SENATE
                          NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Veteran Affairs & Military Installations

TIME & DATE:  1:30PM Or upon adjournment
             Wednesday, March 26, 2003

PLACE: Betty King Committee Room

CHAIR: Senator Leticia Van de Putte

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SB 719            Madla
Relating to authorizing a defense base development authority to use
alternative methods for contracting for public improvement
projects.

SB 720            Madla
Relating to the sale by defense base authorities of property
located in an enterprise zone.

SB 814            Averitt
Relating to an exemption for certain military personnel and
veterans from the requirements of the Texas Academic Skills
Program.

SB 938            Barrientos
Relating to enforcement of veteran's employment preferences.

SB 983            Van de Putte
Relating to the approval of expenditures for state militia.

Pending business from a previous hearing:

SB 81            Zaffirini
Relating to making a military discharge record recorded with the
county clerk a confidential document.




Pending business from a previous hearing:

SB 85            Wentworth
Relating to excepting military discharge records from required
public disclosure and limiting the persons to whom the information
may be disclosed.

Pending business from a previous hearing:

SB 652            Shapleigh
Relating to economic development, strategic planning, and other
issues regarding military facilities, and the merger of certain
state agencies with aerospace or military responsibilities;
granting authority to issue bonds.

Pending business from a previous hearing:

SB 655            Shapleigh
Relating to members and veterans of the armed forces.

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