Bill Text: TX HB3251 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the provision for notice and comment for pollution control projects.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-02 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB3251 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB3251-Introduced.html
By: Chisum | H.B. No. 3251 |
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relating to the provision for notice and comment for pollution | ||
control projects. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 382, Subchapter C, Health and Safety | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 382.0568 to read as follows: | ||
Section 382.0568 (a) The commission shall provide an | ||
opportunity for a public hearing and the submission of public | ||
comment and send notice of a decision on an application for a permit | ||
amendment application required under this chapter for an electric | ||
generating facility that is seeking such authorization to comply | ||
with Section 112 of the federal Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 | ||
(Pub.L. No. 101-549) in the same manner as provided by Section | ||
382.0561. | ||
(b) A person affected by a decision of the commission to | ||
issue or deny a permit under this Section may move for rehearing and | ||
is entitled to judicial review under Section 382.032. | ||
SECTION 2. 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, 2011. |