HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: County Affairs

TIME & DATE:  7:30AM, Wednesday, March 28, 2001

PLACE: E1.026

CHAIR: Rep. Tom Ramsay

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HB 1091            Reyna, Elvira
Relating to the appointment of members to a county civil service
commission.

HB 1670            Coleman
Relating to the functions of a municipal or county cultural
education facilities finance corporation.

HB 1892            Lewis, Glenn
Relating to the threshold contract amount at which certain
political subdivisions are required to engage in a competitive
purchasing procedure and the criteria required to evaluate bidders
in the competitive purchasing process.

HB 1950            Hamric
Relating to the administration, powers, duties, maximum tax rate in
populous counties and operations of emergency services districts.

HB 1990            Turner, Sylvester
Relating to the creation of the Near Northwest Management District;
providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.

HB 2185            Goolsby
Relating to fees collected by a county tax assessor-collector for
processing certain payments by credit card.

HB 2295            Woolley
Relating to the powers of Harris County Improvement District No. 1.

HB 2318            Solomons
Relating to the use of electronically transmitted information in
county and municipal procedures for the purchase, sale, or lease of
items.

HB 2347            Raymond
Relating to a court fee to be used for courthouse security in Webb
County.

HB 2525            Junell
Relating to the operation of the Mitchell County Hospital District.

HB 2743            Carter
Relating to the maximum tax rate allowed on property in emergency
service and rural fire prevention districts.

HB 2744            Carter
Relating to emergency services and rural fire prevention districts.

HB 2745            Carter
Relating to the property tax rate in overlapping emergency services
and rural fire prevention districts.

HB 2746            Carter
Relating to emergency services and rural fire prevention districts;
providing for a tax.

HB 2868            Ramsay
Relating to grants for certain counties to provide certain
essential services.

HB 2937            Kitchen
Relating to the setting of certain county fees for a license,
permit, or registration.

HB 3055            Dukes
Relating to authorizing a county to pay the costs of an
owner-controlled insurance program with the proceeds of certain
securities issued by the county.

HB 3069            Chisum
Relating to the maintenance of certain cemeteries.

HB 3191            Puente
Relating to emergency service districts.

HB 3229            Craddick
Relating to a declaration for write-in candidacy for director of
the Midland County Hospital District.

HB 3315            Ramsay
Relating to county regulation of outdoor burning.

HB 3511            Gutierrez
Relating to an appeal of a decision made by certain county civil
service commissions.

HJR 87            Carter
Proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the maximum tax
rate allowed on property in emergency service and rural fire
prevention districts.

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