89R4923 CMO-D
By: Lalani H.B. No. 826
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to monitoring air contaminant emissions in certain
counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 382, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 382.0162 to read as follows:
Sec. 382.0162. MONITORING OF AIR CONTAMINANTS IN CERTAIN
COUNTIES. (a) This section applies only to a county that:
(1) is adjacent to a county with a population of 3.3
million or more; and
(2) contains a coal-fired electric generating
facility.
(b) The commission shall install and maintain at least one
air quality monitor in each county described by Subsection (a). The
monitors required under this section must collect data on the air
contaminants that are on the air pollutant watch list established
under Section 382.0161.
(c) At least one monitor must be located near each
coal-fired electric generating facility located in each county
described by Subsection (a).
(d) The commission shall make available in real time on its
Internet website data collected from a monitor required under this
section.
(e) The commission shall prepare and publish on its Internet
website an annual report summarizing the data collected from the
monitors required under this section. The report must:
(1) analyze whether the data collected from each
monitor exceeds the national ambient air quality standard
established for an air contaminant; and
(2) include recommendations for legislative or
regulatory action to protect public health as it relates to air
contaminants.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.