SENATE
                          NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Natural Resources

TIME & DATE:  1:45PM Or upon adjournment
             Thursday, May 5, 2005

PLACE: E1.012

CHAIR: Senator Kenneth Armbrister

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CONSIDERATION OF THE FOLLOWING:


HB 769            Smith, Wayne             SP: Janek
Relating to the deadline for evaluating and ranking competitive
sealed proposals for certain construction services submitted to a
navigation district or port authority.

HB 828            Callegari                SP: Fraser
Relating to the authority of the Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality over the issuance of certain district bonds.

HB 1097            Bonnen                   SP: Williams
Relating to the validation of any act, governmental proceeding,
official, bond, or obligation of a navigation district or port
authority or a corporation of the district or authority.

HB 1229            Hilderbran               SP: Fraser
Relating to the powers, duties, and directors of the Menard County
Underground Water District and the directors of the Menard County
Water Control and Improvement District No. 1.

HB 1540            Bonnen                   SP: Williams
Relating to the regulation by the Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality of the idling of a motor vehicle while the driver is using
the vehicle's sleeper berth; providing a penalty.

HB 1705            Bonnen                   SP: Armbrister
Relating to the release of hazardous waste in connection with
dredging and placement or storage of dredged materials by a port
authority or navigation district.

HB 2313            Miller                   SP: Madla
Relating to noxious and invasive plants; providing a criminal
penalty.

SB 1676            Barrientos
Relating to the denial of certain landfill permits by the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality.

SB 1840            Lucio
Relating to the Willacy County Drainage District No. 1.

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