SENATE
                          NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Natural Resources

TIME & DATE: 10:00AM, Thursday, May 15, 2003

PLACE: Capitol Extension E1.028

CHAIR: Senator Kenneth Armbrister

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CONSIDERATION OF THE FOLLOWING:

HB 151            Farabee                  SP: Estes
Relating to offenses involving dogs that are a danger to livestock
and other animals.

HB 240            Miller                   SP: Fraser
Relating to the punishment for criminal mischief committed by
intentionally introducing infectious diseases into livestock.

HB 1046            Swinford                 SP: Duncan
Relating to an application for registration of a commercial
fertilizer.

HB 1203            Cook, Robby              SP: Duncan
Relating to the use of site-specific information by a groundwater
conservation district to develop its management plan.

HB 1309            Pitts                    SP: Duncan
Relating to the applicability of the Texas Non-Profit Corporation
Act to nonprofit water supply or sewer service corporations.

HB 1398            Swinford                 SP: Duncan
Relating to procedures for arbitration of seed performance
disputes.

HB 1481            Allen                    SP: Estes
Relating to the creation of the operating permit fees account for
fees collected under Titles IV and V of the Clean Air Act.

HB 2227            Hughes                   SP: Ratliff
Relating to the frequency of meetings of the board for the Upper
Sabine Valley Solid Waste Management District.

HB 2250            Flores                   SP: Lucio
Relating to the powers and duties of the Rio Grande watermaster and
the delivery of water down the banks and bed of the Rio Grande.

HB 2558            Swinford                 SP: Duncan
Relating to  certain reporting requirements and orders relating to
commercial fertilizer.

HB 2786            Eiland                   SP: Janek
Relating to an extension of a strategic partnership agreement
between a special purpose district and certain municipalities.

HB 2875            Bonnen                   SP: Armbrister
Relating to the definition of "dispose of" for purposes of criminal
penalties imposed under the Water Code.

HB 2877            Bonnen                   SP: Armbrister
Relating to the permitting procedures of the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality.

HB 2940            McReynolds               SP: Jackson
Relating to the funding of the administrative costs of the Texas
Environmental Education Partnership Fund Board.

HB 3028            Moreno, Joe E.           SP: Hinojosa
Relating to certain purchasing contracts of certain navigation
districts and port authorities.

HB 3213            Cook, Robby              SP: Armbrister
Relating to the authority of veterinarians to form a professional
association.

HB 3214            Cook, Robby              SP: Armbrister
Relating to the fees of office payable to directors of certain
general and special law districts.

HB 3374            Rangel                   SP: Lucio
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Kenedy County Groundwater
Conservation District.

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