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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the review by certain governmental entities of a permit |
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application for a solid waste facility. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 361.067, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) If the commission determines that a permit application |
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submitted to it is administratively complete, it shall mail a copy |
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of the application or a summary of its contents to: |
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(1) the mayor and health authority of: |
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(A) each [a] municipality in whose territorial |
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limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the solid waste facility is |
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located; and |
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(B) each municipality with a boundary located not |
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more than one mile from the facility; and |
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(2) the county judge and the health authority of the |
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county in which the facility is located. |
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(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, |
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the commission: |
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(1) when acting on an application, shall consider |
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comments and recommendations submitted by a recipient of |
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information under Subsection (a); and |
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(2) may deny or amend an application based on comments |
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and recommendations submitted by a recipient of information under |
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Subsection (a). |
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SECTION 2. Section 361.067, Health and Safety Code, as |
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amended by this Act, applies only to an application for the |
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issuance, amendment, or renewal of a permit pending before the |
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Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on or after the effective |
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date of this Act. A permit issued, amended, or renewed before the |
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effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the |
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permit was issued, amended, or renewed, and the former law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2015. |