By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 1302

(In the Senate - Filed February 14, 2025; February 28, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs; March 18, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; March 18, 2025, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1302 By: Kolkhorst

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to eligibility to use a general permit to discharge waste into or adjacent to waters in this state.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 26.040, Water Code, is amended by adding Subsections (h-1) and (h-2) to read as follows:

(h-1) After the commission denies or suspends a discharger's authority to discharge under a general permit under Subsection (h), the discharger may not discharge under the general permit until the executive director actively authorizes the discharger to use the general permit.

(h-2) The executive director may not use an automatic process to authorize the use of a general permit under Subsection (h-1).

SECTION 2. Sections 26.040(h-1) and (h-2), Water Code, as added by this Act, apply only to a denial or suspension ordered on or after the effective date of this Act.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

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