SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Natural Resources

TIME & DATE:  2:00PM, Tuesday, April 22, 1997

PLACE: E1.028

CHAIR: Senator J.E. "Buster" Brown

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To consider the following:


SJR 45            Brown
Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to exemptions or
other relief from ad valorem taxes on property upon which approved
water conservation initiatives have been implemented.

SB 15            Zaffirini
Relating to the maximum tax rate that may be levied by the Live Oak
Underground Water Conservation District to pay maintenance and
operating expenses.

SB 16            Zaffirini
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Bee Groundwater Conservation
District.

SB 1050            Truan
Relating to protection of the State's ownership of Permanent School
Fund land.

SB 1136            Wentworth
Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to prepare and
implement a regional habitat conservation plan or conservation
agreement to protect federally listed endangered species.

SB 1436            Wentworth
Relating to the authorization of the Texas Natural Resource
Conservation Commission to issue general permits by rule for the
discharge of waste into or adjacent to water in the state.

SB 1545            Ogden
Relating to the payment for proceeds derived from the sale of oil
or gas from an oil or gas well located in this state.

SB 1820            Shapleigh
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
functions, operation, and financing of the Paseo del Este Municipal
Utility District; providing for the authorization of bonds and the
levy of taxes; providing civil penalties.

SB 1857            Brown
Relating to transferring certain responsibilities of the Texas
Natural Resource Conservation Commission related to certain
radioactive materials to the Texas Department of Health.

SB 1874            Bivins
Relating to the issuance of emergency and temporary orders and
permits by the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission.

SB 1876            Bivins
Relating to consolidating all enforcement authority of the Texas
Natural Resource Conservation Commission.

SB 1891            Fraser
Relating to the payment of a fee by commercial users to the
Railroad Commission of Texas for the purchase of oil and gas data
maintained in digital formats.

SB 1910            Ratliff
Relating to the disposal and handling of poultry and poultry litter.

SB 1925            Ratliff
Relating to preferential rights to purchase certain surveyed,
unsold land in Cass County dedicated to the permanent school fund.

Pending Business:


SB 1459            Armbrister
Relating to protection of agricultural improvements.

SB 1758            Fraser
Relating to hearings on certain exemptions from permitting
procedures under the Texas Clean Air Act.

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