** REVISION **
SENATE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE: State Affairs
TIME & DATE: 8:00AM, Monday, May 19, 2003
PLACE: Senate Chamber
CHAIR: Senator Bill Ratliff
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To consider the following:
SB 1951 Ratliff
Relating to the sale of certain land dedicated to the permanent
school fund.
SJR 4 Ratliff
Proposing a constitutional amendment to permit the legislature to
require the sale of certain land dedicated to the permanent school
fund.
HB 1274 Geren / et al. SP: Nelson
Relating to the procedure for collecting signatures on a petition
filed in connection with a candidate's application for a place on
the ballot.
HB 1476 Truitt SP: Nelson
Relating to the election of certain unopposed candidates.
HB 1517 Jones, Jesse SP: West
Relating to publicizing a list of voters' rights.
HB 1576 Gallego SP: Shapleigh
Relating to the telecommunications planning and oversight council.
HB 1695 Denny SP: Nelson
Relating to certain election processes and procedures.
HB 1696 Denny SP: Staples
Relating to the hours of service of a poll watcher on election day.
HB 1813 McReynolds SP: Staples
Relating to the conduct of a raffle by a qualified nonprofit
organization.
HB 2032 Hochberg SP: Wentworth
Relating to the confidentiality of e-mail addresses under the
public information law.
HB 2056 Dawson SP: Jackson
Relating to the maximum value of a charitable raffle prize.
HB 2149 Denny SP: Staples
Relating to notice of, and disclosure of information about, an
investigation of criminal conduct in connection with an election.
HB 2152 Denny SP: Staples
Relating to automatic recounts of certain majority vote elections.
HB 2153 Denny SP: Staples
Relating to filing a voting system equipment contract with the
secretary of state.
HB 2154 Denny SP: Staples
Relating to appealing certain decisions of an election judge at a
polling place.
HB 2158 Hartnett SP: West
Relating to the regulation of political contributions to judicial
candidates and officeholders.
HB 2543 Bonnen SP: Jackson
Relating to allowing nonprofit corporations to offer limited cash
prizes under the Charitable Raffle Enabling Act.
HB 2912 Homer SP: Ratliff
Relating to industrial development corporations; providing a civil
penalty.
HB 3109 Keffer, Bill SP: Carona
Relating to physician and health care provider panels of
independent review organizations.
HB 3128 Truitt SP: Nelson
Relating to write-in voting for the offices of county chair and
precinct chair.
HB 3242 Pitts SP: Estes
Relating to the use of the reverse auction procedure by state
agencies.
HJR 54 King SP: Brimer
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing that benefits in
certain public retirement systems may not be reduced or impaired.
HJR 59 Uresti SP: Van de Putte
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to
permit a person to assume an office of a political subdivision
without an election if the person is the only candidate to qualify
in an election for that office.
HJR 62 Truitt SP: Nelson
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to
permit a person to take office without an election if the person is
the only candidate to qualify in an election for that office.
Pending Business:
SB 626 Shapleigh
Relating to requirements for considering a financial institution
for selection as a depository of public funds.
SB 627 Shapleigh
Relating to financial literacy programs for consumers.
SB 1112 Shapleigh
Relating to regulation of certain lending and finance practices.
SJR 58 Wentworth
Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the Legislature to
act on bills, resolutions, and other pending business after the
first thirty days of a regular session.
HB 54 Wolens / et al. SP: Shapiro
Relating to certain early voting by mail procedures and to the
prevention of voting fraud generally; providing criminal penalties.
HB 146 Solomons SP: Estes
Relating to jury duty on general election day.
HB 500 Goolsby SP: Carona
Relating to the confidentiality of certain information contained in
applications for ad valorem tax exemptions; providing criminal
penalties.
HB 725 Haggerty SP: Whitmire
Relating to the participation of community supervision and
corrections department employees, retired employees, and dependents
of employees and retired employees in the group benefits program
for state employees.
HB 897 Woolley SP: Nelson
Relating to the operation of certain employer coalitions and
cooperatives established for the provision of health benefits
coverage.
HB 928 Eiland SP: Armbrister
Relating to the authorized investments and transactions of certain
stipulated premium insurance companies.
HB 948 Crownover SP: Fraser
Relating to a veterinarian member of the Texas Racing Commission.
HB 1446 Brown, Betty SP: Averitt
Relating to the eligibility of certain children for certain health
benefit coverage.
HB 1865 Bonnen SP: Williams
Relating to commercial group property and casualty insurance for
certain businesses and associations.
HB 1975 Deshotel SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to providing a physical address for a ballot to be
delivered to the early voting clerk.
HB 2094 Harper-Brown SP: Harris
Relating to the definition of providing assistance to a voter.
HB 2359 Ritter SP: Armbrister
Relating to the programs and systems administered by the Employees
Retirement System of Texas.
HCR 34 Hopson SP: Staples
Designating the Texas State Railroad as the official State Railroad
of Texas.
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BILLS ADDED AFTER LAST POSTING:
HJR 62