89R5024 KRM-D
By: Howard H.B. No. 1949
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to public notice of a crematory's compliance history,
rating, and classification.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 382, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 382.070 to read as follows:
Sec. 382.070. NOTICE OF CREMATORY COMPLIANCE. (a) In this
section, "crematory" has the meaning assigned by Section 711.001.
(b) The commission shall post on the commission's Internet
website information relating to the compliance with this chapter of
each crematory operating under a permit issued under this chapter,
including the crematory's compliance history and classification
according to commission standards adopted under Sections 5.753 and
5.754, Water Code. The commission must:
(1) display the information in a manner that is easily
and publicly accessible; and
(2) update the Internet website with a crematory's
current information not later than:
(A) the 30th day after the date the commission
changes a crematory's compliance history or classification; or
(B) the 30th day after the date the executive
director issues a decision in response to a crematory's appeal of an
updated classification.
(c) The commission shall develop a template for crematories
to use for displaying the public notice required under Subsection
(d).
(d) The commission by rule shall require each crematory
operating under a permit issued under this chapter to display in a
conspicuous manner clearly visible to the public a notice that
includes:
(1) the regulated name and reference number of the
crematory;
(2) the compliance history and classification of the
crematory;
(3) instructions for submitting complaints regarding
emissions from the crematory to the commission and for contacting
the closest commission regional office; and
(4) instructions for accessing the commission's
Internet website for more details on the compliance history and
classification of the crematory.
SECTION 2. (a) Not later than September 1, 2026, the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality shall adopt rules necessary to
implement Section 382.070, Health and Safety Code, as added by this
Act.
(b) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is not
required to post the information required by Section 382.070(b),
Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, before the commission
adopts the rules required by Section 382.070(d), Health and Safety
Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.