HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE:
Urban Affairs
TIME & DATE:
10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess
Thursday, April 16, 2009
PLACE:
E2.028
CHAIR:
Rep. Yvonne Davis
The committee will meet to take up the following bills for consideration
 
 
HB 37
 
Corte
Relating to certain municipal development programs involving areas having characteristics of blight or a slum.
 
HB 707
 
Rose
Relating to the award of certain municipal contracts.
 
HB 1389
 
Davis, Yvonne
Relating to the acquisition of real property for public use.
 
HB 1421
 
Corte
Relating to the use of certain court costs in a criminal case for municipal programs enhancing public safety and security.
 
HB 2121
 
Olivo
Relating to participation in the process for evaluating an application for a low income housing tax credit.
 
HB 2228
 
Parker
Relating to the timing of a referendum election to continue a fire control, prevention, and emergency medical services district.
 
HB 2308
 
Davis, Yvonne
Relating to the establishment of the Texas secure loan pilot program by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs.
 
HB 2315
 
Patrick
Relating to authorizing municipalities to assess fees on vacant commercial buildings.
 
HB 2350
 
Bohac
Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to require trust accounts for certain commercial buildings; providing a criminal penalty.
 
HB 2647
 
Kent | et al.
Relating to the quasi-judicial enforcement of certain health and safety ordinances.
 
HB 2792
 
Homer
Relating to the regulation of signs by municipalities.
 
HB 3072
 
Geren
Relating to the transfer of municipal property to economic development corporations by certain municipalities.
 

HB 3082
 
Thibaut
Relating to the obstruction of streets by certain municipalities.
 
HB 3162
 
Davis, Yvonne
Relating to the development of a long-range state low income housing plan.
 
HB 3215
 
Farias
Relating to the establishment of a down payment assistance program for certain professional educators by the Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation.
 
HB 3240
 
Martinez, "Mando"
Relating to a municipal program for foreclosure on and improvement of certain property, and the subsequent sale of the property as affordable housing.
 
HB 3458
 
Branch
Relating to the requirements for a petition proposing an amendment to the charter of a home-rule municipality.
 
HB 3536
 
Davis, Yvonne
Relating to requiring the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs to determine certain demographic information regarding the occupancy of multiunit residential properties; requiring applicants for certain tax credits to provide certain demographic information.
 
HB 3558
 
Phillips
Relating to the authority of a local authority to require a person who violates a photographic traffic signal enforcement system to take an intersection driving safety course.
 
HB 3682
 
Riddle
Relating to the regulation of uninhabitable, unsafe, or abandoned structures by certain counties; providing a penalty.
 
HB 4635
 
Lucio III
Relating to an additional fine for the violation of a municipal rule, ordinance, or police regulation to be used to support municipal parks.
 
 
Persons wishing to distribute handouts may do so by providing no fewer
than 15 copies to the committee clerk when called to testify