Bill Text: TX SB339 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to disclosure by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of information related to emissions events.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-26 - Left pending in committee [SB339 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB339-Introduced.html
82R2142 JTS-D | ||
By: Gallegos | S.B. No. 339 |
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relating to disclosure by the Texas Commission on Environmental | ||
Quality of information related to emissions events. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 382.0215, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsections (b-1) and (e-1) to read as follows: | ||
(b-1) After receiving a report of an emissions event under | ||
Subsection (b)(2), the commission shall provide notice of the event | ||
to officials who represent the area in which the event occurred, | ||
including: | ||
(1) each state senator; | ||
(2) each state representative; | ||
(3) the county commissioners court; and | ||
(4) if applicable, the mayor or other presiding | ||
officer of any affected municipality. | ||
(e-1) The commission shall maintain a list of emissions | ||
events on the commission's Internet website that is easily | ||
accessible by the public and that includes information on emissions | ||
events that have occurred in the preceding 12 weeks. The | ||
information must include: | ||
(1) the name of the regulated entity; | ||
(2) each air contaminant emitted; | ||
(3) the location of the emissions event; and | ||
(4) the date and duration of the event. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |