S.B. No. 813
AN ACT
relating to providing notice to a state representative and senator
of certain administrative actions of the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 7.060, Water Code, is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 7.060. NOTICE OF PENALTY. (a) If the commission is
required to give notice of a penalty under Section 7.057 or 7.059,
the commission shall:
(1) publish notice of its decision in the Texas
Register not later than the 10th day after the date on which the
decision is adopted; and
(2) if required by Subsection (b), notify the state
representative and state senator who represent the area where the
violation for which the penalty is being assessed occurred.
(b) The commission shall:
(1) affirmatively offer each state representative and
state senator the opportunity to receive notice under Subsection
(a)(2); and
(2) provide appropriate notice to each representative
or senator who elects to receive notice under this section.
SECTION 2. Section 7.075, Water Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
follows:
(a) Before the commission approves an administrative order
or proposed agreement to settle an administrative enforcement
action initiated under this subchapter to which the commission is a
party, the commission shall:
(1) allow the public to comment in writing on the
proposed order or agreement;
(2) publish notice[. Notice] of the opportunity to
comment on the proposed order or agreement [shall be published] in
the Texas Register not later than the 30th day before the date on
which the public comment period closes; and
(3) if required by Subsection (a-1), notify the state
representative and state senator who represent the area in which
the violation that is the subject of the proposed order or agreement
occurred.
(a-1) The commission shall:
(1) affirmatively offer each state representative and
state senator the opportunity to receive notice under Subsection
(a)(3); and
(2) provide appropriate notice to each representative
or senator who elects to receive notice under this section.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 813 passed the Senate on
April 26, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 813 passed the House on
May 24, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 107, Nays 31,
one present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor