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  89R441 DRS-D     By: West S.B. No. 212       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to certain public meetings and public hearings concerning   permits issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter M-1, Chapter 5, Water Code, is   amended by adding Section 5.5835 to read as follows:           Sec.   5.5835.     LOCATION AND PAYMENT OF COSTS OF PUBLIC   MEETING OR PUBLIC HEARING. (a)   Notwithstanding any other law, if   the commission, the executive director, or the applicant for the   permit, permit amendment, or permit renewal, under authority   authorizing or requiring a public meeting or public hearing to be   held in the county in which the facility or proposed facility that   is the subject of the meeting or hearing is located or proposed to   be located, holds a public meeting or public hearing concerning the   issuance, amendment, or renewal of a permit for a facility or   proposed facility, the meeting or hearing must be held:                 (1)  in person; and                 (2)  at a public location:                       (A)     not more than one mile from the location or   proposed location of the facility or proposed facility; or                       (B)     if a public location at which the meeting or   hearing may be held does not exist within one mile of the location   or proposed location, at a public location as near as practicable to   and not more than five miles from the location or proposed location   of the facility or proposed facility.           (b)     The applicant for the permit, permit amendment, or   permit renewal shall pay the cost of a public meeting or public   hearing concerning a permit described by this section. The   commission by rule may establish procedures for the payment of   those costs.          SECTION 2.  Section 5.5835, Water Code, as added by this Act,   applies only to an application for a permit, permit amendment, or   permit renewal submitted on or after the effective date of this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.