84R11605 JAM-D
 
  By: Allen H.B. No. 2871
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to permit application requirements for solid waste
  facilities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 361.064, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
         (c)  A permit application under this subchapter must
  contain:
               (1)  a certification from the applicant that the
  applicant has mailed to each resident living one mile or less from
  the site and each community organization, nonprofit organization,
  or civic club located two miles or less from the site:
                     (A)  an explanation of the site's proposed
  operations; and
                     (B)  a questionnaire seeking community comments
  regarding the site's proposed operations; and
               (2)  any comments made by residents, organizations, or
  clubs in response to the questionnaire.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to an application for a permit that is submitted to the Texas
  Commission on Environmental Quality on or after the effective date
  of this Act. An application for a permit that was submitted to the
  Texas Commission on Environmental Quality before the effective date
  of this Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the
  application was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for
  that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.