Bill Text: TX HB1329 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the provision of information regarding certain enforcement actions by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-27 - Referred to Environmental Regulation [HB1329 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1329-Introduced.html
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| By: Thompson of Brazoria | H.B. No. 1329 | |
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| relating to the provision of information regarding certain | ||
| enforcement actions by the Texas Commission on Environmental | ||
| Quality. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. The heading to Section 7.003, Water Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 7.003. ENFORCEMENT REPORT AND STATUS MEETINGS. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 7.003, Water Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows: | ||
| (d) The commission shall publish each report required under | ||
| Subsection (a) on the commission's Internet website not later than | ||
| the 15th day before the date of a meeting of the commission for | ||
| which public notice is given. | ||
| (e) This subsection applies to an enforcement action that | ||
| involves a violation of Chapter 361, Health and Safety Code, by or | ||
| at a facility. The commission shall file with the state senator and | ||
| state representative in whose district the facility that is the | ||
| subject of the enforcement action is located a copy of the report | ||
| and of the minutes of the meeting reflecting commission action | ||
| relating to the report. Until the enforcement action is resolved, | ||
| at least once a month the commission shall conduct in the county in | ||
| which the facility that is the subject of the enforcement action is | ||
| located a public informational meeting regarding the status of the | ||
| enforcement action. A representative of the facility that is the | ||
| subject of the enforcement action must attend a meeting held under | ||
| this subsection and must make a reasonable effort to respond to | ||
| questions relevant to the enforcement action at the meeting. The | ||
| commission shall publish notice of the meeting once a week for two | ||
| consecutive weeks before the meeting in one or more newspapers | ||
| having general circulation in the county in which the meeting will | ||
| be held. The notice must state the time, location, and subject | ||
| matter of the meeting. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
