Bill Text: TX HB2990 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to a requirement to make certain environmental and water use permit applications available online.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-06 - Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development [HB2990 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2990-Engrossed.html
87R17783 SLB-D | ||
By: Morales Shaw, Bowers, Reynolds, Price, | H.B. No. 2990 | |
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relating to a requirement to make certain environmental and water | ||
use permit applications available online. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter M, Chapter 5, Water Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 5.559 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 5.559. INTERNET WEBSITE POSTING OF APPLICATION. After | ||
an application has been determined to be administratively complete, | ||
the applicant or the commission shall: | ||
(1) post on a publicly accessible Internet website: | ||
(A) the application; and | ||
(B) any subsequent revision or supplement to the | ||
application as the revision or supplement becomes available; and | ||
(2) until the commission takes final action on the | ||
application: | ||
(A) maintain the posting on the Internet website; | ||
and | ||
(B) include the address of the Internet website | ||
in any public notice provided by the applicant or commission, | ||
including under Section 5.552 or 5.553. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 11, Water Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 11.159 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 11.159. INTERNET WEBSITE POSTING OF APPLICATION. | ||
After an application has been determined to be administratively | ||
complete, the applicant or the commission shall: | ||
(1) post on a publicly accessible Internet website: | ||
(A) the application, the map, and any supporting | ||
materials required by this subchapter; and | ||
(B) any subsequent revision or supplement to the | ||
application as the revision or supplement becomes available; and | ||
(2) until the commission takes final action on the | ||
application: | ||
(A) maintain the posting; and | ||
(B) include the address of the Internet website | ||
in any public notice provided by the applicant or commission, | ||
including under Section 11.132. | ||
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
an application received by the Texas Commission on Environmental | ||
Quality on or after the effective date of this Act. An application | ||
received before the effective date of this Act is governed by the | ||
law in effect on the date the application was received, and the | ||
former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |