AN ACT
1-1 relating to the issuance of certain permits for the emission of air
1-2 contaminants.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Subdivision (9), Section 382.003, Health and
1-5 Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-6 (9) "Modification of existing facility" means any
1-7 physical change in, or change in the method of operation of, a
1-8 facility in a manner that increases the amount of any air
1-9 contaminant emitted by the facility into the atmosphere or that
1-10 results in the emission of any air contaminant not previously
1-11 emitted. The term does not include:
1-12 (A) insignificant increases in the amount of any
1-13 air contaminant emitted that is authorized by one or more
1-14 commission exemptions;
1-15 (B) insignificant increases at a permitted
1-16 facility;
1-17 (C) maintenance or replacement of equipment
1-18 components that do not increase or tend to increase the amount or
1-19 change the characteristics of the air contaminants emitted into the
1-20 atmosphere;
1-21 (D) an increase in the annual hours of operation
1-22 unless the existing facility has received a preconstruction permit
1-23 or has been exempted, pursuant to Section 382.057, from
1-24 preconstruction permit requirements;
2-1 (E) a physical change in, or change in the
2-2 method of operation of, a facility that does not result in a net
2-3 increase in allowable emissions of any air contaminant and that
2-4 does not result in the emission of any air contaminant not
2-5 previously emitted, provided that the facility:
2-6 (i) has received a preconstruction permit
2-7 or permit amendment or has been exempted pursuant to Section
2-8 382.057 from preconstruction permit requirements no earlier than
2-9 120 months before the change will occur; or
2-10 (ii) uses, regardless of whether the
2-11 facility has received a permit, an air pollution control method
2-12 that is at least as effective as the best available control
2-13 technology, considering technical practicability and economic
2-14 reasonableness, that the board required or would have required for
2-15 a facility of the same class or type as a condition of issuing a
2-16 permit or permit amendment 120 months before the change will occur;
2-17 (F) a physical change in, or change in the
2-18 method of operation of, a facility where the change is within the
2-19 scope of a flexible permit or a multiple plant permit; or
2-20 (G) a change in the method of operation of a
2-21 natural gas processing, treating, or compression facility connected
2-22 to or part of a natural gas gathering or transmission pipeline
2-23 which does not result in an annual emission rate of a pollutant in
2-24 excess of the volume emitted at the maximum designed capacity,
2-25 provided that the facility is one for which:
2-26 (i) construction or operation started on
3-1 or before September 1, 1971, and at which either no modification
3-2 has occurred after September 1, 1971, or at which modifications
3-3 have occurred only pursuant to standard exemptions; or
3-4 (ii) construction started after September
3-5 1, 1971, and before March 1, 1972, and which registered in
3-6 accordance with Section 382.060 as that section existed prior to
3-7 September 1, 1991.
3-8 SECTION 2. Subsections (a) and (b), Section 382.051, Health
3-9 and Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
3-10 (a) The commission may issue a permit:
3-11 (1) to construct a new facility or modify an existing
3-12 facility that may emit air contaminants; [or]
3-13 (2) to operate an existing facility under a voluntary
3-14 emissions reduction permit; or
3-15 (3) to operate a federal source.
3-16 (b) To assist in fulfilling its authorization provided by
3-17 Subsection (a), the commission may issue:
3-18 (1) special permits for certain facilities;
3-19 (2) a general permit [developed by rule] for numerous
3-20 similar sources subject to Section 382.054;
3-21 (3) a standard permit [developed by rule] for
3-22 [numerous] similar facilities [subject to Section 382.0518];
3-23 (4) a permit by rule for types of facilities that will
3-24 not significantly contribute air contaminants to the atmosphere;
3-25 (5) a single federal operating permit or
3-26 preconstruction permit for multiple federal sources or facilities
4-1 located at the same site;
4-2 (6) a multiple plant permit for existing facilities at
4-3 multiple locations subject to Section 382.0518 or 382.0519; or
4-4 (7) [(5)] other permits as necessary.
4-5 SECTION 3. Subchapter C, Chapter 382, Health and Safety
4-6 Code, is amended by adding Section 382.05101 to read as follows:
4-7 Sec. 382.05101. DE MINIMIS AIR CONTAMINANTS. The commission
4-8 may develop by rule the criteria to establish a de minimis level of
4-9 air contaminants for facilities or groups of facilities below which
4-10 a permit under Section 382.0518 or 382.0519, a standard permit
4-11 under Section 382.05195, or a permit by rule under Section
4-12 382.05196 is not required.
4-13 SECTION 4. Subsections (a) and (c), Section 382.0511, Health
4-14 and Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
4-15 (a) The commission may consolidate into a single permit[:]
4-16 [(1)] any permits, special permits, standard permits,
4-17 permits by rule, or exemptions for a facility or federal source
4-18 [issued by the commission before December 1, 1991; or]
4-19 [(2) any permit issued by the commission on or after
4-20 December 1, 1991, with any permits, special permits, or exemptions
4-21 issued or qualified for by that date].
4-22 (c) The commission [by rule] may authorize changes in a
4-23 federal source to proceed before the owner or operator obtains a
4-24 federal operating permit or revisions to a federal operating permit
4-25 if the changes are de minimis under Section 382.05101 or the owner
4-26 or operator has obtained a preconstruction permit or permit
5-1 amendment required by Section 382.0518 or is operating under a
5-2 standard permit under Section 382.05195, a permit by rule under
5-3 Section 382.05196, or an exemption allowed under Section 382.057.
5-4 SECTION 5. Subchapter C, Chapter 382, Health and Safety
5-5 Code, is amended by adding Sections 382.0519 and 382.05191 through
5-6 382.05196 to read as follows:
5-7 Sec. 382.0519. VOLUNTARY EMISSIONS REDUCTION PERMIT.
5-8 (a) Before September 1, 2001, the owner or operator of an
5-9 existing, unpermitted facility not subject to the requirement to
5-10 obtain a permit under Section 382.0518(g) may apply for a permit to
5-11 operate that facility under this section.
5-12 (b) The commission shall grant within a reasonable time a
5-13 permit under this section if, from the information available to the
5-14 commission, including information presented at any public hearing
5-15 or through written comment:
5-16 (1) the commission finds that the facility will use an
5-17 air pollution control method at least as beneficial as that
5-18 described in Section 382.003(9)(E)(ii), considering the age and
5-19 remaining useful life of the facility, except as provided by
5-20 Subdivision (2); or
5-21 (2) for a facility located in a near-nonattainment or
5-22 nonattainment area for a national ambient air quality standard, the
5-23 commission finds that the facility will use the more stringent of:
5-24 (A) a control method at least as beneficial as
5-25 that described in Section 382.003(9)(E)(ii), considering the age
5-26 and remaining useful life of the facility; or
6-1 (B) a control technology that the commission
6-2 finds is demonstrated to be generally achievable for facilities in
6-3 that area of the same type that are permitted under this section,
6-4 considering the age and remaining useful life of the facility.
6-5 (c) If the commission finds that the emissions from the
6-6 facility will contravene the standards under Subsection (b) or the
6-7 intent of this chapter, including protection of the public's health
6-8 and physical property, the commission may not grant the permit
6-9 under this section.
6-10 (d) A person planning the modification of a facility
6-11 previously permitted under this section must comply with Section
6-12 382.0518 before work is begun on the construction of the
6-13 modification.
6-14 (e) A permit issued by the commission under this section may
6-15 defer the implementation of the requirement of reductions in the
6-16 emissions of certain air contaminants only if the applicant will
6-17 make substantial emissions reductions in other specific air
6-18 contaminants. The deferral shall be based on a prioritization of
6-19 air contaminants by the commission as necessary to meet local,
6-20 regional, and statewide air quality needs.
6-21 (f) The commission shall give priority to the processing of
6-22 applications for the issuance, amendment, or renewal of a permit
6-23 for those facilities authorized under Section 382.0518(g) that are
6-24 located less than two miles from the outer perimeter of a school,
6-25 child day-care facility, hospital, or nursing home.
6-26 Sec. 382.05191. VOLUNTARY EMISSIONS REDUCTION PERMIT:
7-1 NOTICE AND HEARING. (a) An applicant for a permit under Section
7-2 382.0519 shall publish notice of intent to obtain the permit in
7-3 accordance with Section 382.056.
7-4 (b) The commission may authorize an applicant for a permit
7-5 for a facility that constitutes or is part of a small business
7-6 stationary source as defined in Section 382.0365(g)(2) to provide
7-7 notice using an alternative means if the commission finds that the
7-8 proposed method will result in equal or better communication with
7-9 the public, considering the effectiveness of the notice in reaching
7-10 potentially affected persons, cost, and consistency with federal
7-11 requirements.
7-12 (c) The commission shall provide an opportunity for a public
7-13 hearing and the submission of public comment and send notice of a
7-14 decision on an application for a permit under Section 382.0519 in
7-15 the same manner as provided by Sections 382.0561 and 382.0562.
7-16 (d) A person affected by a decision of the commission to
7-17 issue or deny a voluntary emissions reduction permit may move for
7-18 rehearing and is entitled to judicial review under Section 382.032.
7-19 Sec. 382.05192. REVIEW AND RENEWAL OF VOLUNTARY EMISSIONS
7-20 REDUCTION AND MULTIPLE PLANT PERMITS. Review and renewal of a
7-21 permit issued under Section 382.0519 or 382.05194 shall be
7-22 conducted in accordance with Section 382.055.
7-23 Sec. 382.05193. EMISSIONS PERMITS THROUGH EMISSIONS
7-24 REDUCTION. (a) The commission may issue a permit under Section
7-25 382.0519 for a facility:
7-26 (1) that makes a good faith effort to make equipment
8-1 improvements and emissions reductions necessary to meet the
8-2 requirements of that section;
8-3 (2) that, in spite of the effort, cannot reduce the
8-4 facility's emissions to the degree necessary for the issuance of
8-5 the permit; and
8-6 (3) the owner or operator of which acquires a
8-7 sufficient number of emissions reduction credits to offset the
8-8 facility's excessive emissions under the program established under
8-9 Subsection (b).
8-10 (b) The commission by rule shall establish a program to
8-11 grant emissions reduction credits to a facility if the owner or
8-12 operator conducts an emissions reduction project to offset the
8-13 facility's excessive emissions. To be eligible for a credit to
8-14 offset a facility's emissions, the emissions reduction project must
8-15 reduce emissions in the airshed, as defined by commission rule, in
8-16 which the facility is located.
8-17 (c) The commission by rule shall provide that an emissions
8-18 reduction project must reduce net emissions from one or more
8-19 sources in this state in an amount and type sufficient to prevent
8-20 air pollution to a degree comparable to the amount of the reduction
8-21 in the facility's emissions that would be necessary to meet the
8-22 permit requirement. Qualifying emissions reduction projects must
8-23 include:
8-24 (1) generation of electric energy by a low-emission
8-25 method, including:
8-26 (A) wind power;
9-1 (B) biomass gasification power; and
9-2 (C) solar power;
9-3 (2) the purchase and destruction of high-emission
9-4 automobiles or other mobile sources;
9-5 (3) the reduction of emissions from a permitted
9-6 facility that emits air contaminants to a level significantly below
9-7 the levels necessary to comply with the facility's permit;
9-8 (4) a carpooling or alternative transportation program
9-9 for the owner's or operator's employees;
9-10 (5) a telecommuting program for the owner's or
9-11 operator's employees; and
9-12 (6) conversion of a motor vehicle fleet operated by
9-13 the owner or operator to a low-sulphur fuel or an alternative fuel
9-14 approved by the commission.
9-15 (d) A permit issued under Section 382.0519 for a facility
9-16 participating in the program established under this section must be
9-17 conditioned on the successful and timely completion of the project
9-18 or projects for which the facility owner or operator acquires the
9-19 credits.
9-20 (e) To renew the permit of a facility permitted under
9-21 Section 382.0519 with credits acquired under the program
9-22 established under this section, the commission shall require the
9-23 owner or operator of the facility to have:
9-24 (1) made equipment improvements and emissions
9-25 reductions necessary to meet the permit requirements under that
9-26 section for a new permit; or
10-1 (2) acquired additional credits under the program as
10-2 necessary to meet the permit requirements under that section for a
10-3 new permit.
10-4 (f) Emissions reduction credits acquired under the program
10-5 established under this section are not transferrable.
10-6 Sec. 382.05194. MULTIPLE PLANT PERMIT. (a) The commission
10-7 may issue a multiple plant permit for multiple plant sites that are
10-8 owned or operated by the same person or persons under common
10-9 control if the commission finds that:
10-10 (1) the aggregate rate of emission of air contaminants
10-11 to be authorized under the permit does not exceed the total of:
10-12 (A) for previously permitted facilities, the
10-13 rates authorized in the existing permits; and
10-14 (B) for existing unpermitted facilities not
10-15 subject to the requirement to obtain a preconstruction
10-16 authorization under Section 382.0518(g) or for facilities
10-17 authorized under Section 382.0519, the rates that would be
10-18 authorized under Section 382.0519; and
10-19 (2) there is no indication that the emissions from the
10-20 facilities will contravene the intent of this chapter, including
10-21 protection of the public's health and physical property.
10-22 (b) A permit issued under this section may not authorize
10-23 emissions from any of the facilities authorized under the permit
10-24 that exceed the facility's highest historic annual rate or the
10-25 levels authorized in the facility's most recent permit. In the
10-26 absence of records extending back to the original construction of
11-1 the facility, best engineering judgment shall be used to
11-2 demonstrate the facility's highest historic annual rate to the
11-3 commission.
11-4 (c) Emissions control equipment previously installed at a
11-5 facility permitted under this section may not be removed or
11-6 disabled unless the action is undertaken to maintain or upgrade the
11-7 control equipment or to otherwise reduce the impact of emissions
11-8 authorized by the commission.
11-9 (d) The commission shall publish notice of a proposed
11-10 multiple plant permit for existing facilities in the Texas Register
11-11 and in one or more statewide or regional newspapers designated by
11-12 the commission by rule that will, in the commission's judgment,
11-13 provide reasonable notice throughout the state. If the multiple
11-14 plant permit for existing facilities will be effective for only
11-15 part of the state, the notice shall be published in a newspaper of
11-16 general circulation in the area to be affected. The commission by
11-17 rule may require additional notice to be given. The notice must
11-18 include an invitation for written comments by the public to the
11-19 commission regarding the proposed multiple plant permit and must be
11-20 published not later than the 30th day before the date the
11-21 commission issues the multiple plant permit.
11-22 (e) For existing facilities, the commission shall hold a
11-23 public meeting to provide an additional opportunity for public
11-24 comment. The commission shall give notice of a public meeting
11-25 under this subsection as part of the notice described in Subsection
11-26 (d) not later than the 30th day before the date of the meeting.
12-1 (f) If the commission receives public comment related to the
12-2 issuance of a multiple plant permit for existing facilities, the
12-3 commission shall issue a written response to the comments at the
12-4 same time the commission issues or denies the permit. The response
12-5 must be made available to the public, and the commission shall mail
12-6 the response to each person who made a comment.
12-7 (g) The commission by rule shall establish the procedures
12-8 for application and approval for the use of a multiple plant
12-9 permit.
12-10 (h) For a multiple plant permit that applies only to
12-11 existing facilities for which an application is filed before
12-12 September 1, 2001, the issuance, amendment, or revocation by the
12-13 commission of the permit is not subject to Chapter 2001, Government
12-14 Code.
12-15 (i) The commission may adopt rules as necessary to implement
12-16 and administer this section and may delegate to the executive
12-17 director under Section 382.061 the authority to issue, amend, or
12-18 revoke a multiple plant permit.
12-19 Sec. 382.05195. STANDARD PERMIT. (a) The commission may
12-20 issue a standard permit for new or existing similar facilities if
12-21 the commission finds that:
12-22 (1) the standard permit is enforceable;
12-23 (2) the commission can adequately monitor compliance
12-24 with the terms of the standard permit; and
12-25 (3) for permit applications for facilities subject to
12-26 Sections 382.0518(a)-(d) filed before September 1, 2001, the
13-1 facilities will use control technology at least as effective as
13-2 that described in Section 382.0518(b). For permit applications
13-3 filed after August 31, 2001, all facilities permitted under this
13-4 section will use control technology at least as effective as that
13-5 described in Section 382.0518(b).
13-6 (b) The commission shall publish notice of a proposed
13-7 standard permit in the Texas Register and in one or more statewide
13-8 or regional newspapers designated by the commission by rule that
13-9 will, in the commission's judgment, provide reasonable notice
13-10 throughout the state. If the standard permit will be effective for
13-11 only part of the state, the notice shall be published in a
13-12 newspaper of general circulation in the area to be affected. The
13-13 commission by rule may require additional notice to be given. The
13-14 notice must include an invitation for written comments by the
13-15 public to the commission regarding the proposed standard permit and
13-16 must be published not later than the 30th day before the date the
13-17 commission issues the standard permit.
13-18 (c) The commission shall hold a public meeting to provide an
13-19 additional opportunity for public comment. The commission shall
13-20 give notice of a public meeting under this subsection as part of
13-21 the notice described in Subsection (b) not later than the 30th day
13-22 before the date of the meeting.
13-23 (d) If the commission receives public comment related to the
13-24 issuance of a standard permit, the commission shall issue a written
13-25 response to the comments at the same time the commission issues or
13-26 denies the permit. The response must be made available to the
14-1 public, and the commission shall mail the response to each person
14-2 who made a comment.
14-3 (e) The commission by rule shall establish procedures for
14-4 the amendment of a standard permit and for an application for, the
14-5 issuance of, the renewal of, and the revocation of an authorization
14-6 to use a standard permit.
14-7 (f) A facility authorized to emit air contaminants under a
14-8 standard permit shall comply with an amendment to the standard
14-9 permit beginning on the date the facility's authorization to use
14-10 the standard permit is renewed or the date the commission otherwise
14-11 provides. Before the date the facility is required to comply with
14-12 the amendment, the standard permit, as it read before the
14-13 amendment, applies to the facility.
14-14 (g) The adoption or amendment of a standard permit or the
14-15 issuance, renewal, or revocation of an authorization to use a
14-16 standard permit is not subject to Chapter 2001, Government Code.
14-17 (h) The commission may adopt rules as necessary to implement
14-18 and administer this section.
14-19 (i) The commission may delegate to the executive director
14-20 the authority to issue, amend, renew, or revoke an authorization to
14-21 use a standard permit.
14-22 Sec. 382.05196. PERMITS BY RULE. (a) Consistent with
14-23 Section 382.051, the commission may adopt permits by rule for
14-24 certain types of facilities if it is found on investigation that
14-25 the types of facilities will not make a significant contribution of
14-26 air contaminants to the atmosphere. The commission may not adopt a
15-1 permit by rule authorizing any facility defined as "major" under
15-2 any applicable preconstruction permitting requirements of the
15-3 federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7401 et seq.) or
15-4 regulations adopted under that Act. Nothing in this subsection
15-5 shall be construed to limit the commission's general power to
15-6 control the state's air quality under Section 382.011(a).
15-7 (b) The commission by rule shall specifically define the
15-8 terms and conditions for a permit by rule under this section.
15-9 SECTION 6. Subsection (a), Section 382.057, Health and
15-10 Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
15-11 (a) Consistent with Section 382.0511, the commission by rule
15-12 may exempt from the requirements of Section 382.0518 changes within
15-13 any facility [and certain types of facilities] if it is found on
15-14 investigation that such changes [or types of facilities] will not
15-15 make a significant contribution of air contaminants to the
15-16 atmosphere. The commission by rule shall exempt from the
15-17 requirements of Section 382.0518 or issue a standard permit for the
15-18 installation of emission control equipment that constitutes a
15-19 modification or a new facility, subject to such conditions
15-20 restricting the applicability of such exemption or standard permit
15-21 that the commission deems necessary to accomplish the intent of
15-22 this chapter. The commission may not exempt [any facility or] any
15-23 modification of an existing facility defined as "major" under any
15-24 applicable preconstruction permitting requirements of the federal
15-25 Clean Air Act or regulations adopted under that Act. Nothing in
15-26 this subsection shall be construed to limit the commission's
16-1 general power to control the state's air quality under Section
16-2 382.011(a).
16-3 SECTION 7. Section 382.058, Health and Safety Code, is
16-4 amended to read as follows:
16-5 Sec. 382.058. PERMITS BY RULE OR STANDARD PERMITS
16-6 [LIMITATION ON COMMISSION EXEMPTION] FOR CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN
16-7 CONCRETE PLANTS. (a) A person may not begin construction on any
16-8 concrete plant that performs wet batching, dry batching, or central
16-9 mixing under a standard permit under Section 382.05195 or a permit
16-10 by rule [an exemption] adopted by the commission under Section
16-11 382.05196 [382.057] unless the person has complied with the notice
16-12 and opportunity for hearing provisions under Section 382.056.
16-13 (b) This section does not apply to a concrete plant located
16-14 temporarily in the right-of-way, or contiguous to the right-of-way,
16-15 of a public works project.
16-16 (c) For purposes of this section, only those persons
16-17 actually residing in a permanent residence within 440 yards of the
16-18 proposed plant may request a hearing under Section 382.056(d) as a
16-19 person who may be affected.
16-20 SECTION 8. Subsection (b), Section 382.062, Health and
16-21 Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
16-22 (b) The commission may adopt rules relating to charging and
16-23 collecting a fee for an exemption, for [from] a permit, for a
16-24 permit by rule, for a voluntary emissions reduction permit, for a
16-25 multiple plant permit, or for a standard permit [authorized by
16-26 commission rule] and for a variance.
17-1 SECTION 9. Subsection (d), Section 382.0621, Health and
17-2 Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
17-3 (d) Except as provided by this section, the [The] commission
17-4 may not impose a fee for any amount of emissions of an air
17-5 contaminant regulated under the federal Clean Air Act Amendments of
17-6 1990 (Pub.L. No. 101-549) in excess of 4,000 tons per year from any
17-7 source. On and after September 1, 2001, for a facility that is not
17-8 subject to the requirement to obtain a permit under Section
17-9 382.0518(g) that does not have a permit application pending, the
17-10 commission shall:
17-11 (1) impose a fee under this section for all emissions,
17-12 including emissions in excess of 4,000 tons; and
17-13 (2) treble the amount of the fee imposed for emissions
17-14 in excess of 4,000 tons each fiscal year.
17-15 SECTION 10. The Texas Natural Resource Conservation
17-16 Commission shall adopt, as soon as practicable after the effective
17-17 date of this Act, any rules necessary to implement the changes in
17-18 law made by this Act.
17-19 SECTION 11. Not later than January 15, 2001, the Texas
17-20 Natural Resource Conservation Commission shall prepare and
17-21 distribute to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of
17-22 the house of representatives, the chair of the Senate Committee on
17-23 Natural Resources, and the chair of the House Committee on
17-24 Environmental Regulation a report on the number of companies that
17-25 have obtained or applied for a permit under Section 382.0519,
17-26 Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, and the reductions in
18-1 emissions anticipated to result from issuance of such permits.
18-2 SECTION 12. (a) The Texas Natural Resource Conservation
18-3 Commission may not initiate an enforcement action against a person
18-4 for the failure to obtain a preconstruction permit under Section
18-5 382.0518, Health and Safety Code, or a rule adopted or order issued
18-6 by the commission under that section, that is related to the
18-7 modification of a facility that may emit air contaminants if, on or
18-8 before August 31, 2001, the person files an application for a
18-9 permit for the facility under Section 382.0519, Health and Safety
18-10 Code, as added by this Act.
18-11 (b) This section does not apply to an act related to the
18-12 modification of a facility that occurs after March 1, 1999.
18-13 SECTION 13. If S.B. No. 7, Acts of the 76th Legislature,
18-14 Regular Session, 1999, is enacted and becomes law, to the extent
18-15 that any provision of law amended by this Act conflicts with a
18-16 provision of S.B. No. 7 that specifically relates to air
18-17 contaminant emissions, the provision of S.B. No. 7 prevails,
18-18 irrespective of the relative dates of enactment.
18-19 SECTION 14. The importance of this legislation and the
18-20 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
18-21 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
18-22 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
18-23 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
18-24 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
18-25 passage, and it is so enacted.
S.B. No. 766
________________________________ ________________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 766 passed the Senate on
April 13, 1999, by the following vote: Yeas 23, Nays 7;
May 28, 1999, Senate refused to concur in House amendments and
requested appointment of Conference Committee; May 29, 1999, House
granted request of the Senate; May 30, 1999, Senate adopted
Conference Committee Report by the following vote: Yeas 22,
Nays 7.
_______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 766 passed the House, with
amendments, on May 26, 1999, by a non-record vote; May 29, 1999,
House granted request of the Senate for appointment of Conference
Committee; May 30, 1999, House adopted Conference Committee Report
by a non-record vote.
_______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor