Bill Text: TX HB825 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the notice of intent to obtain an environmental permit sent to certain state legislators.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-25 - Referred to Environmental Regulation [HB825 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB825-Introduced.html
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By: Dutton | H.B. No. 825 |
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relating to the notice of intent to obtain an environmental permit | ||
sent to certain state legislators. | ||
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 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 | ||
(2) the chief clerk of the commission shall: | ||
(A) mail notice of intent to obtain a permit to: | ||
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of the municipality in which the facility is located or proposed to | ||
be located; | ||
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authorities of the county in which the facility is located or | ||
proposed to be located; and | ||
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the facility is located or proposed to be located if the application | ||
is under Chapter 26, Water Code; and | ||
(B) send notice of intent to obtain a permit to | ||
the state senator and representative who represent the general area | ||
in which the facility is located or proposed to be located. | ||
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
an application for a permit that is filed with the Texas Commission | ||
on Environmental Quality on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
An application for a permit filed before the effective date of this | ||
Act is governed by the law in effect on the date of filing, and that | ||
law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |