SENATE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE:
Natural Resources
TIME & DATE:
8:00 AM, Thursday, May 17, 2007
PLACE:
E1.012 (Hearing Room)
CHAIR:
Senator Kip Averitt
HB 521
 
Miller
SP:
Fraser
Relating to notice of an application for a permit to dispose of oil and gas waste in a commercial disposal well; creating an offense.
 
HB 971
 
King, Tracy
SP:
Uresti
Relating to a documented member of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas hunting certain deer.
 
HB 1032
 
Puente
SP:
Duncan
Relating to amendments to regional water plans.
 
HB 1235
 
Driver
SP:
Averitt
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.
 
HB 1309
 
Hilderbran
SP:
Seliger
Relating to the possession or transportation of certain snakes that are not indigenous to this country; providing a penalty.
 
HB 1334
 
Homer
SP:
Eltife
Relating to the use of crossbows by certain individuals.
 
HB 1391
 
Turner
SP:
Whitmire
Relating to the provision of water and utility service.
 
HB 1526
 
Smith, Wayne
SP:
Seliger
Relating to incentives for and the use of alternative leak detection technologies for air contaminants.
 
HB 1656
 
Puente
SP:
Averitt
Relating to regulation of irrigation systems and irrigators.
 
HB 1657
 
Puente
SP:
Duncan
Relating to the protection and use of intellectual property by the executive administrator of the Texas Water Development Board.
 
HB 1920
 
Keffer, Jim / et al.
SP:
Ogden
Relating to the remedies available in connection with certain disputes between producers of natural gas and persons who gather or transport the gas.
 
HB 2070
 
Guillen
SP:
Zaffirini
Relating to the confirmation election of the Duval County Groundwater Conservation District.
 
HB 2108
 
Puente
SP:
Uresti
Relating to the deadline for the Parks and Wildlife Department, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and the Texas Water Development Board to complete priority instream flow studies of the state's rivers and streams.
 

HB 2368
 
Morrison
SP:
Hegar
Relating to the composition of the board of navigation and canal commissioners of the Victoria County Navigation District.
 
HB 2482
 
Cook, Robby
SP:
Estes
Relating to the requirements regarding persons who service or maintain on-site sewage disposal systems.
 
HB 2654
 
Puente
SP:
Duncan
Relating to the regulation of the use of an injection well to inject nonhazardous brine from a desalination operation or to inject nonhazardous drinking water treatment residuals.
 
HB 2655
 
Puente
SP:
Duncan
Relating to certificates of public convenience and necessity for water service and sewer service.
 
HB 2713
 
Bonnen / et al.
SP:
Averitt
Relating to studies, plans, and projects concerning electric generation capacity or electric energy storage, transmission, or distribution.
 
HB 2714
 
Bonnen / et al.
SP:
Watson
Relating to a program for the recycling of computer equipment of consumers in this state; providing administrative penalties.
 
HB 2892
 
Guillen
SP:
Zaffirini
Relating to consolidated billing and collection of fees and payments of certain sewer service corporations and water supply corporations.
 
HB 3017
 
Puente
SP:
Averitt
Relating to the certification of water treatment specialists.
 
HB 3070
 
Strama
SP:
Watson
Relating to a study of methods for increasing the availability of certain information on energy efficiency of certain residential property.
 
HB 3438
 
Flores
SP:
Lucio
Relating to the powers and duties of the Rio Grande Regional Water Authority and the establishment of a member conference.
 
HB 3475
 
Gallego
SP:
Uresti
Relating to the authority of certain counties to acquire, construct, or operate a water supply system or sewage system and own or operate a utility.
 
HB 3481
 
Puente
SP:
Averitt
Relating to disclosure and availability of certain information concerning certain officers of regional water planning groups.
 
HB 3559
 
Swinford
SP:
Duncan
Relating to the administration and powers of the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority.
 
HB 3769
 
Puente
SP:
Averitt
Relating to the eligibility of an employee of a political subdivision of this state to be a member of the governing body of certain state agencies.
 
HB 3770
 
Puente
SP:
Hegar
Relating to the acquisition of road powers by a municipal utility district.
 

HB 3929
 
Crownover
SP:
Averitt
Relating to the funding of the Alternative Fuels Research and Education Division of the Railroad Commission of Texas.
 
HB 3960
 
Smith, Wayne
SP:
Jackson, Mike
Relating to the discontinuance of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's compliance history program.
 
HB 3980
 
Eiland
SP:
Jackson, Mike
Relating to the navigation district powers and the confirmation of the Galveston County Municipal Utility District No. 67;  providing authority to issue bonds.
 
HB 4009
 
Hilderbran
SP:
Uresti
Relating to the name, directors, and elections of the Emerald Underground Water Conservation District.
 
HB 4029
 
Morrison
SP:
Hegar
Relating to the creation of the Lavaca County Groundwater Conservation District; providing authority to impose a tax.
 
HB 4038
 
Howard, Charlie
SP:
Whitmire
Relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 473; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
 
HB 4067
 
King, Tracy
SP:
Zaffirini
Relating to the boundaries of the Zavala-Dimmit Counties Water Improvement District No. 1.
 
HB 4070
 
Eiland
SP:
Jackson, Mike
Relating to the creation of the Galveston County Municipal Utility District No. 65;  providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.
 
HB 4111
 
Smithee
SP:
Seliger
Relating to the creation of the Randall County Municipal Utility District No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.