** REVISION ** SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Natural Resources TIME & DATE: 1:00 PM or upon adjournment Tuesday, April 17, 2007 PLACE: E1.012 (Hearing Room) CHAIR: Senator Kip Averitt SB 404 Zaffirini Relating to the Bee Groundwater Conservation District. SB 661 Wentworth Relating to the administration, operation, financing, powers, and duties of the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District. SB 662 Wentworth Relating to transmittal to the Texas Water Development Board and a local groundwater conservation district of certain information by a person applying to subdivide a tract of land. SB 997 Watson Relating to the regulation of commercially operated party boats on public water of this state. SB 1245 Wentworth Relating to the creation of Kendall County Water Control and Improvement District No. 2; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain. SB 1317 Jackson, Mike Relating to prohibiting a municipality from enacting regulations on air pollution that apply outside its corporate limits. SB 1326 Estes Relating to the sale by the Brazos River Authority of certain residential and commercial lots in the immediate vicinity of Possum Kingdom Lake to leaseholders of those lots. SB 1691 Duncan Relating to groundwater conservation districts regulation of groundwater use by political subdivisions. SB 1785 Averitt Relating to implementing ultraclean energy projects in this state. SB 1829 Jackson, Mike Relating to fees for licenses issued by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. SB 1855 Gallegos Relating to the regulation of toxic hotspots under the Texas Clean Air Act. SB 1881 Williams Relating to the name and powers of the Jefferson County Waterway and Navigation District. SB 1924 Gallegos Relating to the establishment of an air pollutant watch list and associated reports for the purpose of controlling the emissions of air contaminants under the Texas Clean Air Act.

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SB 1953 Hegar Relating to the name, commissioners, and powers of the Aransas County Navigation District No. 1. SB 1981 Hegar Relating to the terms of office for directors of the Lost Pines Groundwater Conservation District. SB 1983 Estes Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, operations and financing of the Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation District. SB 2001 Averitt Relating to the construction and operation of reservoirs, including the assessment of a fee on the sale or lease of water impounded in a reservoir to compensate the owners of property in the reservoir site and the protection of the rights of owners or former owners of property in a reservoir site. SB 2007 Hinojosa Relating to the creation of the Heart's Delight Groundwater Conservation District; providing conditional authority to impose a tax and issue bonds. Subcommittee Reports: SB 825 Nichols / et al. Relating to a program to control or eradicate nuisance aquatic vegetation. SB 1128 Hegar Relating to the Texas Rural Foundation. SB 1339 Estes Relating to allowing money in the disaster contingency fund to be used to provide assistance to producers of agricultural products affected by a disaster caused by severe drought or wildfire. SB 1440 Hegar Relating to certain duties of the Office of Rural Community Affairs relating to assisting, and providing information regarding, volunteer fire departments in rural areas. Bills deleted after last posting: SB 945 ** See Committee Coordinator for previous versions of the schedule **