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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to affirmative defenses for a Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality enforcement action for unauthorized emission |
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or opacity events. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The following provisions of the Health and |
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Safety Code are repealed: |
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(1) Sections 382.0216(f) and (h); and |
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(2) Sections 382.051962(c) and (d). |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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an enforcement action initiated by the Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality on or after the effective date of this Act. An |
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enforcement action initiated before the effective date of this Act |
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is governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective |
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date of this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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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, 2019. |