Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission

Schedule for August 25-26, 2021

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Commission Hearing Room
4200 Smith School Road, Austin, TX 78744
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Wednesday, August 25, 2021

9:00 a.m — Work Session

2:00 p.m — Annual Public Hearing


Thursday, August 26, 2021

Archived Audio

9:00 a.m — Commission Meeting

Commission Meeting

Thursday, August 26, 2021
9:00 a.m

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Commission Hearing Room
4200 Smith School Road, Austin, TX 78744

Arch “Beaver” Aplin, III, Commission Chair
Carter Smith, Executive Director

Approval of Minutes from the Commission Meeting held May 27, 2021

  1. Election of Vice–Chair
  2. ACTION – Financial Overview – Reggie Pegues
  3. ACTION – Proposed Fiscal Year 2022 Internal Audit Plan – Brandy Meeks
  4. ACTION – Statewide Oyster Fishery Proclamation – Temporary Closure of Oyster Restoration Areas in Galveston Bay and Matagorda Bay – Recommended Adoption of Proposed Changes – Emma Clarkson
  5. ACTION – Environmental Review of Transportation Projects – Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) – Recommended Adoption of the TxDOT MOU – Laura Zebehazy
  6. ACTION – Chronic Wasting Disease Detection and Response Rules – Containment and Surveillance Zone Boundaries – Recommended Adoption of Proposed Changes – Mitch Lockwood
  7. ACTION – Implementation of Legislation during the 87th Texas Legislative Session – Senate Bill 15 – Recommended Adoption of the Texas Consumer Privacy Act Phase I – Mischelle Diaz
  8. ACTION – Implementation of Legislation during the 87th Texas Legislative Session – House Bill 2063 – Recommended Adoption State Employee Family Leave Pool – Patty David
  9. ACTION – Implementation of Legislation during the 87th Texas Legislative Session – Senate Bill 703 – Recommended Adoption of the Continuation and Functions of the Department of Agriculture – Monica McGarrity
  10. ACTION – Implementation of Legislation during the 87th Texas Legislative Session – House Bill 2326 – Recommended Adoption Possession, Transportation, and Release of Certain Nonindigenous Snakes – Stormy King
  11. ACTION – Exchange of Land – Anderson County – Approximately 100 Acres at the Big Lake Bottom Wildlife Management Area – Stan David
  12. ACTION – Land Conservation Strategy – West Texas – Acquisition of Strategic State Park Tracts – Jason Estrella
  13. ACTION – Acquisition of Land – Comal County – Approximately 515 Acres at Guadalupe River State Park/Honey Creek State Natural Area – Ted Hollingsworth
  14. Coastal Thermal Refuge Area Closures – Request Permission to Publish Proposed Changes in the Texas Register – Brian Bartram
  15. Digital Licensing and Tagging Requirements – Request Permission to Publish Proposed Changes in the Texas Register – Robin Riechers
  16. Proposed Amendments to the Exotic Harmful or Potentially Harmful Fish, Shellfish, and Aquatic Plants Rules – Request Permission to Publish Proposed Changes in the Texas Register – Monica McGarrity
  17. BRIEFING – Freeze Impact to Spotted Seatrout and Other Species – Robin Riechers