SENATE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE: Natural Resources
TIME & DATE: 8:00AM, Friday, May 16, 2003
PLACE: Betty King Comm. Room
CHAIR: Senator Kenneth Armbrister
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Senator Armbrister suspended the 24 hour posting rule, so that the Senate
Committee on Natural Resources can meet at 8 a.m. in the Betty King
Committee Room to take up and consider the following pending business:
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 547 Wohlgemuth SP: Averitt
Relating to the distance between certain pits that are part of
quarrying operations and adjacent property.
HB 917 Eiland SP: Janek
Relating to the authority of counties and municipalities to incur
debt to participate in erosion response projects undertaken by the
General Land Office.
HB 919 Eiland SP: Armbrister
Relating to the review and approval of drainage reports by certain
special districts.
HB 1152 Puente SP: Estes
Relating to the authority of certain nonprofit water supply
corporations and sewer service corporations to establish and
enforce customer water conservation measures.
HB 1529 Cook, Robby SP: Armbrister
Relating to the inspection of wildlife resources and devices used
to catch or hunt wildlife resources and to the cold storage of game
animals.
HB 1858 Wise SP: Staples
Relating to the promotion and marketing of Texas products.
HB 1931 Capelo SP: Williams
Relating to pipeline safety emergency response plans and the repeal
of the requirements governing notification of pipeline construction
and operation.
HB 1989 Ellis SP: Staples
Relating to hunting and fishing stamps issued by the Parks and
Wildlife Department; providing a penalty.
HB 2300 Gallego SP: Madla
Relating to the regulation of certain water wells by the Jeff Davis
County Underground Water Conservation District.
HB 2320 Flores SP: Lucio
Relating to administration by the Texas Department of Agriculture
of quarantined articles.
HB 2351 Kuempel SP: Averitt
Relating to certain fees collected by the Parks and Wildlife
Department.
HB 2470 Kuempel SP: Jackson
Relating to funding license buyback programs of the Parks and
Wildlife Department.
HB 2533 Brown, Betty SP: Staples
Relating to the creation of Lake View Management and Development
District in Henderson County; providing authority to impose a tax
and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.
HB 2546 Bonnen SP: Janek
Relating to the land application of certain sludge.
HB 2654 Farabee SP: Estes
Relating to clarification of certain exemptions from requirements
of pipeline assessment and testing.
HB 2660 Puente SP: Lucio
Relating to the establishment of minimum levels of water
conservation in water conservation plans.
HB 2663 Puente SP: Lucio
Relating to the establishment of quantifiable goals for drought
contingency plans.
HB 3556 Campbell SP: Duncan
Relating to management of and certain actions and proceedings of
the Sterling County Underground Water Conservation District.
HB 3374 Rangel SP: Lucio
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Kenedy County Groundwater
Conservation District.
HB 1378 Geren SP: Duncan
Relating to certain duties and information regarding water
development matters in the state.
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