Bill Text: TX HB610 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to certain notices sent by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-21 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB610 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB610-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to certain notices sent by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-21 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB610 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB610-Comm_Sub.html
By: Zerwas, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Seliger) | H.B. No. 610 | |
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 7, 2011; | ||
April 14, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on | ||
Administration; May 4, 2011, reported favorably by the following | ||
vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 4, 2011, sent to printer.) |
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relating to certain notices sent by the Texas Commission on | ||
Environmental Quality. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 5.128, Water Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1), (a-2), and | ||
(a-3) to read as follows: | ||
(a) The commission shall encourage the use of electronic | ||
reporting through the Internet, to the extent practicable, for | ||
reports required by the commission. Notwithstanding any other law, | ||
the commission may[ |
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reporting and the use of the commission's electronic document | ||
receiving system. An electronic report must be submitted in a | ||
format prescribed by the commission. The commission may consult | ||
with the Department of Information Resources on developing a simple | ||
format for use in implementing this subsection. | ||
(a-1) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission may[ |
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information, including notices, orders, and decisions issued or | ||
sent by the commission. | ||
(a-2) The commission shall utilize electronic means of | ||
transmission for any notice issued or sent by the commission to a | ||
state senator or representative, unless the senator or | ||
representative has requested to receive notice by mail. | ||
(a-3) If the notice issued or sent under Subsection (a-2) | ||
concerns a permit for a facility, the notice must include an | ||
Internet link to an electronic map indicating the location of the | ||
facility. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
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