HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                          NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Natural Resources

TIME & DATE:  3:00PM or upon final adjourn./recess
             Wednesday, February 26, 2003

PLACE: E2.014, Capitol Extension

CHAIR: Rep. Robert Puente

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HB 535            Cook, Robby
Relating to a name change for and a change in the terms of the
board of directors of the Colorado Valley Groundwater Conservation
District.

HB 839            Howard
Relating to a limitation on the future employment of a board member
by certain water-related districts.

HB 917            Eiland
Relating to the authority of counties and municipalities to incur
debt to participate in erosion response projects undertaken by the
General Land Office.


The committee will also consider invited testimony on the process for
amending water rights permits at the Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality.

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