87R1965 JXC-F
 
  By: Thierry H.B. No. 1786
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the issuance of air quality permits for concrete plants
  located in certain areas.
         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 382.051991 to read as follows:
         Sec. 382.051991.  MUNICIPAL OR COUNTY APPROVAL OF CERTAIN
  CONCRETE PLANTS. (a) This section applies only to a permit
  application for a concrete plant located or proposed to be located
  in: 
               (1)  an incorporated area of a municipality that is not
  subject to zoning regulations with a population of more than 2
  million; or
               (2)  the unincorporated area of a county with a
  population of more than 4.5 million.
         (b)  For each permit application described by Subsection
  (a), the commission:
               (1)  shall send to the governing body of the
  municipality or county, as applicable, a copy of the application;
  and
               (2)  may not issue the permit applied for before the
  31st day after the date the governing body receives the copy unless
  the commission receives notice that the governing body has approved
  the application.
         (c)  The commission may not issue a permit under Section
  382.0518, 382.05195, 382.05196, or 382.05198 or another provision
  of this chapter for a concrete plant described by Subsection (a) if
  the commission receives, before the 31st day after the date the
  governing body receives the copy of the application from the
  commission, notice that the governing body has rejected the
  application.
         SECTION 2.  Section 382.051991, Health and Safety Code, as
  added by this Act, applies only to an application for a permit that
  is filed with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on or
  after the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.