82R102 JAM-D
 
  By: Zerwas H.B. No. 610
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the method of delivery of certain notices sent by the
  Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 5.552(b), Water Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         (b)  Not later than the 30th day after the date the executive
  director determines the application to be administratively
  complete:
               (1)  the applicant shall publish notice of intent to
  obtain a permit at least once in the newspaper of largest
  circulation in the county in which the facility to which the
  application relates is located or proposed to be located or, if the
  facility to which the application relates is located or proposed to
  be located in a municipality, at least once in a newspaper of
  general circulation in the municipality; and
               (2)  the chief clerk of the commission shall provide
  [mail] notice of intent to obtain a permit [to]:
                     (A)  by electronic mail to the state senator and
  representative who represent the general area in which the facility
  is located or proposed to be located, unless the senator or
  representative has requested to receive notice by mail;
                     (B)  by mail to the mayor and health authorities
  of the municipality in which the facility is located or proposed to
  be located;
                     (C)  by mail to the county judge and health
  authorities of the county in which the facility is located or
  proposed to be located; and
                     (D)  by mail to the river authority in which the
  facility is located or proposed to be located if the application is
  under Chapter 26, Water Code.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.