Because of the possibility that portions of these records fall
under Public Information Act exceptions including, but not limited to:
confidentiality of a memorandum of a communication of a resident with a member
of the legislature (V.T.C.A., Government Code, Section 306.003);
confidentiality of a communication of a citizen with a member of the
legislature (V.T.C.A., Government Code, Section 306.004); confidentiality of
communication of an assistant or employee of the Texas Legislative Council with
a member of the legislature (V.T.C.A., Government Code, Section 323.017); and
privacy (V.T.C.A., Government Code, Section 552.101), an archivist must review
these records before they can be accessed for research. The records may be
requested for research under the provisions of the Public Information Act
(V.T.C.A., Government Code, Chapter 552). The researcher may request an
interview with an archivist or submit a request by mail (Texas State Library
and Archives Commission, P. O. Box 12927, Austin, TX 78711), fax
(512-463-5436), email (Dir_Lib@tsl.state.tx.us), or see our web page (
Most records created by Texas state agencies are not copyrighted and may be freely used in any way. State records also include materials received by, not created by, state agencies. Copyright remains with the creator. The researcher is responsible for complying with U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.).
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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.
As a standing committee (according to the Texas Administrative Code, Section 301, Subchapter B), the Senate Natural Resources Committee is expected to operate regardless of whether or not the legislature is currently in session and must do the following: conduct a continuing study of any matter within its jurisdiction and of the instrumentalities of government administering or executing the matter; examine the administration and execution of all laws relating to jurisdictional matters; conduct investigations to collect adequate information and materials necessary to perform its duties; formulate legislative programs; and initiate, draft, and recommend to the senate any legislation the committee deems necessary and desirable. The committee chair must introduce or cause to be introduced the legislative programs developed by the committee and shall mobilize efforts to secure the passage of such proposals. The committee may inspect the records, documents, and files of each state department, agency, or office, as needed, to perform its duties. As a standing committee, it is not limited to considering items submitted by individual legislators, but must search for problems within its jurisdiction and develop, formulate, initiate, and secure passage of any legislative solution the committee deems desirable. When the legislature is in session, the committee may meet when it chooses, so long as it adheres to applicable legislative requirements and rules of procedure. When the legislature is not in session, it will meet when necessary to transact the committee's business wherever authorized by the legislation which created the committee.
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). Records of the Senate Natural Resources Committee include correspondence, minutes, agenda, legislative records, legal documents, printed materials, newspaper clippings, memoranda, reports, speeches, and exhibits dating 1940, 1956-1957, 1971-1984, 1989-1997, 2001, bulk 1989-2001. These materials represent work undertaken by the committee during the 67th, 68th, 72nd through 75th, and 77th Texas Legislatures.
The records were
maintained
by the committee chairs who served from 1989 to 2001: Senators H. Tati
Santiesteban, Bill Sims, J.E. "Buster" Brown, and Robert Duncan.
To prepare this inventory, the described materials were cursorily reviewed to delineate series, to confirm the accuracy of contents lists, to provide an estimate of dates covered, and to determine record types.
These records are organized by State Archives staff into four series:
The terms listed here were used to catalog the records. The terms can be used to find similar or related records.
(Identify the item and cite the series), Senate Natural Resources Committee records, Texas Legislature. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Processed by Nancy Enneking, January 1999
New accession of meeting files and working files added by Nancy Enneking, January 2001
Finding aid converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by TARO using the conversion stylesheet v1to02.xsl, July 22, 2003
New accession of bill files added, encoding to EAD 2002 and DACS standards, and corrections by Rebecca Romanchuk, September 2009
Accession numbers: 1984/220, 1986/117, 1999/095, 2001/090, 2005/090
These records were transferred to the Archives and Information Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by Senator H. Tati Santiesteban on July 31, 1984, and by the Senate Natural Resources Committee on March 14, 1986; January 21, 1999; January 16, 2001; and January 20, 2005.
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). Meeting files of the Senate Natural Resources Committee include agenda, calendar placement forms, notes, minutes, witness lists, transcripts of testimony, petitions, bills, bill analyses, and witness registration cards. Materials date 1983-1984, 1991-1996, bulk 1993-1995, and come from the 68th Legislature, Interim Session, and 72nd through 74th Legislatures, Regular and Interim Sessions. The only meeting materials from the 72nd Legislature are witness registration cards, no meeting minutes of that session are included. The meetings consist of formal committee gatherings to consider legislation directed to the committee and local hearings held to address concerns and gather information regarding proposed and existing legislation and procedures. Preliminary meeting packets include the minutes for that meeting date. Subjects include water resources and regulations, low-level radiation issues, pests and pesticides, aquaculture, and hunting and fishing issues. Included in these records are hearing files of the Texas Legislative Joint Committee on Water Resources, 68th Legislature, Interim Session (1983-1984).
Records are arranged in the order in which they were received from the committee, with hearing files and registration cards in roughly chronological order.
(Identify the item), Meeting files, Senate Natural Resources Committee, Texas Legislature. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Accession numbers: 1986/117, 1999/095
These records were transferred to the Archives and Information Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the Senate Natural Resources Committee on March 14, 1986 and January 21, 1999.
Because of the possibility that portions of these records fall
under Public Information Act exceptions including, but not limited to:
confidentiality of a memorandum of a communication of a resident with a member
of the legislature (V.T.C.A., Government Code, Section 306.003);
confidentiality of a communication of a citizen with a member of the
legislature (V.T.C.A., Government Code, Section 306.004); confidentiality of
communication of an assistant or employee of the Texas Legislative Council with
a member of the legislature (V.T.C.A., Government Code, Section 323.017); and
privacy (V.T.C.A., Government Code, Section 552.101), an archivist must review
these records before they can be accessed for research. The records may be
requested for research under the provisions of the Public Information Act
(V.T.C.A., Government Code, Chapter 552). The researcher may request an
interview with an archivist or submit a request by mail (Texas State Library
and Archives Commission, P. O. Box 12927, Austin, TX 78711), fax
(512-463-5436), email (Dir_Lib@tsl.state.tx.us), or see our web page (
Most records created by Texas state agencies are not copyrighted and may be freely used in any way. State records also include materials received by, not created by, state agencies. Copyright remains with the creator. The researcher is responsible for complying with U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.).
Processed by Nancy Enneking, January 1999
New accession added by Nancy Enneking, January 2001
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). Bill files comprise bill copies, bill analyses, fiscal notes, committee reports, correspondence, amendments, and requests for calendar placements that document the legislative bills considered by the Senate Natural Resources Committee during the 75th Legislature (1997) and 77th Legislature (2001), Regular Sessions. The bills concern a variety of natural resources issues, including herbicide and pesticide laws and regulations; revision of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Code; real estate assessments; illegal waste dumping; Superfund sites; watershed districts; petroleum gas regulations; permits; leasing and management of public lands; water quality; animal control; aquaculture; recycling; agricultural pests; and administrative, operational, and regulatory issues regarding the Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission. Committee substitute bills accompany some senate bills.
These records are arranged in numerical order by legislative session, as they were received from the committee.
(Identify the item), Bill files, Senate Natural Resources Committee, Texas Legislature. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Accession numbers: 2001/090, 2005/090
These records were transferred to the Archives and Information Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the Texas Senate Natural Resources Committee on January 16, 2001 and January 20, 2005.
Because of the possibility that portions of these records fall
under Public Information Act exceptions including, but not limited to:
confidentiality of a memorandum of a communication of a resident with a member
of the legislature (V.T.C.A., Government Code, Section 306.003);
confidentiality of a communication of a citizen with a member of the
legislature (V.T.C.A., Government Code, Section 306.004); confidentiality of
communication of an assistant or employee of the Texas Legislative Council with
a member of the legislature (V.T.C.A., Government Code, Section 323.017); and
privacy (V.T.C.A., Government Code, Section 552.101), an archivist must review
these records before they can be accessed for research. The records may be
requested for research under the provisions of the Public Information Act
(V.T.C.A., Government Code, Chapter 552). The researcher may request an
interview with an archivist or submit a request by mail (Texas State Library
and Archives Commission, P. O. Box 12927, Austin, TX 78711), fax
(512-463-5436), email (Dir_Lib@tsl.state.tx.us), or see our web page (
Most records created by Texas state agencies are not copyrighted and may be freely used in any way. State records also include materials received by, not created by, state agencies. Copyright remains with the creator. The researcher is responsible for complying with U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.).
Processed by Nancy Enneking, January 2001
New accession added by Rebecca Romanchuk, September 2009
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). Working files created in the process of developing positions on legislation and analyzing topics addressed by the Senate Natural Resources Committee comprise memoranda, reports, printed material, meeting notes, clippings, PowerPoint presentation handouts, correspondence, resolutions, minutes, notes, publications, speeches, legislative bills, bill analyses, legal documents, exhibits, and logs that date 1940, 1956-1957, 1971-1982, and 1993-1996, bulk 1981, 1995-1996. The materials represent the committee's work during the 67th and 74th Legislatures. Subjects include House Bill 2473, 74th Legislature, Regular Session (the Texas Environmental, Health, and Safety Audit Privilege Act concerning voluntary environmental self-audits), the proposed Columbia Bottomlands National Wildlife Refuge, impact of endangered species on private property, fishery management, and clean air, aquaculture (specifically the possible regulation of aquatic activities such as fisheries, shrimperies, the management of exotic aquatic plants and animals, and the discharge of wastewater and material from such aquatic industries), waste tire recycling, and petroleum storage tanks.
Materials are arranged in the order in which they were received from the committee.
(Identify the item), Working files, Senate Natural Resources Committee, Texas Legislature. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Accession numbers: 1984/220, 1999/095
These records were transferred to the Archives and Information Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by Senator H. Tati Santiesteban on July 31, 1984 and the Texas Senate Natural Resources Committee on January 21, 1999.
Because of the possibility that portions of these records fall
under Public Information Act exceptions including, but not limited to:
confidentiality of a memorandum of a communication of a resident with a member
of the legislature (V.T.C.A., Government Code, Section 306.003);
confidentiality of a communication of a citizen with a member of the
legislature (V.T.C.A., Government Code, Section 306.004); confidentiality of
communication of an assistant or employee of the Texas Legislative Council with
a member of the legislature (V.T.C.A., Government Code, Section 323.017); and
privacy (V.T.C.A., Government Code, Section 552.101), an archivist must review
these records before they can be accessed for research. The records may be
requested for research under the provisions of the Public Information Act
(V.T.C.A., Government Code, Chapter 552). The researcher may request an
interview with an archivist or submit a request by mail (Texas State Library
and Archives Commission, P. O. Box 12927, Austin, TX 78711), fax
(512-463-5436), email (Dir_Lib@tsl.state.tx.us), or see our web page (
Most records created by Texas state agencies are not copyrighted and may be freely used in any way. State records also include materials received by, not created by, state agencies. Copyright remains with the creator. The researcher is responsible for complying with U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.).
Processed by Nancy Enneking, January 1999
New accession added by Nancy Enneking, January 2001
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). Research files of the Senate Natural Resources Committee contain background materials on agencies and issues of interest to the committee and consist of correspondence, newsletters, publications, printed materials, photocopied newspaper clippings, newspapers, presentation material, petitions, and notes, dating 1989-1996, bulk 1993-1995. The files were accumulated primarily during the 73rd and 74th Legislatures. Subjects include waste and recycling, water, forms of energy, environmental quality, endangered species, agriculture, hunting, and fishing.
Records are arranged in the order in which they were received from the committee, with several boxes in alphabetical order by subject.
(Identify the item), Research files, Senate Natural Resources Committee, Texas Legislature. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Accession number: 1999/095
These records were transferred to the Archives and Information Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the Texas Senate Natural Resources Committee on January 21, 1999.
Because of the possibility that portions of these records fall
under Public Information Act exceptions including, but not limited to:
confidentiality of a memorandum of a communication of a resident with a member
of the legislature (V.T.C.A., Government Code, Section 306.003);
confidentiality of a communication of a citizen with a member of the
legislature (V.T.C.A., Government Code, Section 306.004); confidentiality of
communication of an assistant or employee of the Texas Legislative Council with
a member of the legislature (V.T.C.A., Government Code, Section 323.017); and
privacy (V.T.C.A., Government Code, Section 552.101), an archivist must review
these records before they can be accessed for research. The records may be
requested for research under the provisions of the Public Information Act
(V.T.C.A., Government Code, Chapter 552). The researcher may request an
interview with an archivist or submit a request by mail (Texas State Library
and Archives Commission, P. O. Box 12927, Austin, TX 78711), fax
(512-463-5436), email (Dir_Lib@tsl.state.tx.us), or see our web page (
Most records created by Texas state agencies are not copyrighted and may be freely used in any way. State records also include materials received by, not created by, state agencies. Copyright remains with the creator. The researcher is responsible for complying with U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.).
Processed by Nancy Enneking, January 1999