The bill would amend the Health and Safety Code to require the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to require the owner or operator of a poultry facility for which TCEQ has conducted three odor complaint investigations during a twelve month period to undergo a comprehensive assessment by the State Soil and Water Conservation Board (SSWCB) of its SSWCB-approved water quality management plan to determine if the odor control plan is sufficient to control odors or to develop an odor control plan if the facility was not previously required to have one. The bill would require TCEQ to issue a violation if the owner or operator fails to have an approved water plan, fails to implement corrective actions to the findings of the assessment of its water quality management plan, or fails to develop an odor control plan after being required to do so under the provisions of the bill.
Based on information provided by the Comptroller of Public Accounts and the TCEQ, the fiscal implications of the bill cannot be determined because the timing, number, and amounts of penalties that would be assessed under the provisions of the bill cannot be estimated.
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.