HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:   Agriculture & Livestock 

TIME & DATE: 8:00 AM, Wednesday, April 17, 2013 

PLACE:       E1.010 
CHAIR:       Rep. Tracy King 

HB 1208       Parker | et al.
Relating to liability for interest if land appraised for ad valorem tax purposes as agricultural or open-space land is sold or diverted to a different use.

HB 1215       Darby
Relating to the abolition of the equine incentive program.

HB 1460       Gooden
Relating to the use of land and water for wildlife management.

HB 1695       Farrar
Relating to an exception from the veterinarian-client-patient relationship requirement for certain persons who administer rabies vaccinations.

HB 1825       González, Mary
Relating to the sale or transportation of certain desert plants; creating an offense; providing a penalty.

HB 1826       González, Mary
Relating to authorizing the Department of Agriculture to create a database of nonpaying buyers of agricultural products; authorizing a fee.

HB 1998       Kleinschmidt
Relating to the eligibility of land for appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified open-space land on the basis of its use for wildlife management.

HB 2048       Lozano
Relating to the establishment of the Texas Rural Development Fund and to the establishment, operation, and funding of certain programs for rural economic development.

HB 2153       Callegari
Relating to the abolition of wind erosion conservation districts.

HB 2434       King, Tracy O.
Relating to prohibiting the production or distribution of certain records of field trials or the process of hunting or catching wildlife; providing a civil remedy and creating an offense.

HB 2995       King, Tracy O. | et al.
Relating to the administration of the citrus budwood certification program and the creation of the citrus nursery stock certification program; providing civil, criminal, and administrative penalties and authorizing fees.

HB 3037       Anderson
Relating to restricting the sale of state-owned longhorn cattle in state natural areas.

HB 3566       Kleinschmidt
Relating to the regulation of advertising by structural pest control businesses.

HB 3567       Kleinschmidt
Relating to the composition of the structural pest control advisory committee.

HB 3569       Kleinschmidt
Relating to activities conducted in connection with a state or federal disease control or eradication program for animals.

HB 3616       Burnam
Relating to the establishment of a community development grocery store revolving loan fund program.

HB 3761       Guerra
Relating to the creation of a border agricultural inspection training program.

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