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79R4312 JJT-F

By:  Turner                                                       H.B. No. 1493



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the publication of notice of intent to obtain a permit 
from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for a facility 
located or proposed to be located in certain populous counties.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 5.552, Water Code, is amended by adding 
Subsection (g) to read as follows:
	(g)  Notwithstanding Subsection (b)(1), the applicant for a 
permit for a facility located or proposed to be located in a county 
with a population of 3.2 million or more shall publish notice at 
least once not later than the 30th day after the date the executive 
director determines the application to be administratively 
complete.  The notice must be published:
		(1)  in the newspaper of largest circulation in that 
county that also offers home delivery daily or weekly to residences 
in the vicinity of the facility or proposed facility; or
		(2)  if the facility to which the application relates 
is located or proposed to be located in a municipality, in a 
newspaper of general circulation in that municipality that also 
offers home delivery daily or weekly to residences in the vicinity 
of the facility or proposed facility.
	SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply to the 
publication of notice of intent to obtain a permit only if the 
executive director of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality 
determines the application for the permit to be administratively 
complete on or after September 1, 2005.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.