By:  Gallego                                           H.B. No. 327
       73R658 MI-D
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
    1-1                                AN ACT
    1-2  relating to notice requirements for certain permits issued by the
    1-3  Texas Water Commission or its successor.
    1-4        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-5        SECTION 1.  Section 361.0641, Health and Safety Code, is
    1-6  amended to read as follows:
    1-7        Sec. 361.0641.  NOTICE TO STATE SENATOR AND REPRESENTATIVE.
    1-8  (a)  On receiving an application for, or notice of intent to file
    1-9  an application for, a permit, amendment of a permit, or renewal of
   1-10  a permit to construct, operate, or maintain a facility to store,
   1-11  process, or dispose of solid waste or hazardous waste, the
   1-12  <department or> commission<, as appropriate,> shall send notice of
   1-13  the application or the notice of intent to the state senator and
   1-14  representative who represent the area in which the facility is or
   1-15  will be located.
   1-16        (b)  The commission shall notify the state senator and
   1-17  representative of its final decision to grant or deny the permit,
   1-18  amendment, or renewal.
   1-19        SECTION 2.  Section 382.0516, Health and Safety Code, is
   1-20  amended to read as follows:
   1-21        Sec. 382.0516.  NOTICE TO STATE SENATOR AND REPRESENTATIVE.
   1-22  (a)  On receiving an application for a construction permit, a
   1-23  special permit, or an operating permit or amendment or renewal of a
   1-24  permit for a facility that may emit air contaminants, the board
    2-1  shall send notice of the application to the state senator and
    2-2  representative who represent the area in which the facility is or
    2-3  will be located.
    2-4        (b)  The board shall notify the state senator and
    2-5  representative of its final decision to grant or deny the permit,
    2-6  amendment, or renewal.
    2-7        SECTION 3.  Subchapter K, Chapter 401, Health and Safety
    2-8  Code, is amended by adding Section 401.4135 to read as follows:
    2-9        Sec. 401.4135.  NOTICE TO STATE SENATOR AND REPRESENTATIVE.
   2-10  (a)  On receiving an application for a license, amendment of a
   2-11  license, or renewal of a license for the disposal of a radioactive
   2-12  substance, the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission shall
   2-13  send notice of the application to the state senator and
   2-14  representative who represent the area in which the disposal will
   2-15  occur.
   2-16        (b)  The commission shall notify the state senator and
   2-17  representative of its final decision to grant or deny the license,
   2-18  amendment, or renewal.
   2-19        SECTION 4.  Subchapter B, Chapter 26, Water Code, is amended
   2-20  by adding Section 26.0286 to read as follows:
   2-21        Sec. 26.0286.  NOTICE TO STATE SENATOR AND REPRESENTATIVE.
   2-22  (a)  On receiving an application for a permit, amendment of a
   2-23  permit, or renewal of a permit under this chapter, the commission
   2-24  shall send notice of the application to the state senator and
   2-25  representative who represent the area in which the discharge will
   2-26  occur or the facility is or will be located.
   2-27        (b)  The commission shall notify the state senator and
    3-1  representative of its final decision to grant or deny the permit,
    3-2  amendment, or renewal.
    3-3        SECTION 5.  Subchapter B, Chapter 27, Water Code, is amended
    3-4  by adding Section 27.0145 to read as follows:
    3-5        Sec. 27.0145.  NOTICE TO STATE SENATOR AND REPRESENTATIVE.
    3-6  (a)  On receiving an application for a permit, amendment of a
    3-7  permit, or renewal of a permit under this chapter, the commission
    3-8  shall send notice of the application to the state senator and
    3-9  representative who represent the area in which the injection well
   3-10  is or will be located.
   3-11        (b)  The commission shall notify the state senator and
   3-12  representative of its final decision to grant or deny the permit,
   3-13  amendment, or renewal.
   3-14        SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1993, and
   3-15  applies only to an application for a permit or license, amendment
   3-16  of a permit or license, or renewal of a permit or license issued
   3-17  under Chapter 361, 382, or 401, Health and Safety Code, or Chapter
   3-18  26 or 27, Water Code, that is received by the Texas Water
   3-19  Commission or its successor on or after that date.
   3-20        SECTION 7.  The importance of this legislation and the
   3-21  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
   3-22  emergency   and   an   imperative   public   necessity   that   the
   3-23  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
   3-24  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.