TITLE: Relating to the location of hearings relating to contested cases before the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

SUMMARY: Relating to the location of hearings relating to contested cases before the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the location of hearings relating to contested cases before the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 2003.047, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows: (d-1) A contested case hearing under this section shall be conducted in the house district in which the facility or proposed facility for which the permit or permit amendment under consideration in the contested case hearing is located. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act does not apply to a contested case hearing conducted by the State Office of Administrative Hearings under Section 2003.047, Government Code, as amended by this Act, for which the location of the hearing was determined before the effective date of this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.