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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an affirmative defense to a Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality enforcement action for unauthorized emission |
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events. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 382.0216(f) and (h), Health and Safety |
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Code, are repealed. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an enforcement action initiated by the Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An enforcement action initiated before the effective date of this |
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Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before the |
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effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |