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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of a state agency to contest the issuance |
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of a permit or license by the Texas Commission on Environmental |
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Quality. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 5.115(b), Water Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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(b) At the time an application for a permit or license under |
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this code is filed with the executive director and is |
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administratively complete, the commission shall give notice of the |
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application to any person who may be affected by the granting of the |
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permit or license. [A state agency that receives notice under this |
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subsection may submit comments to the commission in response to the |
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notice but may not contest the issuance of a permit or license by |
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the commission. For the purposes of this subsection, "state |
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agency" does not include a river authority.] |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an application for the issuance, amendment, extension, or |
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renewal of a permit or license that is received by the Texas |
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Commission on Environmental Quality on or after the effective date |
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of this Act. An application that is received before that date is |
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governed by the law in effect at the time the application is |
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received, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |