Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2274 Compare Versions

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1	1	89R492 JXC-D
2	2	By: Miles S.B. No. 2274
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the response by the Texas Commission on Environmental
10	10	Quality to certain complaints about certain concrete plants and
11	11	crushing facilities.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 5, Water Code, is amended
14	14	by adding Section 5.180 to read as follows:
15	15	Sec. 5.180. CONCRETE PERMIT; RESPONSE TO COMPLAINTS. (a)
16	16	This section applies only to a facility, as defined by Section
17	17	382.003, Health and Safety Code, that is:
18	18	(1) a concrete plant that performs wet batching, dry
19	19	batching, or central mixing operating under a permit issued under
20	20	Section 382.0518, 382.05195, or 382.05198, Health and Safety Code;
21	21	or
22	22	(2) a concrete crushing facility operating under a
23	23	permit issued under Section 382.0518 or 382.05195, Health and
24	24	Safety Code.
25	25	(b) The commission shall immediately investigate a
26	26	complaint received by the commission concerning air pollution, as
27	27	defined by Section 382.003, Health and Safety Code, or pollution,
28	28	as defined by Section 26.001 of this code, caused by a facility if
29	29	the complaint is signed by at least 500 persons, each of whom
30	30	resides in a permanent residence within 1.5 miles of the facility.
31	31	(c) Section 5.177 does not apply to a complaint filed under
32	32	this section. The commission shall post a statement on the
33	33	commission's Internet website of the status of the investigation
34	34	until the final disposition of the complaint.
35	35	(d) The commission shall provide an opportunity for the
36	36	public to comment in writing on the complaint. The commission shall
37	37	post notice of the opportunity to comment on the commission's
38	38	Internet website not later than the 30th day before the date on
39	39	which the public comment period closes.
40	40	(e) After the conclusion of the public comment period and
41	41	when the investigation is complete, the commission shall post on
42	42	the commission's Internet website a written report that includes
43	43	the results of the investigation and a summary of the public
44	44	comments.
45	45	(f) If the commission determines that grounds described by
46	46	Section 7.302(b) of this code may exist for revoking or suspending a
47	47	permit or authorization under which the facility is operating under
48	48	Chapter 382, Health and Safety Code, or Chapter 26 of this code, the
49	49	commission shall hold a public hearing on the potential revocation
50	50	or suspension under Section 7.306 of this code. In addition to any
51	51	other notice of the hearing required by law, the commission shall
52	52	post notice of the hearing on the commission's Internet website not
53	53	later than the 14th day before the date of the hearing.
54	54	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
55	55	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
56	56	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
57	57	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
58	58	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.