HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Natural Resources 

TIME & DATE:  8:00 AM, Tuesday, April 4, 2023 

PLACE:        E2.010 
CHAIR:        Rep. Tracy King 

HB 2373        Harris, Cody
Relating to the authority of a water or sewer utility to consolidate more than one system under a single tariff.

HB 3417        Rogers                                    
Relating to the process for initiating, transferring, or terminating water or sewer service.

HB 4763        Thompson, Senfronia                       
Relating to requirements for the purchase or acquisition of certain water and sewer systems.

HB 4385        Guillen                                   
Relating to the provision of sewer service without a certificate of public convenience and necessity.

HB 3893        Paul                                      
Relating to meetings of the board of directors of the Gulf Coast Authority.

HB 2774        Thompson, Ed                              
Relating to the treatment of income tax expenses in rate proceedings for water and sewer utilities.

HB 2819        Clardy                                    
Relating to the transfer of the ownership rights of the City of Nacogdoches in the Central Heights Water System to the Angelina and Neches River Authority.

HB 2701        Guillen                                   
Relating to the powers of a public utility agency; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments.

HB 2762        Guillen                                   
Relating to requirements for and charges for service from public drinking water supply systems.

HB 4119        Guillen                                   
Relating to procedural requirements for uranium mining production area authorizations.

HB 4120        Guillen                                   
Relating to the inspection of the location of a proposed Class I injection well.

HB 3437        Holland                                   
Relating to the authority to approve change orders for certain contracts for the construction, repair, and renovation of water district facilities.

HB 3507        Holland                                   
Relating to contracts for the construction, repair, and renovation of certain conservation and reclamation district facilities.

HB 3165        Holland                                   
Relating to the establishment, administration, and use of the land and water conservation fund and allocations and transfers of money to that fund, the economic stabilization fund, and the state highway fund.

HJR 138        Holland                                   
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the land and water conservation fund, dedicating certain money in that fund to the conservation of, restoration of, or public access to land, water, or natural resources in this state, and providing for the transfer of certain general revenues to the economic stabilization fund, the land and water conservation fund, and the state highway fund.

HB 5302        Kacal                                     
Relating to a petition for inquiry of a groundwater conservation district before the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

HB 1612        Lozano | et al.                           
Relating to requirements for and charges for service from public drinking water supply systems.

HB 3523        González, Mary                            
Relating to limitations on the issuance of bonds by the Texas Water Development Board for the development of certain projects in economically distressed areas.

HB 3522        González, Mary                            
Relating to the authority of the Texas Water Development Board to provide financial assistance from the economically distressed areas account that is not required to be repaid.

HB 1535        Clardy                                    
Relating to the San Antonio River Authority, following recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission; altering the terms of office of the members of the board of directors of the authority.

HB 2460        King, Tracy O.                            
Relating to a requirement that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality obtain or develop updated water availability models for certain river basins.

HB 1555        Clardy                                    
Relating to the Upper Guadalupe River Authority, following the recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission; altering terms of the board of directors; specifying grounds for the removal of a member of the board of directors.

HB 1540        Holland                                   
Relating to the San Jacinto River Authority, following recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission; specifying grounds for the removal of a member of the board of directors.

HB 4217        Troxclair                                 
Relating to the powers of certain public utility agencies; granting the power of eminent domain.

HB 4551        Kacal                                     
Relating to a required water quality permit for construction of a high-speed rail project.

HB 1971        Ashby                                     
Relating to the procedures for acting on a permit or permit amendment application by a groundwater conservation district and the disqualification of board members of groundwater conservation districts.

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