TCEQ Hours

TW21 - Virtual Keynote Rep. Tracy King

Chairman Tracy King will provide keynote comments at Texas WaterTM 2021 - Virtual. The address will take place during the Virtual Opening Session at 11 a.m. Monday, March 29.

Chairman King graduated from Carrizo Springs High School, attended Southwest Texas Junior College and Texas A&M University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering. In 1983 Chairman King took a job with the Beltone Hearing Aid Center in San Antonio and soon after moved to Uvalde to open a branch office there. He later purchased the Beltone Hearing Aid Center and owned and operated it until 2008 when he sold the business to spend more time with his family.

Chairman King has always been active in public service, a former member of the Board of Trustees for the First United Methodist Church and a past president of both the Kiwanis Club and the Texas Hearing Aid Association. He is currently the Chairman of the powerful House Natural Resources Committee and serves as a member of the Energy Resources Committee. He previously served as chairman of Border and International Affairs; Agriculture and Livestock; and Licensing and Administrative Procedures Committee.

During his tenure in the Texas House of Representatives he has served on committees such as Natural Resources, Appropriations, Ways & Means, Calendars, Environmental Regulation, Agriculture and Livestock, Border and International Affairs, Culture, Recreation and Tourism and Licensing and Administrative Procedures. He also serves on the Edwards Aquifer Oversight Committee and the Energy Council.

Chairman King is married to the former Cheryl Baker of Hondo and they are the proud parents of two children, Katelyn Marie King and Clayton Baker King.

TCEQ OPERATOR HOURS

TCEQ has approved Texas WaterTM 2021 - Virtual for up to 30 TCEQ credit hours. You’ll be able to receive credit hours through June 25, 2021. Credit hours will be available for viewing most virtual technical sessions (when you click on a session, the righthand window will display the type of credit it counts for: w = water, ww = wastewater and w/ww = water and wastewater). How to Receive Credit: Once you log into the Virtual Conference, click Technical Sessions in the top menu. Find the session you’d like to watch from the list. Please note that each video can be played, paused or exited. You cannot fast forward. Make sure and pay attention so you can write down the password shown during the presentation. (Hint: It’s not always at the end of the session). Hover over Lounge and click Attendee Lounge from the dropdown menu. Click Session Evaluations & Testing on the lefthand side and find the Evaluation for the Session you just viewed. Complete the brief evaluation of the session. A link that says Start Test will appear next to the Evaluation you just completed. Take the test to enter the password you received during the session. Once you pass the test, a link to a PDF of the individual session certificate should appear on the page (you may need to close the window and reopen it). A certificate showing all of your passed sessions is available at the Conference Certificate link in the lefthand menu.

Turning in your hours: When you are completely finished with your training and are ready to have us report your hours to TCEQ, click on Session Evaluations & Testing in the Attendee Lounge, then the link to the TCEQ hour submission form and complete it. You only need to submit this form one time. We’ll need your contact info, license number(s) and the total number of hours you are seeking. Completing this form is your way of “turning in” your hours. Based on your Certificate, we will report the completed sessions and total hours to TCEQ. Please allow up to four weeks for processing hours to TCEQ. Hours will not be processed until payment for the conference is received. Engineers may also receive licensing CE hours for attending on a self-reporting basis (please note: we will not provide engineering forms online). The Professional Ethics Workshop for course offered on Thursday satisfies the Professional Ethics requirement. WWW.TXWATER.ORG | 11