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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the adoption of state rules and the submission of the |
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state implementation plan to comply with certain rules under |
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Section 111(d) of the federal Clean Air Act. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 382.0173, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) The commission or another state agency, including the |
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Public Utility Commission, may not finally adopt a rule or submit a |
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state implementation plan to comply with the United States |
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Environmental Protection Agency's rules under Section 111(d) of the |
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federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7411) if those federal |
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rules give the Environmental Protection Agency authority to |
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regulate a person, entity, or activity that it did not regulate on |
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January 1, 2015. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |