88R8433 JXC-D
By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 2293
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of a state agency to contest the issuance
of a permit or license by the Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 5.115(b), Water Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(b) At the time an application for a permit or license under
this code is filed with the executive director and is
administratively complete, the commission shall give notice of the
application to any person who may be affected by the granting of the
permit or license. [A state agency that receives notice under this
subsection may submit comments to the commission in response to the
notice but may not contest the issuance of a permit or license by
the commission. For the purposes of this subsection, "state
agency" does not include a river authority.]
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an application for the issuance, amendment, extension, or
renewal of a permit or license that is received by the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality on or after the effective date
of this Act. An application that is received before that date is
governed by the law in effect at the time the application is
received, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.