** REVISION **
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE:
Local Government Ways & Means
TIME & DATE:
10:00 AM, Wednesday, April 30, 2008
PLACE:
E2.026
CHAIR:
Rep. Fred Hill
The committee will meet to hear invited testimony on the following:
 
Interim Charge #2: Review provisions for local government notices on
potential tax rate increases and clarify potentially conflicting statutes.
Look at requiring two (rather than one) public hearings on the tax rate
increase.
 
Review the statute regarding the valuation of land used as an ecological
laboratory by public or private colleges or universities. (Tax Code,
Section 23.51)   Clarify what constitutes an ecological laboratory and set
standards for qualifying an ecological laboratory for appraisal as open
space land.