| 1 | 1 | | 89R5024 KRM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Howard H.B. No. 1949 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to public notice of a crematory's compliance history, |
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| 10 | 10 | | rating, and classification. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 382, Health and Safety |
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| 13 | 13 | | Code, is amended by adding Section 382.070 to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 382.070. NOTICE OF CREMATORY COMPLIANCE. (a) In this |
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| 15 | 15 | | section, "crematory" has the meaning assigned by Section 711.001. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (b) The commission shall post on the commission's Internet |
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| 17 | 17 | | website information relating to the compliance with this chapter of |
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| 18 | 18 | | each crematory operating under a permit issued under this chapter, |
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| 19 | 19 | | including the crematory's compliance history and classification |
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| 20 | 20 | | according to commission standards adopted under Sections 5.753 and |
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| 21 | 21 | | 5.754, Water Code. The commission must: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (1) display the information in a manner that is easily |
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| 23 | 23 | | and publicly accessible; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2) update the Internet website with a crematory's |
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| 25 | 25 | | current information not later than: |
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| 26 | 26 | | (A) the 30th day after the date the commission |
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| 27 | 27 | | changes a crematory's compliance history or classification; or |
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| 28 | 28 | | (B) the 30th day after the date the executive |
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| 29 | 29 | | director issues a decision in response to a crematory's appeal of an |
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| 30 | 30 | | updated classification. |
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| 31 | 31 | | (c) The commission shall develop a template for crematories |
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| 32 | 32 | | to use for displaying the public notice required under Subsection |
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| 33 | 33 | | (d). |
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| 34 | 34 | | (d) The commission by rule shall require each crematory |
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| 35 | 35 | | operating under a permit issued under this chapter to display in a |
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| 36 | 36 | | conspicuous manner clearly visible to the public a notice that |
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| 37 | 37 | | includes: |
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| 38 | 38 | | (1) the regulated name and reference number of the |
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| 39 | 39 | | crematory; |
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| 40 | 40 | | (2) the compliance history and classification of the |
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| 41 | 41 | | crematory; |
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| 42 | 42 | | (3) instructions for submitting complaints regarding |
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| 43 | 43 | | emissions from the crematory to the commission and for contacting |
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| 44 | 44 | | the closest commission regional office; and |
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| 45 | 45 | | (4) instructions for accessing the commission's |
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| 46 | 46 | | Internet website for more details on the compliance history and |
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| 47 | 47 | | classification of the crematory. |
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| 48 | 48 | | SECTION 2. (a) Not later than September 1, 2026, the Texas |
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| 49 | 49 | | Commission on Environmental Quality shall adopt rules necessary to |
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| 50 | 50 | | implement Section 382.070, Health and Safety Code, as added by this |
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| 51 | 51 | | Act. |
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| 52 | 52 | | (b) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is not |
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| 53 | 53 | | required to post the information required by Section 382.070(b), |
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| 54 | 54 | | Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, before the commission |
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| 55 | 55 | | adopts the rules required by Section 382.070(d), Health and Safety |
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| 56 | 56 | | Code, as added by this Act. |
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| 57 | 57 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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