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By: Morales of Maverick (Senate Sponsor - Blanco) |
H.B. No. 3333 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 15, 2025; |
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May 16, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Water, |
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Agriculture and Rural Affairs; May 23, 2025, reported adversely, |
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with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, |
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Nays 0; May 23, 2025, sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3333 |
By: Perry |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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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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