SB2271 - 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.

  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.