Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R5987 ANG-D
2	2	By: Walle H.B. No. 1768
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the construction, expansion, or modification of certain
10	10	concrete plants under a standard permit.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 382.05195, Health and Safety Code, is
13	13	amended by adding Subsection (f-1) and amending Subsection (k) to
14	14	read as follows:
15	15	(f-1) This subsection applies only to a standard permit
16	16	issued under this section that authorizes the operation of a
17	17	concrete plant that performs wet batching, dry batching, or central
18	18	mixing, including a permanent, temporary, or specialty concrete
19	19	batch plant, as defined by the commission. If the commission amends
20	20	the standard permit, the commission may require each facility
21	21	operator authorized to begin new construction, expansion, or
22	22	modification of a facility under the former standard permit to
23	23	update the facility's plans for the new construction, expansion, or
24	24	modification in accordance with the amended standard permit if the
25	25	facility operator did not begin the construction, expansion, or
26	26	modification before the adoption of the amended permit.
27	27	(k) An application for an authorization to use [the issuance
28	28	of] a standard permit issued under this section for a concrete plant
29	29	that performs wet batching, dry batching, or central mixing,
30	30	including a permanent, temporary, or specialty concrete batch
31	31	plant, as defined by the commission, must include a plot plan that
32	32	clearly shows:
33	33	(1) a distance scale;
34	34	(2) a north arrow;
35	35	(3) all property lines, emission points, buildings,
36	36	tanks, and process vessels and other process equipment in the area
37	37	in which the facility will be located;
38	38	(4) at least two benchmark locations in the area in
39	39	which the facility will be located; and
40	40	(5) if the permit requires a distance, setback, or
41	41	buffer from other property or structures as a condition of the
42	42	permit, whether the required distance or setback will be met.
43	43	SECTION 2. Section 382.05198, Health and Safety Code, is
44	44	amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to
45	45	read as follows:
46	46	(c) An application for an authorization to use [the issuance
47	47	of] a standard permit issued under this section must include a plot
48	48	plan that meets the requirements of Section 382.05195(k).
49	49	(d) If the commission amends a standard permit issued under
50	50	this section, the commission may require each facility operator
51	51	authorized to begin new construction, expansion, or modification of
52	52	a facility under the former standard permit to update the
53	53	facility's plans for the new construction, expansion, or
54	54	modification in accordance with the amended standard permit if the
55	55	facility operator did not begin the construction, expansion, or
56	56	modification before the adoption of the amended permit.
57	57	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
58	58	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
59	59	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
60	60	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
61	61	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.