81R29236 JAM-D
By: Dunnam, Farrar H.B. No. 3582
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3582:
By: Burnam C.S.H.B. No. 3582
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the creation of a publicly accessible electronic
emissions database.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 382.014, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 382.014. ELECTRONIC EMISSIONS DATABASE [EMISSION
INVENTORY]. (a) The commission shall [may] require a person who
holds a permit issued under this chapter [whose activities cause
emissions of air contaminants] to annually submit information
relating to:
(1) permitted emissions; and
(2) annual routine emissions associated with the
permit [to enable the commission to develop an inventory of
emissions of air contaminants in this state].
(b) The information submitted under Subsection (a) must be
compiled into an existing online database such as the State of Texas
Environmental Electronic Reporting System. Information submitted
under this section must be:
(1) publicly accessible; and
(2) searchable by permit number.
(c) The commission shall:
(1) assess the emissions information received under
this section annually; and
(2) not later than December 1 of each year, submit to
the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of
representatives a report of the assessment conducted under this
subsection.
SECTION 2. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
shall develop and implement the electronic database required under
Section 382.014, Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act, not
later than January 1, 2010.
SECTION 3. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of
this section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
(b) Section 382.014(c), Health and Safety Code, as added by
this Act, takes effect January 1, 2010.