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• Endocrine-disrupting chemicals affect the body's natural hormones, and while this can be harmful at all
• are being allocated into parts resources are being allocated into parts of<01:00:56.039> the<
• are being deployed uh these resources are being deployed uh these changes<01:02:41.160> will<
• <01:03:59.920> that<01:04:00.000> were engage with resources that were engage with
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Bills: HF44, HF2102, HF2279, HF2280, HF2281

Keywords: HF44, Casey Jones State Trail, Pipestone Trailhead, Currie Loop, Minnesota bonding bill, capital investment, state bonds, bond proceeds fund, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, trail rehabilitation, trail reconstruction, recreational trail, bike trail, hiking trail, infrastructure, state trail, Pipestone, Currie, bonding authorization

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• Under abandonment, my definition is that it would be part of other code.
• You know, we don't have enough resources to tackle this issue effectively.

Bills: SB64, HB249

Keywords: SB64, Alabama, state waters, public waters, aquatic plants, aquatic vegetation, lake management, waterway maintenance, environmental regulation, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, DCNR, commercial contractors, vegetation removal, mowing aquatic plants, uprooting plants, Class C misdemeanor, fine, water quality, invasive species, lakes

Bills: HB 16, HB 1618, HB 2692, HB 2712, HB 2970, HB 3609, HB 3628

Keywords: water infrastructure, Texas Water Development Board, financial assistance, water supply projects, rural municipalities, water access assessment, aquifer storage, Edwards Aquifer, water injection, environmental regulations, groundwater management, San Antonio River, pollution control, flood management, water quality, conservation district, bonds, utility rates, ratemaking, water services

Bills: HB 16, HB 1618, HB 2692, HB 2712, HB 2970, HB 3609, HB 3628

Keywords: water infrastructure, Texas Water Development Board, financial assistance, water supply projects, rural municipalities, water access assessment, aquifer storage, Edwards Aquifer, water injection, environmental regulations, groundwater management, San Antonio River, pollution control, flood management, water quality, conservation district, bonds, utility rates, ratemaking, water services

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• gas and liquefied natural gas fueling facilities.
• Do you have a resource if you need them? Okay, I don't think we have any questions.
• Right now, members, we have two resource witnesses: Mr.
• Any questions of the resource witnesses? None. Okay. There's none.
• As I said, we have a resource witness. Do we have any cards? No?

Bills: SB868, SB1337, SB1371, SB1377, SB1426, SB1620, SB2064, SB2065, SJR4, SJR 4

Keywords: SB 868, rural volunteer fire department assistance program, volunteer fire department assistance fund, Texas Government Code, wildfire, wildland fire, high-risk wildfire area, fire suppression, rural fire departments, volunteer firefighters, emergency response, public safety, grant allocation, appropriations, disaster preparedness, tax penalties, interest calculation, overpayment, tax law, refund process

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• Uh, I serve as the chief engineer for Texdot here as a resource witness. I'm on the bill.
• Members, uh, House Bill 4868 just amends, uh, Chapter 551 of the Transportation code to update.
• In the Parks and Wildlife Code, the language was adjusted to allow Class 1 e-bikes on natural surface
• For example, the port's enabling statute does not align with the Texas election code or the water code
• natural gas.

Bills: HB 535, HB 2120, HB 2822, HB 3243, HB 3457, HB 3544, HB 4089, HB 4192, HB 4669, HB 4868, HB 4955, HB 5253, HB 5669, SB 1371, SB 1919, SB 2001

Keywords: motor vehicle, pedestrian, bicycle, traffic safety, municipality, criminal offense, pedestrian safety, traffic regulations, municipal law, bicycle regulations, motor vehicle passing, traffic law, municipalities, bicycle operation, traffic laws, municipal regulations, port commission, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, San Patricio County

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• It also protects natural trails by giving TPWD clear authority.
• For example, the port does not align with the Texas election code or the water code provisions applicable
• The movement of natural gas is crucial to liquefy it.
• of natural gas.
• The committee needs to resource for the House floor session.

Bills: HB535, HB2120, HB2822, HB3243, HB3457, HB3544, HB4089, HB4192, HB4669, HB4868, HB4955, HB5253, HB5669, SB1371, SB1919, SB2001

Keywords: motor vehicle, pedestrian, bicycle, traffic safety, municipality, criminal offense, pedestrian safety, traffic regulations, municipal law, bicycle regulations, motor vehicle passing, traffic law, municipalities, bicycle operation, traffic laws, municipal regulations, port commission, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, San Patricio County

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• Chair Holt's bill cleans it up, and it's a really good opportunity to go back into the insurance code
• This bill moves the life. and health anti-rebating statutes into a new chapter in the insurance code,
• Human Resources? Yeah, Human Resources.
• It is because the Department of Insurance interpreted that provision of code to prevent implementing
• You're sort of going back and just trying to clean up the old outdated insurance code again here.

Bills: HB139, HB1818, HB1942, HB1959, HB2221, HB2254, HB2563, HB2067, HB2275, HB3211, HB139

Keywords: HB 1818, Texas Insurance Code, Texas Department of Insurance, commissioner of insurance, health maintenance organization, HMO, insurer, utilization review, preauthorization, prior authorization, medical necessity review, health care services, medical care, insurance regulation, insurance examination, regulatory oversight, confidential records, public information exception, Chapter 843, Chapter 1301

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• It's because they're too saturated in the zip code.
• Therefore, we're just not writing in your zip code or something."
• Other than that, I'm happy to serve as a resource. Questions?
• code?
• Again, apartment complexes or smaller apartment complexes or things of that nature.

Bills: HB139, HB1818, HB1942, HB1959, HB2221, HB2254, HB2563, HB2067, HB2275, HB3211, HB139

Keywords: HB 1818, Texas Insurance Code, Texas Department of Insurance, commissioner of insurance, health maintenance organization, HMO, insurer, utilization review, preauthorization, prior authorization, medical necessity review, health care services, medical care, insurance regulation, insurance examination, regulatory oversight, confidential records, public information exception, Chapter 843, Chapter 1301

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• SB 3053, HD1, relating to natural resources. Recommendation to move as is. Questions or comments?
• Department of Land and Natural Resources in support. Present.
• Department of Natural Resources in support.
• Moving on to SB 2101 SD1 HD1 relating to organic waste, Department of Land and Natural Resources with
• Additional testimony and opposition from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

Bills: HCR93, HCR14, HR85

Keywords: image-based sexual abuse, working group, gender-based violence, Hawaii Commission on the Status of Women, prevention efforts, survivor protections, new technologies, legal reform, HCR14, House Concurrent Resolution, perpetual easement, non-exclusive easement, state submerged lands, submerged lands, shoreline easement, drainage outfall, stormwater outfall, lagoon outfall, pipelines, Kahala Hotel & Resort

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• Members, any questions for the resource or the public? Thank you for being here.
• So I'm not sure where this bill is going, but we do have those resources.
• I would just say it like this: obviously, we are natural people that do natural results, and things get
• I also have resource witnesses, Carlos Rubenstein and Walt Smith.
• We do have the Texas Water Development Board as a... resource witness.

Bills: SB1169, SB1285, SB1583, SB1611, SB1898, SB1976, SB2160, SB2161, SB2658, SB2661, SB2662, SB2692, SB1055, SB1359, SB2660

Keywords: water service, sewer service, public utility, joint operation, infrastructure, municipality, compliance, SB 1285, bats, bat protection, wildlife protection, Texas Parks and Wildlife Code, Parks and Wildlife Code Section 63.101, hunting bats, bat possession, bat sales, bat trade, pest control, licensed pest control professional, animal control officer

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• are producing water, you are complying with your mandatory duty under Chapter 13 of the Texas Water Code
• In the code, they don't have production. So you said they have the same advantages.
• Persistent drought in recent years has put increasing pressure on our state's groundwater resources.
• We want to protect our resources just as much as anyone else.
• So, of course, we want to protect and use our DCP to safeguard that resource.

Bills: SB1169, SB1285, SB1583, SB1611, SB1898, SB1976, SB2160, SB2161, SB2658, SB2661, SB2662, SB2692, SB1055, SB1359, SB2660

Keywords: water service, sewer service, public utility, joint operation, infrastructure, municipality, compliance, SB 1285, bats, bat protection, wildlife protection, Texas Parks and Wildlife Code, Parks and Wildlife Code Section 63.101, hunting bats, bat possession, bat sales, bat trade, pest control, licensed pest control professional, animal control officer

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• are producing water, you are complying with your mandatory duty under Chapter 13 of the Texas Water Code
• And to your, you said, Hayes Trinity doesn't have access to the other 99% that are in the code.
• We want to protect our resources just as much as anyone else.
• So of course we want to protect our DCP or use our DCP and protect that resource.
• And the untenable task of managing a finite resource. And the feinity of it, the the the.

Bills: SB 1169, SB 1285, SB 1583, SB 1611, SB 1898, SB 1976, SB 2160, SB 2161, SB 2658, SB 2661, SB 2662, SB 2692, SB 1055, SB 1359, SB 2660

Keywords: water service, sewer service, public utility, joint operation, infrastructure, municipality, compliance, SB 1285, bats, bat protection, wildlife protection, Texas Parks and Wildlife Code, Parks and Wildlife Code Section 63.101, hunting bats, bat possession, bat sales, bat trade, pest control, licensed pest control professional, animal control officer

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• Yes, they have, but we're trying to keep it totally out of the code.
• So, the original bill just was taking Eric out of the code.
• It defines section 10A-1-1.03 of the Code of Alabama 1975.
• Trade secret as defined in section 872 of the Code of Alabama 1975.
• Any person or entity regulated by section 861 of the Code of Alabama 1975.

Bills: HB 14, HJR 31, HB 43, HB 18, HB 106, HB 36, HB 26, HB 149, HB 121, HB 206, HB 136, HB 3114, HB 2733, HB 1732, HB 3700, HB 467, HB 1130, HB 1846, HB 1442, HB 1147, HB 2176, HB 2701, HB 805, HB 2890, HB 1154, HB 1644, HB 2118, HB 1718, HB 2488, HB 2596, HB 1971, HB 2468, HB 484, HB 2578, HB 3204, HB 1041, HB 307, HB 685, HB 1710, HB 538, HB 2525, HB 3125, HB 2027, HB 2894, HB 3077, HB 3684, HJR 99, HB 1399, HJR 5, HB 1330, HB 2110, HJR 2, HJR 6, HB 1587, HB 14, HJR 31, HB 43, HB 18, HB 106, HB 36, HB 26, HB 149, HB 121, HB 206, HB 136, HB 3114, HB 2733, HB 1732, HB 3700, HB 467, HB 1130, HB 1846, HB 1442, HB 1147, HB 2176, HB 2701, HB 805, HB 2890, HB 1154, HB 1644, HB 2118, HB 1718, HB 2488, HB 2596, HB 1971, HB 2468, HB 484, HB 2578, HB 3204, HB 1041, HB 307, HB 685, HB 1710, HB 538, HB 2525, HB 3125, HB 2027, HB 2894, HB 3077, HB 3684

Keywords: nuclear energy, advanced reactors, energy security, grant programs, Texas Advanced Nuclear Energy Office, farm products, tax exemption, ad valorem taxation, agriculture, Texas Constitution, livestock, producer, finance, young farmers, financial assistance, pest control, rural health, hospital funding, healthcare access, mental health services

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• Speaker, I move to suspend the five-day posting rule to permit the Committee on Natural Resources to
• For the Committee on Natural Resources.
• for the Committee on Natural Resources SB 1646 by King relating to the criminal conduct involving the
• Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, SB 1663 by Zaffirini.
• Committee's annual report for the Committee on Natural Resources, SB 2143 by Perry, relating to the authority

Bills: HB14, HJR31, HB43, HB18, HB 106, HB36, HB26, HB149, HB 121, HB206, HB136, HB3114, HB2733, HB1732, HB3700, HB467, HB 1130, HB1846, HB1442, HB 1147, HB2176, HB2701, HB805, HB2890, HB 1154, HB1644, HB2118, HB1718, HB2488, HB2596, HB1971, HB2468, HB484, HB2578, HB3204, HB 1041, HB307, HB685, HB1710, HB538, HB2525, HB3125, HB2027, HB2894, HB3077, HB3684, HJR99, HB1399, HJR5, HB1330, HB2110, HJR2, HJR6, HB1587, HB14, HJR31, HB43, HB18, HB 106, HB36, HB26, HB149, HB 121, HB206, HB136, HB3114, HB2733, HB1732, HB3700, HB467, HB 1130, HB1846, HB1442, HB 1147, HB2176, HB2701, HB805, HB2890, HB 1154, HB1644, HB2118, HB1718, HB2488, HB2596, HB1971, HB2468, HB484, HB2578, HB3204, HB 1041, HB307, HB685, HB1710, HB538, HB2525, HB3125, HB2027, HB2894, HB3077, HB3684

Keywords: nuclear energy, advanced reactors, energy security, grant programs, Texas Advanced Nuclear Energy Office, farm products, tax exemption, ad valorem taxation, agriculture, Texas Constitution, livestock, producer, finance, young farmers, financial assistance, pest control, rural health, hospital funding, healthcare access, mental health services

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• Requiring more modern building codes is essential, as more modern building codes make a reference to
• resources from the increasing threat of flooding.
• Resources Committee in the regular session.
• And human nature is what it is.
• I think that this code could be amended very easily where it then shifts over to that natural disaster

Bills: HB48, HB 66, HB 68, HB71, HB75, HB164, HB171, HB254, SB 3, SB 18, HB123, HB149, HB117

Keywords: HB 48, Texas alert notification systems, emergency alerts, public warning systems, alert fatigue, notification fatigue, Texas Division of Emergency Management, Department of Public Safety, DPS alerts, emergency management, State of Texas Emergency Assistance Registry, STEAR, disaster notifications, weather alerts, Amber Alert, Silver Alert, Blue Alert, missing persons alerts, accessible alerts, hearing impaired

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• today that you're still willing to work to close those loopholes on a sickness or something of that nature
• recognized cybersecurity frameworks, encouraging responsible governance, and protecting taxpayer resources
• Encouraging responsible governance and protecting taxpayer resources. Move for adoption.

Bills: HB3091, HB3314, HB3435, HB3748, HB3913, HB3919, HB4132, HB4203, HB4303

Keywords: county officials, residency requirement, dereliction of duty, removal process, government accountability, marijuana tax, public service impact tax, county funding, voter approval, local government, municipal bonds, ballot proposals, voting process, fund allocation, county government, administration, local resources, public institutions, construction, maintenance

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• My resource witness says yes, just for the record. Thank you. Members, other questions?
• Which is not on the bill, aligns with our natural God-given light cycle.
• It decreases the darkness in the morning, increasing exposure to the sunlight, and helps to naturally
• We can see in nature that that solar energy is a possibility. That's how the world works.
• You know, in, in my role as natural resources chair, one of the things that I learned just a couple of

Bills: HB 14, HB 106, HB 146, HB 267, HB 274, HB 1127, HB 1359, HB 1393, HB 1584, HB 1640, HB 1710, HB 2152, HCR 101, HJR 8, HR 51

Keywords: nuclear energy, advanced reactors, energy security, grant programs, Texas Advanced Nuclear Energy Office, HB 106, oil and gas, Railroad Commission of Texas, overhead electrical lines, electrical distribution system, power line maintenance, administrative penalty, Natural Resources Code, oil and gas lease, well operator, energy safety, utility infrastructure, regulatory compliance, cleanup fund, oil and gas regulation and cleanup fund

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• Penal Code 4324, 1973. So this is serious to change the penal code. in my view.
• As the model penal code. code was adopted across the country, courts were wrestling with the definitions
• passed in 1970. 1973 with Texas' adoption of the model penal code.
• And let's start by repealing these defenses and cleaning up this code. Thank you.
• Seeing none, oh somebody got a question for the resource witness. Mr..

Bills: HB14, HB 106, HB146, HB267, HB274, HB 1127, HB1359, HB1393, HB1584, HB1640, HB1710, HB2152, HCR101, HJR8, HR51

Keywords: nuclear energy, advanced reactors, energy security, grant programs, Texas Advanced Nuclear Energy Office, HB 106, oil and gas, Railroad Commission of Texas, overhead electrical lines, electrical distribution system, power line maintenance, administrative penalty, Natural Resources Code, oil and gas lease, well operator, energy safety, utility infrastructure, regulatory compliance, cleanup fund, oil and gas regulation and cleanup fund

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• Signs, placards, or other objects of similar nature are prohibited.
• They need and they deserve better care and better resources than that.
• Sure. 287G references the federal code and And it is basically an agreement with ICE, with the Immigration
• You notify ICE, and then ICE sends Immigration and Naturalization, Border Patrol, or someone to pick
• Beyond the 10% cost savings requirement set forth in the Texas Government Code, MTC has saved taxpayers

Bills: HB153, HB1410, HB1461, HB1760, HB1762, HB3261, HB3773, HB153

Keywords: education, funding, student resources, technology access, equal opportunity, veterans treatment court, mental health, criminal justice, rehabilitation, eligibility criteria, veterans, treatment court, military service, legislation, private prisons, inmate confinement, criminal justice reform, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, government contracts, inmate housing