Bill Text: TX HB2564 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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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

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87R8827 SLB-D
By: Crockett H.B. No. 2564

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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.