82R102 JAM-D
By: Zerwas H.B. No. 610
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the method of delivery of certain notices sent by the
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 5.552(b), Water Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(b) Not later than the 30th day after the date the executive
director determines the application to be administratively
complete:
(1) the applicant shall publish notice of intent to
obtain a permit at least once in the newspaper of largest
circulation in the county in which the facility to which the
application relates is located or proposed to be located or, if the
facility to which the application relates is located or proposed to
be located in a municipality, at least once in a newspaper of
general circulation in the municipality; and
(2) the chief clerk of the commission shall provide
[mail] notice of intent to obtain a permit [to]:
(A) by electronic mail to the state senator and
representative who represent the general area in which the facility
is located or proposed to be located, unless the senator or
representative has requested to receive notice by mail;
(B) by mail to the mayor and health authorities
of the municipality in which the facility is located or proposed to
be located;
(C) by mail to the county judge and health
authorities of the county in which the facility is located or
proposed to be located; and
(D) by mail to the river authority in which the
facility is located or proposed to be located if the application is
under Chapter 26, Water Code.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.