84R3219 SLB-D
By: Isaac H.B. No. 912
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the dismissal of protests against certain decisions and
actions of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality regarding
wastewater discharge permits.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 26, Water Code, is amended
by adding Section 26.0284 to read as follows:
Sec. 26.0284. DISMISSAL OF CERTAIN PROTESTS. (a) In this
section, "protest" means:
(1) a request that the commission hold a contested
case hearing on an application for a wastewater discharge permit;
(2) a request that the commission reconsider the
executive director's decision to issue a wastewater discharge
permit;
(3) a motion requesting that the commission overturn
the executive director's issuance of a wastewater discharge permit;
or
(4) a motion requesting that the commission review its
decision denying a request for a contested case hearing on an
application for a wastewater discharge permit or approving an
application for a wastewater discharge permit after a contested
case hearing has been conducted.
(b) The commission shall dismiss a protest if the protest is
filed by a municipality that is subject to less stringent
wastewater treatment requirements than the requirements
established by the permit.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a request or motion filed with the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality on or after the effective date of this Act. A
request or motion filed before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the request or motion was
filed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.