85R2864 JTS-D
 
  By: Allen H.B. No. 3117
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a prohibition on the issuance of a permit under the
  Clean Air Act for a facility located within a five-mile radius of
  another permitted facility.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 382, Health and Safety
  Code, is amended by adding Section 382.0521 to read as follows:
         Sec. 382.0521.  TWO OR MORE PERMITTED FACILITIES IN
  FIVE-MILE RADIUS. The commission may not issue a permit under this
  chapter for a facility or a proposed facility if another facility
  permitted under this chapter is located within a five-mile radius
  of the facility or proposed facility.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.