73R381 JJT-D By Eckels H.B. No. 1021 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to application to the Texas Water Commission for a waste 1-3 discharge permit. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 26.027(b), Water Code (effective until 1-6 delegation of NPDES permit authority), is amended to read as 1-7 follows: 1-8 (b) A person desiring to obtain a permit or to amend a 1-9 permit shall submit an application to the commission containing all 1-10 information reasonably required by the commission. The commission 1-11 shall require an applicant who is an individual to provide: 1-12 (1) the individual's full legal name and date of 1-13 birth; 1-14 (2) the street address of the individual's place of 1-15 residence; 1-16 (3) the identifying number from the individual's 1-17 driver's license or personal identification certificate issued by 1-18 the state or country in which the individual resides; 1-19 (4) the individual's sex; and 1-20 (5) any assumed business or professional name of the 1-21 individual filed under Chapter 36, Business & Commerce Code. 1-22 SECTION 2. Section 26.027(b), Water Code (effective on 1-23 delegation of NPDES permit authority), is amended to read as 1-24 follows: 2-1 (b) A person desiring to obtain a permit or to amend a 2-2 permit shall submit an application to the commission containing all 2-3 information reasonably required by the commission. The commission 2-4 shall require an applicant who is an individual to provide: 2-5 (1) the individual's full legal name and date of 2-6 birth; 2-7 (2) the street address of the individual's place of 2-8 residence; 2-9 (3) the identifying number from the individual's 2-10 driver's license or personal identification certificate issued by 2-11 the state or country in which the individual resides; 2-12 (4) the individual's sex; and 2-13 (5) any assumed business or professional name of the 2-14 individual filed under Chapter 36, Business & Commerce Code. 2-15 SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to 2-16 an application submitted on or after the effective date of this 2-17 Act. 2-18 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993. 2-19 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the 2-20 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-21 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-22 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-23 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. 2-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 2-25 Amend HB 1021 on page 1, line 11, between the word "shall" 2-26 and the word "require", add the following: 2-27 ", at minimum," 3-1 Amend HB 1021 on page 2, line 4, between the word "shall" and 3-2 the word "require", add the following: 3-3 ", at minimum," 3-4 Hochberg