HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Natural Resources

TIME & DATE:  3:00PM or upon adjournment,
             Wednesday, March 5, 1997

PLACE: E2.010, Capitol Extension

CHAIR: Rep. David Counts

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To consider the following:

HB 706            Cook
Relating to granting the Bastrop County Water Control and
Improvement District No. 2 the powers and duties of a road
district.

HB 716            Bosse / et al.
Relating to the definition of "affected person" for purposes of a
contested case hearing held by or for the Texas Natural Resource
Conservation Commission.

HB 1060            Keel, Terry / et al.
Relating to interwatershed transfers of surface water.

HB 1159            Bosse / et al.
Relating to public participation in the Texas Natural Resource
Conservation Commission's processes for granting authorizations and
other contested cases.

HB 1248            Greenberg / et al.
Relating to public participation in and solicitation by the Texas
Natural Resource Conservation Commission of outside expertise in
developing agency rules and policies.

HB 1282            Oliveira
Relating to requiring the Texas Natural Resource Conservation
Commission to hold public hearings before adopting certain rules.

HB 1406            Bosse
Relating to collection by water and sewer utilities of voluntary
contributions on behalf of certain emergency services.

HB 1660            Bosse
Relating to training requirements for a director of a water
district or a water supply corporation.

HB 1707            Keel, Terry
Relating to water quality protection zones.


The committee will also consider the following:

Water Management, Marketing, and Transfers (The committee will consider
and receive testimony on proposals related to water management, water
reuse, water marketing, interbasin transfers of water, cancellation of
water rights, and the Texas Water Bank.)

Emergency Authorizations and Enforcement (The committee will consider
and receive testimony on proposals related to emergency authority,
administrative penalties, and field citations as they relate to water
rights, and on proposals related to dam and levee safety.)


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