1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the posting of notice for water discharge permits.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1. Section 5.552(b), Water Code, as added by Chapter
 1-5     1350, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, is
 1-6     amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (b)  Not later than the 30th day after the date the executive
 1-8     director determines the application to be administratively
 1-9     complete:
1-10                 (1)  the applicant shall publish notice of intent to
1-11     obtain a permit at least once in the newspaper of largest
1-12     circulation in the county in which the facility to which the
1-13     application relates is located or proposed to be located or, if the
1-14     facility to which the application relates is located or proposed to
1-15     be located in a municipality, at least once in a newspaper of
1-16     general circulation in the municipality; and
1-17                 (2)  the chief clerk of the commission shall mail
1-18     notice of intent to obtain a permit to:
1-19                       (A)  the state senator and representative who
1-20     represent the general area in which the facility is located or
1-21     proposed to be located;
1-22                       (B)  the mayor and health authorities of the
1-23     municipality in which the facility is located or proposed to be
1-24     located;
 2-1                       (C)  the county judge and health authorities of
 2-2     the county in which the facility is located or proposed to be
 2-3     located; and
 2-4                       (D)  the river authority in which the facility is
 2-5     located or proposed to be located if the application is under
 2-6     Chapter 26, Water Code.
 2-7           SECTION 2. (a)  The change in law made by this Act to Section
 2-8     5.552(b), Water Code, as added by Chapter 1350, Acts of the 76th
 2-9     Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, applies only to an application
2-10     that is filed with the Texas Natural Resource Conservation
2-11     Commission on or after  September 1, 2001.
2-12           (b)  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
         _______________________________     _______________________________
             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 2947 was passed by the House on April
         20, 2001, by a non-record vote.
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                                                 Chief Clerk of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 2947 was passed by the Senate on May
         17, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0, 1 present, not
         voting.
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                                                 Secretary of the Senate
         APPROVED:  __________________________
                              Date
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                            Governor