By Puente H.B. No. 3534
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to operating permit fees for air pollutant emissions.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 382.0621(d), Health and Safety Code, is
1-5 amended to read as follows:
1-6 (d) For the state fiscal years ending August 31, 2003, and
1-7 August 31, 2004, the fee imposed under this section may not exceed
1-8 $20 per ton of each [Except as provided by this section, the
1-9 commission may not impose a fee for any amount of emissions of an]
1-10 air contaminant regulated under the federal Clean Air Act
1-11 Amendments of 1990 (Pub. L. No. 101-549) [in excess of 4,000 tons
1-12 per year from any source.] On and after September 1, 2001, for a
1-13 facility that is not subject to the requirement to obtain a permit
1-14 under Section 382.0518(g) that does not have a permit application
1-15 pending, the commission shall:
1-16 ((1) impose a fee under this section for all
1-17 emissions, including emissions in excess of 4,000 tons; and
1-18 ((2) treble the amount of the fee imposed for
1-19 emissions in excess of 4,000 tons each fiscal year.
1-20 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-21 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-22 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-23 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-1 Act takes effect September 1, 2002.