Bill Text: TX HB3004 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the dismissal of protests against certain decisions and actions of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality regarding wastewater discharge permits.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-27 - Referred to Environmental Regulation [HB3004 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3004-Introduced.html
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| By: Isaac | H.B. No. 3004 | |
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| relating to the dismissal of protests against certain decisions and | ||
| actions of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality regarding | ||
| wastewater discharge permits. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 26, Water Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 26.0284 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 26.0284. DISMISSAL OF CERTAIN PROTESTS. (a) In this | ||
| section, "protest" means: | ||
| (1) a request that the commission hold a contested | ||
| case hearing on an application for a wastewater discharge permit; | ||
| (2) a request that the commission reconsider the | ||
| executive director's decision to issue a wastewater discharge | ||
| permit; | ||
| (3) a motion requesting that the commission overturn | ||
| the executive director's issuance of a wastewater discharge permit; | ||
| or | ||
| (4) a motion requesting that the commission review its | ||
| decision denying a request for a contested case hearing on an | ||
| application for a wastewater discharge permit or approving an | ||
| application for a wastewater discharge permit after a contested | ||
| case hearing has been conducted. | ||
| (b) The commission shall dismiss a protest if the protest is | ||
| filed by a municipality that is subject to less stringent | ||
| wastewater treatment requirements than the requirements | ||
| established by the permit. | ||
| SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
| a request or motion filed with the Texas Commission on | ||
| Environmental Quality on or after the effective date of this Act. A | ||
| request or motion filed before the effective date of this Act is | ||
| governed by the law in effect on the date the request or motion was | ||
| filed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
