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  89R6349 KRM-D     By: Alvarado S.B. No. 796       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the construction of certain concrete batch 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 382.051995 to read as follows:           Sec.   382.051995.     EXTENSION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF CONCRETE   BATCH PLANT; NOTICE TO STATE SENATOR AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE.   (a)     The executive director may grant a person authorized under a   standard permit issued under Section 382.05195 or Section 382.05198   to construct a concrete plant that performs wet batching, dry   batching, or central mixing only one extension to any deadline to   begin construction of the plant incorporated in the standard   permit. The extension may not exceed 90 days.           (b)     If a person granted an extension described by Subsection   (a) fails to begin construction within the time allotted under the   authorization to use the standard permit or the extension period,   the person must submit a new application for an authorization to use   the standard permit before beginning construction.           (c)     On receiving a request to extend a deadline under   Subsection (a), the executive director shall send notice of the   request to the state senator and representative who represent the   area in which the facility will be located.          SECTION 2.  Not later than September 1, 2026, the Texas   Commission on Environmental Quality shall adopt rules necessary to   implement the changes in law made by this Act.          SECTION 3.  Section 382.051995, Health and Safety Code, as   added by this Act, applies only to an authorization to use a   standard permit the application for which is filed with the Texas   Commission on Environmental Quality on or after the effective date   of this Act.  An authorization the application for which is filed   before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in   effect on the date the application was filed, and that law is   continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.