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 ___________________________________________________________________________ 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. ___________________________________________________________________________