The House Committee on Natural Resources 
         77th Legislature 
         August 27, 2002 
         9:00 a.m. 
         Nortex Regional Planning Commission 
         4309 Jacksboro Hwy., Suite 200 
         Wichita Falls, Texas 
          
         Pursuant to a notice posted on August 15, 2002, the House  
         Committee on Natural Resources met in a public hearing and was  
         called to order by the chair, Representative Counts, at 9:20  
         a.m. 
          
         The roll was answered as follows: 
          
         Present:  Representatives Counts; King, Tracy; Cook; Walker (4). 
          
         Absent:   Representatives Corte; Hilderbran; Hope; Lewis, Ron;  
                   Puente (5). 
          
         Water Security 
          
         Testimony was taken.  (See attached witness list.) 
          
         At 1:15 p.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection,  
         the meeting was adjourned subject to the call of the chair. 
          
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         Rep. Counts, Chair 
                                             
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         Jennifer Modgling, Clerk