HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Culture, Recreation & Tourism 

TIME & DATE:  8:00 AM, Thursday, April 13, 2023 

PLACE:        E2.012 
CHAIR:        Rep. Trent Ashby 

HB 715         Patterson
Relating to the operation of electric bicycles in a state park.

HB 1470        Orr                                       
Relating to legislative leave for certain peace officers commissioned by the Parks and Wildlife Department.

HB 2548        Herrero                                   
Relating to designating December 8 as Special Hearts Day.

HB 2755        Orr                                       
Relating to the minimum instruction requirement for the boater education program and the disposition and use of money received by the Parks and Wildlife Department from the boater education program.

HB 2943        Lopez, Janie                              
Relating to designating October 17 as Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Day.

HB 3497        Morrison                                  
Relating to the requirement that certain persons taking oysters on a licensed commercial oyster boat obtain a commercial fisherman's license.

HB 4051        Goldman                                   
Relating to population criteria for media production development zone recognition.

HB 4419        Goldman                                   
Relating to the promotion of the film and television production industry in this state.

HB 4539        Goldman                                   
Relating to certain eligibility requirements for a grant under the moving image industry incentive program.

HB 4692        Morrison                                  
Relating to the offense of selling or purchasing shark fins or products containing shark fin.

HB 5093        Cain | et al.                             
Relating to the establishment of a committee to study the formation of a Texas Bicentennial Commission.

HB 5239        Ashby                                     
Relating to costs associated with the destruction of certain deer.

HB 5271        Zwiener                                   
Relating to the management of overpopulations of white-tailed deer in areas where recreational hunting is not feasible.

HCR 4          Rogers                                    
Designating Mineral Wells as the official Wellness Capital of Texas for a 10-year period beginning in 2023.

HCR 6          Craddick                                  
Authorizing the burial of Patrick John Nugent in the State Cemetery.

HCR 27         Stucky                                    
Redesignating Bridgeport as the official Stagecoach Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2033.

HCR 39         Anchía | et al.                           
Designating an area in Dallas as Koreatown Dallas for a 10-year period ending in 2033.

HCR 45         Cook                                      
Redesignating the City of Mansfield as the official Pickle Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2033.

HCR 55         Raymond                                   
Authorizing the burial of Guy Herman in the State Cemetery.

HCR 61         Manuel                                    
Designating Port Arthur as the official Cajun Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2033.

HCR 82         Murr                                      
Designating Llano as the official Deer Capital of the Texas Hill Country for a 10-year period ending in 2033.

HCR 83         Guillen                                   
Designating Floresville as the official Peanut Capital of Texas.

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