SB 2271

relating to the authority of the Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality to authorize the transfer of an authorization to use a
standard permit for certain concrete facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 382, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 382.070 to read as follows:
Sec. 382.070.  TRANSFER OF AUTHORIZATION TO USE STANDARD
PERMIT FOR CERTAIN CONCRETE FACILITIES PROHIBITED.  (a)
Notwithstanding any other law, the commission may not authorize the
transfer of an authorization to use a standard permit issued under
Section 382.05195 or 382.05198 to a purchaser of the authorized
(1)  a concrete plant that performs wet batching, dry
batching, or central mixing; or
(2)  a concrete crushing facility.
(b)  The commission shall require the person who purchased
the facility to apply for a new authorization to use the applicable
standard permit before operating the facility.
(c)  If the commission amended the applicable standard
permit after the date the authorization was issued to the person who
sold the facility, the amended standard permit applies to an
application for an authorization to use the standard permit
submitted by the person who purchased the facility.
SECTION 2.  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.