HB 1726

AN ACT relating to who may request a public hearing from the Texas

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89th Regular Session

Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended

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What This Bill Does

Limits who can request a public hearing about new industrial facilities with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). Only representatives from schools, places of worship, licensed day-care centers, hospitals, medical facilities, or residents within 880 yards of a proposed plant can request a hearing. The change narrows the previous eligibility criteria and requires TCEQ to establish specific rules defining who qualifies as a representative of these institutions.

Subject Areas

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, TEXAS COMMISSION ON CEMENT & CONCRETE Environment--Air

Bill Text

relating to who may request a public hearing from the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality related to the construction of
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Section 382.058(c), Health and Safety Code, is
(c)  For purposes of this section, only a representative of a
school, place of worship, licensed day-care center, hospital, or
medical facility or a person [those persons actually] residing [in
a permanent residence] within 880 [440] yards of the proposed plant
may request a hearing under Section 382.056 as a person who may be
affected. The commission shall adopt rules establishing who
qualifies as a representative of a school, place of worship,
licensed day-care center, hospital, or medical facility under this
SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a hearing regarding an application for a permit that is filed
with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on or after the
effective date of the rules described by Section 382.058(c), Health
and Safety Code, as amended by this Act.  A hearing regarding an
application for a permit that was filed with the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality before the effective date of the rules
described by Section 382.058(c), Health and Safety Code, as amended
by 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
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, 2025.