HB 482

relating to the provision by the Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality to the pertinent state representative and state senator of
notice of certain administrative actions of the commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Section 7.060, Water Code, is amended to read as
Sec. 7.060.  NOTICE OF PENALTY.  If the commission is
required to give notice of a penalty under Section 7.057 or 7.059,
(1)  publish notice of its decision in the Texas
Register not later than the 10th day after the date on which the
(2)  notify the state representative and state senator
who represent the area where the violation for which the penalty is
SECTION 2.  Section 7.075(a), Water Code, is amended to read
(a)  Before the commission approves an administrative order
or proposed agreement to settle an administrative enforcement
action initiated under this subchapter to which the commission is a
(1)  allow the public to comment in writing on the
(2)  publish notice [.  Notice] of the opportunity to
comment on the proposed order or agreement [shall be published] in
the Texas Register not later than the 30th day before the date on
which the public comment period closes; and
(3)  notify the state representative and state senator
who represent the area in which the violation that is the subject of
the proposed order or agreement occurred.
SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.