bill weighing local suits before renewing concrete plant permits

The text as introduced · 224 words

By: Reynolds
H.B. No. 3927

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the consideration of certain local government actions

before the renewal of air permits for certain concrete plants.

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 382.051955 to read as follows:

Sec. 382.051955. STANDARD PERMIT FOR CONCRETE BATCH PLANTS:

CONSIDERATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACTION BEFORE RENEWAL. (a) This

section applies only to the renewal of an authorization to use a

standard permit issued under Section 382.05195 for the operation of

a permanent concrete plant that performs wet batching, dry

batching, or central mixing.

(b) In determining whether and under which conditions to

renew an authorization described by Subsection (a), the commission

shall, while classifying the applicant's compliance history under

Section 5.754, Water Code, consider any civil suit instituted and

any other enforcement actions taken by a local government against

the applicant under Chapter 7, Water Code.

SECTION 2. Section 382.051955, Health and Safety Code, as

added by this Act, applies only to an application for a renewal of

an authorization to use a standard permit that is submitted to the

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on or after the effective

date of this Act.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.