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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 local officials. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. 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 CERTAIN LOCAL OFFICIALS. (a) 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 to the state senator and representative |
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who represent the area in which the facility is or will be located. |
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(b) In addition to the notice required by Subsection (a), |
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for an application that relates to an existing or proposed concrete |
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batch plant, on receiving an application for a construction permit, |
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an amendment to a construction permit, an operating permit, or an |
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authorization to use a standard permit, the commission shall send |
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notice of the application: |
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(1) to the county judge of the county in which the |
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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 the extent that the offices or positions exist in |
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the municipality, to: |
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(A) the presiding officer and each member of the |
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municipality's 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. The notice provisions under Section 382.0516, |
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Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to an |
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application for a permit that is submitted to the Texas Commission |
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on Environmental Quality on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |