Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB759 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 11/17/2022

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                            88R1172 JXC-D
 By: Walle H.B. No. 759


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to a motion to overturn an executive director decision on
 an authorization to use a standard permit for certain concrete
 plants.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 382.05199, Health and
 Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
 Sec. 382.05199.  STANDARD PERMIT FOR CERTAIN CONCRETE BATCH
 PLANTS: PROCEDURAL PROVISIONS [NOTICE AND HEARING].
 SECTION 2.  Section 382.05199, Health and Safety Code, is
 amended by adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:
 (j)  A person may file with the commission a motion to
 overturn as described by commission rule to challenge an executive
 director's final decision on an authorization to use a standard
 permit under Section 382.05198.
 SECTION 3.  The heading to Section 382.058, Health and
 Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
 Sec. 382.058.  CERTAIN PROCEDURAL PROVISIONS FOR [NOTICE OF
 AND HEARING ON] CONSTRUCTION OF CONCRETE PLANT UNDER PERMIT BY
 RULE, STANDARD PERMIT, OR EXEMPTION.
 SECTION 4.  Section 382.058, Health and Safety Code, is
 amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
 (e)  A person may file with the commission a motion to
 overturn as described by commission rule to challenge an executive
 director's final decision on an authorization to use a standard
 permit issued under Section 382.05195 for a concrete plant that
 performs wet batching, dry batching, or central mixing.
 SECTION 5.  The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
 shall adopt rules to implement the changes in law made by this Act
 not later than December 31, 2023.
 SECTION 6.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
 an application for an authorization to use a standard permit that is
 submitted to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on or
 after December 31, 2023. An application that was submitted to the
 Texas Commission on Environmental Quality before that date is
 governed by the law in effect at the time the application was
 submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that
 purpose.
 SECTION 7.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.