Amend CSHB 7 as follows:                                                     
	(1)  In ARTICLE 9, SECTION 9.01, add an appropriately 
lettered new subsection to read as follows and appropriately 
reletter subsequent subsections of that SECTION:
	( )  The joint committee shall also consider permits for 
grease trap waste facilities authorized by Chapter 596, Acts of the 
78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003.
	(2)  In ARTICLE 9, add appropriately numbered SECTION to read 
as follows and appropriately renumber subsequent SECTIONS of that 
ARTICLE:
	SECTION 9.__.  Section 2, Chapter 596, Acts of the 78th 
Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 2.  (a)  The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality 
shall:           
		(1)  not later that December 1, [November 1,] 2003:   
			(A)  adopt any rules necessary for the 
implementation of this Act; and     
			(B)  notify any person known by the commission to 
be engaged in the business of composting grease trap waste to submit 
an application for a permit under Section 361.428(d), Health and 
Safety Code, as added by this Act; and
		(2)  not later than September 1, 2005 [January 1, 
2004], begin issuing permits for the commercial composting of 
grease trap waste under Sections 361.428(d) and (e), Health and 
Safety Code, as added by this Act.
	(b)  This Act does not prohibit a person who is engaged in the 
business of composting grease trap waste on the effective date of 
this Act from continuing to engage in that business if the person:
		(1)  submits an application for a permit under Section 
361.428(d), Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, not later 
than the 30th day after receiving notice from the Texas Commission 
on Environmental Quality under Subsection (a)(1)(B) of this 
section; and
		(2)  receives the permit from the commission on or 
before June 1, 2007 [2004].