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| The Senate Natural Resources Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Affairs |
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| and Coastal Resources will meet at 10am, July 14, 2008 in room E1.012. |
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| The Subcommittee will hear both invited and public testimony on the |
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| following interim charges: |
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| Study the economic development impact, benefits and costs of the Fuel |
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| Ethanol and Biodiesel Incentive Program. Analyze and make recommendations |
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| regarding the following areas of interest: |
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| -State cost versus economic benefit, including any impact on the price |
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| of feed for livestock and food for human consumption; |
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| -The program as compared to other state and federal incentives; |
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| -Any federal legislative or administrative changes relating to the |
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| -Options to encourage research and new technologies and market based |
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| incentives and competitive feedstock issues including feedstock |
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| Study the economic impacts and unintended consequences of allowing |
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| whitetail deer raised on deer farms in Texas to be legally |
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| processed for venison. Study the interstate shipment issues with venison |
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| from other states currently faced by Texas restaurant suppliers. |
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