SENATE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Agriculture & Rural Affairs 

TIME & DATE:  1:30 PM or upon adjournment
Monday, March 28, 2011 

PLACE:        E1.012 (Hearing Room) 
CHAIR:        Senator Craig Estes 

SB 378        Hegar                  
Relating to the date by which a pest management zone may request an extension of the cotton stalk destruction deadline.

SB 583        Nichols                
Relating to the criminal penalty for failure of a trustee to pay the beneficiaries of the trust the purchase price for timber sold by the trustee.

SB 584        Nichols                
Relating to the unauthorized harvesting of standing timber; providing for the imposition of a criminal penalty.

SB 810        Hinojosa               
Relating to the boundaries of the Ingleside Cove Wildlife Sanctuary.

SB 897        Hegar                  
Relating to fishing tournament fraud; providing penalties.

SB 932        Williams               
Relating to oyster shells and an oyster shell recovery and replacement program.

SB 1044       Watson | et al.        
Relating to authorizing counties to finance the acquisition of conservation easements.

SB 1086       Estes                  
Relating to the operation by the Department of Agriculture of programs for rural economic development and the marketing and promotion of agricultural and other products grown, processed, or produced in this state.

SB 1157       Uresti                 
Relating to the certification of the state's primary standards of weights and measures.

SB 1255       Estes                  
Relating to the employment of physicians and other staff by certain municipal hospital authorities.

At the Chairman's discretion the committee may take up any pending legislation.