| 1 | 1 | | By: Blanco H.B. No. 4588 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to mailed notice of certain environmental permits. |
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| 7 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Section 5.552, Water Code, is amended by adding |
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| 9 | 9 | | Subsection (d-1) to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | (d-1) For any notice required by mail for a permit or permit |
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| 11 | 11 | | amendment issued under Subchapter C, Chapter 361, Health and Safety |
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| 12 | 12 | | Code, or Subchapter C, Chapter 382, Health and Safety Code, if the |
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| 13 | 13 | | elementary or middle school nearest to the facility or proposed |
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| 14 | 14 | | facility provides a bilingual education program as required by |
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| 15 | 15 | | Subchapter B, Chapter 29, Education Code, the notice must be |
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| 16 | 16 | | written in English and in the language taught in the bilingual |
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| 17 | 17 | | education program. |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 2. Section 5.553, Water Code, is amended by adding |
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| 19 | 19 | | Subsection (d-1) to read as follows: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (d-1) For any notice required by mail for a permit or permit |
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| 21 | 21 | | amendment issued under Subchapter C, Chapter 361, Health and Safety |
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| 22 | 22 | | Code, or Subchapter C, Chapter 382, Health and Safety Code, if the |
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| 23 | 23 | | elementary or middle school nearest to the facility or proposed |
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| 24 | 24 | | facility provides a bilingual education program as required by |
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| 25 | 25 | | Subchapter B, Chapter 29, Education Code, the notice must be |
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| 26 | 26 | | written in English and in the language taught in the bilingual |
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| 27 | 27 | | education program. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 29 | 29 | | to a permit application that is filed with the Texas Commission on |
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| 30 | 30 | | Environmental Quality on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 31 | 31 | | A |
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| 32 | 32 | | permit application filed before the effective date of this Act is |
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| 33 | 33 | | governed by the law in effect on the date of filing, and that law is |
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| 34 | 34 | | continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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