By Davis of Harris H.B. No. 2947 77R6857 MI-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 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.