HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                          NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Natural Resources

TIME & DATE:  2:00PM or upon final adjourn./recess
             Monday, February 21, 2005

PLACE: E2.014, Capitol Extension

CHAIR: Rep. Robert Puente

___________________________________________________________________________

HB 356            Callegari
Relating to the repeal of the statutory provision regarding the
adoption and use by the Texas Water Development Board of a capital
spending plan for certain state-funded water-related programs under
the board's jurisdiction.

HB 365            Hegar
Relating to the date of the election of directors for the Coastal
Bend Groundwater Conservation District.

HB 387            Geren
Relating to prohibiting the Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality from amending, interpreting, impairing, or modifying a
written contract for the wholesale provision of water.

The committee will also consider invited testimony on issues relating to
surface water and groundwater.

___________________________________________________________________________