By: Estes S.B. No. 1045
 
  (Kacal)
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the consolidation of public notice requirements for
  certain air quality permit applications.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 382.056, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (g-1) to read as follows:
         (g-1)  The notice of intent required by Subsection (a) and
  the notice of the preliminary decision described by Subsection (g)
  may be consolidated into one notice if:
               (1)  not later than the 15th day after the date the
  application for which the notice is required is received, the
  commission determines the application to be administratively
  complete; and
               (2)  the preliminary decision and draft permit related
  to the application are available at the time of the commission's
  determination under Subdivision (1).
         SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
  an application for a permit that is filed with the Texas Commission
  on Environmental Quality on or after the effective date of this Act.
  An application for a permit filed before the effective date of this
  Act is governed by the law in effect on the date of filing, and that
  law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.