** REVISION **
                                   SENATE
                          NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Natural Resources

TIME & DATE:  1:30PM Or upon adjournment
             Thursday, April 28, 2005

PLACE: E1.012

CHAIR: Senator Kenneth Armbrister

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CONSIDERATION OF THE FOLLOWING:


SB 344            Duncan
Relating to the notice, hearing, rulemaking, and permitting
procedures for groundwater conservation districts.

SB 1810            Shapleigh
Relating to the dissolution of the Homestead Municipal Utility
District, the provision of water supply services to the residents
of the district's service area after dissolution, and the rates
charged for water service by the City of El Paso; validating
certain actions of the district's board of directors.

SB 1811            Shapleigh
Relating to the ability of certain water supply or sewer service
corporations to dissolve and transfer assets to a municipality.

SB 1858            Armbrister
Relating to the authority of a local government to enforce a water
pollution control and abatement program and establish standards and
practices for water quality.

SB 1876            Brimer
Relating to the powers, duties, administration, governance, and
functions of the Benbrook Water and Sewer Authority.

SB 1857            Madla
Relating to the consolidation of the Kinney County Groundwater
Conservation District into the Edwards Aquifer Authority.

HB 942            Geren                    SP: Deuell
Relating to the registration of antique boats with the Parks and
Wildlife Department.

HB 943            Geren                    SP: Deuell
Relating to evidence establishing ownership of a vessel for a
certificate of title issued by the Parks and Wildlife Department.

HB 2032            Hilderbran               SP: Estes
Relating to the expansion of the operation game thief program to
include certain other violations of law.

HB 2949            Geren                    SP: Lucio
Relating to the authority of the Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality to issue an emergency order authorizing certain action in
the event of a catastrophe.

HB 3340            Hughes                   SP: Estes
Relating to surveys accepted for filing in the official records of
the General Land Office.

HB 86            Smith, Wayne             SP: Armbrister
Relating to compliance histories for and incentives to reward
compliance performance by entities regulated by the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality.

HB 340            Seaman                   SP: Hinojosa
Relating to the authority of a navigation district to establish a
volunteer police reserve force and to the state law enforcement
authority of certain federal peace officers.

HB 380            West, George "Buddy"     SP: Armbrister
Relating to oil and gas well plugging insurance policies.

HB 2131            Phillips                 SP: Estes
Relating to the demonstration of financial assurance by a local
government in relation to the operation of a municipal solid waste
landfill facility.


CONSIDERATION OF THE FOLLOWING PENDING BUSINESS:


SB 1166            Armbrister
Relating to the enforcement of the laws governing plugging of
abandoned oil and gas wells and preventing, controlling, or
cleaning up oil and gas wastes or other substances or materials
regulated by the Railroad Commission of Texas.

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

SB 1366            Estes
Relating to implementing a clean coal project in this state.

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BILLS ADDED AFTER LAST POSTING:

SB 1366

BILLS DELETED AFTER LAST POSTING:

SB 453
SB 459
SB 484
SB 519
SB 564
SB 594
SB 667
SB 699
SB 758
SB 1441
SB 1542

SPONSORS CHANGED AFTER LAST POSTING:

HB 943