** REVISION ** SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Natural Resources TIME & DATE: 10:00AM, Thursday, May 22, 2003 PLACE: Capitol Extension E1.028 CHAIR: Senator Kenneth Armbrister ___________________________________________________________________________ CONSIDERATION OF THE FOLLOWING: SB 1945 Armbrister Relating to the administration of grants under the new technology research and development program. HB 645 Puente SP: Armbrister Relating to prohibiting the creation or enforcement of certain restrictive covenants that undermine water conservation. HB 1192 West, George "Buddy" SP: Armbrister Relating to the purchase of vehicles using alternative fuels by the Railroad Commission of Texas. HB 1193 West, George "Buddy" SP: Armbrister Relating to the annual gas utility report made by the Railroad Commission of Texas to the governor. HB 1195 West, George "Buddy" SP: Armbrister Relating to the fee for a reissued certificate of compliance for an oil lease or gas well. HB 1594 West, George "Buddy" SP: Williams Relating to requirements for emergency response plans relating to pipeline safety. HB 1979 Puente SP: Armbrister Relating to preventing the discharge of untreated wastewater into waters of the state. HB 2252 Flores SP: Hinojosa Relating to exemptions for certain individuals from cost recovery actions and liens placed on homesteads by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. HB 2388 Cook, Robby SP: Armbrister Relating to the late payment of certain submetered or allocated water bills and the use of certain submetering equipment. HB 2661 Puente SP: Armbrister Relating to the use of graywater. HB 2846 Farabee SP: Fraser Relating to the authority of the State Office of Administrative Hearings to conduct certain hearings over which the Railroad Commission of Texas has jurisdiction. HB 3030 Van Arsdale SP: Lindsay Relating to notice of groundwater contamination that may affect a drinking water well. HB 3229 Rose SP: Fraser Relating to electing directors of the Blanco-Pedernales Groundwater Conservation District. HB 3338 Puente SP: Armbrister Relating to the performance of a water audit by a retail public utility providing potable water. HB 3563 Hegar SP: Armbrister Relating to the creation of the Waller County Road Improvement District No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds. HB 3612 Cook, Robby SP: Armbrister Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, operation, and financing of the Garfield Municipal Utility District No. 1. THE FOLLOWING BILLS ARE ADDED AND WILL BE HEARD at 3:0OPM : SB 1954 Ratliff Relating to a requirement that the Bureau of Economic Geology of The University of Texas at Austin conduct a study of the East Texas Oil Field. HB 942 Chisum / et al. SP: Hinojosa Relating to certain bond requirements for persons engaged in certain activities under the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of Texas other than the ownership or operation of wells. HB 1575 Ritter SP: Lucio Relating to cost-based transportation rates for natural gas. HB 3061 Flores SP: Hinojosa Relating to regulation of the disposal of animal remains. HB 2184 Geren SP: Madla Relating to prohibiting the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality from amending, interpreting, impairing, or modifying a written contract for the wholesale provision of water. HB 3565 Keel SP: Barrientos Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, operation, and financing of the Lazy Nine Municipal Utility District. HB 2847 Farabee SP: Jackson Relating to the transfer of the powers, duties, and functions under the Texas Aggregate Quarry and Pit Safety Act from the railroad commission to the department of transportation. HB 1823 Hamric SP: Lindsay Relating to financial assurance for certain solid waste processing facilities. ___________________________________________________________________________ BILLS DELETED AFTER LAST POSTING: HB 1764 HB 3157