84R1665 JAM-D
By: Simmons H.B. No. 1284
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the review by certain governmental entities of a permit
application for a solid waste facility.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 361.067, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to
read as follows:
(a) If the commission determines that a permit application
submitted to it is administratively complete, it shall mail a copy
of the application or a summary of its contents to:
(1) the mayor and health authority of:
(A) each [a] municipality in whose territorial
limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the solid waste facility is
located; and
(B) each municipality with a boundary located not
more than one mile from the facility; and
(2) the county judge and the health authority of the
county in which the facility is located.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter,
the commission:
(1) when acting on an application, shall consider
comments and recommendations submitted by a recipient of
information under Subsection (a); and
(2) may deny or amend an application based on comments
and recommendations submitted by a recipient of information under
Subsection (a).
SECTION 2. Section 361.067, Health and Safety Code, as
amended by this Act, applies only to an application for the
issuance, amendment, or renewal of a permit pending before the
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on or after the effective
date of this Act. A permit issued, amended, or renewed before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the
permit was issued, amended, or renewed, and the former law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. 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, 2015.