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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to permit application requirements for solid waste |
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facilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 361.064, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) A permit application under this subchapter must |
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contain: |
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(1) a certification from the applicant that the |
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applicant has mailed to each resident living one mile or less from |
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the site and each community organization, nonprofit organization, |
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or civic club located two miles or less from the site: |
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(A) an explanation of the site's proposed |
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operations; and |
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(B) a questionnaire seeking community comments |
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regarding the site's proposed operations; and |
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(2) any comments made by residents, organizations, or |
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clubs in response to the questionnaire. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an application for a permit that is submitted to the Texas |
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Commission on Environmental Quality on or after the effective date |
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of this Act. An application for a permit that was submitted to the |
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Texas Commission on Environmental Quality before the effective date |
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of this Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the |
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application was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for |
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that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |