Senfronia     SP: Hancock
Relating to the qualification of certain nonprofit schools and educational institutions for exemption from state laws regulating career schools and colleges and to complaints made against those entities.

HB 2015       Davis, John             SP: Watson
Relating to the proper classification of workers performing services in connection with governmental contracts; providing a penalty.

HB 2473       Deshotel                SP: Williams
Relating to use of sales and use tax proceeds by economic development corporations in connection with housing facilities for certain institutions of higher education.

HB 2478       Alvarado | et al.       SP: Watson
Relating to the collection, study, and reporting by the Texas Workforce Commission of certain information regarding shortages in high-wage, high-demand occupations.

HB 2482       Alvarado | et al.       SP: Taylor
Relating to a study to determine the reasons major manufacturers have chosen to invest in other states after considering development in this state.

HB 3005       Burkett | et al.        SP: Williams
Relating to the authority of the Texas Workforce Commission to use certain unemployment compensation funds for reemployment activities.

HB 3028       Davis, John             SP: Birdwell
Relating to the use of the skills development fund and other funds available to the Texas Workforce Commission to support certain joint credit courses offered by school districts under agreements with public junior colleges.

HB 3042       Oliveira | et al.       SP: Lucio
Relating to the allocation of state hotel occupancy tax revenue to certain municipalities for cleaning and maintenance of and erosion control for public beaches.

HB 3043       Oliveira                SP: Lucio
Relating to increasing the maximum rate at which certain municipalities may impose a hotel occupancy tax and to the use of revenue from that tax.

HB 3162       Davis, John | et al.    SP: Deuell
Relating to the Texas emerging technology fund; redesignating the fund as the Texas Research Technology Fund.

HB 3296       Raney                   SP: Schwertner
Relating to the rates of municipal and county hotel occupancy taxes in certain municipalities and counties and the use of certain revenue from those taxes; changing the rates of taxes.

HB 3436       Cook                    SP: Whitmire
Relating to formal action of responsible governmental entities on certain proposals or bids for certain projects.

HB 3578       Davis, John             SP: Hancock
Relating to the allocation of Texas Economic Development Bank resources.

HCR 82        Hunter | et al.         SP: Hinojosa
Requesting the creation of a joint interim committee to study education policy as it relates to developing a skilled workforce.

 

 

Bills added after last posting:

HB 2015

 

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