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• The Rio Puerco, which actually had water in it once a couple of months ago.
• Swim instructor made us jump in head first and get used to the water. Welcome, Bernalillo County.
• ... ...that would be under our criminal code, the federal criminal code, and specifically filing the
• Madam Chair, Representative, they probably have to follow the law of Texas.
• So if they're having to follow the law of Texas, and Texas is in the United States, and they probably

Bills: HB111, HB103, HB109, HB128, HJM2, HJM3, HM7, HM17, HM4, HM22, HM23, HM24, HM26, HM2, HM16, HM11, HM14, HM21, HM34, HM50, HB49, HB60, HB108, HB120, HB124, HB145, HB154, HB158, HB164, HB180, HB291, HJR6, HJR7, HR1, HJM1, HM13, HM47

Keywords: water law, state engineer, civil penalty, compliance order, water rights, overdiversion, illegal diversion, groundwater storage and recovery, well license, permit violation, water enforcement, New Mexico water code, irrigation district, conservancy district, water diversion, unauthorized water sales, measuring device, district court appeal, water resources, water compliance

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• sponsor of House Bill 436 just removed the date for when a corporation would be able to organize a rural water
• This is removing so that those can qualify for grants that are more available for those rural water districts
• Some of those are just establishing a clear, distinct distinction between produced water and recycled
• water.

Bills: SR28, SB201, SB1379, SB1525, SB1966, SB2112, SB2170, HB2749, HB3262, HB3265, HB3673, HB3781, HB3040, HB3076, HB3369, HB3982, HB3462, HB3465, HB3521, HB3796, HB3800, HB4095, HB4298, HB4316, HB4338, HB4408, HB4454

Keywords: minimum salary, education funding, teacher compensation, Oklahoma education, salary schedule, human trafficking, victims, prevention, support services, Attorney General, pilot program, grant funding, SB1525, tourism, recreation, conference, Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department, Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Commission, special agency account, private partnerships

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• Texas.
• Thank you for your service to Texas.
• Senator Miles: ...state of Texas.
• The Texas chapter of APWA consists of over 2,100 members across the state of Texas with nine branches
• For those that have seen my water plant I know I've talked about water and those that haven't there are

Bills: SJR36, SB2, SR9, SR10, SR16

Keywords: American Public Works Association, public works, infrastructure, Texas, recognition day, local government, municipalities, APWA, Texas Chapter, community development, engineering, professional recognition, community impact, Texas Society of Professional Engineers, Lubbock leadership, recognition, professional achievement, Alpha Kappa Alpha, sorority, social service

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• Today, we're going to talk about a very serious topic that is facing Texas.
• Today we're going to talk about a very serious topic that is facing Texas.
• And so, I just want to implore Texas...
• This campaign with the Texas Trucking Association is another example of Texas leading, you know, with
• And we've got the Texas Packaging Association here.

Bills: SJR36, SB2, SR9, SR10, SR16

Keywords: American Public Works Association, public works, infrastructure, Texas, recognition day, local government, municipalities, APWA, Texas Chapter, community development, engineering, professional recognition, community impact, Texas Society of Professional Engineers, Lubbock leadership, recognition, professional achievement, Alpha Kappa Alpha, sorority, social service

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• There have been many issues from water.
• So that's why I have these concerns, being a water bill customer. concerns being a water bill customer
• As far as the water treatment facilities, $178 million has been spent on the water ...$178 million has
• The water quality is great.
• issues and concerns, not having proper drinking water, and if water, and if 91% of the customers are

Bills: SB330

Keywords: water management, regional boards, municipal governance, ethics compliance, public utility, 1136, house, all

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• We bought the waterworks from Alabama Water, not Alabama American Water in... ...Water, not Alabama American
• did not want politics in the water.
• man took, because much of that land ran between bodies of water. owned ran between bodies of water.
• Birmingham and we had two water systems.
• We had the public water system and we had the industrial water system.

Bills: SB330

Keywords: water management, regional boards, municipal governance, ethics compliance, public utility, 923, senate, all

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• brine, which some people call many different things, whether that's brine or wastewater, produced water
• House Bill 4316 modernizes outdated language related to rural water districts. Move for adoption.
• House Bill 2440 is a request from the Oklahoma Water Resources Board.
• They currently hire engineers and consultants for many projects and for the statewide water comprehensive

Bills: HB4338, HB3977, HB2100, HB2975, HB3056, HB3406, HB3720, HB4316, HB3405, HB1907, HB3142, HB3173, HB3270, HB3728, HB2440, HB2596, HB3466, HB3469, HB4338, HB3977, HB2100, HB2975, HB3056, HB3406, HB3720, HB4316, HB3405, HB1907, HB3142, HB3173, HB3270, HB3728, HB2440, HB2596, HB3466, HB3469

Keywords: HB4338, Oklahoma Brine Development Act, brine unitization, produced water, produced water unit, oil and gas wastewater, produced water recycling, reclaimed water, constituent elements, brine rights, solution gas, Corporation Commission, unitization, royalty interests, surface owner, oil and gas produced water, recycling and reuse, wastewater disposal, mineral extraction, lithium extraction

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• Water. That's what we're going to talk about. First one is water.
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• , including the water tower, water manes,<01:31:18.480> water<01:31:18.800> treatment<01
• water replacement.
• projects the water tower um and water projects the water tower um and water treatment<01:35:45.440

Bills: HF604, HF1972, HF578, HF1951, HF629, HF864, HF874, HF1155, HF884, HF2365, HF643, HF234, HF2655, HF2637, HF2535, HF2530, HF2344, HF584, HF524

Keywords: airport funding, bonds, transportation, capital investment, Karlstad, community center, Breckenridge, state bonds, economic development, HF578, Faribault, River Bend Nature Center, bonding bill, bond proceeds fund, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, DNR grant, nature center, visitor center, environmental education, multicultural center

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• Texas in 2025.
• Texas is at a crossroads.
• Among the specific acts or omissions listed in Texas Family Code 261.001, the existing... example of
• Texas teachers are clever.
• Texas Constitution Section 7.

Bills: HB4, HB54, SB 10, SB 24, HB4, HB54, HB775, HB850, HB 1122, HB 1249, HB1405, HB2336, HB2757, HB3372, HB3622, HB4442, HB4687, HB4893, HB5089, HB5515, HB5606, SB10, SB24, HB1573, HB3369

Keywords: district composition, congressional election, Texas, legislature, voting districts, citizenship, U.S. citizen, non-citizen, public office, advisory board, task force, state government, local government, political subdivision, commission board, appointment eligibility, officeholder qualifications, public service, naturalization, Texas Government Code

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• I've learned more about the Texas Education Code than I have in the past three decades, and frankly,
• I respectfully ask you to amend the Texas Education Code to make it crystal clear that if detachment
• Education Code.
• Texas is protected by local choice.
• I think it could be resolved by just striking the resolution process side in the Texas Education Code

Bills: HB4, HB54, HB775, HB850, HB 1122, HB 1249, HB1405, HB2336, HB2757, HB3372, HB3622, HB4442, HB4687, HB4893, HB5089, HB5515, HB5606, SB10, SB24, HB1573, HB3369, HB4, HB54, SB 10, SB 24

Keywords: non-human behaviors, education, Texas schools, policy, regulation, funding, teacher salaries, school districts, state budget, non-enrolled students, University Interscholastic League, participation, eligibility standards, school participation, academic standards, Texas education, interscholastic league, extracurricular activities, academic proficiency, AED

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• On page 12, Senate Bill Number 64 by Senators Livingston and Kitchens regarding state waters.
• We saw the news, my We saw the news, and my wife Rebecca and I went up and brought some water for the
• and have developed weed cutting. and have developed weed cutting devices, yet they leave it in the water
• This would require them to harvest it and take it out of the water. It's a pretty simple bill.
• I know last time I was out there, they were constructing the water tower.

Bills: SJR 1, SB 9, SB 40, SJR 36, SJR 1, SJR 5, SB 9, SB 40, SR 61, SR 91, SR 97, SR 103, SR 104, SR 112, SR 115, SR 116, SCR 16, SB 26, SB 26

Keywords: bail denial, illegal aliens, felony offenses, constitutional amendment, law enforcement, bail reform, defendants, pretrial detention, public safety, criminal justice, charitable bail organizations, bail bonds, public funds, political subdivision, injunctive relief, taxpayer rights, bail, criminal justice reform, Texas Music Advocacy Day, music industry

Bills: SB 8, HB7, HB15, HB 265, HCR 13, SB 8, HB 7, HB 15, HB 265, HCR 13

Keywords: sex designation, restroom access, civil penalties, private civil right of action, women's privacy, abortion, healthcare, jurisdiction, civil action, qui tam, prohibition, state law, youth camp, safety regulations, advisory committee, child welfare, health standards, summer camp, camp safety, child abuse reporting

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• Bad for Texas.
• They say, Texas, Texas.
• To name just a few: Texas Right to Life, the Texas Conference of Catholic...
• Texas law.
• that are killing Texas babies in violation of Texas law.

Bills: SB 8, HB7, HB15, HB 265, HCR 13, SB 8, HB 7, HB 15, HB 265, HCR 13

Keywords: sex designation, restroom access, civil penalties, private civil right of action, women's privacy, abortion, healthcare, jurisdiction, civil action, qui tam, prohibition, state law, youth camp, safety regulations, advisory committee, child welfare, health standards, summer camp, camp safety, child abuse reporting

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• And it's watering down our public records aspect of what we do here in the state. But why?
• , which is why it got moved out of criminal justice and recommitted here, because we went from the Code
• So that’s why we moved it from the Code of Criminal Procedure initially, the way the bill was filed,
• It provides relative to the Uniform Construction Code and Inspector Licensing.
• HB 1186 brings consistency, accountability, and efficiency to Louisiana's building code system while

Bills: HR9, HB709, HB1011, HB1057, HB1186, HB1245, HB1247, SB49, SB425, SB479

Keywords: human rights, individual liberties, Magna Carta, constitutionalism, free speech, Uniform Construction Code, building code, construction code, inspector licensing, building inspectors, plans examiners, public inspector, private inspector, private inspector company, building official, code enforcement, Louisiana Uniform Construction Code Commission, state fire marshal, International Building Code, International Residential Code

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• Texas let this go for so long.
• Texas will not tolerate abuse.
• And so when Texas or the great country of Texas became a state.
• counties in Texas.
• Number 54 is a part of the Texas government code that is a high of tailor-made statutes for each particular

Bills: HB36, HB75, HB76, HB166, HB799, HB 1135, HJR15, HJR16, HB36, HB75, HB76, HB166, HJR15, HJR16

Keywords: family violence, global positioning monitoring system, victim resources, electronic monitoring, protective orders, magistrate, criminal procedure, probable cause, written findings, law enforcement, bail bonds, bail fund, charitable bail fund, nonprofit bail organization, public funds, local government spending, political subdivision, county, city, taxpayer lawsuit

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• in our water.
• water.
• . water.
• and waste water projects.
• of our water sources, be they surface water or groundwater.

Keywords: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, water infrastructure, lead service lines, federal reauthorization, sustainability, cybersecurity

Summary: The meeting primarily focused on discussions surrounding the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and its implications for local water systems. Various witnesses highlighted the transformative impact of the bipartisan infrastructure law, which has provided an unprecedented amount of funding to help address long-standing issues in drinking water infrastructure, particularly concerning lead service line replacements and sustainability in water management. The discussions emphasized the urgent need for federal reauthorization to continue supporting these initiatives, as many rural and disadvantaged communities still face substantial barriers in upgrading their water systems. Additionally, cybersecurity risks were noted, raising concerns over the vulnerability of water systems across the nation.

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• Protecting the citizens of the state of Texas. Thank you. Thank you members.
• Texas. Lubbock County and the Sheriff's Association of Texas.
• Texas, we would sure appreciate y'all's consideration on this and pushing it forward.
• My most small ESD, West Texas. Lowest taxing entities.
• That's not a part of the Texas Municipal League. We are not part of it.

Bills: HB467, HB318, HB503, HB198, HB318, HB198

Keywords: hospital district, Cedar Creek, scholarship, dissolution, county judges, healthcare funding, grant program, rural counties, law enforcement, sheriff's departments, funding, public safety, deputy shortages, sheriff, prosecutor, salary assistance, HB 198, Wade Cannon Act, firefighter cancer screening, occupational cancer screening

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• Not sure if y'all know a lot about it, but it was a nuisance to the state of Texas.
• They were bypassing a lot of the laws that the state of Texas put in place.
• The state of Texas allows the officers to give it to their discretion.
• just think, oh, people just got to get to to work and they have to live their lives and the state of Texas
• I know HCR59 designates Slayton as the official banana pudding capital of Texas for a 10-year period

Bills: HCR 10, HCR 9

Keywords: balanced budget amendment, federal budget, deficit reduction, deficit spending, fiscal restraint, constitutional amendment, U.S. Constitution, Congress, PAYGO, Gramm-Rudman-Hollings, national debt, budget deficit, taxpayer dollars, balanced budget resolution, memorial resolution, Texas Legislature, federal spending, budget reform, fiscal conservatism, HCR 9

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• sell heat pumps and solar water heaters. sell heat pumps and solar water heaters.
• Chair: "No, water heating." Member: "Water heating. Right.
• >> No water heating. >> Water<02:31:13.840> heating. >> Water heating.
• >> Water heating.
• the water heating the Right. the water heating the Right.

Bills: HB1739, HB1741, HB2606, HB2362, HB2608, HB2294, HB2431, HB2375, HB2582, HB2585, HB2231, HB1601, HB2424, HB1956

Keywords: transit-oriented development, zoning, land use, urban planning, density, local governance, housing, inclusionary zoning, inclusionary mandate, affordable housing, below-market-rate housing, inclusionary housing, development exaction, impact fee, housing affordability impact fee, needs assessment study, financial feasibility, rough proportionality, essential nexus, county ordinance

Summary: The committee on Water and Land met on February 19, 2026, and the chair opened by emphasizing strict time limits and that all bills would be deferred if the agenda was not completed before the noon session. The first major measure discussed was HB 1739 HD1, which would preempt county land-use authority in transit-oriented development areas. The Department of Planning supported the bill, saying it could promote state-funded TOD and infrastructure, while the city and county’s position was raised in questioning. Unite Here Local 5 opposed the bill, arguing it would strip counties of self-determination, disrupt state-county policy collaboration, and remove a check on unrestrained development. Committee members pressed the supporters on whether the bill was really about higher density and whether it would override local zoning and sustainability concerns. The committee then heard testimony on HB 1741 HD1, a housing bill described by supporters as reducing inclusionary housing mandates and increasing supply. Grassroots Institute of Hawaii argued affordability mandates reduce overall housing production and raise market-rate prices, while a Zoom testifier said the bill would improve housing stability, health, and community outcomes for working families, kupuna, and young residents. Members asked about the bill’s needs assessment and who would conduct it, with a witness saying the counties would likely contract it out but that the bill did not clearly specify the reviewer. HB 2668 HD1, dealing with water heating systems, drew testimony from the Hawaii State Energy Office and industry representatives. Supporters generally backed adding heat pumps to the law, but one solar-water-heater industry witness asked for amendments to remove or extend the current 15-year statutory life limit for solar water heaters and to update outdated standards and variance rules. A Kauaʻi Climate Action Coalition witness opposed the existing solar-only structure, arguing heat pump water heaters are cheaper, align with climate goals, and should be allowed without a variance. The Energy Office said the current law already allows variances in some cases, suggested adding high-efficiency heat pump water heaters to the exemption, and said the 15-year figure may be too short, with 18 years mentioned as a possible alternative. The committee also briefly moved through several other bills, including HB 2606 HD1 on off-site construction and HB 2362 HD1 on housing, with no notable testimony or action recorded in the excerpt.

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• Lubbock is the home to Texas Tech University System and it's the flagship institute for Texas Tech.
• Texas Tech University, Texas Tech Health Science Center, both world-renowned organizations.
• South Texas College.
• Houston, Senator West, where Sam Houston first entered into Texas, it was in northeast Texas. where
• Lastly, for a secondary offense committed in a different county Under Texas Code, Criminal Procedure

Bills: SJR1, SB9, SB40, SJR36, SJR1, SJR5, SB9, SB40, SJR1, SB9, SB40, SR62, SR92, SR95, SR108, SR110, SR111, SR113, SR114, SR117, SR120, SB314, SB314

Keywords: bail denial, illegal aliens, felony offenses, constitutional amendment, law enforcement, bail reform, defendants, pretrial detention, public safety, criminal justice, charitable bail organizations, bail bonds, public funds, political subdivision, injunctive relief, taxpayer rights, bail, criminal justice reform, El Paso, economic development