** 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
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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.
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BILLS DELETED AFTER LAST POSTING:
HB 1764
HB 3157