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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the construction of certain concrete batch plants. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 382, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 382.051995 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 382.051995. EXTENSION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF CONCRETE |
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BATCH PLANT; NOTICE TO STATE SENATOR AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE. (a) |
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The executive director may grant a person authorized under a |
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standard permit issued under Section 382.05195 or Section 382.05198 |
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to construct a concrete plant that performs wet batching, dry |
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batching, or central mixing only one extension to any deadline to |
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begin construction of the plant incorporated in the standard |
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permit. The extension may not exceed 90 days. |
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(b) If a person granted an extension described by Subsection |
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(a) fails to begin construction within the time allotted under the |
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authorization to use the standard permit or the extension period, |
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the person must submit a new application for an authorization to use |
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the standard permit before beginning construction. |
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(c) On receiving a request to extend a deadline under |
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Subsection (a), the executive director shall send notice of the |
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request to the state senator and representative who represent the |
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area in which the facility will be located. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2026, the Texas |
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Commission on Environmental Quality shall adopt rules necessary to |
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implement the changes in law made by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. Section 382.051995, Health and Safety Code, as |
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added by this Act, applies only to an authorization to use a |
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standard permit the application for which is filed with the Texas |
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Commission on Environmental Quality on or after the effective date |
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of this Act. An authorization the application for which is filed |
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before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in |
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effect on the date the application was filed, and that law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |