1-1     By:  Davis of Harris (Senate Sponsor - Jackson)       H.B. No. 2947
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2001;
 1-3     April 24, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Natural Resources; May 10, 2001, reported favorably by the
 1-5     following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 10, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the posting of notice for water discharge permits.
 1-9           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-10           SECTION 1. Section 5.552(b), Water Code, as added by Chapter
1-11     1350, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, is
1-12     amended to read as follows:
1-13           (b)  Not later than the 30th day after the date the executive
1-14     director determines the application to be administratively
1-15     complete:
1-16                 (1)  the applicant shall publish notice of intent to
1-17     obtain a permit at least once in the newspaper of largest
1-18     circulation in the county in which the facility to which the
1-19     application relates is located or proposed to be located or, if the
1-20     facility to which the application relates is located or proposed to
1-21     be located in a municipality, at least once in a newspaper of
1-22     general circulation in the municipality; and
1-23                 (2)  the chief clerk of the commission shall mail
1-24     notice of intent to obtain a permit to:
1-25                       (A)  the state senator and representative who
1-26     represent the general area in which the facility is located or
1-27     proposed to be located;
1-28                       (B)  the mayor and health authorities of the
1-29     municipality in which the facility is located or proposed to be
1-30     located;
1-31                       (C)  the county judge and health authorities of
1-32     the county in which the facility is located or proposed to be
1-33     located; and
1-34                       (D)  the river authority in which the facility is
1-35     located or proposed to be located if the application is under
1-36     Chapter 26, Water Code.
1-37           SECTION 2. (a)  The change in law made by this Act to Section
1-38     5.552(b), Water Code, as added by Chapter 1350, Acts of the 76th
1-39     Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, applies only to an application
1-40     that is filed with the Texas Natural Resource Conservation
1-41     Commission on or after  September 1, 2001.
1-42           (b)  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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