Bill Text: TX HB573 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to a request by a member of the legislature for an unannounced inspection of a permanent concrete batch plant by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2025-05-12 - Received from the House [HB573 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB573-Engrossed.html

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89R17301 KRM-D
By: Walle, Geren, Collier, Simmons, H.B. No. 573
Hernandez

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a request by a member of the legislature for an
unannounced inspection of a permanent concrete batch plant by the
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 382, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 382.070 to read as follows:
Sec. 382.070. LEGISLATOR REQUEST FOR INSPECTION OF CERTAIN
CONCRETE PLANTS. (a) This section applies only to a permanent
concrete plant that performs wet batching, dry batching, or central
mixing operating under an authorization to use a standard permit
issued under Section 382.05195 or 382.05198.
(b) A member of the legislature may request that the
commission conduct an unannounced inspection of a concrete plant on
behalf of a person who:
(1) permanently resides in the member's district;
(2) qualifies as a person who may be affected under
Section 382.058(c); and
(3) submits a written complaint to the member.
(c) The commission shall prioritize responding to a request
filed by a member of the legislature under this section.
(d) The commission shall maintain a file on the request in
the manner provided by Section 5.176(a), Water Code. Section
5.176(c), Water Code, applies to a request filed under this
section.
(e) The commission shall provide to the member of the
legislature and the person who submitted the complaint to the
member:
(1) the policies and procedures described by Section
5.177(a), Water Code; and
(2) the notice described by Section 5.177(b), Water
Code.
(f) If the commission denies a request for an unannounced
inspection, the commission shall provide an explanation of the
reason the request was denied to the member of the legislature and
the person who submitted the complaint not later than the 90th day
after the request was filed.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.