** REVISION **
                                   SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Finance

TIME & DATE:  9:30AM, Thursday, April 3, 1997

PLACE: Finance Committee Room

CHAIR: Senator Bill Ratliff

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To consider the following bills:


SB 178            Barrientos
Relating to exempting certain educational aides from tuition and
fees charged by institutions of higher education.

SB 630            Duncan
Relating to requiring the state to reimburse counties for the costs
of confining certain state inmates.

SB 678            Lindsay
Relating to the exemption from tuition and fees charged by a public
institution of higher education to certain persons in state foster
or other residential care.

SB 696            Ellis / et al.
Relating to the issuance of bonds under the Higher Education
Authority Act.

SB 874            Wentworth
Relating to certain reimbursements of expenses for members of the
Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists.

SB 964            Ratliff
Relating to criminal history record information on persons licensed
by certain agencies.

SB 1476            Shapiro
Relating to exempting certain children in foster or residential
care from the payment of tuition and fees at state-supported
institutions of higher education.

SB 1092            Wentworth
Relating to exempting the children of disabled firemen and peace
officers from the payment of tuition and fees at state-supported
institutions of higher education.

SB 1099            Wentworth
Relating to salaries and fees for services of certain prosecutors.

Pending Business:

SB 126            Bivins
Relating to a tax exemption for hydrocarbon production from certain
inactive oil and gas leases returned to production.

SB 244            Harris
Relating to the exemption of certain military veterans and the
children of certain military personnel from certain fees.

SB 645            Armbrister
Relating to state fiscal matters, including holidays, employee
compensation and deductions, reports, consultants, and the
comptroller's powers.




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BILLS DELETED AFTER LAST POSTING:

SB 184