Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 2947 amends Water Code provisions relating to public notice by an applicant of intent to seek a Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission water discharge permit, injection well permit, or Solid Waste Disposal Act permit. Current law requires that notice be published at least once in the newspaper of largest circulation in the county in which the facility referenced in the permit application is located or is proposed to be located. The bill provides alternatively that if the facility is located or proposed to be located in a municipality, the applicant instead may post notice at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in that municipality.