Bill Text: TX SB705 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 705

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a municipality or county to request a hearing from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality related to the construction of a concrete plant.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-01 - Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development [SB705 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB705-Introduced.html

	88R3143 JXC-F

	By: Miles	S.B. No. 705



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the authority of a municipality or county to request a
	hearing from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality related
	to the construction of a concrete plant.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 382.058(c), Health and Safety Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(c) For purposes of this section, the only [~~those~~] persons
	who [~~actually residing in a permanent residence within 440 yards of~~
	~~the proposed plant~~] may request a hearing under Section 382.056 as a
	person who may be affected are:
	(1) the municipality or county in which the proposed
	plant will be located; and
	(2) persons actually residing in a permanent residence
	within 440 yards of the proposed plant.
	SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
	to an application for an authorization to use a permit that is
	submitted to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on or
	after the effective date of this Act. An application for an
	authorization to use a permit that was submitted to the Texas
	Commission on Environmental Quality before the effective date of
	this Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the
	application was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for
	that purpose.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.