bill barring transfer of concrete plant air permits

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89R4492 JXC-D

By: Miles
S.B. No. 2271

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

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

facility if the facility is:

(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.