SB 885

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,
nursing facility, 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, nursing
facility, or medical facility under this section.
SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a hearing regarding an application for a permit that is submitted
to 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 submitted to 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.