Bill Text: TX HB1688 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the expedited processing of certain applications for permits under the Texas Clean Air Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-04 - Referred to Environmental Regulation [HB1688 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1688-Introduced.html
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| By: Blanco | H.B. No. 1688 | |
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| relating to the expedited processing of certain applications for | ||
| permits under the Texas Clean Air Act. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Sections 382.05155(d), (e), and (f), Health and | ||
| Safety Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
| (d) The commission by rule may add a surcharge to an | ||
| application fee assessed under this chapter for an expedited | ||
| application in an amount sufficient to cover the expenses incurred | ||
| by the expediting, including overtime, costs of full-time | ||
| equivalent commission employees to support the expedited | ||
| processing of air permit applications, contract labor, and other | ||
| costs. Money from the surcharge collected under this section may be | ||
| used to support the expedited processing of air permit applications | ||
| under this section. | ||
| (e) The commission may authorize the use of overtime, | ||
| full-time equivalent commission employees to support the expedited | ||
| processing of air permit applications, or contract labor to process | ||
| expedited applications. The overtime, full-time equivalent | ||
| commission employees, or contract labor authorized under this | ||
| section is not included in the calculation of the number of | ||
| full-time equivalent commission employees allotted under other | ||
| law. | ||
| (f) The commission may pay for compensatory time, overtime, | ||
| full-time equivalent commission employees supporting the expedited | ||
| processing of air permit applications, or contract labor used to | ||
| implement this section. The commission is authorized to set the | ||
| rate for overtime compensation for full-time equivalent commission | ||
| employees supporting the expedited processing of air permit | ||
| applications. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
