Bill Text: TX SB1501 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 1501 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the commencement of construction of a project following the issuance of a draft permit for a permit amendment to an air quality permit.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-14 - Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development [SB1501 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB1501-Introduced.html

	86R11151 SLB-F

	By: Creighton	S.B. No. 1501



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the commencement of construction of a project following
	the issuance of a draft permit for a permit amendment to an air
	quality permit.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 382.004, Health and Safety Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 382.004. CONSTRUCTION WHILE PERMIT AMENDMENT
	APPLICATION PENDING. (a) To the extent permissible under federal
	law and notwithstanding Section 382.0518, a person who submits an
	application for a permit amendment [~~for a modification of or a~~
	~~lesser change to an existing facility under this subtitle~~] may, at
	the person's own risk, begin construction related to the
	application after the commission has issued a draft permit
	including the permit amendment [~~the application is submitted and~~
	~~before the commission has issued the permit~~].
	(b) The commission may not consider construction begun
	under this section in determining whether to grant the permit
	amendment sought in the application.
	SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
	an application for a permit amendment filed with the Texas
	Commission on Environmental Quality on or after the effective date
	of this Act. An application for a permit amendment filed before the
	effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
	date of filing, and that law is continued in effect for that
	purpose.
	SECTION 3. 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, 2019.