HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Natural Resources

TIME & DATE:  3:00PM or upon final adjourn./recess
             Wednesday, April 4, 2001

PLACE: E2.014, Capitol Extension

CHAIR: Rep. David Counts

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The committee will meet in a public hearing to consider the following:

HB 2005            Corte
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Trinity Glen Rose Groundwater
Conservation District.

HB 2014            Shields
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Southern Trinity Groundwater
Conservation District.

HB 2532            McReynolds / et al.
Relating to the water rights permit for the proposed Lake Eastex
water supply reservior project.

HB 2643            Morrison
Relating to the ratification of the creation of and to the
administration, powers, duties, operation, and financing of the
Crossroads Groundwater Conservation District.

HB 2817            Lewis, Ron
Relating to certain laws governing water districts and nonprofit
water or sewer service corporations; creating a criminal offense.

HB 3023            Chisum
Relating to water quality permit applications for certain
facilities located near a sole-source drinking water supply.

HB 3024            Chisum
Relating to the powers of the Panhandle Ground Water Conservation
District Number 3, South of the Canadian River.

HB 3044            Luna, Vilma
Relating to the desalination of water.

HB 3074            Chisum
Relating to charge-back fees to a local governmental entity.

HB 3111            Zbranek
Relating to occupational licenses and registrations issued by the
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission.

HB 3145            Hartnett
Relating to contracts between municipalities and the Trinity River
Authority for the treatment of sewage effluent.

HB 3194            Howard
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Fort Bend County Levee Improvement
District Number ____ and to the authorization of bonds and the levy
of taxes; providing civil penalties.

HB 3195            Howard
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility
District Number ____ and to the authorization of bonds and the levy
of taxes; providing civil penalties.

HB 3231            Morrison
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the DeWitt County Groundwater
Conservation District.

HB 3299            Walker
Relating to the general powers and authority of water districts;
providing a penalty.

HB 3355            McReynolds
Relating to water quality management plans for agricultural
facilities.

HB 3587            Walker
Relating to exemptions, exceptions, and limitations on well
permitting requirements for groundwater conservation districts.

HB 3628            Green
Relating to the validation of the creation and to the
administration, powers, duties, operation, and financing of the
Hays County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 and the
provision of certain services in the district.

HB 3629            Green
Relating to the validation of the creation and to the
administration, powers, duties, operation, and financing of the
Hays County Water Control and Improvement District No. 2 and the
provision of certain services in the district.

HB 3635            Cook
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Wharton County Drainage District.

HB 3636            Geren
Relating to the validation of certain actions and proceedings and
to the administration, powers, duties, operation, and financing of
the Tarrant Regional Water District, a Water Control and
Improvement District; providing a civil penalty; creating a
criminal offense.

HB 3641            Green
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of Hays County Water Control and
Improvement District No. 3.

HB 3642            Counts
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Lower Seymour Groundwater
Conservation District; authorizing a tax.

SB 884            Lucio
Relating to eligibility to vote in an election held by an
irrigation district.

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