85R13028 SLB-D
By: Dutton H.B. No. 2496
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the mailing of a notice of intent to obtain an
environmental permit to certain state legislators.
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:
(A) mail notice of intent to obtain a permit to:
[(A) the state senator and representative who
represent the general area in which the facility is located or
proposed to be located;]
(i) [(B)] the mayor and health authorities
of the municipality in which the facility is located or proposed to
be located;
(ii) [(C)] the county judge and health
authorities of the county in which the facility is located or
proposed to be located; and
(iii) [(D)] the river authority in which
the facility is located or proposed to be located if the application
is under Chapter 26, Water Code; and
(B) send notice of intent to obtain a permit by
certified letter, return receipt requested, to the state senator
and representative who represent the general area in which the
facility is located or proposed to be located.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
an application for a permit that is filed with the Texas Commission
on Environmental Quality on or after the effective date of this Act.
An application for a permit filed before the effective date of this
Act is governed by the law in effect on the date of filing, and that
law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.