87R1816 JRR-D
By: Blanco S.B. No. 684
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an affirmative defense to a Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality enforcement action for unauthorized emission
events.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 382.0216(f) and (h), Health and Safety
Code, are repealed.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an enforcement action initiated by the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality on or after the effective date of this Act.
An enforcement action initiated before the effective date of this
Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before the
effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2021.