By:  Jackson                                                      S.B. No. 588
	(In the Senate - Filed February 17, 2005; March 1, 2005, 
read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources; 
April 11, 2005, reported adversely, with favorable Committee 
Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 10, Nays 0; April 11, 2005, 
sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 588                                    By:  Jackson

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 at least 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 at least 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.
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