** REVISION **
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Natural Resources 

TIME & DATE:  8:00 AM, Tuesday, April 13, 2021 

PLACE:       JHR 120 
CHAIR:       Rep. Tracy King 

HB 242         Zwiener
Relating to the authority of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to require water pollution abatement plans from certain facilities regulated by the Railroad Commission of Texas.

HB 2095        Wilson                                                
Relating to water research conducted by The University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology.

HB 2863        Kuempel                                               
Relating to the storage and recovery of water in a portion of the Edwards Aquifer.

HB 3650        Lucio III                                             
Relating to the transfer of functions relating to the economic regulation of water and sewer service from the Public Utility Commission of Texas to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

HB 3933        King, Tracy O.                                         
Relating to the review of river authorities by the Sunset Advisory Commission.

HB 3972        King, Tracy O.                                         
Relating to a person obtaining a surety bond before filing a suit against a groundwater conservation district.

HB 3084        Larson                                                
Relating to the identification of and funding for interregional water projects.

HB 2368        Morales Shaw                                          
Relating to the participation by local governments in water quality control measures.

HB 4066        Lucio III                                             
Relating to the adoption by the Railroad Commission of Texas of a permit by rule for the beneficial reuse of domestic wastewater and mobile drinking water treatment system wastewater produced at certain oil and gas drilling facilities.

HB 2094        Martinez                                              
Relating to the right to remove property encroaching on areas owned or controlled by the Hidalgo County Drainage District Number 1.

HB 2951        Jetton                                                
Relating to the appointment of directors of a levee improvement district.

HB 2525        Huberty                                               
Relating to the creation of the Lake Houston Dredging and Maintenance District; providing the authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments and fees.

HB 3006        Middleton                                             
Relating to the creation of the Trinity Bay Special Utility District and the powers and duties of the Trinity Bay Conservation District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments or fees.

HB 4454        Guillen | et al.                                       
Relating to the powers and duties of the Willacy County Drainage District No. 2.

HB 4592        Oliverson                                             
Relating to the creation of the Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 164; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

HB 4617        Bell, Keith                                           
Relating to the qualifications and method of electing directors of the High Point Special Utility District of Kaufman and Rockwall Counties.

HB 4606        Vasut                                                 
Relating to the creation of the Brazoria County Water Control and Improvement District No. 10; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

HB 4614        Thompson, Ed                                          
Relating to the authority of the Brazoria Drainage District Number Four to impose a maintenance tax and the validation of certain acts of the Brazoria Drainage District Number Four.

HB 4595        Toth                              Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Water Control and Improvement District No. 205; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

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Bills added after last posting:

HB 4595

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