Senate Natural Resources Committee records, 1940, 1956-1957, 1971-1984, 1989-1997, 2001, bulk 1989-2001

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

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The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality continues efforts begun by the state in the early twentieth century to regulate the environment with respect to air and water quality, waste management, and natural resource conservation, and to comply with federal environmental policies. The Texas Board of Water Engineers was established in 1913 (Irrigation Act, House Bill 37, 33rd Texas Legislature, Regular Session) to approve plans for determining surface water rights. In ...

Texas. Legislature. Senate. Natural Resources Committee

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The Texas Senate Natural Resources Committee is a standing legislative committee which reviews matters concerning the environment and natural resources of Texas and has oversight of such agencies as the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission (as of 2002, renamed the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality). Subcommittees on agriculture and/or water frequently have been created to concentrate efforts to study issues related to those fields. A...

Texas. Parks and Wildlife Dept.

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The State of Texas has given the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) the responsibility for the management and conservation of the state's wildlife and fish resources; provision of outdoor recreational opportunities to the public; acquisition, development, and operation of wildlife management areas, fish hatcheries, state parks, historic sites, and other public lands; conservation education and outreach; cultural and historical interpretation; and the regulation of fishing, h...

Texas. Legislature. Joint Committee on Water Resources.

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Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission

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Conservation and regulation of the state's water resources began early in the 20th century; regulation of air quality began in the early 1950s. In 1913, the Irrigation Act was passed by the 33rd Legislature (House Bill 37, Regular Session). It created the Texas Board of Water Engineers to establish and implement procedures for determining surface water rights. In 1917 a constitutional amendment to Article 16 authorized the creation of conservation and reclamation districts as needed...