| 1 | 1 | | 89R2899 KRM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Walle H.B. No. 573 |
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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 a request by a member of the legislature for an |
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| 10 | 10 | | unannounced inspection of a concrete batch plant by the Texas |
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| 11 | 11 | | Commission on Environmental Quality. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 382, Health and Safety |
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| 14 | 14 | | Code, is amended by adding Section 382.070 to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 382.070. LEGISLATOR REQUEST FOR INSPECTION OF CERTAIN |
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| 16 | 16 | | CONCRETE PLANTS. (a) This section applies only to a concrete plant |
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| 17 | 17 | | that performs wet batching, dry batching, or central mixing |
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| 18 | 18 | | operating under a permit issued under this chapter. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (b) A member of the legislature may request that the |
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| 20 | 20 | | commission conduct an unannounced inspection of a concrete plant on |
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| 21 | 21 | | behalf of a person who: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (1) permanently resides in the member's district; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2) qualifies as a person who may be affected under |
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| 24 | 24 | | Section 382.058(c); and |
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| 25 | 25 | | (3) submits a written complaint to the member. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (c) The commission shall prioritize responding to a request |
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| 27 | 27 | | filed by a member of the legislature under this section. |
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| 28 | 28 | | (d) The commission shall maintain a file on the request in |
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| 29 | 29 | | the manner provided by Section 5.176(a), Water Code. Section |
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| 30 | 30 | | 5.176(c), Water Code, applies to a request filed under this |
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| 31 | 31 | | section. |
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| 32 | 32 | | (e) The commission shall provide to the member of the |
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| 33 | 33 | | legislature and the person who submitted the complaint to the |
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| 34 | 34 | | member: |
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| 35 | 35 | | (1) the policies and procedures described by Section |
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| 36 | 36 | | 5.177(a), Water Code; and |
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| 37 | 37 | | (2) the notice described by Section 5.177(b), Water |
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| 38 | 38 | | Code. |
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| 39 | 39 | | (f) If the commission denies a request for an unannounced |
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| 40 | 40 | | inspection, the commission shall provide an explanation of the |
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| 41 | 41 | | reason the request was denied to the member of the legislature and |
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| 42 | 42 | | the person who submitted the complaint not later than the 90th day |
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| 43 | 43 | | after the request was filed. |
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| 44 | 44 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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