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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to mailed notice of certain environmental permits. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 5.552, Water Code, is amended by adding |
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Subsection (d-1) to read as follows: |
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(d-1) For any notice required by mail for a permit or permit |
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amendment issued under Subchapter C, Chapter 361, Health and Safety |
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Code, or Subchapter C, Chapter 382, Health and Safety Code, if the |
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elementary or middle school nearest to the facility or proposed |
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facility provides a bilingual education program as required by |
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Subchapter B, Chapter 29, Education Code, the notice must be |
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written in English and in the language taught in the bilingual |
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education program. |
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SECTION 2. Section 5.553, Water Code, is amended by adding |
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Subsection (d-1) to read as follows: |
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(d-1) For any notice required by mail for a permit or permit |
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amendment issued under Subchapter C, Chapter 361, Health and Safety |
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Code, or Subchapter C, Chapter 382, Health and Safety Code, if the |
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elementary or middle school nearest to the facility or proposed |
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facility provides a bilingual education program as required by |
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Subchapter B, Chapter 29, Education Code, the notice must be |
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written in English and in the language taught in the bilingual |
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education program. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a permit application that is filed with the Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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permit application filed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date of filing, and that law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |