Bill Text: TX HB3618 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the timing of the expiration of water quality permits.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-01 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB3618 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3618-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3618 |
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relating to the timing of the expiration of water quality permits. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 26.0135(d), Water Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(d) As required [ |
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report to the commission, State Soil and Water Conservation Board, | ||
and Parks and Wildlife Department on the water quality assessment | ||
of the authority's watershed. The summary report must identify | ||
concerns relating to the watershed or bodies of water, including an | ||
identification of bodies of water with impaired or potentially | ||
impaired uses, the cause and possible source of use impairment, and | ||
recommended actions the commission may take to address those | ||
concerns. The summary report must discuss the public benefits from | ||
the water quality monitoring and assessment program, including | ||
efforts to increase public input in activities related to water | ||
quality and the effectiveness of targeted monitoring in assisting | ||
the permitting process. A river authority shall submit a summary | ||
report after the report has been approved by the basin steering | ||
committee and coordinated with the public and the commission. A | ||
river authority shall hold basin steering committee meetings and | ||
shall invite users of water and wastewater permit holders in the | ||
watershed who pay fees under Section 26.0291 to review the draft of | ||
the work plans and summary report. A river authority shall inform | ||
those parties of the availability and location of the summary | ||
report for inspection and shall solicit input from those parties | ||
concerning their satisfaction with or suggestions for modification | ||
of the summary report for the watershed, the operation or | ||
effectiveness of the watershed monitoring and assessment program | ||
authorized by this section, and the adequacy, use, or equitable | ||
apportionment of the program's costs and funds. A river authority | ||
shall summarize all comments received from persons who pay fees | ||
under Section 26.0291 and from steering committee members and shall | ||
submit the report and the summaries to the governor, the lieutenant | ||
governor, and the speaker of the house of representatives not later | ||
than the 90th day after the date the river authority submits the | ||
summary report to the commission and other agencies. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 26.0285, Water Code, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3618 was passed by the House on April | ||
27, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 3 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3618 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |