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| 1 | 1 | 87R1780 MP-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Miles S.B. No. 364 | |
| 3 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to affirmative defenses for a Texas Commission on | |
| 8 | 8 | Environmental Quality enforcement action for unauthorized emission | |
| 9 | 9 | or opacity events. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. The following provisions of the Health and | |
| 12 | 12 | Safety Code are repealed: | |
| 13 | 13 | (1) Sections 382.0216(f) and (h); and | |
| 14 | 14 | (2) Sections 382.051962(c) and (d). | |
| 15 | 15 | SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | |
| 16 | 16 | an enforcement action initiated by the Texas Commission on | |
| 17 | 17 | Environmental Quality on or after the effective date of this Act. An | |
| 18 | 18 | enforcement action initiated before the effective date of this Act | |
| 19 | 19 | is governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective | |
| 20 | 20 | date of this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that | |
| 21 | 21 | purpose. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 23 | 23 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 24 | 24 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 26 | 26 | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |