BILL ANALYSIS
Senate Research Center H.B. 2018
80R9176 JJT-D By: Brown, Betty (Deuell)
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
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.