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relating to the authority of a municipality or county to request a
hearing from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality related
to the construction of a concrete plant.
The bill lets the city or county where a new concrete plant would be built ask the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for a contested hearing on the plant's permit. Today only people living in a permanent home within 440 yards of the proposed plant can ask for that hearing, and that group stays covered. Starting with permit applications filed on or after September 1, 2025, local governments get their own seat at the table to challenge concrete plant permits.
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Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R SB 705 (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 88R SB 705 (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Nov 15, 2024 and referred to the Senate Natural Resources committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
relating to the authority of a municipality or county to request a
hearing from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality related
to the construction of a concrete plant.
WHAT IT DOES
Not just neighbors within 440 yards anymore.
The bill lets the city or county where a new concrete plant would be built ask the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for a contested hearing on the plant's permit. Today only people living in a permanent home within 440 yards of the proposed plant can ask for that hearing, and that group stays covered. Starting with permit applications filed on or after September 1, 2025, local governments get their own seat at the table to challenge concrete plant permits.
Last action, Mar 1, 2023: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development
Relating to the authority of a municipality or county to request a hearing from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality related to the construction of a concrete plant.
89R423 JXC-F
By: Miles
S.B. No. 373
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of a municipality or county to request a
hearing from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality related
to the construction of a concrete plant.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 382.058(c), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) For purposes of this section, the only [ those ] persons
who [ actually residing in a permanent residence within 440 yards of
the proposed plant ] may request a hearing under Section 382.056 as a
person who may be affected are:
(1) the municipality or county in which the proposed
plant will be located; and
(2) persons actually residing in a permanent residence
within 440 yards of the proposed plant .
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an application for an authorization to use a permit that is
submitted to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on or
after the effective date of this Act. An application for an
authorization to use a permit that was submitted to the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality before the effective date of
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
that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.