HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Natural Resources TIME & DATE: 3:00PM or upon final adjourn./recess Wednesday, March 28, 2001 PLACE: E2.014, Capitol Extension CHAIR: Rep. David Counts ___________________________________________________________________________ The committee will meet in a public hearing to consider the following: HB 622 Lewis, Ron / et al. Relating to financing rural water projects in the State of Texas. HB 1771 Burnam Relating to the election and terms of office of the board of directors of the Tarrant County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1. HB 2571 McReynolds Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, operation, and financing of the Angelina County Water Control and Improvement District No. 4; authorizing the imposition of taxes and the issuance of bonds and granting the power of eminent domain; providing a civil penalty. HB 2572 McReynolds / et al. Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, operations, and financing of the Pineywoods Groundwater Conservation District. HB 2687 Junell Relating to the program for the regulation and remediation of underground and aboveground storage tanks. HB 2690 Walker Relating to enforcement measures available to groundwater conservation districts. HB 2776 Wise / et al. Relating to the establishment of a colonia self-help program. HB 2959 Williams Relating to the board of supervisors and the powers of the Brookshire-Katy Drainage District; providing a civil penalty. HB 2994 Lewis, Ron Relating to the authority of districts to enter into contracts to pay taxes. HB 3037 Walker Relating to the regulation of spacing and production of wells by groundwater conservation districts. HB 3096 Counts Relating to the development of a water supply reservoir project at a site known as the Post Reservoir site in Garza County, Texas. HB 3159 Bonnen Relating to the compensation and per diem of the commissioners of Brazoria Drainage District Number 4. HB 3188 Puente Relating to the plugging of abandoned or deteriorated water wells. HB 3228 Shields Relating to containment systems required for certain underground storage tanks. HB 3243 Gallego Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, operation, and financing of the Kinney County Groundwater Conservation District; granting the power of eminent domain and conditionally granting authority to levy property taxes. HB 3543 Hilderbran Relating to the name, elections, duties, powers, operation, and financing of the Headwaters Underground Water Conservation District. HB 3544 Hilderbran Relating to the ratification of the creation of and to the administration, powers, duties, operation, and financing of the Cow Creek Groundwater Conservation District. HB 3625 Green Relating to the ratification of the creation of and to the administration, powers, duties, operation, and financing of the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District. HB 3626 Hardcastle Relating to the ratification of the creation of and to the administration, powers, duties, operation, and financing of the Tri-County Groundwater Conservation District. HB 3640 Uher Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, operation, and financing of the Coastal Plains Groundwater Conservation District and the authorization of the district to impose an ad valorem tax. ___________________________________________________________________________