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| 1 | 1 | 84R11227 JTS-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Krause H.B. No. 3590 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the adoption of state rules and the submission of the | |
| 8 | 8 | state implementation plan to comply with certain rules under | |
| 9 | 9 | Section 111(d) of the federal Clean Air Act. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 382.0173, Health and Safety Code, is | |
| 12 | 12 | amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (a-1) The commission or another state agency, including the | |
| 14 | 14 | Public Utility Commission, may not finally adopt a rule or submit a | |
| 15 | 15 | state implementation plan to comply with the United States | |
| 16 | 16 | Environmental Protection Agency's rules under Section 111(d) of the | |
| 17 | 17 | federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7411) if those federal | |
| 18 | 18 | rules give the Environmental Protection Agency authority to | |
| 19 | 19 | regulate a person, entity, or activity that it did not regulate on | |
| 20 | 20 | January 1, 2015. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 22 | 22 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 23 | 23 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 24 | 24 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |