SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Natural Resources TIME & DATE: 8:00 AM, Thursday, May 17, 2007 PLACE: E1.012 (Hearing Room) CHAIR: Senator Kip Averitt HB 521 Miller SP: Fraser Relating to notice of an application for a permit to dispose of oil and gas waste in a commercial disposal well; creating an offense. HB 971 King, Tracy SP: Uresti Relating to a documented member of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas hunting certain deer. HB 1032 Puente SP: Duncan Relating to amendments to regional water plans. HB 1235 Driver SP: Averitt Relating to the regulation by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of the idling of a motor vehicle while the driver is using the vehicle's sleeper berth. HB 1309 Hilderbran SP: Seliger Relating to the possession or transportation of certain snakes that are not indigenous to this country; providing a penalty. HB 1334 Homer SP: Eltife Relating to the use of crossbows by certain individuals. HB 1391 Turner SP: Whitmire Relating to the provision of water and utility service. HB 1526 Smith, Wayne SP: Seliger Relating to incentives for and the use of alternative leak detection technologies for air contaminants. HB 1656 Puente SP: Averitt Relating to regulation of irrigation systems and irrigators. HB 1657 Puente SP: Duncan Relating to the protection and use of intellectual property by the executive administrator of the Texas Water Development Board. HB 1920 Keffer, Jim / et al. SP: Ogden Relating to the remedies available in connection with certain disputes between producers of natural gas and persons who gather or transport the gas. HB 2070 Guillen SP: Zaffirini Relating to the confirmation election of the Duval County Groundwater Conservation District. HB 2108 Puente SP: Uresti Relating to the deadline for the Parks and Wildlife Department, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and the Texas Water Development Board to complete priority instream flow studies of the state's rivers and streams.

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HB 2368 Morrison SP: Hegar Relating to the composition of the board of navigation and canal commissioners of the Victoria County Navigation District. HB 2482 Cook, Robby SP: Estes Relating to the requirements regarding persons who service or maintain on-site sewage disposal systems. HB 2654 Puente SP: Duncan Relating to the regulation of the use of an injection well to inject nonhazardous brine from a desalination operation or to inject nonhazardous drinking water treatment residuals. HB 2655 Puente SP: Duncan Relating to certificates of public convenience and necessity for water service and sewer service. HB 2713 Bonnen / et al. SP: Averitt Relating to studies, plans, and projects concerning electric generation capacity or electric energy storage, transmission, or distribution. HB 2714 Bonnen / et al. SP: Watson Relating to a program for the recycling of computer equipment of consumers in this state; providing administrative penalties. HB 2892 Guillen SP: Zaffirini Relating to consolidated billing and collection of fees and payments of certain sewer service corporations and water supply corporations. HB 3017 Puente SP: Averitt Relating to the certification of water treatment specialists. HB 3070 Strama SP: Watson Relating to a study of methods for increasing the availability of certain information on energy efficiency of certain residential property. HB 3438 Flores SP: Lucio Relating to the powers and duties of the Rio Grande Regional Water Authority and the establishment of a member conference. HB 3475 Gallego SP: Uresti Relating to the authority of certain counties to acquire, construct, or operate a water supply system or sewage system and own or operate a utility. HB 3481 Puente SP: Averitt Relating to disclosure and availability of certain information concerning certain officers of regional water planning groups. HB 3559 Swinford SP: Duncan Relating to the administration and powers of the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority. HB 3769 Puente SP: Averitt Relating to the eligibility of an employee of a political subdivision of this state to be a member of the governing body of certain state agencies. HB 3770 Puente SP: Hegar Relating to the acquisition of road powers by a municipal utility district.

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HB 3929 Crownover SP: Averitt Relating to the funding of the Alternative Fuels Research and Education Division of the Railroad Commission of Texas. HB 3960 Smith, Wayne SP: Jackson, Mike Relating to the discontinuance of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's compliance history program. HB 3980 Eiland SP: Jackson, Mike Relating to the navigation district powers and the confirmation of the Galveston County Municipal Utility District No. 67;  providing authority to issue bonds. HB 4009 Hilderbran SP: Uresti Relating to the name, directors, and elections of the Emerald Underground Water Conservation District. HB 4029 Morrison SP: Hegar Relating to the creation of the Lavaca County Groundwater Conservation District; providing authority to impose a tax. HB 4038 Howard, Charlie SP: Whitmire Relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 473; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds. HB 4067 King, Tracy SP: Zaffirini Relating to the boundaries of the Zavala-Dimmit Counties Water Improvement District No. 1. HB 4070 Eiland SP: Jackson, Mike Relating to the creation of the Galveston County Municipal Utility District No. 65;  providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain. HB 4111 Smithee SP: Seliger Relating to the creation of the Randall County Municipal Utility District No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.