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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a requirement that the Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality provide notice related to certain permit |
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applications to certain municipal officials. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 361.0641, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 361.0641. NOTICE TO STATE SENATOR, STATE [AND] |
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REPRESENTATIVE, AND MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS. On receiving an |
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application for, or notice of intent to file an application for, a |
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permit to construct, operate, or maintain a facility to store, |
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process, or dispose of solid waste or hazardous waste, the |
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commission shall send notice of the application or the notice of |
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intent: |
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(1) to the state senator and representative who |
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represent the area in which the facility is or will be located; and |
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(2) if the facility is or will be located in a |
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municipality or the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a |
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municipality, to: |
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(A) the presiding officer of the municipality's |
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governing body; and |
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(B) the city manager or city administrator of the |
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municipality. |
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SECTION 2. Section 382.0516, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 382.0516. NOTICE TO STATE SENATOR, STATE [AND] |
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REPRESENTATIVE, AND MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS. On receiving an |
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application for a construction permit or an amendment to a |
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construction permit, a special permit, or an operating permit for a |
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facility that may emit air contaminants, the commission shall send |
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notice of the application: |
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(1) to the state senator and representative who |
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represent the area in which the facility is or will be located; and |
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(2) if the facility is or will be located in a |
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municipality or the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a |
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municipality, to: |
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(A) the presiding officer of the municipality's |
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governing body; and |
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(B) the city manager or city administrator of the |
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municipality. |
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SECTION 3. The notice provisions under Sections 361.0641 |
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and 382.0516, Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act, apply |
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only to an application for a permit that is submitted to the Texas |
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Commission on Environmental Quality on or after the effective date |
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of this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |