Bill Text: TX HB1963 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to contested case hearings conducted on behalf of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on matters involving municipal solid waste permits.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-05 - Referred to Environmental Regulation [HB1963 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1963-Introduced.html
86R5054 SLB-D | ||
By: Thompson of Brazoria | H.B. No. 1963 |
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relating to contested case hearings conducted on behalf of the | ||
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on matters involving | ||
municipal solid waste permits. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 2003.047, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsections (d-1) and (l-1) to read as follows: | ||
(d-1) For the purposes of Subsection (d), to be eligible to | ||
preside at a hearing related to a permit for a municipal solid waste | ||
facility, an administrative law judge must have experience with | ||
solid waste engineering or management. | ||
(l-1) For a hearing related to a permit for a municipal | ||
solid waste facility, the administrative law judge shall: | ||
(1) present the findings of fact, conclusions of law, | ||
and any ultimate findings under Subsection (l) at an open meeting of | ||
the commission; and | ||
(2) answer questions related to the findings and | ||
conclusions asked by the commissioners. | ||
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
a contested case hearing related to a permit for a municipal solid | ||
waste facility that is set by the State Office of Administrative | ||
Hearings on or after the effective date of this Act. A hearing set | ||
before the effective date of this Act, or any decision issued or | ||
appealed from the hearing, is governed by the law in effect when the | ||
hearing was set, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |