HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Natural Resources 

TIME & DATE:  8:00 AM, Tuesday, March 28, 2023 

PLACE:        E2.010 
CHAIR:        Rep. Tracy King 

HB 1688        Murr
Relating to water quality protection areas.

HB 1949        Smith                                     
Relating to the continuation of the Red River Boundary Commission.

HB 2416        Paul                                      
Relating to creation of the gulf coast protection trust fund to be administered by the General Land Office.

HB 2442        Guillen                                   
Relating to the procedure for amending or revoking certificates of public convenience and necessity issued to certain retail public utilities.

HB 2369        Kitzman                                   
Relating to publishing on an Internet website notices concerning certain National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits.

HB 2941        Zwiener                                   
Relating to the authority of the Railroad Commission of Texas to require water pollution abatement plans for certain pipelines; creating a criminal offense; providing for the imposition of a civil penalty.

HB 3007        Goldman                                   
Relating to the authority of the Benbrook Water Authority to issue bonds.

HB 3059        King, Tracy O.                            
Relating to fees charged by a groundwater conservation district; authorizing an increase in the rate of a fee.

HB 3278        Price                                     
Relating to the joint planning of desired future conditions in groundwater management areas.

HB 3731        Murr                                      
Relating to the Bandera County River Authority and Groundwater District.

HB 3990        Kacal                                     
Relating to a study of existing surface water and groundwater interaction data.

HB 4256        Murr                                      
Relating to establishing and funding a grant program to plug leaking water wells in certain counties.

HB 4444        King, Tracy O.                            
Relating to the conservation and waste of groundwater.

HB 4532        Kacal                                     
Relating to the consideration of modeled sustained groundwater pumping in the adoption of desired future conditions in groundwater conservation districts.

HB 4872        Rogers                                    
Relating to the reporting and plugging of certain wells.

HB 4891        Rogers                                    
Relating to the adoption and achievement of desired future conditions for aquifers by groundwater conservation districts.

HB 5052        Gerdes                                    
Relating to the criteria considered by groundwater conservation districts before granting or denying a permit.

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