SENATE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs 

TIME & DATE:  10:00 AM or upon recess of Senate Natural Resources
Thursday, May 18, 2017 

PLACE:        E1.012 (Hearing Room) 
CHAIR:        Senator Charles Perry 

24 hour posting rule suspended

HB 31         Larson | et al.         SP: Perry
Relating to the regulation of groundwater.

HB 1207       Gooden                  SP: Hall
Relating to the powers and duties of the Kaufman County Fresh Water Supply District No. 1-A; providing authority to issue bonds, impose a tax, and levy assessments.

HB 1208       Gooden                  SP: Hall
Relating to the powers and duties of the Kaufman County Fresh Water Supply District No. 1-D; providing authority to issue bonds, impose a tax, and levy assessments.

HB 1260       Phelan                  SP: Creighton
Relating to the regulation of commercial shrimp unloading; requiring an occupational license; authorizing a fee.

HB 1724       Guillen                 SP: Rodríguez
Relating to the establishment of the commercial license buyback account managed by the Parks and Wildlife Department.

HB 2004       Anderson, Charles "Doc" SP: Perry
Relating to the Texas economic development fund for the Department of Agriculture.

HB 2136       Reynolds                SP: Miles
Relating to flood control storage requirements established by the Fort Bend County Drainage District.

HB 2369       Nevárez                 SP: Lucio
Relating to municipal fees charged to public school districts for water and sewer service.

HB 2377       Larson | et al.         SP: Perry
Relating to the development of brackish groundwater.

HB 2817       González, Mary | et al. SP: Perry
Relating to the prosecution of and punishment for the offense of criminal mischief involving the death of a head of cattle or bison or a horse.

HB 2825       Gooden                  SP: Hall
Relating to the dissolution of a levee improvement district by a commissioners court.

HB 2938       Reynolds                SP: Huffman
Relating to the Sienna Plantation Levee Improvement District of Fort Bend County, Texas.

HB 3025       King, Tracy O. | et al. SP: Rodríguez
Relating to open, uncovered, abandoned, or deteriorated wells.

HB 3735       Frank | et al.          SP: Rodríguez
Relating to an application for a new or amended water right submitted to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

HB 3987       Larson | et al.         SP: Hinojosa
Relating to the authority of the Texas Water Development Board to use the state participation account of the water development fund to provide financial assistance for the development of certain facilities.

Public testimony will be limited to 3 minutes.

If submitting written testimony, please provide 15 copies to the committee clerk with your name and bill number on each copy.