MINUTES JOINT INTERIM COMMITTEE ON WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT Wednesday, July 8, 1998 11:00 am Tyler Rose Garden Center Tyler, Texas ***** Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule 11.11, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Natural Resources was held on Wednesday, July 8, 1998 at The Tyler Rose Garden Center, in Tyler, Texas. ***** MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT: Chairman J.E. "Buster" Brown Senator Eddie Lucio Chairman Ron Lewis Senator Carlos Truan Senator Ken Armbrister Senator Jeff Wentworth Representative David Counts Representative Robert "Robby" Cook Representative Robert Puente Representative Gary Walker ***** Chairman Lewis called the meeting to order at 11:00 am. The following business was transacted. Representative Cook moved that the Minutes from the previous hearing be adopted. There being no objection, it was so ordered. The following testified before the committee: Kevin P. Eltife, Mayor, City of Tyler T.G. Mallory, Upper Neches River Municipal Water Authority Sam F. Collins, Sabine River Authority Joyce Hugman, Director, Sabine River Authority Kenneth Fox, himself Ernest Martin, himself Ben Sebree, TXOGA Gary D. Jackson, Upper Sabine River Alliance Delbert Dollar, Pritchet Water Supply Corp. Bobby McClenny, City of Lindale There being no further business, at 2:00 pm Senator Brown moved that the Committee be adjourned. Without objection, it was so ordered. ______________________ __________________ __________ Senator J.E. Brown, Co-Chair Representativ e Ron Lewis, Co-Chair ______________________ Carol McGarah, Clerk