HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Natural Resources

TIME & DATE:  1:00PM, Wednesday, August 14, 2002

PLACE: Bastrop, Texas

CHAIR: Rep. David Counts

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The committee will meet in a public hearing at the LCRA Bastrop Riverside
Conference Center, 1405 Willow Street, Bastrop, Texas, 78602.

The committee will hear testimony regarding interim charges, including, but
not limited to, implementation of S.B. 2, 77th Legislature, relating to the
development and management of the water resources of the state;
implementation of S.B. 312, 77th Legislature, relating to the continuation
of the Texas Water Development Board; the development of groundwater
management areas by the Texas Water Development Board; and the review
process of groundwater conservation districts by the state auditor.

Invited testimony will be followed by public testimony.

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