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Committee:	Senate Natural Resources and Economic Development
Title:	Interim Report
Subjects:	Economy | Environmental protection | Hotel occupancy taxes | Natural disasters | Rules and regulations | Solid waste disposal |
Library Call Number:	L1836.85 N219E
Session:	85th R.S. (2017)
Online version:	View report [87 pages]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Hotel Occupancy Taxes: Study and make recommendations regarding the collection and use of hotel occupancy taxes to increase transparency in the imposition, rate, and use of such taxes.
2.	Regulatory Barriers: Identify options to maintain our state's competitive advantage and make recommendations to remove or reduce administrative or regulatory barriers hindering economic growth, including permitting or registration requirements and fees.
3.	Environmental Safety: Study the strategies and best practices for ensuring environmental safety during maintenance, startup, and shutdown activities due to emergencies. Recommend actions to improve safety without compromising compliance or penalizing good actors.
4.	Waste Disposal Regulation: Study the permitting and compliance processes for waste disposal and processing, including evaluating the criteria for approval, denial, and application return. Make recommendations for improving and streamlining the permitting and compliance processes while maximizing public participation for effective outreach and education. Review the allocation of the Municipal Solid Waste disposal fees and make recommendations regarding allocation methods to adequately support existing programs.
5.	Monitoring: Conduct legislative oversight and monitoring of the agencies and programs under the committee's jurisdiction and the implementation of relevant legislation passed by the 85th Legislature, including: • Texas Railroad Commission Sunset and funding; • Environmental Regulatory and Legal Primacy; and • The effectiveness of emission reductions recognized from the Texas Emissions Reduction Program (TERP) and grant flexibility.
Committee:	Senate Natural Resources and Economic Development
Title:	Interim Report
Subjects:	Aerospace industry | Air pollution | Air quality | Carbon dioxide | Clean Air Act | Economic development | Economic development incentives | Electric power plants | Electric Reliability Council of Texas | Environmental permits | Environmental protection | Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. | Environmental Quality, Texas Commission on | Ground level ozone | Oil fields | School districts | Spaceports | SpaceX | State administrative hearings | Tax incentives | Texas Emissions Reduction Plan | Theft |
Library Call Number:	L1836.84 N219E
Session:	84th R.S. (2015)
Online version:	View report [155 pages]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Implementation of Federal Regulations: Study the impact and identify challenges Texas faces implementing proposed federal Environmental Protection Agency regulations, including, but not limited to the Clean Power Plan, Reduction of Methane & Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) from oil and gas facilities, Ozone standards, Regional Haze, and Waters of the U.S. Make recommendations for legislative or constitutional action the committee considers necessary.
2.	Texas Emission Reduction Plan (TERP): Study and make recommendations regarding the use of Texas Emission Reduction Plan (TERP) funds, including reducing air emissions from mobile sources in response to changes in ozone standards.
3.	Economic Development: Evaluate the effectiveness and necessity of programs and resources currently used to support economic development in Texas. Make recommendations regarding continuation of effective strategies, modification of existing administrative or regulatory barriers, and the reduction or elimination of ineffective programs.
4.	Expedited Permitting: Evaluate the permitting process in Texas and neighboring states and make recommendations for eliminating unnecessary barriers and expediting the process to ensure that the regulatory process is consistent and predictable.
5.	ERCOT/PUC Electricity Issues: Conduct legislative oversight and monitoring of agencies and programs under the committee's jurisdiction. In this oversight and monitoring, the committee should: 1) identify and recommend opportunities to streamline programs or services and enhance grid safety while maintaining the mission of ERCOT and PUC and their programs; and 2) identify barriers ERCOT or PUC may have in their governance that may be appropriate to improve or eliminate.
6.	Oil Field Theft: Study and make recommendations for solving the oil field theft problems facing Texas, including identifying the proper mechanisms for increasing enforcement effectiveness.
7.	Monitoring Charge: Monitor the implementation of legislation addressed by the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Economic Development during the 84th R.S. and make recommendations for any legislation needed to improve, enhance, and/or complete implementation. Specifically, monitor the following: 1)Legislation relating to Texas aerospace incentives; 2) Expedited permitting; and 3) Electric utility rate adjustments.
Committee:	House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence
Title:	Interim Report
Subjects:	Employers | Environmental protection | Ex-offenders | Gubernatorial appointments | Judges | Landlords and tenants | Lawsuits | Liability | Term limits | Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act | Wills and estates |
Library Call Number:	L1836.83 J898
Session:	83rd R.S. (2013)
Online version:	View report [97 pages]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Examine the constitutional qualifications and term lengths for appellate court judges, and consider whether changes would benefit the public and the judiciary.
2.	Study the potential issues involving civil liability for interacting with ex-offenders. In particular, examine the implications of HB 1188, 83rd R.S. and the potential expansion of similar protections to landlords.
3.	Review the methods used by state agencies and courts to prepare and publish electronic legal materials. Examine the processes used to ensure reliability and permanence of these materials and strategies used to harmonize those processes with national standards, including possible adoption of the Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act.
4.	Study issues that inhibit the use of wills and access to the probate process in Texas, particularly for low-income individuals.
5.	Examine the public policy implications of litigation related to environmental contamination brought by local governments, in particular whether such litigation supports effective remediation.
6.	Study the issue of whether Regional Presiding Judges should be appointed by the Chief Justice rather than the Governor.
7.	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.
Committee:	House Transportation
Title:	Interim Report
Subjects:	Bridges | Environmental protection | Federal funds | Highway finance | Highway maintenance | International trade | Mass transit | Panama Canal | Ports | Texas Mobility Fund | Traffic | Transportation | Transportation planning | Transportation, Texas Department of |
Library Call Number:	L1836.82 T687
Session:	82nd R.S. (2011)
Online version:	View report [61 pages]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Review the state of our current transportation infrastructure, including studying roadway, bridge, and waterway quality and long-range plans by the Texas Department of Transportation for maintaining these assets. Explore future needs of our infrastructure for the next decade and make recommendations to ensure long-range sufficiency.
2.	Study the state's preparedness for the expansion of the Panama Canal and determine whether the state's infrastructure is ready for the increase in commerce.
3.	Conduct a thorough review of the operations of transit organizations in Texas. Explore possible reforms to streamline and improve services to Texans.
4.	Study the environmental review process for transportation projects and monitor the implementation of reforms newly passed by the 82nd Legislature. Continue to work with all stakeholders to develop any necessary changes. (Joint with the House Committee on Environmental Regulation)
5.	Study transportation funding reforms and develop long-term state funding recommendations, with an eye on any federal reforms that become law. Explore options to eliminate "diversions" from Fund 6 to non-transportation-related programs. (Joint with the House Committee on Appropriations)
Committee:	House Environmental Regulation
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	House Committee on Environmental Regulation, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 2010 : a report to the House of Representatives, 82nd Texas Legislature
Subjects:	Air quality | Climate change | Environmental permits | Environmental protection | Environmental Quality, Texas Commission on | Recycling |
Library Call Number:	L1836.81 En89
Session:	81st R.S. (2009)
Online version:	View report [41 pages  File size: 938 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Examine the regulation of air quality in the areas of permitting new and modified sources, public participation, and enforcement. Consider data and proposed federal standards and rules as they relate to the State Implementation Plan.
2.	Survey existing recycling programs and suggest needed improvements.
3.	Monitor federal legislative and regulatory initiatives as they pertain to climate change. Consider Texas' responses to proposals and make recommendations as to any further preparations.
4.	Study the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's use of supplemental environmental projects in its enforcement process.
5.	Monitor the agencies and programs under the committee's jurisdiction.
Committee:	Senate Transportation and Homeland Security
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	The Senate Committee on Transportation and Homeland Security interim report to the 82nd Legislature.
Subjects:	Air quality | Driver licenses | Driver Responsibility Program | Drug trafficking | Drug-related crimes | Emergency management | Environmental permits | Environmental protection | Gangs | Highway finance | Homeland security | Metropolitan Planning Organizations | Motor vehicle pollution | Outsourcing | Regional mobility authorities | Semi-trailer trucks | Tax increment reinvestment zones | Toll roads | Traffic | Transportation | Transportation, Texas Department of | Tropical storms | Uninsured motorists |
Library Call Number:	L1836.81 In5hs
Session:	81st R.S. (2009)
Online version:	View report [56 pages  File size: 2,085 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Recommend ways to maximize the contribution of alternative transportation modes and evaluate what impacts they have on congestion and air quality. Identify statutory barriers to reducing transportation's impact on air quality and preventing any restrictions on or loss of federal funds due to air quality. Study the incidence of fraudulent automotive emissions certifications in the state and recommend changes in enforcement which will increase the effectiveness of state emissions regulation and assist in attainment of federal air quality standards.
2.	Review and make recommendations relating to the Texas Department of Transportation's organizational structure and working relationship with local governments, Metropolitan Planning Organizations, Regional Tolling Authorities and Regional Mobility Authorities.
3.	Recommend improvements to homeland security, including the state's infrastructure and housing recovery operations. Make recommendations for incorporating best practices and addressing any gaps in existing procedures, and disaster preparation and response, including volunteer involvement, evacuation and sheltering and trauma care, and communications interoperability.
4.	Examine the public policy implications of Comprehensive Development Agreements (CDAs) and recommend whether they should be reauthorized to construct specific roadways.
5.	Explore the policy implications of transportation reinvestment zones funded by state sales and use taxes as an alternative to public financing of transportation projects.
6.	Examine transportation funding concepts contained in legislation considered during the 81st Legislature, Regular and Special Sessions. Analyze options and make recommendations relating to historical funding strategies including prioritization of existing revenues, as well as alternative state and local transportation funding concepts. (Joint charge with Senate Finance Committee) Ensure that the pass-through program reimbursements to contractors and local public entities are based on actual project costs and not cost estimates. Prioritize necessary road construction projects and target financing to those segments that affect the largest number of Texans through congestion mitigation. Ensure that Texas receives the best value for its investment. (Subcharges added pursuant to Dewhurst letter dated 4/8/2010.)
7.	Study and make recommendations to expedite the environmental review process for transportation projects.
8.	Evaluate the Texas Department of Transportation's policy for permitting overweight vehicles and recommend ways to ensure overweight vehicles do not cause significant damage to the State's roadways and bridges. Examine the limited operation hours and staffing of highway weight stations across the state and consider whether expanded operations or other alternatives would improve compliance with weight restrictions.
9.	Review the 100 most congested roadway segments and determine if alternative congestion relief modes have been identified to relieve segments in areas where the addition of lanes is not possible. For example, review whether TxDOT and MPOs consider instituting park & rides and encouraging employee flex times to relieve congested roadway segments.
10.	Evaluate outsourcing at the Texas Department of Transportation, including, but not limited to, engineering services and aerial mapping.
11.	Review the possible increase in number of unlicensed and uninsured drivers resulting from license suspensions or indigence resulting drivers' inability to pay Driver Responsibility surcharges in light of new Department of Public Safety rules.
12.	Study and make recommendations for legislation to inform Texans about best practices for hurricane preparation, response, and recovery, including information about basic state operations and pre-designated locations for PODs (Points of Distribution) across the state. Establish procedures and penalties for noncompliance by local jurisdictions that hinder response and recovery efforts.
13.	Monitor the implementation of legislation addressed by the Senate Committee on Transportation & Homeland Security, 81st Legislature, Regular and Called Sessions, and make recommendations for any legislation needed to improve, enhance, and/or complete implementation. Monitor the implementation of gang-related legislation passed during the 81 st Legislature and its impact on drug cartel-related transnational gangs and crime in Texas.
Committee:	House Energy Resources
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	House Committee on Energy Resources, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 2006 : a report to the House of Representatives, 80th Texas Legislature
Subjects:	Abandoned oil wells | Energy policy | Environmental protection | Natural gas industry | Nuclear power plants | Oil Field Cleanup Fund | Oil industry |
Library Call Number:	L1836.79 En27
Session:	79th R.S. (2005)
Online version:	View report [23 pages  File size: 3,130 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Review the effects of universal bonding on the oil and gas industry with respect to the population of oil and gas operators, economic consequences of bonding and whether bonding had had an effect on the number of abandoned wells being placed into the Oil Field Cleanup Fund.
2.	Examine the feasibility of offering economic incentives to promote the plugging of inactive wells by operators.
3.	Study the alternatives to increased appropriations to the Railroad Commission, including exploration of potential efficiencies, for administrative functions currently funded by the Oil Field Cleanup Fund.
4.	Examine technological advancements in the energy industry. Discuss whether creating legislative incentives for the use of these technologies is appropriate.
5.	Study the efficacy of private litigation and government agency investigation to accomplish remediation of natural resources impacted by historical, and current oil and gas operations.
6.	Examine the feasibility of additional nuclear generated power in Texas, focusing on supply and demand issues, current state nuclear projects, and possible federal government assistance. (Joint interim charge with Regulated Industries)
7.	Monitor the agencies and programs under the committee's jurisdiction.
Committee:	House Environmental Regulation
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	House Committee on Environmental Regulation, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 2006 : a report to the House of Representatives, 80th Texas Legislature
Subjects:	Environmental permits | Environmental protection |
Library Call Number:	L1836.79 EN89
Session:	79th R.S. (2005)
Online version:	View report [29 pages  File size: 5,967 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Examine the State Implementation Plan (SIP) to determine if data is being collected adequately; if recent changes to the SIP are moving the state closer to EPA requirements; and if not, evaluate if any midcourse corrections necessary.
2.	Consider ways to streamline the permitting process, including but not limited to improving the effectiveness and efficiency of public notice provisions and expanding the use of the Internet for permit applications and renewals.
3.	Evaluate environmental enforcement to determine if a streamlined permitting process would provide more resources for enforcement; whether more enforcement leads to more compliance; if stronger incentives for high performers would be effective; and if improvements can be made to the compliance history program.
4.	Monitor the agencies and programs under the committee's jurisdiction.
Committee:	House Environmental Regulation
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	House Committee on Environmental Regulation, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 2004 : a report to the House of Representatives, 79th Texas Legislature
Subjects:	Air pollution control technology | Air quality | Environmental permits | Environmental protection | Environmental Quality, Texas Commission on | Nonattainment areas | Texas Emissions Reduction Plan | Wastewater management |
Library Call Number:	L1836.78 En89
Session:	78th R.S. (2003)
Online version:	View report [71 pages  File size: 336 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Conduct a study on the regulation, design, planning, construction, installation, operation, licensing, maintenance and inspection of on-site sewage disposal systems.
2.	Examine compliance histories and incentives to reward compliance by entities regulated by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
3.	Monitor the implementation of HB 1365, 78th R.S., Texas Emission Reduction Plan, to ensure compliance with federal Clean Air Act standards and deadlines.
4.	Monitor the agencies under the committee's jurisdiction.
Committee:	Senate Natural Resources
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	The Senate Committee on Natural Resources interim report to the 79th Legislature.
Subjects:	Air pollution control technology | Air quality | Coastal erosion | Coastal protection | Emissions | Environmental protection | Solid waste disposal | Water quality management |
Library Call Number:	L1836.78 N219
Session:	78th R.S. (2003)
Online version:	View report [72 pages  File size: 408 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Study the ongoing efforts, and make recommendations, as needed, to achieve cleaner air in Texas including: Implementation of HB 1365, 78th R.S.; State Implementation Plan revisions; Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's (TCEQ) implementation of the 8-hour air quality standard; Early action compacts and other innovative air quality planning tools; Emissions transport issues, including recent court decisions and federal legislation implementing transport policy; Transition of the Texas Council on Environmental Technology to TCEQ; and Regional air quality challenges.
2.	Study long-term funding and planning solutions to combat erosion along the Texas coast with particular attention to: the National Flood Insurance Program, securing, matching and additional federal dollars, and alternative funding approaches.
3.	Study and make recommendations regarding current state and federal laws relating to the permitting and operation of landfills. Issues to be considered include the generation and transportation of waste; the selection, approval, and regulation of treatment and storage facilities; the projected demand for new facilities; and the adequacy of existing technology to safely dispose of waste.
4.	Study the consistent implementation of federal and state air and water quality standards by local governments and make recommendations for improving the consistency and effectiveness of the requirements.
Committee:	Joint Water For Environmental Flows
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Interim report
Subjects:	Environmental flows | Environmental protection | Rivers | Water planning | Water rights | Water supplies |
Library Call Number:	L1836.78 W291f
Session:	78th R.S. (2003)
Online version:	View report [21 pages  File size: 454 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	The study commission shall conduct public hearings and study public policy implications for balancing the demands on the water resources of the state resulting from a growing population with the requirements of the riverine, bay, and estuary systems including granting permits for instream flows dedicated to environmental needs or bay and estuary inflows, use of the Texas Water Trust, and any other issues that the study commission determines have importance and relevance to the protection of environmental flows. In evaluating the options for providing adequate environmental flows, the study commission shall take notice of the strong public policy imperative that exists in this state recognizing that environmental flows are important to the biological health of our parks, game preserves, and bay and estuary systems and are high priorities in the permitting process. The study commission shall specifically address ways that the ecological soundness of these systems will be ensured in the water allocation process.
Committee:	Joint Water For Environmental Flows
Title:	Science Advisory Committee report
Library Catalog Title:	Science Advisory Committee report
Subjects:	Environmental flows | Environmental protection | Rivers | Water planning | Water rights | Water supplies |
Library Call Number:	L1836.78 W291fs
Session:	78th R.S. (2003)
Online version:	View report [158 pages  File size: 3,194 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	The study commission shall conduct public hearings and study public policy implications for balancing the demands on the water resources of the state resulting from a growing population with the requirements of the riverine, bay, and estuary systems including granting permits for instream flows dedicated to environmental needs or bay and estuary inflows, use of the Texas Water Trust, and any other issues that the study commission determines have importance and relevance to the protection of environmental flows. In evaluating the options for providing adequate environmental flows, the study commission shall take notice of the strong public policy imperative that exists in this state recognizing that environmental flows are important to the biological health of our parks, game preserves, and bay and estuary systems and are high priorities in the permitting process. The study commission shall specifically address ways that the ecological soundness of these systems will be ensured in the water allocation process.
Supporting documents
Committee:	Joint Water For Environmental Flows
Title:	Committee documentation: Science Advisory Committee tape logs, May 21, June 18, and July 29, 2004; agenda, June 18, 2004
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.78 W291FM
Session:	78th R.S. (2003)
Online version:	View document [6 pages  File size: 425 kb]
Committee:	House Economic Development
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	House Committee on Economic Development Texas House of Representatives interim report, 1998 : a report to the House of Representatives, 76th Texas Legislature.
Subjects:	Border economy | Border environment | Border issues | Border transit corridors | Border transportation | Environmental protection | North American Free Trade Agreement | Unemployment benefits | Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund | Unemployment taxes | Workforce Commission, Texas |
Library Call Number:	L1836.75 ec74h
Session:	75th R.S. (1997)
Online version:	View report [171 pages  File size: 7,064 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Conduct a comprehensive review of the unemployment compensation system, including employer contribution rates, benefit determination factors, long-term financial stability, efficiency of benefit delivery and adjudication procedures, and any problems faced by employers or beneficiaries.
2.	Assess the effects of NAFTA on major industrial, business, agricultural, and labor sectors, as well as trade. Review any other positive or negative impacts, including such areas as environmental and public safety issues. Report on the responses of Texas economic sectors to changes brought about by NAFTA.
Committee:	Senate Electric Utility Restructuring, Interim
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	Report to the 76th Legislature.
Subjects:	Air quality | Alternative energy | Electric Reliability Council of Texas | Electric utility deregulation | Electric utility rates and charges | Electric utility stranded costs and refunds | Electricity transmission and distribution | Environmental protection | Providers of last resort | Public Utility Regulatory Act | Renewable energy | Wind energy |
Library Call Number:	L1836.75 el25
Session:	75th R.S. (1997)
Online version:	View report [213 pages  File size: 8,279 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Study and determine any needed changes in the Public Utility Regulatory Act and related statutes to create a competitive Texas electric market that is open to all classes of retail customers. Such review shall include but not be limited to the following issues:
2.	An appropriate date for opening the market to direct end-use customer access, and whether a phase-in program for public schools or other governmental units is warranted
3.	Methods for quantification of a utility's investments that would be uneconomic in a fully competitive market (stranded costs) and appropriate methods for recovery of costs (including rate freezes, adjustments to depreciation, transition charges, securitization);
4.	Balancing rate reductions with recovery of stranded costs during the transition to a competitive market;
5.	The basic structural requirements for the competitive market to serve as an effective and efficient replacement for traditional regulation;
6.	Provisions for municipal and cooperative utilities recognizing the importance of maintaining local control of community-owned systems and protecting the financial integrity of cooperative and municipal utilities;
7.	Safeguards necessary for customer protection in a fully competitive marketplace (including designation of a provider of last resort, protections for low-income customers, obligations to be imposed on all providers, ability of providers to serve customers on an aggregated basis, and fair marketing and sales practices);
8.	System reliability and service quality standards needed to ensure safe and reliable power and the role of the independent system operator in a fully competitive market;
9.	Environmental issues relating to a competitive marketplace;
10.	Development of renewable energy resources such as windpower in a competitive marketplace; and
11.	Scope and nature of the continuing role of regulation in a deregulated electric power industry including oversight of market power.
12.	Make recommendations for legislative and regulatory action, if necessary.
Supporting documents
Committee:	Senate Electric Utility Restructuring, Interim
Title:	Interim report - Market-based methods
Library Catalog Title:	Market-based methods of providing revewable energy and energy efficiencey programs: report to the Texas Senate Interim Committee on Electric Utility Restructuring.
Library Call Number:	L1836.75 el25ma
Session:	75th R.S. (1997)
Online version:	View document [88 pages  File size: 509 kb]
Committee:	Senate Electric Utility Restructuring, Interim
Title:	Interim report - PUC comments
Library Catalog Title:	Public Utility Commission of Texas project no. 14789 : comments on low income and environmental program funding workshop for the requested studies by the Senate Interim Committee on Electric Utility Restructuring.
Library Call Number:	L1836.75 el25c
Session:	75th R.S. (1997)
Committee:	Senate Electric Utility Restructuring, Interim
Title:	Interim report - Revenues
Library Catalog Title:	Report to the Texas Senate Interim Committee on Electric Utility Restructuring: revenues supporting low-income, energy efficiency, and environmental programs.
Library Call Number:	L1836.75 el25r
Session:	75th R.S. (1997)
Online version:	View document [63 pages  File size: 2,668 kb]
Committee:	House Environmental Regulation
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	House Committee on Environmental Regulation, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 1998 : a report to the House of Representatives, 76th Texas Legislature.
Subjects:	Air quality | Clean Air Act | Concentrated animal feeding operations | Emergency management | Environmental education | Environmental laws and regulations | Environmental permits | Environmental protection | Grandfathered industrial facilities | Local emergency planning committees | Manure | Natural Resource Conservation Commission, Texas | Radioactive waste | Solid waste disposal | Statutory revision | Surface water pollution | Tire disposal | Voluntary Emissions Reduction Program | Water quality management |
Library Call Number:	L1836.75 en89
Session:	75th R.S. (1997)
Online version:	View report [131 pages  File size: 6,431 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Review materials of publicly funded environmental educational programs and assess whether the materials and the programs promote views based on scientifically sound information.
2.	Review current funding mechanisms for Local Emergency Planning Committees ("LEPC's), which are required by federal law to respond to chemical emergencies. Determine if there are alternative funding methods that would improve the ability of the LEPC's to preform their duties.
3.	Compile an inventory of state environmental laws that appear to provide little or no appreciable benefit, and recommend revision or repeal of each law identified.
4.	Monitor the activities of the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission to achieve a fair transition for permitting facilities currently operating without air quality permits.
5.	Study the cumulative effects of siting numerous confined animal feeding operations (CAFO's) in a geographic area involving multiple state jurisdictions. Determine whether environmental protections are adequate in such situations.
6.	Conduct active oversight of state agencies and programs under the committee's jurisdiction, including the waste tire program, delegation of federal environmental programs, revisions to national ambient air quality standards, and approval of the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact.
Committee:	Senate North American Free Trade Agreement, Interim
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	A report to the 76th Legislature.
Subjects:	Affordable housing | Border counties | Border economy | Border health | Border issues | Border transit corridors | Border transportation | Colonias | Employment | Environment | Environmental protection | Interstate Highway 35 | Job training programs | Literacy | Local Workforce Development Boards | North American Free Trade Agreement | Railroads | Traffic | Transportation | Transportation infrastructure | Unemployment | Water quality management | Water supplies | Workforce | Workforce Commission, Texas |
Library Call Number:	L1836.75 n811
Session:	75th R.S. (1997)
Online version:	View report [163 pages  File size: 12,556 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Evaluate the impact of North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on the Texas economy and determine how different segments of the economy are affected.
2.	Determine how NAFTA has affected employment and identify any employment losses or gains. Assess how the state's workforce programs have responded to any employment changes and make any necessary recommendations to improve that response.
3.	Assess the impact NAFTA is having on the state's infrastructure, including but not limited to transportation, education, housing, the environment and health and human services.
4.	Develop a statewide strategic response plan to the effects of NAFTA in Texas which identifies available and needed resources at the local, state and federal level and provides for a coordinated response.
Committee:	House Energy Resources
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	Energy Resources Committee, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 1996 : a report to the House of Represenatives, 75th Texas Legislature.
Subjects:	Air pollution | Alternative energy | Energy conservation | Environmental permits | Environmental protection | Natural gas industry | Natural Resource Conservation Commission, Texas | Oil industry | Oil production | Public Utility Commission of Texas | Railroad Commission of Texas | Severance taxes | Tax incentives |
Library Call Number:	L1836.75 en27
Session:	74th R.S. (1995)
Online version:	View report [23 pages  File size: 858 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Conduct active oversight of agencies under the committee's jurisdiction.
2.	Study ways to increase energy production in Texas.
3.	Study the issue of "environmental externalities" when granting permits.
4.	Study the effectiveness of severance tax incentives to promote oil and gas production activities.
Committee:	Senate Natural Resources
Title:	Interim report - Cost benefit analysis
Library Catalog Title:	Interim report to the 75th Legislature : use of cost benefit analysis in environmental regulation.
Subjects:	Environmental laws and regulations | Environmental protection |
Library Call Number:	L1836.74 n219c
Session:	74th R.S. (1995)
Online version:	View report [16 pages  File size: 751 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Study the use of cost benefit analysis and risk assessment in environmental regulation.
Committee:	House State Recreational Resources
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	Committee on State Recreational Resources, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 1996 : a report to the House of Representatives, 75th Texas Legislature.
Subjects:	Endangered species | Environmental protection | Parks and Wildlife, Texas Department of | State historical parks | State parks |
Library Call Number:	L1836.74 r245
Session:	74th R.S. (1995)
Online version:	View report [78 pages  File size: 2,870 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Review statues in the Parks and Wildlife Code and recommend changes to those that require burdensome regulations.
2.	Evaluate the deferred maintenance requirements within the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Examine the possibility of allowing political subdivisions or partnerships to operate parks that are not adequately maintained or scheduled for closure.
3.	Study the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's involvement in environmental impact studies and endangered species studies.
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:	Joint Environment, Interim
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	Interim Report to the 73rd Legislature / Joint Interim Committee on the Environment.
Subjects:	Agriculture, Texas Department of | Air Control Board, Texas | Air pollution | Air quality | Border environment | Border issues | Clean Air Act | Concentrated animal feeding operations | Emissions | Environmental protection | General Land Office, Texas | Motor vehicle emissions tests | Parks and Wildlife, Texas Department of | Railroad Commission of Texas | Soil and Water Conservation Board, Texas | State agencies | State agency performance measures | Surface water pollution | Wastewater management | Water Commission, Texas | Water Development Board, Texas | Water planning | Water quality management | Water supplies |
Library Call Number:	L1836.72 en89jr
Session:	72nd R.S. (1991)
Online version:	View report [98 pages  File size: 4,851 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Examine the use of funds appropriated for environmental purposes by SB 2, 72nd Legislature, 1st Called Session and HB 1, 72nd Legislature, 1st Called Session;
2.	Study and monitor the implementation of water and wastewater regulations, including administrative initiatives as well as statutory requirements.
3.	Study environmental issues specific to the Texas-Mexico border region and the potential impact of the proposed free trade agreement between the two nations.
4.	Study issues and identify policy considerations relating to non-point source agricultural water pollution.
5.	Verify the number and status of outputs and outcomes identified in HB 1, 72nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, and otherwise determine whether programs that are the focus of study are functioning as planned.
6.	Identify and review agencies' existing performance standards and determine whether the agencies have met, exceeded or failed to meet those standards;
7.	Verify the number of employees in each program that is the focus of study, and monitor and oversee documentation of all agency salary actions, including position reclassifications, merit salary increases and other salary increases resulting from legislative of agency-initiated action.
8.	Monitor implementation of sunset legislation.
9.	Identify specific goals the state must attain by the year 2000 and biennial goals that must be achieved until that time.
10.	The committee shall coordinate its activities with those of the Natural Resources and Consolidation Study established by SB 2, 72nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, and work in conjunction with that study in areas of common responsibility.
11.	The committee shall monitor and oversee legislation enacted during the 72nd Regular and special Called Sessions that was considered by the standing Senate Natural Resources and House Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Committees including legislative mandates; all performance audit review recommendations, adopted or not, and any agency-initiated changes.
Supporting documents
Committee:	Joint Environment, Interim
Title:	Interim report - Livestock and the Environment
Library Catalog Title:	Livestock and the environment: rethinking environmental policy, institutions & compliance strategies : interim report to the Joint Interim Committee on the Environment, 72nd Texas Legsilature.
Library Call Number:	L1836.72 en89jl
Session:	72nd R.S. (1991)
Online version:	View document [120 pages  File size: 7,224 kb]
Committee:	Joint Environment, Interim
Title:	Committee documentation: daily minutes record
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1803.9 EN89J 1992
Session:	72nd R.S. (1991)
Online version:	View document [1 pages  File size: 22 kb]
Committee:	House Environmental Affairs
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	Committee on Environmental Affairs, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 1992 : a report to the House of Representatives, 73rd Texas Legislature.
Subjects:	Air Control Board, Texas | Air pollution | Air quality | Clean Air Act | Commercial fishing | Emissions | Environmental protection | Fisheries | Fishing | Fishing licenses | Hazardous waste | Hunting | Hunting licenses | Natural Resource Conservation Commission, Texas | Natural resources conservation | Nonattainment areas | Parks and Wildlife, Texas Department of | Shrimping industry | Solid waste disposal |
Library Call Number:	L1836.72 en89
Session:	72nd R.S. (1991)
Online version:	View report [116 pages  File size: 5,463 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Monitor and review the Air Control Board's implementation of the newly adopted federal Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 and any related state air quality programs.
2.	Study the feasibility of a limited entry system for the shrimp fisheries of Texas.
3.	Study the Parks and Wildlife Department's authority and duties relating to the oversight and regulation of professional hunting and fishing guides and guide services.
4.	Study the use of taxes, product fees and or service fees to support environmental regulatory programs, natural resource conservation, property acquisitions, and capitol improvements.
5.	Study medical waste disposal (in coordination with the Committee on Public Health).
Supporting documents
Committee:	House Environmental Affairs
Title:	Texas Department of Natural Resources: information packet, April 1991, including bill summary, SB 35
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1801.9 EN89 72
Session:	72nd R.S. (1991)
Online version:	View document [48 pages]
Committee:	House State, Federal, and International Relations
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	Committee on State, Federal & International Relations, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 1992 : a report to the House of Representatives, 73rd Texas Legislature.
Subjects:	Border environment | Border health | Environment | Environmental protection | International trade | Manufacturing | Maquiladoras | North American Free Trade Agreement | Public health | Retail industry | Truck traffic |
Library Call Number:	L1836.72 st30
Session:	72nd R.S. (1991)
Online version:	View report [134 pages  File size: 6,144 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Study the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement on Texas, including issues relating to health and environment along the Texas-Mexico border, in cooperation with other appropriate committees.
Committee:	Joint Oil Spills and Water Pollution Abatement
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	Report of the Joint Committee on Oil Spills and Water Pollution Abatement, 71st Legislature : to the lieutenant governor, speaker of the House, members of the Senate, and members of the Texas House of Representatives, 72nd Legislature.
Subjects:	Environmental protection | Oil spills | Surface water pollution | Wastewater management | Water quality management |
Library Call Number:	L1836.71 oi5
Session:	71st R.S. (1989)
Online version:	View report [59 pages  File size: 2,751 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Make recommendations regarding means of effective state-government response to oil spills affecting or threatening the Texas costal region, including proposals, if any, for coordination with federal or local governments, the oil industry, or other elements of the private sector.
2.	Monitor the implementation of SB 1525, 71st Legislature, Regular Session, enabling delegation to the State of Texas of NPDES (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) authority.
3.	Monitor the implementation of HB 1567, 71st Legislature, Regular Session, authorizing local governments to establish stormwater drainage utilities funded by user fees on impervious cover.
4.	Study associated issues relating to wastewater discharges and nonpoint source pollution affecting sewer and drainage systems.
Supporting documents
Committee:	Joint Oil Spills and Water Pollution Abatement
Title:	Proclamation
Library Catalog Title:	Proclamation
Library Call Number:	L1800.1 p926
Session:	71st R.S. (1989)
Online version:	View document [1 pages  File size: 112 kb]
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 Environmental Affairs
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	To the speaker and members of the Texas House of Representatives, 67th Legislature : report of the Committee on Environmental Affairs.
Subjects:	Air quality | Clean Air Act | Environmental crimes | Environmental laws and regulations | Environmental permits | Environmental protection | Hazardous substances | Hazardous waste | Litter | Outdoor recreation | Radioactive waste | San Antonio Missions National Historical Park | Solid waste disposal | State parks |
Library Call Number:	L1836.66 en89
Session:	66th R.S. (1979)
Online version:	View report [369 pages  File size: 13,174 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Review methods for local and/or state governments to dispose of hazardous chemicals in an economical and environmentally sound manner.
2.	Determine the feasibility of the issuance of joint permits for air and water quality to industries through interagency coordination in order to reduce paperwork, quicken the process and avoid bureaucratic duplication.
3.	Study the environmental, public safety, and economic impact of litter along Texas highways, streets and roads and recommend a plan for reducing litter that emphasized public education and incentives for anti-litter programs.
4.	Determine the economic and environmental impact of nuclear waste storage and disposal in and on Texas, with attention to the licensure of disposal facilities, safety regulations and standards, and local citizen approval of site selection.
5.	Monitor the impact of the State Implementation Plan under the 1977 Federal Clean Air Act, and determine the need, if any, for revisions of standards.
6.	Project the recreational needs of Texas for the remainder of the twentieth century and forecast urban park needs.
7.	Provide an update on the progress of the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park. *
Committee:	House Environmental Affairs
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Report of the Committee on Environmental Affairs, Texas House of Representatives, 64th Legislature, to the speaker and members of the Texas House of Representatives, 65th Legislature
Subjects:	Air pollution control technology | Battleship Texas | Coal mining | Environmental protection | Industrial air pollution | Mining | Outdoor recreation | Parks | Recycling | Shrimping industry | Solid waste disposal | Uranium mines |
Library Call Number:	L1836.64 en89
Session:	64th R.S. (1975)
Online version:	View report [132 pages  File size: 3,791 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Investigate the cost of maintaining the Battleship Texas. Consider proposals to increase the money available for the Battleship Texas Commission by eliminating the net revenue ceiling or increasing the allowable bond interest rate. *
2.	Study the need for parks and recreation facilities in urban areas. Consider possible cooperative arrangements between the federal government, the state, and local governments. *
3.	Review the effects of the Texas Shrimp Conservation Act. *
4.	Study the possible consolidation of the State's environmental agencies. *
5.	Study the potential of recycling as a method to dispose of municipal and industrial solid waste. Evaluate the economic feasibility of resource recovery programs. Consider the development of a waste exchange system to facilitate the re-use of industrial wastes. *
6.	Study the impact of the Texas Surface Mining and Reclamation Act. *
7.	Study energy consumption requirements and air pollution control tradeoffs for a cast iron soil pipe foundry. *
Committee:	House Environmental Affairs Subcommittee on State Parks
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	The report of the Parks Subcommittee, House Committee on Environmental Affairs, Sixty-fourth Legislature.
Subjects:	Environmental education | Environmental protection | Land conservation | Outdoor recreation | Parks | State parks |
Library Call Number:	L1836.63 p229
Session:	63rd R.S. (1973)
Online version:	View report [28 pages  File size: 779 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Study the ways in which existing state agencies can improve their programs of maintaining the environment, both directly and by means of public information and education.
2.	Make an extensive study of the need for improving existing parks and establishing new parks in the southern, central, and eastern portions of the state and shall include in its study innovative park programs in other states and nations.
3.	Endeavor to ascertain ways in which the Texas Conservation Foundation can increase its acquisition of lands for park purposes and ways in which state agencies can work more closely with county historical survey committees in preserving the heritage of Texas.
4.	The Committee shall attempt to locate sites for a wilderness area in the state and for parks and camping areas adjacent to major cities in Texas.
5.	The Committee shall study pilot programs to use state parks as open air classrooms and specially trained rangers as guides to teach children ecological courses arranged through the Texas Education agency and to employ school-aged, elderly, disadvantaged, and unemployed persons in park maintenance, building programs, plant and wildlife surveys, bookkeeping, and other park-related duties.
Committee:	Senate Environmental Affairs, Interim
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Recommendations of the Committee. Texas. Legislature. Senate. Interim Committee on Environmental Affairs.
Subjects:	Environmental protection |
Library Call Number:	L1836.62 en89
Session:	62nd R.S. (1971)
Online version:	View report [119 pages  File size: 4,455 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	The committee shall particularly study the need for coordination of activities of various state agencies having responsibilities in the area of environmental quality or control, and shall keep informed of developments in federal law and policies. *
Supporting documents
Committee:	Senate Environmental Affairs, Interim
Title:	Transcript and Exhibits, February 15, 1972, including handwritten list of members and witnesses, Special Report: Declining Growth in Rural Areas, testimony and statements to committee
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.62 EN89M 2/15/72
Session:	62nd R.S. (1971)
Online version:	View document [193 pages  File size: 7,861 kb]
Committee:	Joint Beach Study
Title:	Interim Report - Pollution vs. The People
Library Catalog Title:	Pollution vs. the people : an analysis of the performance of Texas State agencies in protecting the environment, with an explanation of proposed legislation for an active role for concerned citizens; joint report of the Interim Committees on Pipeline Stud
Subjects:	Beaches | Coastal erosion | Coastal protection | Environmental protection | Texas Open Beaches Act |
Library Call Number:	L1836.61 p66
Session:	61st R.S. (1969)
Online version:	View report [101 pages  File size: 8,182 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Make a study of problems peculiar to the various coastal lands and waters of Texas.
2.	The report of the special committee shall cover the following subjects; (1) Clarification of the rights of ingress, egress, and enjoyment which are reserved to the public by the Open Beaches Act. (2) A statutory framework for development of state and local beach parks with facilities available to the public; (3) Increased safeguards for the protection of state-owned submerged lands, including a thorough investigation into the use now being made of submerged lands already sold or leased by the state; (4) Analysis of the success of the legislative recommendations passed by the 61st Legislature upon the recommendations of the Interim Beach Study Committee in 1969; and (5) Such other related matters as in the opinion of the interim committee should be included in such report so as to facilitate the development of Texas beaches as public recreational areas and to further their development for the benefit for the people of Texas.
Supporting documents
Committee:	Joint Beach Study
Title:	Transcript, February 10, 1970 (per p. 56 of transcript and Galveston Daily News, "Beach Study Unit Hears City Slam," February 11, 1970, pp. 1-A and 6-A)
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.61 B352M 1
Session:	61st R.S. (1969)
Online version:	View document [59 pages  File size: 25,823 kb]
Committee:	Joint Beach Study
Title:	Transcripts and Testimony, March 26 and May 18, 1970
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.61 B352M
Session:	61st R.S. (1969)
Online version:	View document [192 pages  File size: 91,383 kb]
Committee:	Joint Beach Study
Title:	Transcript, Joint Hearing of Interim Committees on Pipeline Study and Beach Study, June 3, 1970
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.61 P66M 6/3/1970
Session:	61st R.S. (1969)
Online version:	View document [98 pages  File size: 3,865 kb]
Committee:	Joint Land Use and Environmental Control
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Report of the Committee for the Study of Land Use and Environmental Control to the sixty-second legislature.
Subjects:	Environmental protection |
Library Call Number:	L1836.61 l229
Session:	61st R.S. (1969)
Online version:	View report [62 pages  File size: 3,587 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Investigate further the many and varied problems besetting the Texas environment.
Supporting documents
Committee:	Joint Land Use and Environmental Control
Title:	Minutes, Transcripts, Testimony, and Committee Documentation (Suggested legislation, summary of testimony), January 30, February 13, March 5, April 10, and April 24, 1970
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.61 L22M V. 1
Session:	61st R.S. (1969)
Online version:	View document [358 pages  File size: 618,500 kb]
Committee:	Joint Land Use and Environmental Control
Title:	Transcripts and Committee Documentation (Suggested legislation, recommendations, summary of testimony), June 4-5, July 17, and August 28, 1970
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.61 L229M V. 2
Session:	61st R.S. (1969)
Online version:	View document [326 pages  File size: 399,011 kb]
Committee:	Joint Land Use and Environmental Control
Title:	Transcripts, Testimony, and Committee Documentation (Recommendations from two-day public hearing in Austin, correspondence, summary of testimony), October 22-23, 1970
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.61 L229M V. 3
Session:	61st R.S. (1969)
Online version:	View document [247 pages  File size: 392,413 kb]
Committee:	Senate Pipeline
Title:	Interim Report - Pollution vs. The People
Library Catalog Title:	Pollution vs. the people : an analysis of the performance of Texas State agencies in protecting the environment, with an explanation of proposed legislation for an active role for concerned citizens; joint report of the Interim Committees on Pipeline Stud
Subjects:	Environmental protection | Oil pipelines | Oil spills | Pipeline safety |
Library Call Number:	L1836.61 p66
Session:	61st R.S. (1969)
Online version:	View report [101 pages  File size: 8,182 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Conduct a thorough study and investigation of the practice of laying oil and gas pipelines along and across the islands, saltwater lakes, bays, inlets, marshes, and reefs owned by the State of Texas, and across that portion of the Gulf of Mexico within the jurisdiction of this State, and along and across the freshwater rivers, streams, and lakes of this State, and the effects of these pipelines on navigation and on the health and safety of the people of Texas. The committee shall particularly study the need for regulating these pipelines as to the marking of their locations, the establishment of corridors for laying the lines, the laying of the lines below the surface of the bed or bottom, the specifications for the pipe, and all other features which might be deemed necessary in order to protect the public health and safety and to promote safe navigation.
Supporting documents
Committee:	Senate Pipeline
Title:	Staff report on Land Office pipeline regulations
Library Catalog Title:	Staff report on Land Office pipeline regulations / Texas Senate Pipeline Study Committee.
Library Call Number:	L1836.61 p66L
Session:	61st R.S. (1969)
Online version:	View document [62 pages  File size: 2,430 kb]
Committee:	Senate Pipeline
Title:	Transcript, Joint Hearing of Interim Committees on Pipeline Study and Beach Study, June 3, 1970
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.61 P66M 6/3/1970
Session:	61st R.S. (1969)
Online version:	View document [98 pages  File size: 3,865 kb]
Committee:	Senate Parks and Recreation
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	This land is our land: a report on Texas' natural environment; a report to the 61st legislative session.
Subjects:	Environmental protection | Land conservation | Outdoor recreation | State parks |
Library Call Number:	L1836.60 p235
Session:	60th R.S. (1967)
Online version:	View report [51 pages  File size: 8,448 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Study the problem of locating and securing more land which could be set aside for parks and recreational purposes, the better utilization of existing parks and the development of existing parks to accommodate more visitors.
Committee:	Joint Bays of Texas
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Interim report / of the Committee for the Study of the Bays of Texas to the Fifty-ninth Legislature.
Subjects:	Coastal protection | Environmental protection |
Library Call Number:	L1836.58 B345
Session:	58th R.S. (1963)
Online version:	View report [97 pages  File size: 7,739 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Conduct and make an investigation and study of all matters pertaining to the development and use of bays of the State of Texas, and the inlets and tributaries thereto, for hunting, fishing, boating and recreational purposes, the mining and producing of mudshell, clam shell, sand, clay and marl from such bays, inlets and tributaries thereto, and the transportation by pipeline of oil, gas and other minerals across such bays and inlets and tributaries thereto; and all matters pertaining to the pollution and contamination of such bays, inlets and tributaries.
Supporting documents
Committee:	Joint Bays of Texas
Title:	Testimony and Correspondence of the Bay Study Committee: Testimony, W.A. Quebedeaux, Jr., Harris County Health Department, A statement to the Legislative Bay Study Committee, April 25, 1964, including general comments for hearing of Texas Water Pollution Control Board, July 16, 1963; Testimony, W.A. Quebedeaux, before Bay Study Committee, July 25, 1964, including partial transcript; Correspondence, W.A. Quebedeaux to the Texas Water Pollution Control Board, May 21, 1965
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.58 B345T
Session:	58th R.S. (1963)
Online version:	View document [40 pages  File size: 61,163 kb]
Committee:	Joint Bays of Texas
Title:	Minutes, Transcripts, and Testimony of the Bay Study Committee, Volume 1, March 24, April 10-11, and April 24-25, 1964; Testimony, W.A. Quebedeaux, Jr., Harris County Health Department, A statement to the Legislative Bay Study Committee with exhibits (proposed legislative measures, documentation from Texas Water Pollution Control Board and Harris County Air and Water Pollution Control, research papers and reports)
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.58 B345M V. 1
Session:	58th R.S. (1963)
Online version:	View document [659 pages  File size: 312,914 kb]
Committee:	Joint Bays of Texas
Title:	Minutes and Transcripts of the Bay Study Committee, Volume 2, July 23-25, September 10-11, and October 15, 1964
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.58 B345M V. 2
Session:	58th R.S. (1963)
Online version:	View document [223 pages  File size: 195,594 kb]
Committee:	Joint Bays of Texas
Title:	Minutes and Transcripts of the Bay Study Committee, Volume 3, October 23-24 and December 10-12, 1964
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.58 B345M V. 3
Session:	58th R.S. (1963)
Online version:	View document [386 pages  File size: 320,175 kb]
Committee:	Joint Bay Development and Use
Title:	Report
Library Catalog Title:	Report of Committee to Study Bays and Inlets to Bays of State
Subjects:	Coastal protection | Environmental protection |
Library Call Number:	S.J. of Tex., 58th Leg., R.S. 28 (1963)
Session:	57th R.S. (1961)
Online version:	View report [4 pages  File size: 187 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Conduct and make and investigation and study of all matters of or pertaining to the development and use of bays of the State of Texas, and the inlets and tributaries thereto, for hunting, fishing and boating and recreational purposes, the mining and producing of mudshell, clam shell, sand, clay and marl from such bays, inlets and tributaries thereto and the transportation by pipeline of oil, gas and other minerals across such bays and the inlets and tributaries thereto.
Committee:	House Game and Fish
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	A condensation of the reports of surveys
Subjects:	Birds | Environmental protection | Fisheries | Hunting | Oysters | Possum Kingdom Lake | Shrimping industry | Solid waste disposal | Surface water pollution | Wastewater management |
Library Call Number:	L1836.55 G145
Session:	55th R.S. (1957)
Online version:	View report [27 pages  File size: 1,655 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Study and make inquiries into matters pertaining to fish and wildlife research, management, development, and protection.

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

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