By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 1302
(In the Senate - Filed February 14, 2025; February 28, 2025,
read first time and referred to Committee on Water, Agriculture and
Rural Affairs; March 18, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0;
March 18, 2025, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1302 By: Kolkhorst
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to eligibility to use a general permit to discharge waste
into or adjacent to waters in this state.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 26.040, Water Code, is amended by adding
Subsections (h-1) and (h-2) to read as follows:
(h-1) After the commission denies or suspends a
discharger's authority to discharge under a general permit under
Subsection (h), the discharger may not discharge under the general
permit until the executive director actively authorizes the
discharger to use the general permit.
(h-2) The executive director may not use an automatic
process to authorize the use of a general permit under Subsection
(h-1).
SECTION 2. Sections 26.040(h-1) and (h-2), Water Code, as
added by this Act, apply only to a denial or suspension ordered on
or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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