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AN ACT
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relating to a restriction on permits authorizing direct discharges |
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of waste or pollutants into water in certain river segments and |
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drainage areas. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 26, Water Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 26.0275 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 26.0275. RESTRICTION ON PERMITS FOR DISCHARGES INTO |
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CERTAIN SEGMENTS AND DRAINAGE AREAS. (a) In this section: |
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(1) "Classified segment" means any portion of Devils |
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River located in Val Verde County and identified in Appendices A and |
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C of 30 T.A.C. Section 307.10 as it existed on September 1, 2025. |
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(2) "Unclassified water body" means a water body other |
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than a classified segment. |
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(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the commission may |
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not issue a new permit authorizing the direct discharge from a |
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domestic or industrial wastewater treatment facility of any waste, |
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effluent, or pollutants into a classified segment or an |
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unclassified water body in Val Verde County that drains into a |
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classified segment. |
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(c) This section does not affect the authority of the |
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commission to issue: |
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(1) an individual or general permit for a municipal |
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separate storm sewer system; or |
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(2) a general permit for stormwater and associated |
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non-stormwater discharges. |
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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, 2025. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3333 was passed by the House on May |
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15, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 113, Nays 26, 2 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 3333 on May 30, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 99, Nays 37, |
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2 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3333 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays |
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2. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |