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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the method of delivery of certain notices sent by the |
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Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 5.552(b), Water Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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(b) Not later than the 30th day after the date the executive |
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director determines the application to be administratively |
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complete: |
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(1) the applicant shall publish notice of intent to |
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obtain a permit at least once in the newspaper of largest |
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circulation in the county in which the facility to which the |
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application relates is located or proposed to be located or, if the |
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facility to which the application relates is located or proposed to |
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be located in a municipality, at least once in a newspaper of |
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general circulation in the municipality; and |
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(2) the chief clerk of the commission shall provide |
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[mail] notice of intent to obtain a permit [to]: |
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(A) by electronic mail to the state senator and |
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representative who represent the general area in which the facility |
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is located or proposed to be located, unless the senator or |
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representative has requested to receive notice by mail; |
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(B) by mail to the mayor and health authorities |
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of the municipality in which the facility is located or proposed to |
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be located; |
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(C) by mail to the county judge and health |
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authorities of the county in which the facility is located or |
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proposed to be located; and |
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(D) by mail to the river authority in which the |
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facility is located or proposed to be located if the application is |
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under Chapter 26, Water Code. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |