SENATE
                          NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Natural Resources

TIME & DATE:  1:30PM Or upon adjournment
             Tuesday, April 19, 2005

PLACE: E1.012

CHAIR: Senator Kenneth Armbrister

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CONSIDERATION OF THE FOLLOWING:


SB 594            Lindsay
Amending Section 11.085, Water Code, by adding Subsection (w)
relating to interbasin transfers of water rights within certain
regional water planning areas; and declaring an emergency.

SB 804            Averitt
Relating to the liability of license deputies for sales money held
in trust for the Parks and Wildlife Department.

SB 806            Averitt
Relating to the qualifications of appointed members of the State
Soil and Water Conservation Board.

SB 967            Fraser
Relating to the creation of the Central Texas Groundwater
Conservation District; providing authority to impose a tax and
issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.

SB 1311            Hinojosa
Relating to the establishment of an all-terrain vehicle trail and
recreational area program; providing a penalty.

SB 1441            Hinojosa
Relating to water allocations involving excluded irrigation land in
areas which are within 30 miles of the Rio Grande and within 50
miles of the Laguna Madre.

SB 1451            Averitt
Relating to the management of groundwater resources in the state.

SB 1519            Deuell
Relating to the development of a regional water supply reservoir
project at a site known as Lower Bois d'Arc Creek in Fannin County.

SB 1658            Carona
Relating to enabling the use of biofuels in Texas

SB 1741            Staples
Relating to an exemption for certain interbasin transfers of water
from certain priority requirements.

SB 1823            Wentworth
Relating to the creation of the Schertz Municipal Utility District
No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds;
granting the power of eminent domain.

SB 1824            Duncan
Relating to the expansion of the Salt Fork Water Quality District
and the appointment of directors by the commissioners court of each
county included within the boundaries of the district.

SB 1826            Estes
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
functions, operations, and financing of the Parker County Special
Utility District.

SB 1847            Zaffirini
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Duval County Groundwater
Conservation District.

SB 1848            Zaffirini
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Starr County Groundwater
Conservation District.

SB 1849            Estes
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
functions, operations, and financing of the Stephens Regional
Special Utility District.

CONSIDERATION OF THE FOLLOWING SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS:

HB 708            Bonnen                   SP: Jackson, Mike
Relating to the issuance of permits by the School Land Board
authorizing continued use of certain structures on coastal public
land.

HB 760            McReynolds               SP: Jackson, Mike
Relating to fees for registration and inspection of certain fuel
measuring and dispensing devices.

HB 901            McReynolds               SP: Jackson, Mike
Relating to expiration dates for certain licenses issued or renewed
by the Department of Agriculture.

HB 932            Taylor                   SP: Lucio
Relating to structures on coastal public land.

HB 1099            Chavez                   SP: Lucio
Relating to migrant labor housing facilities.

SB 272            Williams
Relating to the creation of an oyster license management program.

SB 453            Armbrister
Relating to the disposition of an abandoned watercraft.

SB 454            Armbrister
Relating to commercial shrimp boat licenses and to the creation of
a gulf shrimp license management program.

SB 455            Armbrister
Relating to the construction of artificial reefs.

SB 1044            Janek
Relating to efforts by coastal counties to mitigate coastal erosion
and improve public access to public beaches; authorizing the
issuance of bonds by coastal counties.

SB 1537            Armbrister
Relating to the administration, powers, duties, and operations of
the Harris-Galveston Coastal Subsidence District and the Fort Bend
Subsidence District.

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 1165            Armbrister
Relating to authorizing the City of Aransas Pass to acquire certain
state property.

SB 1169            Armbrister
Relating to the authority and financing of the Railroad Commission
of Texas in relation to gas utilities.

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.



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