The House Committee on Natural Resources 
         76th Legislature 
         January 28, 2000 
         10:00 a.m. 
         McKinney Roughs LCRA Facility 
         1884 Highway 71 
         Cedar Creek, Texas 
         (Bastrop County) 
          
         Pursuant to a notice posted on January 19, 2000, the House  
         Committee on Natural Resources met in a public hearing and was  
         called to order by the chair, Representative Counts, at 10:10  
         a.m. 
          
         The roll was answered as follows: 
          
         Present:  Representatives Counts; Cook; Hamric; Puente; Shields;  
                   Walker (6). 
          
         Absent:   Representatives King, Tracy; Corte; Lewis, Ron (3). 
          
         A quorum was present. 
          
         Groundwater 
          
         The committee considered testimony related to groundwater  
         issues. 
          
         Testimony was taken.  (See attached witness list.) 
          
         (Puente in chair.) 
          
         Testimony was taken.  (See attached witness list.) 
          
         (Counts in chair.) 
          
         At 2:35 p.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection,  
         the meeting was adjourned subject to the call of the chair. 
          
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         Rep. Counts, Chair 
          
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         Jennifer Modgling, Clerk