Bill Text: TX HB1412 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the location of certain public meetings for certain permits issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-19 - Filed [HB1412 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB1412-Introduced.html
| 89R4246 DRS-D | ||
| By: Allen | H.B. No. 1412 | |
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| relating to the location of certain public meetings for certain | ||
| permits issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 5.554, Water Code, is amended to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| Sec. 5.554. PUBLIC MEETING. (a) During the public comment | ||
| period, the executive director may hold one or more public meetings | ||
| in the county in which the facility is located or proposed to be | ||
| located. The executive director shall hold a public meeting: | ||
| (1) 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; or | ||
| (2) if the executive director determines that there is | ||
| substantial public interest in the proposed activity. | ||
| (b) A public meeting requested under Subsection (a)(1) | ||
| shall be held in the house district in which the facility or | ||
| proposed facility is located or proposed to be located. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act does not apply | ||
| to a public meeting held under Section 5.554, Water Code, as amended | ||
| by this Act, for which the location of the public meeting was | ||
| determined before the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
