Enrolled Bill Summary

Enrolled Bill Summary

Legislative Session: 85(R)

House Bill 3177

House Author:  Lucio III

Effective:  9-1-17

Senate Sponsor:  Estes


            House Bill 3177 amends the Water Code to expand the types of uncontested applications and requests for which the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality may delegate to its executive director its authority to act. The bill authorizes a person affected by a ruling, order, or decision on a matter delegated to the executive director, after exhausting any administrative remedies, to file by a specified deadline a petition to review, set aside, modify, or suspend the ruling, order, or decision.