** REVISION ** SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Natural Resources TIME & DATE: 8:30 AM, Thursday, April 09, 2009 PLACE: E1.012 (Hearing Room) CHAIR: Senator Kip Averitt SB 673 Hegar Relating to plans by local governments in coastal areas for reducing public expenditures for erosion and storm damage losses to public and private property. SB 725 Estes Relating to the sunset review of certain river authorities. SB 726 Eltife Relating to the creation of the Harrison County Groundwater Conservation District; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds. SB 795 Fraser Relating to the audit of certain river authorities. SB 1135 Hegar Relating to the authority of the General Land Office to undertake coastal erosion studies and projects in conjunction with qualified project partners. SB 1136 Hegar Relating to the designation by the commissioner of the General Land Office of critical coastal erosion areas for purposes of the coastal erosion response plan. SB 1293 Jackson, Mike Relating to the duty of the General Land Office to clean, maintain, and clear debris from a public beach affected by a declared disaster. SB 1659 Averitt | et al. Relating to the use of hazardous and solid waste remediation fee funds for lead-acid battery recycling activities. SB 1823 Seliger Relating to the state's statutory and contractual liens to secure the payment of unpaid royalty and other amounts due under oil and gas leases of state land. SB 1828 Averitt Relating to the idling of motor vehicles. SB 2049 Averitt Relating to the authority of the state to acquire, sell, or exchange certain land. SB 2051 Averitt Relating to the collection by the Parks and Wildlife Department of taxes imposed on the sales and use of boats and boat motors and to the disposition of those taxes. SB 2111 Averitt Relating to the implementation of and incentives for projects involving the capture, transportation, injection, sequestration, geologic storage, or abatement of carbon dioxide.

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SB 2120 Seliger Relating to the management, operation, and review of groundwater conservation districts. SB 2296 Duncan Relating to the timing of submittal of groundwater management plans. SB 2311 Averitt Relating to Texas Water Development Board surveys for water infrastructure financing. SB 2312 Averitt Relating to eligibility for funds from the water infrastructure fund from the Texas Water Development Board. SB 2313 Averitt Relating to the creation of the water plan projects fund to assist the Texas Water Development Board in the funding of certain projects identified in the state and regional water plans. SB 2314 Averitt Relating to the administration of the Clean Water State Revolving Fund and the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund. SB 2315 Averitt Relating to water audits by retail public utilities. SB 2316 Averitt Relating to the annual water quality fee for wastewater discharge permit holders and water right users through permit or contract. SB 2317 Averitt Relating to the composition, duties, and expenses of certain entities created to study and provide advice regarding environmental flows. SB 2318 Averitt Relating to the use and management of surface water resources. SB 2319 Averitt Relating to the creation of a groundwater conservation district in a priority groundwater management area. SB 2320 Averitt Relating to the authority of a groundwater conservation district to assess production fees. SB 2321 Averitt Relating to the management of groundwater resources in the state. SB 2328 Hegar Relating to the development of environmental flow regimes by the Environmental Flows Advisory Group and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. SJR 50 Averitt Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the issuance of additional general obligation bonds by the Texas Water Development Board. Bills deleted after last posting: SB 2050 ** See Committee Coordinator for previous versions of the schedule **