81R2535 SMH-D
By: Farabee H.B. No. 4206
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a requirement that an applicant for a permit to
construct an electric generating facility demonstrate that a
sufficient amount of water is available for use in connection with
the operation of the facility.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 382.0518, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:
(j) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), the commission may not
grant a permit to construct an electric generating facility unless
the applicant for the permit submits to the commission and the
appropriate regional water planning group a study that demonstrates
that a sufficient amount of water is available in the applicable
regional water planning area for use in connection with the
operation of the facility.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an application for a permit or permit amendment that is submitted
to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on or after the
effective date of this Act. An application for a permit or permit
amendment that was submitted to the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect at the time the application was filed,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.