SB 1302

relating to eligibility for a general permit to discharge waste
into or adjacent to waters in this state.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Section 26.040, Water Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (h-1) to read as follows:
(h-1)  After the commission denies or suspends a
discharger's authority to discharge under a general permit under
Subsection (h), the commission may not authorize the discharger to
discharge under a general permit before the fifth anniversary of
the date of the denial or suspension.
SECTION 2.  Section 26.040(h-1), Water Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to a denial or suspension ordered on or after
the effective date of this Act. A denial or suspension ordered
before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
effect on the date the denial or suspension is ordered, and that law
is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.