By:  Jackson                                                      S.B. No. 588


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to notice of intent to obtain a permit from the Texas 
Commission on Environmental Quality in counties of 3.2 million or 
more.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 5.552(d), Water Code, is amended as 
follows:  (d)  In addition to providing notice under Subsection 
(b)(1), the applicant shall comply with any applicable public 
notice requirements under Chapters 26 and 27 of this Code, Chapter 
361 Health and Safety Code, and rules adopted under those chapters.  
In counties of 3.2 million or more, the newspaper in which the 
notice is published under Subsection (b)(1) must offer at least 
weekly home delivery to residences in the vicinity of the proposed 
activity.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.