BILL ANALYSIS

Senate Research Center                                                                                                     H.B. 2018

80R9176 JJT-D                                                                                        By: Brown, Betty (Deuell)

Natural Resources

5/1/2007

Engrossed

AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

Current statute authorizes a person to apply to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for a municipal setting designation if the property relating to the application is within a municipality that has a population of at least 20,000 and there is a sufficient public drinking water supply system for the area within one-half mile of the property for which the designation is sought.

H.B. 2018 deletes existing text requiring the property within the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality to have a population of at least 20,000.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 361.803, Health and Safety Code, as follows:

Sec. 361.803. ELIGIBILITY FOR A MUNICIPAL SETTING DESIGNATION.  Deletes existing text authorizing a person, including a local government, to submit a request to the executive director for a municipal setting designation for property if the property is within the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality authorized by statute that has a population of at least 20,000.

SECTION 2.  Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2007.