Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

House Natural Resources Committee Bills & Legislation

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Texas 2013 - 83rd Regular

Texas House Bill HCR59

Requesting the speaker and lieutenant governor to create a joint interim committee to study seawater desalination on the Texas coast.
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Texas 2011 - 82nd Regular

Texas House Bill HB494

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the recovery of certain rate case expenses by a water and sewer utility.
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Texas 2011 - 82nd Regular

Texas House Bill HB495

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to competitive bids for water utilities contracts.
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Texas 2011 - 82nd Regular

Texas House Bill HB490

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to single certification in incorporated or annexed areas served by investor-owned water or sewer utilities.
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Texas 2011 - 82nd Regular

Texas House Bill HB491

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the authority of a water and sewer utility to impose an impact fee.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB5410

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the Rio Grande Regional Water Authority; affecting the qualifications of a member of the board of directors of the authority.
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Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3225

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to elections held by the Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District.
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Texas 2013 - 83rd Regular

Texas House Bill HB1776

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the definition of "drought" for the purposes of emergency orders concerning water rights issued by the executive director of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
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Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1085

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Relating to the certification of unopposed candidates for the board of directors of the North Harris County Regional Water Authority.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB4712

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the burden of proof in a suit or administrative proceeding to establish that an area is subject to the public beach easement.
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Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB4478

Relating to planning and financial responsibility requirements for certain aggregate production operations; providing for the imposition of an administrative penalty.
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Texas 2013 - 83rd Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB364

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
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.
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Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2363

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to export fees charged by the Middle Pecos Groundwater Conservation District; changing a fee.
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Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1088

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the establishment of the Texas Technical Center for Innovative Desalination at The University of Texas at El Paso in partnership with The University of Texas at San Antonio.
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Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2376

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the fee collected for an on-site wastewater treatment permit application.