HB1412 - Relating to the location of certain public meetings for certain permits issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

  89R4246 DRS-D     By: Allen H.B. No. 1412       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the location of certain public meetings for certain   permits issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 5.554, Water Code, is amended to read as   follows:          Sec. 5.554.  PUBLIC MEETING.   (a)   During the public comment   period, the executive director may hold one or more public meetings   in the county in which the facility is located or proposed to be   located.  The executive director shall hold a public meeting:                (1)  on the request of a member of the legislature who   represents the general area in which the facility is located or   proposed to be located; or                (2)  if the executive director determines that there is   substantial public interest in the proposed activity.           (b)     A public meeting requested under Subsection (a)(1)   shall be held in the house district in which the facility or   proposed facility is located or proposed to be located.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act does not apply   to a public meeting held under Section 5.554, Water Code, as amended   by this Act, for which the location of the public meeting was   determined before the effective date of this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.