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Committee:	House Energy Resources
Title:	Interim Report
Subjects:	e-government | Liens | Mexico | Mineral rights | Natural gas production | Natural gas royalties | Oil production | Oil royalties | Pipeline safety | Property rights | Railroad Commission of Texas | Rainy Day Fund |
Library Call Number:	L1836.83 En27
Session:	83rd R.S. (2013)
Online version:	View report [44 pages]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Study the impact of the expanding oil and gas exploration and production occurring across the state. Included in the study should be both the positive impacts of the exploration and production as well as the new challenges they are presenting. The study should encompass a review of the following issues: • The effect on the state budget and the Economic Stabilization Fund; • The overall impact on the state economy; • The impact on property values and local taxes; • The effect on roads; • The impact on local school districts; • The complex relationship between land owners, royalty owners, and operators; • The impact on the environment, including emissions and injection wells; • Projected water needs and how those fit with our state water plan; and • The housing issues created by the number of workers needed in areas of shale plays.
2.	Study the P5 permitting process at the Railroad Commission to determine whether the process is efficient and effective and whether there are actions that can be taken to improve the process.
3.	Study and review the appropriation of general revenue dollars allocated to the Railroad Commission for improvements in IT systems to ensure those funds are being utilized to streamline the permitting process and to allow access to information for all parties that conduct business at the Commission.
4.	Review the application of Texas Business & Commerce Code, Section 9.343, to determine the legal rights of unperfected security interests of oil and gas producers with respect to subsequent purchasers, specifically in the context of a bankruptcy proceeding such as Arrow Oil & Gas, Inc. v. SemCrude, L.P. and subsequent cases.
5.	Monitor the implementation of HB 2982, 83rd R.S. to ensure that the required rulemaking is completed efficiently and in a timely manner and SB 1747, 83rd R.S. to ensure effective implementation in keeping with legislative intent.
6.	Conduct legislative oversight and monitoring of the agencies and programs under the committee’s jurisdiction and the implementation of relevant legislation passed by the 83rd Legislature. In conducting this oversight, the committee should: a. consider any reforms to state agencies to make them more responsive to Texas taxpayers and citizens; b. identify issues regarding the agency or its governance that may be appropriate to investigate, improve, remedy, or eliminate; c. determine whether an agency is operating in a transparent and efficient manner; and d. identify opportunities to streamline programs and services while maintaining the mission of the agency and its programs.
7.	Examine the impact on Texas’s economy and businesses of the recent expansion of oil and gas production in Northern Mexico. Assess opportunities for economic growth in Texas and collaboration between Texas businesses and Mexico resulting from Mexico’s energy reform, including Mexico’s efforts to recover shale gas from the Eagle Ford Shale.
Committee:	House Land and Resource Management
Title:	Interim Report
Subjects:	Common carriers | Eminent domain | Extraterritorial jurisdiction | General Land Office, Texas | Houseboats | Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis | Municipal annexation | Municipalities | Pipelines | Property rights | San Antonio, Texas | Texas Open Beaches Act | Trees |
Library Call Number:	L1836.82 L229
Session:	82nd R.S. (2011)
Online version:	View report [56 pages]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Examine the Cabin Program managed by the General Land Office. Review the history of the program, the current fee structure, and the renewal process and whether the program is achieving the goals for which it was created. Make appropriate legislative recommendations.
2.	Monitor and examine the ongoing litigation of Severance v. Patterson and its impact on the Texas Open Beaches Act.
3.	Examine the effectiveness of the Texas Private Real Property Rights Preservation Act (Chapter 2007, Government Code).
4.	Examine current regulatory authority available to municipalities in their extraterritorial jurisdiction. Make necessary legislative recommendations to ensure a proper balance between development activities and municipal regulations.
5.	Monitor the agencies and programs under the committee's jurisdiction and the implementation of relevant legislation passed by the 82nd Legislature.
Committee:	Senate State Affairs
Title:	Interim Report
Subjects:	Consumer credit and debt | Eminent domain | Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 | Employees Retirement System of Texas | Federal government | Firefighters | Forest Service, Texas A&M | Health insurance | Health insurance exchanges | Liability | Medicaid | Military personnel | Municipalities | Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act | Peace officers | Primary elections | Property rights | Public retirement systems | Public Safety, Texas Department of | State employee benefits | State employee turnover | States' rights | Statutes of limitation | Teacher Retirement System of Texas | Voting by mail | Voting systems | Wildfires | Workers' compensation | Zoning |
Library Call Number:	L1836.82 St29a
Session:	82nd R.S. (2011)
Online version:	View report [177 pages]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Study the policies and actions the State can pursue to preserve state authority and protect Texas citizens from federal overreach in the form of conditional federal grants, conditional federal preemption, and excessive legislation and regulation interfering with states' enumerated powers by Congress.
2.	Examine the Texas Workers' Compensation system and make recommendations for changes to meet the needs of Texas employers and employees. Specifically, review the following: the dispute resolution process and benefits available from employers that do not subscribe to workers compensation; the adequacy of income benefits in the workers’ compensation system, specifically on high?wage earners receiving the maximum compensation rate; identify and report on fatalities in the Workers’ Compensation System, including the amount of death and burial benefits paid to beneficiaries and the Subsequent Injury Fund since 2000; the return-­to-­work numbers and results for injured employees in the Workers’ Compensation System that are referred to the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services.
3.	Study the feasibility and fiscal impact to consumers of altering the insurance code to allow for the purchase of health insurance across state lines.
4.	Monitor the potential impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) on insurance regulations, Medicaid and CHIP, health care outcomes and overall health of all Texans, and the state budget in Texas. Additionally, monitor the current constitutional challenges to PPACA and other court cases associated with PPACA, and ensure that the state does not expend any resources until judicial direction is clear. (Joint charge with Senate Health & Human Services Committee)
5.	Study and make recommendations on statutory provisions and judicial decisions relating to the statute of limitations on a cause of action relating to consumer debt.
6.	Examine establishing a workforce retention program or deferred retirement option plan (DROP) for Texas Department of Public Safety commissioned peace officers and whether any plan can be built with actuarially sustainable factors while meeting the needs of officers.
7.	Examine the feasibility of implementing Health Reimbursement Accounts and Medicare exchanges for Medicare eligible participants currently covered by and receiving health coverage through the Employees Retirement System, the Teachers Retirement System, the University of Texas, and Texas A&M University. Identify any cost savings to the state and to retirees that would occur under such a plan.
8.	Consider the costs and benefits of the creation of liability protection for private companies and individuals when commissioned by the Texas Forest Service to assist in fighting a fire that is not on the company's or individual's own land. Examine whether state policy should prohibit an employer from terminating an employee who is a volunteer firefighter on the grounds that the employee missed work because the employee was responding to an emergency. Identify any appropriate limitations that should apply to such a policy.
9.	Examine the effectiveness of the Private Real Property Rights Preservation Act (Chapter 2007, Government Code), and whether it should apply to municipalities.
10.	Monitor the implementation of legislation addressed by the Senate Committee on State Affairs, 82nd Legislature, Regular and Called Sessions, and make recommendations for any legislation needed to improve, enhance, and/or complete implementation. Specifically, monitor the following: implementation of SB 100, relating to the implementation of the MOVE Act, and the impact on local and statewide elections and military voters; implementation of the Interstate Health Care Compact.
Committee:	House Energy Resources
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	House Committee on Energy Resources, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 2010 : a report to the House of Representatives, 82nd Texas Legislature
Subjects:	Barnett Shale | Carbon capture and sequestration | Carbon dioxide | Electric power plants | Electricity supplies | Energy conservation | Natural gas drilling | Natural gas industry | Natural gas leases | Oil drilling | Oil industry | Oil leases | Property rights | Railroad Commission of Texas |
Library Call Number:	L1836.81 En29
Session:	81st R.S. (2009)
Online version:	View report [53 pages  File size: 1,249 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Survey current local ordinances governing surface use of property in oil and gas development. Recommend changes, if any, to the authority of the Railroad Commission to regulate the operation of oil and gas industries in urban areas of the state, particularly the Barnett Shale.
2.	Monitor the implementation of recent legislation dealing with carbon capture and storage and make recommendations as to whether further action is required to resolve outstanding issues. Examine proposed legislation from other states and review federal initiatives.
3.	Examine the state's portfolio of electric generation resources, including traditional sources, emerging renewable technologies, and energy efficiency. Determine whether the existing state regulatory programs and incentives are adequate to meet the energy needs of the future. Consider factors relating to reliability, requirements for additional transmission, or auxiliary services. Joint Interim Charge with House Committee on State Affairs
4.	Consider the establishment of uniform statutes and codes relating to liquid petroleum gas permitting and operations as a means to resolve conflicts of interpretation between state and local jurisdictions.
5.	Monitor the agencies and programs under the committee's jurisdiction.
Committee:	Senate Intergovernmental Relations
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Interim report to the 82nd Texas Legislature / Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations.
Subjects:	Comptroller of Public Accounts campaigns and elections | County government | Emergency services districts | Extraterritorial jurisdiction | Homeowners' associations | Hospitals | Housing and Community Affairs, Texas Department of | Land use regulations | Local government consolidation | Municipal annexation | Municipal government | Municipal utility districts | Open government | Physician shortages | Physicians | Property rights | Public improvement districts | Real property | Zoning |
Library Call Number:	L1836.81 L786
Session:	81st R.S. (2009)
Online version:	View report [437 pages  File size: 17,266 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Study current law governing homeowners associations with respect to ensuring that homeowners are given adequate protections against unfair foreclosures and are given proper channels for redress in case of foreclosure.
2.	Monitor the proliferation of municipal utility districts (MUDs) outside the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of municipalities and whether increased oversight of these districts by other political subdivisions is needed. Review the process for the creation of municipal utility districts (MUDs) through the template developed during the 81 st Legislative Session, including any changes needed to increase the efficiency and oversight over the creation of proposed districts. Review the process for creating special districts, including whether the creation of a template, similar to the one created for municipal utility districts (MUDs), is feasible and would enable the legislature to more effectively evaluate other proposed special districts during future Sessions.
3.	Review the process and costs for local governments to make government information available online. Consider ways to encourage local governments to provide more transparency, including the Comptroller's experience with transparency and her offer to assist local governments, and consider penalties for entities that fail to comply with the online requirement.
4.	Assess ways to facilitate property ownership registration to better enable individuals to participate in federal programs and make recommendations to improve processing times to provide improved access to funds.
5.	Study the reasons for and the impacts of hospitals directly hiring physicians. Examine practices in other states. Make recommendations, if needed, to permit hospitals to directly hire physicians.
6.	Review state and local policies related to development and growth in rural and unincorporated regions of the state with regard to annexation and zoning authority. Focus on impacts to private property rights. Determine the appropriateness of existing extraterritorial jurisdiction authority. Make recommendations regarding possible changes to this authority.
7.	Review the types of support state government can provide to assist local government consolidations with county governments. Evaluate budget implications for city and county government consolidations. Research the appropriateness and cost savings of eliminating duplicity between city and county governments in different regions of the state.
8.	Review the statutory authority granted to municipal management districts (MMDs) and to emergency service districts (ESDs), the authority of municipalities and counties to create public improvement districts (PIDs). Determine whether the authority granted for each entity is adequate to accomplish the goals of local governments. Assess whether the consolidation of ESDs under one statute would improve uniformity and provision of fire and emergency services through these districts.
9.	Monitor the implementation oflegislation addressed by the Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations, 81st Legislature, Regular and Called Sessions, and make recommendations for any legislation needed to improve, enhance, and/or complete implementation. Monitor the use of the expanded funds provided by the 81 st Legislature to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs.
Committee:	House Land and Resource Management
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	House Committee on Land and Resource Management, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 2008 : a report to the House of Representatives, 81st Texas Legislature
Subjects:	Eminent domain | General Land Office, Texas | Land use regulations | Municipal annexation | Municipalities | Property rights | Real property | School Land Board | Wind energy |
Library Call Number:	L1836.80 L229
Session:	80th R.S. (2007)
Online version:	View report [191 pages  File size: 20,998 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Examine the authority of the General Land Office, the School Land Board, and similar state agencies to engage in various types of real estate transactions, and determine the appropriateness of this authority.
2.	Observe and study ongoing litigation and actions by condemning authorities in light of the Kelo decision and make recommendations for changes in eminent domain law needed to protect private property rights. Specifically, examine the body of law used to determine the amount of compensation property owners receive when their land is condemned, in whole or part, and determine the appropriateness of this scheme as compared to others.
3.	Research annexation practices in the state to determine whether municipalities are abiding by both the spirit and the letter of the state's annexation laws, thereby maintaining a proper balance between municipal governments and individual residents.
4.	Examine the effectiveness of the Private Real Property Rights Preservation Act (Chapter 2007, Government Code).
5.	Study and evaluate policies held by other states in relation to how they treat wind resources as a property right.
6.	Examine recent attempts by municipalities to exert regulatory authority beyond city limits and extraterritorial jurisdiction. Evaluate the current relationship between and possible conflicts related to regulatory authority expressly given to state agencies by the legislature and regulatory authority delegated to home-rule municipalities. (Joint Interim Charge with the House Committee on County Affairs.)
7.	Monitor the agencies and programs under the committee's jurisdiction.
Committee:	Senate Natural Resources
Title:	Interim Report - Oil, Gas and Alternative Fuel Issues
Library Catalog Title:	The Senate Interim Committee on Natural Resources interim report to the 80th Legislature : oil, gas, and alternative fuel issues
Subjects:	Alternative energy | Biofuels | Groundwater | Liquefied natural gas | Mineral rights | Natural gas | Natural gas drilling | Natural gas industry | Oil drilling | Property rights | Water contamination | Water rights | Water wells |
Library Call Number:	L1836.79 N219o
Session:	79th R.S. (2005)
Online version:	View report [167 pages  File size: 21,935 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Identify areas of the state where surface or groundwater was contaminated by petroleum operations. Determine the appropriate regulatory and technical requirements to remediate the contamination and prevent future contamination, and recommend appropriate agency jurisdiction for preventing, responding and remediating such incidents.
2.	Study the increasing use of liquefied natural gas (LNG), compressed natural gas (CNG) and propane. Examine the way those products fit into a diverse fuel mix. Review the current status of LNG terminals on the Texas coast. Study mineral owners and surface owners rights and obligations for the manner in which they enter and use property. Make recommendations on ways in which surface and mineral owners could communicate more effectively. Monitor the Railroad Commission study of competition in the Texas natural gas pipeline industry.
3.	Study and make recommendations relating to investment needs and economic barriers to developing bio-diesel, bio-fuels, ethanol, and other renewable products in Texas. Compare agriculturally-developed renewable fuel initiatives in other states.
4.	Study the permitting exemptions and water well regulations in Sec. 36.117, Water Code. Review the jurisdiction over the regulation of groundwater pumping in conjunction with drilling and production of oil and gas.
5.	Review mineral owners and surface owners rights and obligations for the manner in which they enter and use property. Make recommendations on ways in which surface and mineral owners could communicate more effectively.
Committee:	Senate Natural Resources
Title:	Interim Report - Analysis of State Natural Disaster Efforts
Library Catalog Title:	The Senate Interim Committee on Natural Resources interim report to the 78th Legislature : analysis of state natural disaster efforts.
Subjects:	Emergency Management, Texas Division of | Flooding | Land use regulations | Liability | Natural disasters | Population growth | Property rights | Tropical storms |
Library Call Number:	L1836.77 n219d
Session:	77th R.S. (2001)
Online version:	View report [114 pages  File size: 1,394 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Study and evaluate the state's ability to respond to natural disasters, such as hurricanes, tropical storms, coastal flooding and flooding along the state's river basins; assess the extent to which population growth and land use along the coast and the river basins has increased the state's vulnerability to such hazards. The Committee shall make recommendations on the state's flood mitigation program and state coordination with the federal government and political subdivisions of the state.
Committee:	House Land and Resource Management
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	Committee on Land and Resource Management, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 1996 : a report to the House of Representatives, 75th Texas Legislature.
Subjects:	Attorney General of Texas | Beaches | Coastal erosion | Coastal protection | Eminent domain | General Land Office, Texas | Houseboats | Oil spills | Property rights |
Library Call Number:	L1836.74 l229
Session:	74th R.S. (1995)
Online version:	View report [202 pages  File size: 9,054 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Monitor the implementation of SB 14, 74th R.S., (Private Real Property Rights Preservation Act) and study the effect of the Attorney General's takings impact assessment guidelines.
2.	Conduct active oversight of agencies under the committee's jurisdiction including a monitoring of the effects of legislation on the Coastal Coordination Board, the Coastal Zone Management Act and on the development and implementation of the Coastal Management Program.
Committee:	Senate Natural Resources
Title:	Interim report - Property rights legislation
Library Catalog Title:	Interim report to the 75th Legislature : implementation of the property rights legislation.
Subjects:	Eminent domain | Property rights |
Library Call Number:	L1836.74 n219p
Session:	74th R.S. (1995)
Online version:	View report [100 pages  File size: 3,773 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Monitor the implementation of the property rights legislation, SB 14, 74th R.S..
Committee:	House Transportation
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	Transportation, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 1996 : a report to the House of Representatives, 75th Texas Legislature.
Subjects:	Air transportation | Bridges | County roads | Eminent domain | Farm-to-market roads | Highway construction | Highway finance | Property rights | Rights of way | Semi-trailer trucks | Toll roads | Transportation bonds | Transportation, Texas Department of | Truck traffic |
Library Call Number:	L1836.74 t687
Session:	74th R.S. (1995)
Online version:	View report [31 pages  File size: 1,615 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Study alternative financing of the state's highway system.
2.	Study ways to establish a dedicated funding source for general aviation development needs.
3.	Study the effect of "Schmidt Factors" and "Westgate Laws" on right-of-way acquisitions and public works projects.
4.	Study the effect of heavy trucks on highways and county roads, including a look a current laws and the ratio between consumptive use of the system and fees paid by users.
Committee:	House Natural Resources
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	Committee on Natural Resources interim report, 1994.
Subjects:	Bond issues | County development districts | Edwards Aquifer | Edwards Aquifer Authority | Endangered species | Environmental protection | Natural resources conservation | Petroleum storage tanks | Property rights | Special taxing districts |
Library Call Number:	L1836.73 n219h
Session:	73rd R.S. (1993)
Online version:	View report [59 pages  File size: 2,233 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Identify ways to mitigate conflicts between landowners' property rights and land use with federal and state policies for protection of threatened and endangered species and habitat. Specific attention should be directed to incentive measures.
2.	Study the bond integrity of special districts impacted by local government regulatory actions.
3.	Conduct active oversight of agencies under the committee's jurisdiction, with particular attention to Edwards Aquifer and Petroleum Storage Tank issues. Perform a study of mandated reports to the legislature and legislative agencies. The study should consist of a review of the legislative reporting requirements of all agencies to identify areas where reporting obligations could be streamlined and agency accountability improved. The committee shall make specific recommendations about the continuation, modification or elimination of required legislative reports.
Committee:	House Transportation
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	Committee on Transportation, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 1992 : a report to the House of Representatives, 73rd Texas Legislature.
Subjects:	Eminent domain | Federal funds | Federal government | Hazardous spills | Hazardous substances | Highway finance | Property rights | Public Safety, Texas Department of | Railroad Commission of Texas | Rights of way | Transportation, Texas Department of |
Library Call Number:	L1836.72 t687
Session:	72nd R.S. (1991)
Online version:	View report [106 pages  File size: 4,305 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Monitor and oversee legislation enacted during the 72nd Regular and Special Called Sessions that was considered by the Committee on Transportation; Performance Audit Review Recommendations; and any agency-initiated changes.
2.	Monitor activities of the Traffic Law Enforcement section of the Department of Public Safety and the Transportation Division of the Texas Railroad Commission.
3.	Examine the transportation of hazardous materials in the state, with an emphasis on federal directives to the state.
4.	Consider the effects on Texas of the federal transportation legislation, including the Federal Highway Reauthorization Act.
5.	Examine the issues of condemnation as it affects transportation.
Committee:	House Natural Resources
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	Committee on Natural Resources, Texas House of Representatives interim report 1990 : a report to the House of Representatives, 72nd Texas Legislature.
Subjects:	Border health | Colonias | Drinking water | Outdoor recreation | Property rights | Real estate development | Rio Grande River | Rio Grande Valley | Rivers | Statutory revision | Wastewater management | Water Commission, Texas | Water districts | Water planning | Water rights | Water supplies |
Library Call Number:	L1836.71 n219h
Session:	71st R.S. (1989)
Online version:	View report [33 pages  File size: 1,633 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	To study the transfer of water rights from irrigation districts to municipalities in South Texas.
2.	To study the categories, powers and duties of water and wastewater districts created under the Texas Water Code or by other statutes, including the procedures for the creation of such districts.
3.	To study the relationships and coordination between the Texas Water Commission and local water authorities, including the effect of the current institutional structure on the achievement of water policy goals.
4.	To study current efforts to provide and finance water and wastewater services to the colonias.
5.	To study the rights of property owners along rivers and streams.
6.	To study the recodification of the Texas Water Codes.
Committee:	Senate Natural Resources
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	Interim report to the 71st Legislature / Senate Committee on Natural Resources.
Subjects:	Aquaculture | Artificial reefs | Beaches | Coastal erosion | Coastal protection | Colonias | Cotton production | Drinking water | Environmental protection | Exotic species | Fish | Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. | Fishing | Insects | Land conservation | Natural resources conservation | Offshore structures | Property rights | Rivers | Sewer service | Solid waste disposal | Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Program | Texas Open Beaches Act | Water conservation | Water rights | Water supplies |
Library Call Number:	L1836.70 n219
Session:	70th R.S. (1987)
Online version:	View report [158 pages  File size: 5,126 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Initiate an interim study of a statewide artificial reef plan and further study various uses of abandoned oil and gas rigs. Give careful consideration to reef design, preparation, and component grouping and spacing, siting, and fisheries resource management and analyze and compare biological effectiveness, cost factors, and long-term benefits for various design options and preparation techniques.
2.	Review proposals for a protection system for Texas rivers, similar to the federal Wild and Scenic rivers program. *
3.	Study current efforts to control the boll weevil in Texas, including integrated pest management (IPM) programs. *
4.	Review the problems associated with colonias; make recommendations for legislative action to halt the growth of illegal subdivisions and to provide water and sewer service to existing developments. *
5.	Study the issues associated with aquaculture and fish farming. *
6.	Study coastal erosion; consider the advantages, disadvantages and economic impacts of beach erosion control methodologies. *
7.	Review the definitions of wetlands used by state and federal government agencies. Study the potential impact on wetlands management of the definition used in the Fish and Wildlife Service's National Wetlands Inventory project. *
Committee:	House Agriculture and Livestock
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Report of the Committee on Agriculture and Livestock, Texas House of Representatives, 65th Legislature.
Subjects:	Agriculture | Alternative energy | Aquaculture | Eminent domain | Energy policy | Grain elevators and warehouses | International trade | Livestock | Property rights |
Library Call Number:	L1836.65 ag83
Session:	65th R.S. (1977)
Online version:	View report [65 pages  File size: 2,161 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	A study of the systems and techniques used by grain storage elevators with particular emphasis on safety techniques currently proposed or in operation to prevent explosions and related disasters.
2.	Review the procedures involved in the importation and exportation of livestock. *
3.	A study of the power of eminent domain as it relates to land use for agricultural purposes.
4.	A study and evaluation of alternate sources of energy for agricultural use and production.
5.	A comprehensive evaluation of the current and projected problem areas encountered in developing both a healthy economic climate conducive to commercial mariculture and a viable market for the products of such ventures. The scope of the study shall include, but not be limited to, the problems of issuance of permits, taxation, economics of operations, market development, and the underutilization of current resources.

* This represents an abstract of the report contents. Charge text is incomplete or unavailable.

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