HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Agriculture & Livestock TIME & DATE: 8:30AM, Wednesday, April 21, 2004 PLACE: E2.010 CHAIR: Rep. Rick Hardcastle ___________________________________________________________________________ To hear testimony on Interim Charge #1: Evaluate the impact of the feral hog population in Texas in relation to economic harm to landowners and to the potential threat of spreading highly contagious animal diseases, such as foot-and-mouth disease. To hear invited testimony from the following agencies under the jurisdiction of the committee: Texas Agricultural Experiment Station Texas Cooperative Extension Service Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory Texas Forest Service Texas Food and Fibers Commission ___________________________________________________________________________