HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

 

COMMITTEE:   Natural Resources 

TIME & DATE: 8:00 AM, Tuesday, April 09, 2013 

PLACE:       E2.010 
CHAIR:       Rep. Allan Ritter 

 

HB 246        Walle
Relating to the rates charged by water and sewer utilities.

HB 1028       Muńoz, Jr.             
Relating to expedited release from a certificate of public convenience and necessity for water and sewer service for certain landowners.

HB 1307       Geren | et al.         
Relating to rates for water service, to the transfer of functions relating to the economic regulation of water and sewer service from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to the Public Utility Commission of Texas, and to the duties of the Office of Public Utility Counsel regarding the economic regulation of water service.

HB 1414       Schaefer               
Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to provide sewer service to areas within the municipal boundaries without obtaining a certificate of public convenience and necessity.

HB 1457       Gooden | et al.        
Relating to expenses considered to determine net income for purposes of a rate proceeding for an investor-owned water and sewer utility.

HB 1663       Guillen                
Relating to timing and frequency with which a public utility may file for a rate change application.

HB 1796       Isaac                  
Relating to the renewal or amendment of permits issued by groundwater conservation districts; providing authority to impose fees.

HB 1797       Isaac                  
Relating to the authority to regulate certain water and sewage utilities to ensure public safety in and around certain municipalities.

HB 1973       Lucio III              
Relating to the provision of water by a public utility or water supply or sewer service corporation for use in fire suppression.

HB 2237       Isaac                  
Relating to the recovery of rate case expenses by a water and sewer utility.

HB 2615       Johnson                
Relating to reporting and information availability requirements for persons impounding, diverting, or otherwise using state water; providing a penalty.

HB 2677       Moody                  
Relating to municipal standards for retail public utilities that provide water service in the municipality.

HB 2720       Ritter                 
Relating to the applicability of the law governing emergency authorizations by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for the use of state water to certain emergency orders concerning water rights issued by the executive director of the commission.

HB 2739       Martinez Fischer       
Relating to permitting requirements of groundwater conservation districts, including permits to transfer water.

HB 2740       Martinez Fischer       
Relating to the renewal or amendment of permits issued by groundwater conservation districts.

HB 2987       Davis, John            
Relating to certain water districts that do not provide water and sanitary sewer service to certain users in the districts' territory.

HB 3233       Ritter                 
Relating to interbasin transfers of state water.

HB 3234       Ritter                 
Relating to the procedure for action by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on an application for a water right.

HB 3468       Bohac                  
Relating to the revocation or amendment of a certificate of public convenience and necessity for water or sewer service by petition.

HB 3807       Zerwas | et al.        
Relating to the Fort Bend Subsidence District.

HB 3857       Lucio III              
Relating to periodic rate adjustments by water and sewer utilities.

HB 3866       Zerwas                 
Relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Fort Bend Subsidence District.

HB 3869       Zerwas                 
Relating to the power and duties of the Fulshear Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Fort Bend County.

HB 3871       Smith                  
Relating to the powers and duties of the Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority.

HB 3872       Morrison               
Relating to the name and powers and duties of the Port O'Connor Municipal Utility District; providing authority to impose a sales and use tax.

HB 3873       Zerwas                 
Relating to the powers and duties of Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 194.

HB 3889       Darby                  
Relating to the dissolution of the Lipan Creek Flood Control District.

HB 3890       Toth                   
Relating to the powers and duties of the Montgomery County Water Control and Improvement District No. 2.

HB 3891       Toth                   
Relating to the powers and duties of the Montgomery County Water Control and Improvement District No. 3.

HB 3892       Toth                   
Relating to the period for confirmation and the terms of the temporary directors of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 102.

HB 3893       Toth                   
Relating to the period for confirmation and the terms of the temporary directors of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 104.

HB 3894       Toth                   
Relating to the period for confirmation and the terms of the temporary directors of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 117.

HB 3900       Geren                  
Relating to the board of directors of the Tarrant Regional Water District.

 

 

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