84R11227 JTS-F
By: Krause H.B. No. 3590
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the adoption of state rules and the submission of the
state implementation plan to comply with certain rules under
Section 111(d) of the federal Clean Air Act.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 382.0173, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) The commission or another state agency, including the
Public Utility Commission, may not finally adopt a rule or submit a
state implementation plan to comply with the United States
Environmental Protection Agency's rules under Section 111(d) of the
federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7411) if those federal
rules give the Environmental Protection Agency authority to
regulate a person, entity, or activity that it did not regulate on
January 1, 2015.
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, 2015.