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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the procedure used by the Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality in acting on certain applications for a |
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permit, permit amendment, or permit renewal for a nuclear electric |
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generation facility. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter M, Chapter 5, Water Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 5.559 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 5.559. NUCLEAR ELECTRIC GENERATION FACILITY |
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PERMITTING. (a) The commission by rule shall implement reasonably |
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streamlined processes for acting on an application for a permit, |
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permit amendment, or permit renewal under Chapter 26 for a nuclear |
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electric generation facility. |
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(b) Notwithstanding Section 26.021 or any other law, the |
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commission may not refer any matter before the commission relating |
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to an application for a permit, permit amendment, or permit renewal |
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described by Subsection (a) to the State Office of Administrative |
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Hearings. |
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(c) The permit processes authorized by this section must |
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provide for acting on an application for a permit, permit |
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amendment, or permit renewal not later than the first anniversary |
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of the date the executive director determines the application to be |
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administratively complete. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 11, Water Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 11.156 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 11.156. NUCLEAR ELECTRIC GENERATION FACILITY |
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PERMITTING. Section 5.559 applies to an application for a permit, |
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permit amendment, or permit renewal under this chapter for a |
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nuclear electric generation facility in the same manner as that |
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section applies to an application for a permit, permit amendment, |
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or permit renewal under Chapter 26 for such a facility. |
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SECTION 3. Not later than January 1, 2010, the Texas |
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Commission on Environmental Quality shall adopt rules under |
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Sections 5.559 and 11.156, Water Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |