Bill Text: TX HB2564 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to mailed notice of the intent to obtain certain environmental permits.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-17 - Referred to Environmental Regulation [HB2564 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2564-Introduced.html
87R8827 SLB-D | ||
By: Crockett | H.B. No. 2564 |
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relating to mailed notice of the intent to obtain certain | ||
environmental permits. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 5.552(b), Water Code, is amended to read | ||
as follows: | ||
(b) Not later than the 30th day after the date the executive | ||
director determines the application to be administratively | ||
complete: | ||
(1) the applicant shall: | ||
(A) publish notice of intent to obtain a permit | ||
at least once in the newspaper of largest circulation in the county | ||
in which the facility to which the application relates is located or | ||
proposed to be located or, if the facility to which the application | ||
relates is located or proposed to be located in a municipality, at | ||
least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the | ||
municipality; and | ||
(B) mail notice of the intent to obtain a permit | ||
to the owner of each residence located within one mile of the | ||
facility or proposed facility; and | ||
(2) the chief clerk of the commission shall mail | ||
notice of intent to obtain a permit to: | ||
(A) the state senator and representative who | ||
represent the general area in which the facility is located or | ||
proposed to be located; | ||
(B) the mayor and health authorities of the | ||
municipality in which the facility is located or proposed to be | ||
located; | ||
(C) the county judge and health authorities of | ||
the county in which the facility is located or proposed to be | ||
located; and | ||
(D) the river authority in which the facility is | ||
located or proposed to be located if the application is under | ||
Chapter 26, Water Code. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to a permit application that is filed with the Texas Commission on | ||
Environmental Quality on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |