HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Natural Resources TIME & DATE: 8:00 AM, Tuesday, April 28, 2009 PLACE: E2.010 CHAIR: Rep. Allan Ritter HB 1295 Aycock Relating to notification of an application related to a certificate of public convenience and necessity for water or sewer service. HB 1981 Rodriguez Relating to the regulation of stormwater management by certain counties. HB 2602 Kleinschmidt Relating to the powers and duties of the Bastrop County Water Control and Improvement District No. 2; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds. HB 4212 Callegari Relating to the enforcement of rules by a groundwater conservation district or subsidence district. HB 4719 Aycock Relating to the creation of the Burnet County Municipal Utility District No. 3; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain. HB 4756 Howard, Donna Relating to the Lower Colorado River Authority. HB 4763 Crownover Relating to the creation of the Denton County Municipal Utility District No. 8; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain. HB 4780 Heflin Relating to election and qualifications of members of the board of directors of the Santa Rita Underground Water Conservation District. HB 4784 Fletcher Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 524; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain. HB 4785 Weber Relating to the powers and financing of the Brazoria County Groundwater Conservation District. HB 4786 Weber Relating to the creation of the Brazoria County Municipal Utility District No. 63; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain. HB 4790 Phillips Relating to the creation of the Brown's Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Grayson County; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain. HB 4791 Zerwas Relating to the powers of the North Fort Bend Water Authority.

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HB 4792 Callegari Relating to the powers of the West Harris County Regional Water Authority. HB 4796 Rose Relating to a study of the availability and sustainability of groundwater in the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District; providing funds for the study. HB 4799 Gattis | et al. Relating to the creation of the Seven Oaks Ranch Municipal Utility District; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain. HB 4800 Gattis Relating to the creation of the San Gabriel Municipal Utility District No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain. HB 4802 Otto Relating to the creation of the Liberty County Municipal Utility District No. 6; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain. HB 4803 Maldonado Relating to the creation of the South Fork Ranch Municipal Utility District; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain. HB 4805 Craddick Relating to the creation of the West Texas Water Supply District; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain. HB 4807 Gallego Relating to the board of directors of the Red Bluff Water Power Control District. HB 4810 Miller, Doug Relating to the creation of the Comal County Water Control and Improvement District No. 5; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain. HB 4811 Miller, Doug Relating to the creation of the Comal County Water Control and Improvement District No. 6; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain. SB 794 Fraser Relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Central Colorado River Authority. HB 2166 Rose Relating to increased oversight, openness, transparency, and accountability for water supply or sewer service corporations. HB 2313 Gattis Relating to the repeal of the designation of the Little River reservoir and the Little River off-channel reservoir as sites of unique value for the construction of a reservoir. HB 3379 Miller, Doug Relating to the eligibility of certain entities to receive money from the water infrastructure fund. HB 3603 Paxton Relating to a study of fire flow service by water supply corporations in semi-urban areas.

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HB 3609 Miller, Doug | et al. Relating to a requirement to provide sufficient water pressure for fire suppression in certain special utility districts. HB 4153 Rose Relating to an exemption from permitting requirements of the Edwards Aquifer Authority for certain wells owned by a charitable organization. HB 4218 Turner, Sylvester Relating to representation in a court proceeding involving a retail public utility providing water or sewer service. HB 4318 Callegari Relating to allowing certain landowners to request that land be decertified from the service area of a holder of a certificate of public convenience and necessity. HB 4667 Merritt Relating to the amount and use of the coastal protection fee. SB 724 Hegar Relating to the qualification of supervisors of a fresh water supply district. SB 1047 Lucio Relating to the procurement methods authorized for public projects by a combined municipally owned electric, water, and wastewater utility situated in an economically distressed area within 30 miles of the Lower Texas Gulf Coast. SB 1238 Ogden Relating to a study regarding the Carrizo-Wilcox aquifer. SB 1386 Seliger Relating to priority groundwater management areas. SB 1414 Williams Relating to the regulation of certain aggregate production operations by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; providing penalties.