89R10462 DRS-D
 
  By: Gerdes H.B. No. 4271
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to public meetings held by the Texas Commission on
  Environmental Quality on requests for authorization to operate a
  composting facility.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 361.428, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
         (f)  The executive director shall hold a public meeting in
  the county in which a composting facility is located or proposed to
  be located and for which a permit, registration, or notification is
  required by commission rule on the request of a member of the
  legislature who represents the general area in which the facility
  is located or proposed to be located.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.