Bill Text: TX SB573 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 573 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the definition of "affected person" for purposes of a contested case hearing held by or for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality regarding certain environmental permit applications.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-21 - Referred to Water & Rural Affairs [SB573 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB573-Introduced.html

	86R5258 SLB-D

	By: Miles	S.B. No. 573



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the definition of "affected person" for purposes of a
	contested case hearing held by or for the Texas Commission on
	Environmental Quality regarding certain environmental permit
	applications.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 5.115(a), Water Code, is amended to read
	as follows:
	(a) For the purpose of an administrative hearing held by or
	for the commission involving a contested case, "affected person,"
	or "person affected," or "person who may be affected" means a person
	who has a personal justiciable interest related to a legal right,
	duty, privilege, power, or economic interest affected by the
	administrative hearing. An interest common to members of the
	general public does not qualify as a personal justiciable interest.
	For the purpose of an administrative hearing held by or for the
	commission involving a contested case regarding a permit
	application referred under Section 5.556 or 5.557, the state
	senator and representative who represent the area in which the
	facility to which the application relates is located or proposed to
	be located are considered affected persons.
	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.