House Committee on Natural Resources - 75th R.S. (1997)
Committee: | House Natural Resources | |
Title: | Interim report | |
Library Catalog Title: | House Committee on Natural Resources, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 1998 : a report to the House of Representatives, 76th Texas Legislature. | |
Subjects: | Concentrated animal feeding operations | Dams and levees | Groundwater | Groundwater conservation districts | Legislative process | Surface water pollution | Wastewater management | Water districts | Water quality management | Weather modification | | |
Library Call Number: | L1836.75 n218h | |
Session: | 75th R.S. (1997) | |
Online version: | View report [75 pages File size: 3,487 kb] | |
Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
1. | Conduct active oversight of agencies under the committee's jurisdiction. | |
2. | Study issues related to dam safety, including the condition of dams and the legal authority and financing necessary to make needed repairs. | |
3. | Monitor the implementation of HB 1542, 75th R.S., including the use and effectiveness of wastewater facility general permits and the potential for expanding the types and number of facilities that could be regulated by such permits. | |
4. | Evaluate the benefits of the House Rules requirement that a committee chair send certain bills and joint resolutions creating water districts to the Legislative Budget Board for a water development policy statement. | |
5. | Review the continued need for exemptions and exceptions to permitting found in Section 36.117, Texas Water code, and potential impacts on groundwater supplies and groundwater conservation districts. | |
6. | Study the success of rainfall enhancement programs in Texas and evaluate the role of the state's participation in such weather modification efforts. |
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