By: Alvarado  S.B. No. 2351
         (In the Senate - Filed March 12, 2025; March 25, 2025, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources;
  April 23, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
  Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 23, 2025,
  sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2351 By:  Alvarado
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the construction of certain concrete plants under a
  standard permit.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 382.05195, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (f-1) to read as follows:
         (f-1)  This subsection applies only to a standard permit
  issued under this section that authorizes the operation of a
  permanent concrete plant that performs wet batching, dry batching,
  or central mixing.  If the commission amends the standard permit,
  the commission may require each facility operator authorized to
  begin new construction of a facility under the former standard
  permit to update the facility's plans for the new construction in
  accordance with the amended standard permit if:
               (1)  the facility operator did not begin the
  construction before the adoption of the amended permit; and
               (2)  the facility operator filed a request under
  commission rules for an extension to begin construction.
         SECTION 2.  Section 382.05198, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
         (d)  If the commission amends a standard permit issued under
  this section, the commission may require each facility operator
  authorized to begin new construction of a facility under the former
  standard permit to update the facility's plans for the new
  construction in accordance with the amended standard permit if:
               (1)  the facility operator did not begin the
  construction before the adoption of the amended permit; and
               (2)  the facility operator filed a request under
  commission rules for an extension to begin construction.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
 
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