HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Culture, Recreation, & Tourism TIME & DATE: 1:00PM or upon final adjourn./recess Tuesday, March 22, 2005 PLACE: E2.014 CHAIR: Rep. Harvey Hilderbran ___________________________________________________________________________ HB 883 Seaman Relating to the construction of artificial reefs. HB 943 Geren Relating to evidence establishing ownership of a vessel for a certificate of title issued by the Parks and Wildlife Department. HB 944 Geren Relating to the license requirements of marine dealers, distributors, and manufacturers. HB 2024 Hilderbran Relating to hunter education. HB 2025 Hilderbran Relating to the transfer of jurisdiction over the Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Memorial Naval Museum and other historical sites from the Parks and Wildlife Department to the Texas Historical Commission. HB 2032 Hilderbran Relating to the expansion of the operation game thief program to include certain other violations of law. HB 2208 Phillips Relating to the creation of a cultural and fine arts district program by the Texas Commission on the Arts. HB 2555 Kuempel Relating to dispatching game animals and game birds. HB 2622 Phillips Relating to boating safety. HB 2684 Gallego Relating to the prohibition of glass containers within the boundaries of a state-owned riverbed; providing criminal penalties. HB 2697 Phillips Relating to the preservation of Texas historical resources and historical government records; imposing fees; making an appropriation. HCR 71 Bonnen Designating Texas purple sage (Leucophyllum frutescens) as the official State Native Shrub of Texas. ___________________________________________________________________________