** REVISION ** SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Natural Resources TIME & DATE: 1:30PM Or upon adjournment Thursday, April 14, 2005 PLACE: E1.012 CHAIR: Senator Kenneth Armbrister ___________________________________________________________________________ HB 965 Haggerty SP: Jackson, Mike Relating to a prohibition on the regulation of emissions from certain residential water heaters. HB 1657 Hope SP: Averitt Relating to the administration by the Texas Water Development Board of certain water-related programs financed by federal funds. SB 444 Staples Relating to registration fee credits for the owners of certain dry cleaning facilities that do not participate in the dry cleaning facility release fund. SB 785 Fraser Relating to the regulations of quarries; providing a civil penalty. SB 1045 Janek Relating to insurance coverage in lieu of a bond requirement for officers, employees, and consultants of certain conservation and reclamation districts. SB 1165 Armbrister Relating to authorizing the City of Aransas Pass to acquire certain state property. SB 1354 Estes Relating to the protection of water quality in watersheds threatened by quarry activities; establishing a pilot program; providing a penalty. SB 1603 Estes Relating to the recovery of certain costs associated with certain civil suits by the Parks and Wildlife Department. SB 1674 Barrientos Relating to the authority of the Barton Springs-Edwards Aquifer Conservation District to charge certain fees. SB 1726 Gallegos Relating to the financing of water and sewer programs in disadvantaged areas in certain counties. SB 1740 Staples Relating to construction activities allowed while an application is pending with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. SB 1831 Hinojosa Relating to the creation of the Corpus Christi Aquifer Storage and Recovery Conservation District; granting the power of eminent domain. SJR 3 Armbrister Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the issuance of additional general obligation bonds by the Texas Water Development Board. CONSIDERATION OF THE FOLLOWING PENDING BUSINESS: SB 3 Armbrister Relating to the development and management of the water resources of the state, including the creation of a groundwater conservation district; imposing fees and providing penalties. SB 93 Shapleigh Relating to a manifest system to record the transportation of certain liquid wastes. SB 784 Shapleigh Relating to the acceptance by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of certain emissions reductions in exchange for other emissions reductions. SB 948 Armbrister Relating to the assessment and regulation of emissions events. SB 1064 Staples Relating to rate changes by a water and sewer utility. SB 1170 Armbrister Relating to the regulation of gas production by the Railroad Commission of Texas. SB 1175 Armbrister Relating to the regulation of oil production by the Railroad Commission of Texas. SB 1667 Duncan Relating to transferring certain responsibilities of the Department of State Health Services concerning radioactive materials to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; imposing fees and surcharges. ___________________________________________________________________________ BILLS ADDED AFTER LAST POSTING: SB 1667