From Carol Smith, AMA District Rep & TMTC ATV User Rep:
ANYONE WHO IS ABLE TO ATTEND EITHER OR BOTH OF THESE COMMITTEE HEARINGS, PLEASE DO - THIS MAY BE THE ONLY PUBLIC TESTIMONY WE GET !!!!!
If you can't attend, call the committee or legislators office. Hand write a short note to the Committee and fax it or email your opinions, immediately.(Contact info for these folks is below.) If you need "talking points", see www.rockcrawler.com , go to the "home" link (a big blue dot) at the left of the opening page. Scroll to the bottom of the home page to "landuse alerts" and click on TX. There will be links from that page to the Senate and House legislative pages where you may read the text of the bills yourself. Please feel free to send this info out to all you believe are interested in keeping our public lands open.
The two companion bills relating to the prohibition of motorized vehicles in public freshwater areas ( the floodplains/riverbeds) have been sent to committee, both committees will be hearing public testimony on Tuesday, March 18th, 2003 at the State Capitol in Austin. These bills are both traveling through the House and the Senate at the same time, on the "fast track". Should these bills be passed and signed by the Governor, they will become law on Sept.1, 2003.
House Bill 305 Authored by Robert Puente of San Antonio
Committee: State Cultural and Recreational Resources, Committee Clerk: Cori
Tues. 3/18/03 2 PM State Capitol Room E2- 014
Senate Bill 155 Authored by Judith Zaffirini of Laredo
Committee: Committee on Natural Resources, Committee Clerk: Kelly Gilbert
Tues. 3/18/03 1 PM State Capitol Room E1- 012
Committee info and contact numbers:
HB 305- State Cultural and Recreational Committee
Chairperson: Harvey Hilderbran
(512) 463-0536
[email protected]
Legislative Aide: Todd Kercheval
[email protected]
SB 155 - Committee on Natural Resources
Chairperson: Ken Armbrister
P.O. Box 12068
Capitol Station
Austin, Texas 78711
(512) 463-0118
(512) 475-3736 (Fax)
[email protected]
Representative Robert Puente - author of SB 155
PO Box 2910
Austin, TX 78768-2910
(512) 463-0452 voice (512) 463-1447 Fax
[email protected]
General Counsel to Rep. Puente: Hope Wells
Senator Judith Zaffirini - author of HB 305
PO Box 12068
Austin, TX 78711
(512) 463-0121
[email protected]
Legislative Aide to Sen. Zaffirini: Chance Sampson
ANYONE WHO IS ABLE TO ATTEND EITHER OR BOTH OF THESE COMMITTEE HEARINGS, PLEASE DO - THIS MAY BE THE ONLY PUBLIC TESTIMONY WE GET !!!!!
If you can't attend, call the committee or legislators office. Hand write a short note to the Committee and fax it or email your opinions, immediately.(Contact info for these folks is below.) If you need "talking points", see www.rockcrawler.com , go to the "home" link (a big blue dot) at the left of the opening page. Scroll to the bottom of the home page to "landuse alerts" and click on TX. There will be links from that page to the Senate and House legislative pages where you may read the text of the bills yourself. Please feel free to send this info out to all you believe are interested in keeping our public lands open.
The two companion bills relating to the prohibition of motorized vehicles in public freshwater areas ( the floodplains/riverbeds) have been sent to committee, both committees will be hearing public testimony on Tuesday, March 18th, 2003 at the State Capitol in Austin. These bills are both traveling through the House and the Senate at the same time, on the "fast track". Should these bills be passed and signed by the Governor, they will become law on Sept.1, 2003.
House Bill 305 Authored by Robert Puente of San Antonio
Committee: State Cultural and Recreational Resources, Committee Clerk: Cori
Tues. 3/18/03 2 PM State Capitol Room E2- 014
Senate Bill 155 Authored by Judith Zaffirini of Laredo
Committee: Committee on Natural Resources, Committee Clerk: Kelly Gilbert
Tues. 3/18/03 1 PM State Capitol Room E1- 012
Committee info and contact numbers:
HB 305- State Cultural and Recreational Committee
Chairperson: Harvey Hilderbran
(512) 463-0536
[email protected]
Legislative Aide: Todd Kercheval
[email protected]
SB 155 - Committee on Natural Resources
Chairperson: Ken Armbrister
P.O. Box 12068
Capitol Station
Austin, Texas 78711
(512) 463-0118
(512) 475-3736 (Fax)
[email protected]
Representative Robert Puente - author of SB 155
PO Box 2910
Austin, TX 78768-2910
(512) 463-0452 voice (512) 463-1447 Fax
[email protected]
General Counsel to Rep. Puente: Hope Wells
Senator Judith Zaffirini - author of HB 305
PO Box 12068
Austin, TX 78711
(512) 463-0121
[email protected]
Legislative Aide to Sen. Zaffirini: Chance Sampson