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1	1	88R6549 MP-D
2	2	By: Bell of Kaufman H.B. No. 1505
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Commission
8	8	on Environmental Quality.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 382.05101, Health and Safety Code, is
11	11	amended to read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 382.05101. DE MINIMIS AIR CONTAMINANTS. The
13	13	commission may develop by rule the criteria to establish a de
14	14	minimis level of air contaminants for facilities or groups of
15	15	facilities below which the following types of permits are not
16	16	required:
17	17	(1) a permit under Section 382.0518 or 382.0519;
18	18	(2) [,] a standard permit under Section 382.05195,
19	19	[or] 382.05198, or 382.051985; or
20	20	(3) [, or] a permit by rule under Section 382.05196 [is
21	21	not required].
22	22	SECTION 2. Section 382.0511(c), Health and Safety Code, is
23	23	amended to read as follows:
24	24	(c) The commission may authorize changes in a federal source
25	25	to proceed before the owner or operator obtains a federal operating
26	26	permit or revisions to a federal operating permit if:
27	27	(1) the changes are de minimis under Section
28	28	382.05101; or
29	29	(2) the owner or operator:
30	30	(A) has obtained a preconstruction permit or
31	31	permit amendment required by Section 382.0518; or
32	32	(B) is operating under:
33	33	(i) a standard permit under Section
34	34	382.05195, [or] 382.05198, or 382.051985;
35	35	(ii) a permit by rule under Section
36	36	382.05196; or
37	37	(iii) an exemption allowed under Section
38	38	382.057.
39	39	SECTION 3. Subchapter C, Chapter 382, Health and Safety
40	40	Code, is amended by adding Section 382.051985 to read as follows:
41	41	Sec. 382.051985. STANDARD PERMIT FOR CERTAIN TEMPORARY
42	42	CONCRETE PLANTS. (a) The commission shall issue a standard permit
43	43	for a temporary concrete plant that performs wet batching, dry
44	44	batching, or central mixing to support a public works project. A
45	45	plant operating under the permit:
46	46	(1) may not support a project that is not related to
47	47	the public works project;
48	48	(2) must be located in or contiguous to the
49	49	right-of-way of the public works project; and
50	50	(3) must meet the requirements of Section 382.05198.
51	51	(b) A permit issued under this section:
52	52	(1) may not have an initial term that exceeds one year;
53	53	(2) may be renewed for an additional term not to exceed
54	54	one year;
55	55	(3) may be renewed for a second additional term not to
56	56	exceed one year only on a finding of good cause by the commission;
57	57	and
58	58	(4) may not be renewed a third time.
59	59	SECTION 4. Sections 382.05199(a), (b), and (h), Health and
60	60	Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
61	61	(a) A person may not begin construction of a permanent
62	62	concrete plant that performs wet batching, dry batching, or central
63	63	mixing under a standard permit issued under Section 382.05198 or a
64	64	temporary concrete plant that performs wet batching, dry batching,
65	65	or central mixing under a standard permit issued under Section
66	66	382.051985 unless the commission authorizes the person to use the
67	67	permit as provided by this section. The notice and hearing
68	68	requirements of Subsections (b)-(g) apply only to an applicant for
69	69	authorization to use a standard permit issued under Section
70	70	382.05198 or 382.051985. An applicant for a permit for a concrete
71	71	plant that does not meet the requirements of a standard permit
72	72	issued under Section 382.05198 or 382.051985 must comply with:
73	73	(1) Section 382.058 to obtain authorization to use a
74	74	standard permit issued under Section 382.05195 or a permit by rule
75	75	adopted under Section 382.05196; or
76	76	(2) Section 382.056 to obtain a permit issued under
77	77	Section 382.0518.
78	78	(b) An applicant for an authorization to use a standard
79	79	permit under Section 382.05198 or 382.051985 must publish notice
80	80	under this section not later than the earlier of:
81	81	(1) the 30th day after the date the applicant receives
82	82	written notice from the executive director that the application is
83	83	technically complete; or
84	84	(2) the 75th day after the date the executive director
85	85	receives the application.
86	86	(h) Not later than the 35th day after the date the public
87	87	hearing is held, the executive director shall approve or deny the
88	88	application for authorization to use the standard permit. The
89	89	executive director shall base the decision on whether the
90	90	application meets the requirements of Section 382.05198 or
91	91	382.051985. The executive director shall consider all comments
92	92	received during the public comment period and at the public hearing
93	93	in determining whether to approve the application. If the
94	94	executive director denies the application, the executive director
95	95	shall state the reasons for the denial and any modifications to the
96	96	application that are necessary for the proposed plant to qualify
97	97	for the authorization.
98	98	SECTION 5. Section 382.056, Health and Safety Code, is
99	99	amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (k-2) to
100	100	read as follows:
101	101	(b) The notice must include:
102	102	(1) a description of the location or proposed location
103	103	of the facility or federal source;
104	104	(2) [the location at which a copy of the application is
105	105	available for review and copying as provided by Subsection (d);
106	106	[(3)] a description, including a telephone number, of
107	107	the manner in which the commission may be contacted for further
108	108	information;
109	109	(3) [(4)] a description, including a telephone
110	110	number, of the manner in which the applicant may be contacted for
111	111	further information;
112	112	(4) [(5)] a description of the procedural rights and
113	113	obligations of the public, printed in a font style or size that
114	114	clearly provides emphasis and distinguishes it from the remainder
115	115	of the notice, that includes a statement that a person who may be
116	116	affected by emissions of air contaminants from the facility,
117	117	proposed facility, or federal source is entitled to request a
118	118	hearing from the commission;
119	119	(5) [(6)] a description of the procedure by which a
120	120	person may be placed on a mailing list in order to receive
121	121	additional information about the application;
122	122	(6) [(7)] the time and location of any public meeting
123	123	to be held under Subsection (e); and
124	124	(7) [(8)] any other information the commission by rule
125	125	requires.
126	126	(k-2) Notwithstanding any other law, if the commission
127	127	holds a public meeting for a permit application under this
128	128	subchapter the commission shall hold open the public comment period
129	129	for the permit application for at least 36 hours after the end of
130	130	the meeting.
131	131	SECTION 6. Section 5.014, Water Code, is amended to read as
132	132	follows:
133	133	Sec. 5.014. SUNSET PROVISION. The Texas Commission on
134	134	Environmental Quality is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code
135	135	(Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by
136	136	that chapter, the commission is abolished [and this chapter
137	137	expires] September 1, 2035 [2023].
138	138	SECTION 7. Section 5.0535, Water Code, is amended by
139	139	amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (d) to read as
140	140	follows:
141	141	(b) The training program must provide the person with
142	142	information regarding:
143	143	(1) the law governing [legislation that created the]
144	144	commission operations;
145	145	(2) the programs, functions, rules, and budget of
146	146	[operated by] the commission;
147	147	(3) the scope of and limitations on the rulemaking
148	148	authority of the commission [the role and functions of the
149	149	commission];
150	150	(4) [the rules of the commission, with an emphasis on
151	151	the rules that relate to disciplinary and investigatory authority;
152	152	[(5) the current budget for the commission;
153	153	[(6)] the results of the most recent formal audit
154	154	[significant internal and external audits] of the commission;
155	155	(5) [(7)] the requirements of:
156	156	(A) laws relating to [the] open meetings, [law,
157	157	Chapter 551, Government Code;
158	158	[(B) the] public information, [law, Chapter 552,
159	159	Government Code;
160	160	[(C) the] administrative procedure, and
161	161	disclosing conflicts-of-interest [law, Chapter 2001, Government
162	162	Code; and
163	163	[(D) other laws relating to public officials,
164	164	including conflict-of-interest laws]; and
165	165	(B) other laws applicable to members of a state
166	166	policy-making body in performing their duties; and
167	167	(6) [(8)] any applicable ethics policies adopted by
168	168	the commission or the Texas Ethics Commission.
169	169	(d) The executive director of the commission shall create a
170	170	training manual that includes the information required by
171	171	Subsection (b). The executive director shall distribute a copy of
172	172	the training manual annually to each member of the commission. Each
173	173	member of the commission shall sign and submit to the executive
174	174	director a statement acknowledging that the member received and has
175	175	reviewed the training manual.
176	176	SECTION 8. Section 5.113, Water Code, is amended to read as
177	177	follows:
178	178	Sec. 5.113. COMMISSION AND STAFF RESPONSIBILITY POLICY.
179	179	The commission shall develop and implement policies that clearly
180	180	separate the policy-making [the respective] responsibilities of
181	181	the commission and the management responsibilities of the executive
182	182	director and the staff of the commission.
183	183	SECTION 9. The heading to Section 5.129, Water Code, is
184	184	amended to read as follows:
185	185	Sec. 5.129. SUMMARY OF AND INFORMATION PROVIDED BY [FOR]
186	186	PUBLIC NOTICES.
187	187	SECTION 10. Section 5.129, Water Code, is amended by
188	188	amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
189	189	follows:
190	190	(a) The commission by rule shall provide for each public
191	191	notice issued or published by the commission or by a person under
192	192	the jurisdiction of the commission as required by law or by
193	193	commission rule to include:
194	194	(1) at the beginning of the notice a succinct
195	195	statement of the subject of the notice; and
196	196	(2) to the extent applicable, the name of the permit
197	197	applicant, the type of permit applied for, and the address of each
198	198	proposed or existing site subject to the proposed permit.
199	199	(a-1) Rules adopted under this section [The rules] must
200	200	provide that a summary statement must be designed to inform the
201	201	reader of the subject matter of the notice without having to read
202	202	the entire text of the notice.
203	203	SECTION 11. Subchapter E, Chapter 5, Water Code, is amended
204	204	by adding Section 5.1734 to read as follows:
205	205	Sec. 5.1734. ELECTRONIC POSTING OF PERMIT APPLICATIONS.
206	206	(a) The commission shall post on its website at the time a permit
207	207	application becomes administratively complete:
208	208	(1) the permit application and any associated
209	209	materials; and
210	210	(2) for a permit application under Subchapter D,
211	211	Chapter 11, any map accompanying the permit application.
212	212	(b) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission shall
213	213	require each applicant for a permit, permit amendment, or permit
214	214	renewal that requires notice be published to include in the notice
215	215	the address of the website where the public can access information
216	216	about the permit as described by Subsection (a).
217	217	(c) In implementing this section, the commission shall
218	218	consider and accommodate residents of each area affected by a
219	219	proposed permit, permit amendment, or permit renewal who may need
220	220	assistance accessing the application and associated materials
221	221	because of a lack of access to Internet services, particularly when
222	222	there is a heightened interest in or response to public notice or
223	223	comment.
224	224	(d) Notice posted under this section shall be in lieu of a
225	225	requirement that a physical copy of the permit be made available in
226	226	a public place.
227	227	SECTION 12. Section 5.552(c), Water Code, is amended to
228	228	read as follows:
229	229	(c) The commission by rule shall establish the form and
230	230	content of the notice. The notice must include:
231	231	(1) the location and nature of the proposed activity;
232	232	(2) [the location at which a copy of the application is
233	233	available for review and copying as provided by Subsection (e);
234	234	[(3)] a description, including a telephone number, of
235	235	the manner in which a person may contact the commission for further
236	236	information;
237	237	(3) [(4)] a description, including a telephone
238	238	number, of the manner in which a person may contact the applicant
239	239	for further information;
240	240	(4) [(5)] a description of the procedural rights and
241	241	obligations of the public, printed in a font style or size that
242	242	clearly provides emphasis and distinguishes it from the remainder
243	243	of the notice;
244	244	(5) [(6)] a description of the procedure by which a
245	245	person may be placed on a mailing list in order to receive
246	246	additional information about the application;
247	247	(6) [(7)] the time and location of any public meeting
248	248	to be held under Subsection (f); and
249	249	(7) [(8)] any other information the commission by rule
250	250	requires.
251	251	SECTION 13. Chapter 5, Water Code, is amended by adding
252	252	Subchapter M-1 to read as follows:
253	253	SUBCHAPTER M-1. PERMITTING PROCEDURES GENERALLY
254	254	Sec. 5.581. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter applies to
255	255	programs and permits arising under the air, waste, or water
256	256	programs within the commission's jurisdiction.
257	257	Sec. 5.582. MEANS OF PUBLICATION OF NOTICE. (a)
258	258	Notwithstanding any other law, the commission may publish notice of
259	259	a permit application by electronic means instead of by printed
260	260	means.
261	261	(b) If the commission publishes notice of a permit
262	262	application by electronic means, the commission shall post the
263	263	notice on the commission's website and may provide additional
264	264	electronic notice through other means, including direct e-mail.
265	265	(c) The commission shall consider and accommodate residents
266	266	of each area affected by a proposed permit, permit amendment, or
267	267	permit renewal who may need assistance accessing notice published
268	268	by electronic means because of a lack of access to Internet
269	269	services, particularly when there is a heightened interest in or
270	270	response to public notice or comment.
271	271	(d) This section does not authorize the commission to use an
272	272	electronic means of notice instead of newspaper publication or
273	273	another form of notice if an applicable federal law requires a
274	274	particular form of notice.
275	275	Sec. 5.583. VIRTUAL PUBLIC MEETING. (a) Notwithstanding
276	276	any other law, the commission may hold a public meeting virtually
277	277	through the Internet provided that members of the general public
278	278	are able to participate in the meeting.
279	279	(b) The commission shall consider and accommodate members
280	280	of the public who may need assistance participating in a virtually
281	281	held public meeting because of a lack of access to Internet
282	282	services, particularly when there is a heightened interest in or
283	283	response to public notice or comment.
284	284	(c) This section does not authorize the commission to hold a
285	285	public meeting virtually instead of an in-person public meeting if
286	286	an applicable federal law requires an in-person public meeting.
287	287	Sec. 5.584. TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE PERMIT REPORTING. (a)
288	288	In this section, "permit" means a permit, approval, registration,
289	289	or other form of authorization required by law for a person to
290	290	engage in an action.
291	291	(b) This section does not apply to a person who holds a
292	292	temporary permit or permit with an indefinite term that has a
293	293	regular reporting requirement.
294	294	(c) A person who holds a temporary permit or permit with an
295	295	indefinite term shall report to the commission annually whether the
296	296	activity subject to the permit is ongoing.
297	297	SECTION 14. Section 5.754, Water Code, is amended by
298	298	amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to read as
299	299	follows:
300	300	(c) In classifying a person's compliance history, the
301	301	commission shall:
302	302	(1) determine whether a violation of an applicable
303	303	legal requirement is of major, moderate, or minor significance;
304	304	(2) establish criteria for classifying a repeat
305	305	violator, including:
306	306	(A) setting the number of major, moderate, and
307	307	minor violations needed to be classified as a repeat violator; and
308	308	(B) giving consideration to the size and
309	309	complexity of the site at which the violations occurred, and
310	310	limiting consideration to violations of the same nature and the
311	311	same environmental media that occurred in the preceding five years;
312	312	and
313	313	(3) consider:
314	314	(A) the significance of the violation and whether
315	315	the person is a repeat violator;
316	316	(B) the size and complexity of the site,
317	317	including whether the site is subject to Title V of the federal
318	318	Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7661 et seq.); and
319	319	(C) the potential for a violation at the site
320	320	that is attributable to the nature and complexity of the site.
321	321	(c-1) The commission may review, suspend, or reclassify a
322	322	person's compliance history at any time if the commission
323	323	determines that exigent circumstances exist.
324	324	SECTION 15. Sections 7.052(b-1) and (c), Water Code, are
325	325	amended to read as follows:
326	326	(b-1) The amount of the penalty assessed against a
327	327	manufacturer that does not label its computer equipment or covered
328	328	television equipment or adopt and implement a recovery plan as
329	329	required by Section 361.955, 361.975, or 361.978, Health and Safety
330	330	Code, as applicable, may not exceed $10,000 for the second
331	331	violation or $40,000 [$25,000] for each subsequent violation. A
332	332	penalty under this subsection is in addition to any other penalty
333	333	that may be assessed for a violation of Subchapter Y or Z, Chapter
334	334	361, Health and Safety Code.
335	335	(c) The amount of the penalty for all other violations
336	336	within the jurisdiction of the commission to enforce may not exceed
337	337	$40,000 [$25,000] a day for each violation.
338	338	SECTION 16. Subchapter C, Chapter 7, Water Code, is amended
339	339	by adding Section 7.0675 to read as follows:
340	340	Sec. 7.0675. ENFORCEMENT DIVERSION PROGRAM FOR SMALL
341	341	BUSINESSES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. (a) In this section, "small
342	342	business" has the meaning assigned by Section 5.135.
343	343	(b) The commission shall establish an enforcement diversion
344	344	program for small businesses and local governments. The program
345	345	must include:
346	346	(1) resources developed for the small business
347	347	compliance assistance program under Section 5.135;
348	348	(2) compliance assistance training; and
349	349	(3) on-site technical assistance and training
350	350	performed by commission staff.
351	351	(c) Before the commission initiates an enforcement action
352	352	for a violation committed by a small business or local government,
353	353	the commission may enroll the business or government into the
354	354	enforcement diversion program.
355	355	(d) The commission may not initiate against a small business
356	356	or local government an enforcement action for a violation that
357	357	prompted enrollment in the enforcement diversion program after the
358	358	business or government has successfully completed the program.
359	359	(e) A small business or local government is not eligible to
360	360	enroll in the enforcement diversion program if the small business
361	361	or local government:
362	362	(1) committed a violation that:
363	363	(A) resulted in an imminent threat to public
364	364	health; or
365	365	(B) was a major violation, as classified under
366	366	Section 5.754; or
367	367	(2) was enrolled in the program in the two years
368	368	preceding the date of the violation.
369	369	SECTION 17. Subchapter B, Chapter 11, Water Code, is
370	370	amended by adding Section 11.02363 to read as follows:
371	371	Sec. 11.02363. PERIODIC REVIEW OF ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW
372	372	RECOMMENDATIONS; STATEWIDE WORK PLAN. (a) Periodically, the
373	373	advisory group shall review the environmental flow standards for
374	374	each river basin and bay system adopted by the commission under
375	375	Section 11.1471. In conducting a review of the environmental flow
376	376	standards, the advisory group shall:
377	377	(1) work with the science advisory committee and the
378	378	pertinent basin and bay area stakeholder committees and basin and
379	379	bay expert science teams in a manner similar to that provided by
380	380	Section 11.02362;
381	381	(2) take into consideration the work plans developed
382	382	under Section 11.02362(p);
383	383	(3) analyze previous environmental flow regime
384	384	recommendations and standards;
385	385	(4) prescribe future monitoring, studies, and
386	386	activities needed to better understand the environmental flow; and
387	387	(5) validate or refine:
388	388	(A) the environmental flow recommendations;
389	389	(B) the environmental flow standards adopted by
390	390	the commission; and
391	391	(C) strategies to achieve the environmental flow
392	392	standards.
393	393	(b) The advisory group shall develop a biennial statewide
394	394	work plan to prioritize and schedule the review of environmental
395	395	flow standards under Subsection (a). The work plan must establish:
396	396	(1) the methodology used to prioritize the review of
397	397	the environmental flow standards of each river basin and bay
398	398	system; and
399	399	(2) a timeline for the review of the environmental
400	400	flow standards of each river basin and bay system.
401	401	(c) The advisory group shall submit to the commission:
402	402	(1) any review conducted under Subsection (a),
403	403	including recommendations to the commission for use in adopting
404	404	rules under Section 11.1471; and
405	405	(2) the biennial work plan developed under Subsection
406	406	(b).
407	407	SECTION 18. Section 11.1471, Water Code, is amended by
408	408	amending Subsection (f) and adding Subsection (g) to read as
409	409	follows:
410	410	(f) An environmental flow standard or environmental flow
411	411	set-aside adopted under Subsection (a) may be altered by the
412	412	commission in a rulemaking process undertaken in accordance with a
413	413	schedule established by the commission. The commission shall
414	414	consider the review of environmental flows by the advisory group
415	415	under Section 11.02363(a) when altering an environmental flow. In
416	416	establishing a schedule, the commission shall consider the work
417	417	plan developed by the advisory group under Section 11.02363(b) and
418	418	the applicable work plan approved by the advisory group under
419	419	Section 11.02362(p). The commission's schedule may not provide for
420	420	the rulemaking process to occur more frequently than once every 10
421	421	years unless the work plans provide [plan provides] for a periodic
422	422	review under Sections 11.02363(a) and [Section] 11.02362(p) to
423	423	occur more frequently than once every 10 years. In that event, the
424	424	commission may provide for the rulemaking process to be undertaken
425	425	in conjunction with the periodic review if the commission
426	426	determines that schedule to be appropriate. A rulemaking process
427	427	undertaken under this subsection must provide for the participation
428	428	of stakeholders having interests in the particular river basin and
429	429	bay system for which the process is undertaken.
430	430	(g) The commission shall submit a biennial report to the
431	431	advisory group on the implementation and effectiveness of
432	432	environmental flow standards. The report must include:
433	433	(1) a description of progress made over the previous
434	434	biennium in implementing environmental flow standards, including
435	435	the status of any efforts to set aside unappropriated water for
436	436	environmental flow protection;
437	437	(2) input provided by the board and the Parks and
438	438	Wildlife Department on their:
439	439	(A) activities related to environmental flow
440	440	standards; and
441	441	(B) recommendations for the work plan developed
442	442	under Section 11.02363(b); and
443	443	(3) recommendations for the work plan developed under
444	444	Section 11.02363(b).
445	445	SECTION 19. Section 49.011(b), Water Code, is amended to
446	446	read as follows:
447	447	(b) The commission by rule shall establish a procedure for
448	448	public notice and hearing of applications. The rules must require
449	449	an applicant to publish the notice issued by the commission under
450	450	Subsection (a) once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper
451	451	regularly published or circulated in the county where the district
452	452	is proposed to be located not later than the 30th day before the
453	453	date on which the commission may act on the application. The
454	454	commission shall provide the notice to each state representative
455	455	and state senator who represents an area inside the proposed
456	456	district's boundaries.
457	457	SECTION 20. The following provisions are repealed:
458	458	(1) Section 382.056(d), Health and Safety Code;
459	459	(2) Section 5.552(e), Water Code;
460	460	(3) Section 11.0236(m), Water Code;
461	461	(4) Section 11.02361(g), Water Code; and
462	462	(5) Section 11.02362(s), Water Code.
463	463	SECTION 21. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of
464	464	this section, Section 5.0535, Water Code, as amended by this Act,
465	465	applies to a member of the Texas Commission on Environmental
466	466	Quality appointed before, on, or after the effective date of this
467	467	Act.
468	468	(b) A member of the Texas Commission on Environmental
469	469	Quality who, before the effective date of this Act, completed the
470	470	training program required by Section 5.0535, Water Code, as that
471	471	law existed before the effective date of this Act, is only required
472	472	to complete additional training on the subjects added by this Act to
473	473	the training program required by Section 5.0535, Water Code. A
474	474	member described by this subsection may not vote, deliberate, or be
475	475	counted as a member in attendance at a meeting of the commission
476	476	held on or after December 1, 2023, until the member completes the
477	477	additional training.
478	478	SECTION 22. A permit holder subject to Section 5.584, Water
479	479	Code, as added by this Act, shall first report to the Texas
480	480	Commission on Environmental Quality the status of the permitted
481	481	activity not later than December 31, 2024.
482	482	SECTION 23. The change in law made by this Act to Section
483	483	7.052, Water Code, applies only to a violation that occurs on or
484	484	after the effective date of this Act. A violation that occurs
485	485	before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
486	486	effect on the date the violation occurred, and the former law is
487	487	continued in effect for that purpose.
488	488	SECTION 24. (a) The Texas Commission on Environmental
489	489	Quality shall submit to the environmental flows advisory group the
490	490	first biennial report on the implementation and effectiveness of
491	491	environmental flow standards under Section 11.1471(g), Water Code,
492	492	as added by this Act, not later than January 1, 2024.
493	493	(b) The environmental flows advisory group shall produce
494	494	and deliver to the commission the first biennial statewide work
495	495	plan developed under Section 11.02363, Water Code, as added by this
496	496	Act, not later than January 1, 2025.
497	497	SECTION 25. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.