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| 1 | 1 | 87R1779 JRR-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Miles S.B. No. 366 | |
| 3 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the minimum amount of an administrative penalty | |
| 8 | 8 | assessed by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for a | |
| 9 | 9 | violation of certain laws under the jurisdiction of, or rules | |
| 10 | 10 | adopted or orders or permits issued by, the commission. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 7, Water Code, is amended | |
| 13 | 13 | by adding Section 7.0521 to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | Sec. 7.0521. MINIMUM PENALTY. (a) Except as provided by | |
| 15 | 15 | Subsection (b), the amount of an administrative penalty assessed | |
| 16 | 16 | under this subchapter may not be less than $250 a day for each | |
| 17 | 17 | violation. | |
| 18 | 18 | (b) This section does not apply to an administrative penalty | |
| 19 | 19 | assessed against a facility operator who violates Chapter 506 or | |
| 20 | 20 | 507, Health and Safety Code, or a rule adopted or order issued under | |
| 21 | 21 | those chapters. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 23 | 23 | to the assessment of an administrative penalty for a violation that | |
| 24 | 24 | occurs on or after the effective date of this Act. The assessment | |
| 25 | 25 | of an administrative penalty for a violation that occurred before | |
| 26 | 26 | the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on | |
| 27 | 27 | the date the violation occurred, and the former law is continued in | |
| 28 | 28 | effect for that purpose. | |
| 29 | 29 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |