HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Energy Resources

TIME & DATE: 10:30AM or upon adjournment,
             Tuesday, April 15, 1997

PLACE: E2.026

CHAIR: Rep. Steve Holzheauser

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HB 2460            Garcia
Relating to transferring all powers and duties of the Railroad
Commission of Texas to the comptroller of public accounts.

SB 632            Brown
Relating to payment of a nonrefundable annual fee in lieu of a bond
or other form of financial security required of a person applying
for or acting under a railroad commission permit to store, handle,
treat, reclaim, or dispose of oil and gas waste.

SB 635            Brown
Relating to the use of money in the oil-field cleanup fund to
conduct a site investigation or environmental assessment and to the
recovery of costs incurred for that purpose.

SB 639            Brown
Relating to acceptance, approval, or revocation by the Railroad
Commission of Texas of organization reports, applications for
permits, or certificates of compliance.

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