** REVISION **
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:   Natural Resources 

TIME & DATE: 10:00 AM, Wednesday, October 04, 2017 

PLACE:       Houston, Texas (see details below) 
CHAIR:       Rep. Lyle Larson 

The committee will meet to hear invited and public testimony at the George R. Brown Convention Center, 1001 Avenida De Las Americas, Houston, TX 77010 (Room 371) for a public hearing on the following interim charge:

"Examine the following issues within the committee's jurisdiction regarding Harvey and flooding in general: the role of regional entities in developing projects to control flooding, both through new infrastructure and enhancing existing infrastructure; mitigation efforts that would reduce the impact of future flood events, and strategies to fund those efforts; and the response of public entities that own or operate dams to large-scale rain events, including how such entities make decisions regarding dam and reservoir operations during such events, coordinate with state and local emergency management officials, and communicate with the public."

For live broadcasting, please copy and paste the following link into your web browser:

     facebook.com/HoustonTelevision/

Public testimony will be limited to 3 minutes.

**         See Committee Coordinator for previous versions         **
of the schedule, if applicable.

NOTICE OF ASSISTANCE AT PUBLIC MEETINGS

Persons with disabilities who plan to attend this meeting and who may need assistance, such as a sign language interpreter, are requested to contact Stacey Nicchio at (512) 463-0850, 72 hours prior to the meeting so that appropriate arrangements can be made.