** REVISION ** SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Business & Commerce TIME & DATE: 8:00 AM, Tuesday, March 24, 2009 PLACE: Betty King Committee Room CHAIR: Senator Troy Fraser To consider the following: SB 111 Ellis Relating to suspension of the unemployment compensation waiting period requirement during a disaster subject to a federal disaster declaration. SB 338 Van de Putte Relating to requirements for businesses that offer plastic checkout bags to customers; providing civil and administrative penalties. SB 427 Shapiro Relating to energy demand and incentives for distributed renewable generation. SB 435 Ellis Relating to a statewide goal for electric energy generation during peak load periods from renewable energy technologies. SB 436 Ellis Relating to a statewide goal for electric energy generation to meet base load demands from renewable energy technologies. SB 541 Watson Relating to incentives for Texas renewable energy jobs and manufacturing. SB 545 Fraser Relating to the creation of a distributed solar generation incentive program. SB 546 Fraser Relating to the state goal for energy efficiency. SB 600 Van de Putte Relating to a solar energy technology generation incentive program to be administered by electric utilities. SB 601 Van de Putte Relating to the state goal for energy efficiency. SB 620 Shapleigh Relating to the state's goal for non-wind renewable electric generating capacity. SB 677 Shapleigh Relating to requiring solar panels to be offered by certain builders of new homes.

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SB 778 Watson Relating to the licensing and regulation of identity recovery service providers and the inclusion of identity recovery service agreements in certain service contracts and vehicle protection products; providing penalties. SB 824 Ellis Relating to privacy of wireless telecommunications customer information; providing a civil penalty. SB 1034 Fraser Relating to allowing the governing bodies of certain municipalities to order a local option election relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages. SB 1191 Ellis Relating to this state's goal for reducing statewide peak electric demand through demand response and load management programs. SB 1354 Jackson, Mike Relating to the licensing and regulation of plumbers. SB 1419 Lucio Relating to this state's goal for renewable energy. SB 1420 Lucio Relating to the sale of electric energy produced by distributed renewable generation owners. SB 1423 Huffman Relating to goals for renewable energy capacity derived from renewable energy sources other than sources using wind energy. Bills added after last posting: SB 338 ** See Committee Coordinator for previous versions of the schedule **