SENATE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:     Natural Resources & Economic Development 

TIME & DATE:   9:00 AM, Wednesday, March 29, 2023 

PLACE:         E1.012 (Hearing Room) 
CHAIR:         Senator Brian Birdwell 

The Committee will meet to consider the following:

SB 558         Hughes                   
Relating to parkland dedication for property development by certain municipalities; authorizing a fee.

SB 712         Kolkhorst               
Relating to renaming the Texas Natural Resources Information System as the Texas Geographic Information Office and the duties of certain officers of that entity.

SB 785         Birdwell | et al.       
Relating to the ownership by a landowner of the geothermal energy and associated resources below the surface of the landowner's land.

SB 786         Birdwell | et al.       
Relating to the regulation by the Railroad Commission of Texas of closed-loop geothermal injection wells.

SB 874         West                     
Relating to the eligibility of the certain cricket events for funding under the Major Events Reimbursement Program.

SB 1057        Whitmire | et al.       
Relating to the authority of certain municipalities and local government corporations to use certain tax revenue for certain qualified projects and project-associated infrastructure.

SB 1158        Whitmire                 
Relating to single event classification for eligibility under the major events reimbursement program.

SB 1186        Hughes                   
Relating to the regulation by the Railroad Commission of Texas of brine mining.

SB 1210        Blanco                   
Relating to the designation of a person who has an interest in the geothermal resources of an orphaned oil or gas well as the operator of that well.

SB 1397        Schwertner | et al.     
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

SB 2107        Nichols                  
Relating to the ownership of the pore space underlying the surface of land and to the use of that space for the geologic storage of carbon dioxide; authorizing a fee.

Pending Business

Public testimony is limited to 3 minutes. If submitting written testimony, please provide 20 copies to the committee clerk with your name or the name of your organization on each copy, and email a digital copy to the clerk of the committee at David.Estrada_SC@senate.texas.gov

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