By: Vaught H.B. No. 4384
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a temporary moratorium on authorizations for certain
coal-fired or petroleum coke-fired electric generating facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. (a) Until the second anniversary of the
effective date of this Act, the Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality, a municipality, or a county may not accept an application
for or issue a permit, permit amendment, license, variance, or
other authorization for or in connection with the construction of a
new coal-fired or petroleum coke-fired electric generating
facility.
(b) This section applies to the issuance of a permit, permit
amendment, license, variance, or other authorization regardless of
whether the application for the authorization is pending on the
effective date of this Act.
(c) This section does not apply to the construction of a new
electric generating facility if at least 60 percent of the carbon
dioxide generated by the facility will be captured and sequestered
in a geological formation.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.