HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Border & Intergovernmental Affairs TIME & DATE: 10:00 AM, Thursday, April 29, 2010 PLACE: McAllen, Texas CHAIR: Rep. Veronica Gonzales The committee will meet at the McAllen Convention Center, 700 Convention Center Boulevard, Room 101, in McAllen, Texas to hear testimony relating to the following interim charge: Evaluate the effectiveness of state operations at controlling drug-related crimes and other violence along the Texas-Mexico border. This will be a joint hearing with the Committee on Public Safety.