SENATE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:     Local Government 

TIME & DATE:   10:00 AM, Monday, April 28, 2025 

PLACE:         E1.028 (Hearing Room) 
CHAIR:         Senator Paul Bettencourt 

SB 250         Flores                 
Relating to municipal annexation of an area adjacent to contiguous or connecting railroad rights-of-way.

SB 375         Miles                  
Relating to the continuation of a health care provider participation program by the Harris County Hospital District.

SB 536         Miles | et al.          
Relating to the eligibility of nurses for the Homes for Texas Heroes home loan program.

SB 845         Zaffirini              
Relating to the eligibility of social workers for the Homes for Texas Heroes home loan program.

SB 1633        Campbell               
Relating to the authority of a county commissioners court to adopt an exemption from ad valorem taxation by each taxing unit that taxes the property of the portion of the appraised value of a person's property that is attributable to the installation in or on the property of certain water conservation systems.

SB 1944        Eckhardt | et al.       
Relating to the allocation of housing tax credits to developments within proximate geographical areas.

SB 1957        Hagenbuch              
Relating to the eligibility of a person to serve on a civilian oversight board.

SB 2081        Miles                  
Relating to the eligibility of municipal solid waste personnel for the Homes for Texas Heroes home loan program.

SB 2137        Menéndez               
Relating to the allocation of low income housing tax credits.

SB 2262        Cook                   
Relating to regulation by municipalities and certain counties of and certain prohibited state agency regulation of automated external defibrillators.

SB 2299        Johnson                
Relating to authority of a home-rule municipality to adopt a charter, charter amendment, ordinance, or other measure affecting the municipality's governmental immunity.

SB 2419        Paxton                 
Relating to the authority of a special district to exercise certain powers and duties following municipal disannexation of certain areas.

SB 2452        Hancock                
Relating to the compensation of the chief apprasier of an appraisal district.

SB 2522        Bettencourt            
Relating to municipal and county regulation of platting and subdivisions of land.

SB 2549        West                   
Relating to the allocation of housing tax credits to developments within proximate geographical areas.

SB 2594        Middleton              
Relating to the provision of supplemental services by management organizations in certain public improvement districts located in certain municipalities.

SB 2605        Blanco                 
Relating to the formation of a municipal housing authority asset commission by certain municipal housing authorities.

SB 2631        Creighton              
Relating to the deferment of property taxes for certain individuals and the reduction of the eligible age for tax deferral.

SB 2639        Bettencourt            
Relating to the designation of a property as a historic landmark and the inclusion of a property in a historic district or similar preservation district by certain municipalities.

SB 2675        Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"   
Relating to the sale of park land owned by certain municipalities.

SB 3029        Parker                 
Relating to the powers and duties of the Far North Worth Municipal Utility District No.  1 of Tarrant and Wise Counties; providing authority to establish defined areas and to impose a tax and issue bonds.

SJR 60         Campbell               
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the commissioners court of a county to exempt from ad valorem taxation by each political subdivision that taxes the property the portion of the assessed value of a person's property that is attributable to the installation in or on the property of a rainwater harvesting or graywater system.

HB 22          Noble | et al.           SP: Hinojosa, Adam
Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of intangible personal property.

HB 1392        Bucy | et al.            SP: Bettencourt
Relating to the postponement of the delinquency date for a payment of ad valorem taxes imposed by a taxing unit if the office of the collector for the taxing unit is closed on the delinquency date.

HB 2525        Darby | et al.           SP: Paxton
Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain property owned by a charitable organization that is engaged in providing housing and related facilities and services to persons who are at least 62 years of age.

The committee may also consider pending business.

Public Testimony:

Oral testimony is limited to 2 minutes. If providing written testimony,

please bring 18 copies with your name on each copy to E1.028, and send an

electronic copy to ross.leake_sc@senate.texas.gov and

jared.yust_sc@senate.texas.gov.

All written testimony will be distributed to the Committee Members during

or after the hearing. Those registering a position only may do so at any

Senate kiosk by the end of the hearing.

·Oral testimony: Please use the kiosks outside in the extension hallways.

·Oral and written testimony: Please use the kiosks in the extension

hallways and submit your written testimony to Committee staff located in

E1.028.3.

·Position only: Register using the Senate kiosk located in the extension

hallways or by going to http://swrs on public-capitol. Kiosk registration

will open at 8:30 a.m. the morning of the hearing.

·Written testimony only: If providing written testimony, please bring 18

copies with your name on each copy to E1.028 and submit to Committee

staff, and submit electronically to ross.leake_sc@senate.texas.gov and

jared.yust_sc@senate.texas.gov.

·All written testimony will be distributed to the Committee Members during

or after the hearing.

For those unable to appear in person, comments may be provided directly to

each Committee Member,whose contact information can be found at:

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