By: Maxey H.B. No. 250 73R130 MI-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the transfer of solid waste permits. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Section 361.088, Health and Safety Code, is 1-5 amended to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 361.088. Permit Issuance, Amendment, Extension, 1-7 Transfer, and Renewal; Notice and Hearing. (a) The department or 1-8 the commission may amend, extend, transfer, or renew a permit it 1-9 issues in accordance with reasonable procedures prescribed by the 1-10 department or commission, as appropriate. 1-11 (b) The procedures prescribed by Section 361.067 for a 1-12 permit application apply to an application to amend, extend, 1-13 transfer, or renew a permit. 1-14 (c) Before a permit is issued, amended, extended, 1-15 transferred, or renewed, the agency to which the application is 1-16 submitted shall provide an opportunity for a hearing to the 1-17 applicant and persons affected. The agency may also hold a hearing 1-18 on its own motion. 1-19 (d) In addition to providing an opportunity for a hearing 1-20 held under this section, the department or the commission shall 1-21 hold a public meeting and give notice as provided by Section 1-22 361.0791. 1-23 SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 1993. 1-24 (b) The change in law made by this Act applies only to a 2-1 request or application to transfer a permit issued by the Texas 2-2 Department of Health or the Texas Water Commission or its successor 2-3 under Chapter 361, Health and Safety Code, that is: 2-4 (1) pending before the commission or its successor on 2-5 the effective date of this Act; or 2-6 (2) submitted to the commission or its successor on or 2-7 after the effective date of this Act. 2-8 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-9 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-10 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-11 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-12 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.