Bill Text: TX HB1269 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to supplemental environmental projects implemented by certain local governments in lieu of administrative penalties assessed by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-11 - Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development [HB1269 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1269-Engrossed.html
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| By: Springer, Guillen, Kacal, | H.B. No. 1269 | |
| King of Hemphill, Ashby | ||
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| relating to supplemental environmental projects implemented by | ||
| certain local governments in lieu of administrative penalties | ||
| assessed by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. The heading to Section 7.067, Water Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 7.067. SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS IN | ||
| GENERAL. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 7, Water Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 7.0671 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 7.0671. SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS | ||
| IMPLEMENTED BY CERTAIN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. (a) In this section, | ||
| "local government" and "supplemental environmental project" have | ||
| the meanings assigned by Section 7.067. | ||
| (b) Notwithstanding Section 7.067(a-1), the commission | ||
| shall approve a supplemental environmental project described by | ||
| that subsection in lieu of payment of an administrative penalty | ||
| under this subchapter if the respondent is: | ||
| (1) a county with a population of less than 50,000; or | ||
| (2) another local government any part of the territory | ||
| of which is located in a county described by Subdivision (1). | ||
| (c) If the cost of a supplemental environmental project | ||
| under this section is less than the amount of the penalty in lieu of | ||
| which the project is to be implemented, the respondent, in addition | ||
| to implementing the project, shall spend an amount equal to the | ||
| difference between the cost of the project and the amount of the | ||
| penalty in upgrading the facility at which the violation for which | ||
| the penalty was assessed occurred. | ||
| (d) A policy developed under Section 7.067(a-2) does not | ||
| apply to a respondent to which this section applies. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
