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| 1 | 1 | 81R9962 JAM-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Allen H.B. No. 2265 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to permit application requirements for solid waste | |
| 8 | 8 | facilities. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 361.064, Health and Safety Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (c) A permit application under this subchapter must | |
| 13 | 13 | contain: | |
| 14 | 14 | (1) a certification from the applicant that the | |
| 15 | 15 | applicant has mailed to each resident living one mile or less from | |
| 16 | 16 | the site and each community organization, nonprofit organization, | |
| 17 | 17 | or civic club located two miles or less from the site: | |
| 18 | 18 | (A) an explanation of the site's proposed | |
| 19 | 19 | operations; and | |
| 20 | 20 | (B) a questionnaire seeking community comments | |
| 21 | 21 | regarding the site's proposed operations; and | |
| 22 | 22 | (2) any comments made by residents, organizations, or | |
| 23 | 23 | clubs in response to the questionnaire. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 25 | 25 | to an application for a permit that is submitted to the Texas | |
| 26 | 26 | Commission on Environmental Quality on or after the effective date | |
| 27 | 27 | of this Act. An application for a permit that was submitted to the | |
| 28 | 28 | Texas Commission on Environmental Quality before the effective date | |
| 29 | 29 | of this Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the | |
| 30 | 30 | application was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for | |
| 31 | 31 | that purpose. | |
| 32 | 32 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |