H.R. No. 1720



R E S O L U T I O N
	BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the 78th 
Legislature, That Rule 3, Sections 1 and 21, of the permanent rules 
of the House of Representatives of the 78th Legislature are amended 
to read as follows:
	Sec. 1.  AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK. The committee shall have 
seven members, with jurisdiction over all matters pertaining to:
		(1)  agriculture, horticulture, and farm husbandry;                           
		(2)  livestock and stock raising, and the livestock 
industry;               
		(3)  the development and preservation of forests, and 
the regulation, control, and promotion of the lumber industry; 
[and]
		(4)  problems and issues particularly affecting rural 
areas of the state; and
		(5)  the following state agencies: the Department of 
Agriculture, the Texas Animal Health Commission, the State Soil and 
Water Conservation Board, the Texas Forest Service, the Office of 
South Central Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact, the Office 
of Chief Apiary Inspector, the Texas Agricultural Experiment 
Station, the Texas Agricultural Extension Service, the Texas Food 
and Fibers Commission, the State Seed and Plant Board, the State 
Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners, the Texas Veterinary Medical 
Diagnostic Laboratory, the Produce Recovery Fund Board, the Texas 
Structural Pest Control Board, the board of directors of the Texas 
Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation, Inc., the Office of Rural 
Community Affairs, and the Texas Animal Damage Control Service.
	Sec. 21.  LAND AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. The committee shall 
have nine members, with jurisdiction over all matters pertaining 
to:
		(1)  the management of public lands;                                          
		(2)  the power of eminent domain;                                             
		(3)  annexation, zoning, and other governmental 
regulation of land use; and
		(4)  [problems and issues particularly affecting rural 
areas of the state; and
		[(5)]  the following state agencies: the School Land 
Board, the Board for Lease of University Lands, the Coastal 
Coordination Council, [the Office of Rural Community Affairs,] and 
the General Land Office.

                                                                          Chisum
                                                                Cook of Colorado
                                                                      Hardcastle
                                                                          Mowery
                                                                        Swinford

                                                  ______________________________
                                                       Speaker of the House     

	I certify that H.R. No. 1720 was adopted by the House on June 
2, 2003, by a non-record vote.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House