HB 2883

relating to corrective action plans for excessive emissions events
involving certain concrete facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Section 382.0216, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
(c-1)  This subsection applies only to an excessive
emissions event from a facility that is a concrete crushing
facility or a concrete plant that performs wet batching, dry
batching, or central mixing.  Before a facility to which this
subsection applies files a corrective action plan under Subsection
(c), the facility must submit the proposed corrective action plan
to the appropriate local governmental officials and provide those
officials with an opportunity to comment on the plan in accordance
with rules adopted by the commission under this subsection.  The
commission shall adopt rules to implement this subsection,
including rules establishing the length of the comment period,
specifying the local government officials to whom a proposed
corrective action plan is required to be submitted, and specifying
the process for local governmental officials to submit comments on
the proposed corrective action plan.  The commission shall reject
and deny a corrective action plan filed by a facility to which this
subsection applies if the commission finds that the facility did
not comply with the requirements of this subsection or rules
adopted under this subsection before filing the plan.
SECTION 2.  (a)  Not later than December 1, 2025, the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality shall adopt the rules required
by Section 382.0216(c-1), Health and Safety Code, as added by this
(b)  Section 382.0216, Health and Safety Code, as amended by
this Act, applies only to a corrective action plan filed with the
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on or after January 1,
2026.  A corrective action plan filed with the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality before January 1, 2026, is governed by the
law in effect on the date of filing, and the former law is continued
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.