79R7716 RMB-D

By:  Chisum                                                       H.B. No. 1832


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to power of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to authorize an installment payment schedule for the payment of certain administrative penalties. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 7.052(d), Water Code, is amended to read as follows: (d) Except as provided by Subsection (b), each day that a continuing violation occurs may be considered a separate violation. The commission may authorize an installment payment schedule for an administrative penalty assessed under this subchapter, except for an administrative penalty assessed under Section 7.057 [or assessed after a hearing under Section 7.058]. SECTION 2. This Act applies to an administrative penalty assessed before, on, or after the effective date of this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.