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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the creation of a publicly accessible electronic |
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emissions database. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 382.014, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 382.014. ELECTRONIC EMISSIONS DATABASE [EMISSION
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INVENTORY]. (a) The commission shall [may] require a person who |
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holds a permit issued under this chapter [whose activities cause
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emissions of air contaminants] to annually submit information |
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relating to: |
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(1) permitted emissions; and |
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(2) annual routine emissions associated with the |
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permit [to enable the commission to develop an inventory of
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emissions of air contaminants in this state]. |
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(b) The information submitted under Subsection (a) must be |
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compiled into an existing online database such as the State of Texas |
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Environmental Electronic Reporting System. Information submitted |
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under this section must be: |
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(1) publicly accessible; and |
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(2) searchable by permit number. |
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(c) The commission shall: |
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(1) assess the emissions information received under |
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this section annually; and |
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(2) not later than December 1 of each year, submit to |
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the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of |
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representatives a report of the assessment conducted under this |
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subsection. |
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SECTION 2. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality |
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shall develop and implement the electronic database required under |
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Section 382.014, Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act, not |
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later than January 1, 2010. |
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SECTION 3. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of |
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this section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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(b) Section 382.014(c), Health and Safety Code, as added by |
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this Act, takes effect January 1, 2010. |