SENATE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:     Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs 

TIME & DATE:   8:00 AM, Monday, May 8, 2023 

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

HB 59          Goodwin | et al.         SP: Zaffirini
Relating to child water safety requirements for certain organizations; authorizing disciplinary action, including an administrative penalty.

HB 1772        Ashby | et al.           SP: Nichols
Relating to the documentation required for the purchase of certain timber products; creating a criminal offense.

HB 2063        Talarico | et al.        SP: Schwertner
Relating to required informed consent before a dog or cat may be boarded at a kennel and left unattended; providing a civil penalty.

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

HB 2755        Orr | et al.             SP: Flores
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 2774        Thompson, Ed             SP: Nichols
Relating to the treatment of income tax expenses in rate proceedings for water and sewer utilities.

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

HB 3059        King, Tracy O.           SP: Perry
Relating to the export fee charged for the transfer of groundwater from a groundwater conservation district.

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

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

HB 3582        Harris, Cody             SP: Perry
Relating to the composition and use of money in the flood infrastructure fund.

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

HB 4018        Ashby | et al.           SP: Kolkhorst
Relating to the use of Parks and Wildlife Department land for carbon sequestration or similar ecosystem services projects.

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