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AN ACT
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relating to notification of applications for permits for certain |
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injection wells. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 27.017, Water Code, is amended to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 27.017. RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OTHER ENTITIES. (a) The |
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executive director shall submit to the [Texas] Department of State |
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Health Services and to other persons which the commission may |
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designate copies of every application received in proper form. |
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These entities may make recommendations to the commission |
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concerning any aspect of the application within 30 days. |
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(b) If an application is received in proper form for a |
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permit for an injection well to dispose of industrial and municipal |
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waste and the proposed location of the injection well is in the |
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territory of a groundwater conservation district, the executive |
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director shall submit a copy of the application to the governing |
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body of the groundwater conservation district. |
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SECTION 2. Section 27.018, Water Code, is amended by adding |
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Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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(e) In addition to the requirements of Subsection (c), |
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before any testimony is heard in a contested case regarding an |
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application for a permit for an injection well to dispose of |
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industrial and municipal waste that is proposed to be located in the |
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territory of a groundwater conservation district, the record of the |
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proceeding must include evidence that: |
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(1) a copy of each draft permit proposed by the |
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executive director was provided to the governing body of the |
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groundwater conservation district; and |
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(2) notice of the contested case hearing was mailed to |
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the governing body of the groundwater conservation district. |
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SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only in |
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regard to the provision of copies of and proceedings on an |
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application for a permit for an injection well to dispose of |
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industrial and municipal waste that is proposed to be located in the |
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territory of a groundwater conservation district that is received |
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in proper form by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on |
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or after the effective date of 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, 2011. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 444 was passed by the House on April |
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6, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 444 was passed by the Senate on May |
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10, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0 |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |