HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Natural Resources 

TIME & DATE:  8:00 AM, Wednesday, April 23, 2025 

PLACE:       E2.036 
CHAIR:       Rep. Cody Harris 

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The chair may limit testimony to two (2) minutes per witness.

HB 1523        Gerdes                                                
Relating to a prohibition on the authorization by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of the use of a Class V injection well for certain aquifer storage and recovery projects.

HB 2109        VanDeaver | et al.                                     
Relating to the removal of a proposed reservoir project from the State Water Plan.

HB 2694        Vasut                                                 
Relating to the election, terms, and resignation of the board of commissioners of the Brazoria Drainage District No. 4.

HB 3525        Spiller                                               
Relating to permit considerations for the North Texas Groundwater Conservation District.

HB 3898        Raymond                                               
Relating to the authority of the Texas Water Development Board to provide financial assistance to certain counties for brackish water desalination.

HB 4646        Ashby                                                 
Relating to transfer of the ownership rights of the Woodlawn Water Supply Corporation to the Angelina and Neches River Authority.

HB 5188        Lopez, Janie                                          
Relating to an exemption from the requirement to obtain a permit from a groundwater conservation district for certain brackish groundwater wells.

HB 5219        Martinez                                              
Relating to an interim study on water resources development in certain counties.

HB 5320        Guillen                                               
Relating to the combination of the Starr County Drainage and Groundwater conservation districts.

HB 5651        Metcalf                                               
Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Water Control and Improvement District No. 7; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

HB 5655        Gates                                                 
Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Water Control and Improvement District No. 13; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

HB 5659        Dean                                                  
Relating to the procedural requirements applicable to certain water-related transactions involving the Northeast Texas Municipal Water District.

HB 5662        Gates                                                 
Relating to the powers, duties, and authority to issue bonds of the Fort Bend County Water Control and Improvement District No. 12 related to roads.

HB 5672        Zwiener                                               
Relating to the boundaries of, and validating certain acts and proceedings of, the Driftwood Conservation District.

Texas residents who wish to electronically submit comments related to

agenda items on this notice without testifying in person can do so until

the hearing is adjourned by visiting:

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