By: Gallegos  S.B. No. 1472
         (In the Senate - Filed March 6, 2009; March 17, 2009, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources;
  April 2, 2009, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
  Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0; April 2, 2009,
  sent to printer.)
 
  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1472 By:  Eltife
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to public meetings for permit applications under the Texas
  Clean Air Act.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 382.056, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (k-1) to read as follows:
         (k-1)  A permit applicant or the applicant's designated
  representative is required to attend a public meeting held under
  this section and must make a reasonable effort to respond to
  questions relevant to the permit application at the meeting.
         SECTION 2.  Subsection (k-1), Section 382.056, Health and
  Safety Code, as added by this Act, applies to a public meeting under
  Section 382.056, Health and Safety Code, held on or after September
  1, 2009.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
 
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