Relating to providing notice to a state representative and senator of certain administrative actions of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

89(R) SB 2386 - Engrossed version - Bill Text

By: Miles

S.B. No. 2386

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to providing notice to a state representative and senator

of certain administrative actions of the Texas Commission on

Environmental Quality.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 7.060, Water Code, is amended to read as

follows:

Sec. 7.060. NOTICE OF PENALTY.
(a)
If the commission is

required to give notice of a penalty under Section 7.057 or 7.059,

the commission shall
:

(1)
publish notice of its decision in the Texas

Register not later than the 10th day after the date on which the

decision is adopted
; and

(2)

if required by Subsection (b), notify the state

representative and state senator who represent the area where the

violation for which the penalty is being assessed occurred
.

(b) The commission shall:

(1)

affirmatively offer each state representative and

state senator the opportunity to receive notice under Subsection

(a)(2); and

(2)

provide appropriate notice to each representative

or senator who elects to receive notice under this section.

SECTION 2. Section 7.075, Water Code, is amended by

amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as

follows:

(a) Before the commission approves an administrative order

or proposed agreement to settle an administrative enforcement

action initiated under this subchapter to which the commission is a

party, the commission shall
:

(1)
allow the public to comment in writing on the

proposed order or agreement
;

(2) publish notice
[
. Notice
] of the opportunity to

comment
on the proposed order or agreement
[
shall be published
] in

the Texas Register not later than the 30th day before the date on

which the public comment period closes
; and

(3)

if required by Subsection (a-1), notify the state

representative and state senator who represent the area in which

the violation that is the subject of the proposed order or agreement

occurred
.

(a-1) The commission shall:

(1)

affirmatively offer each state representative and

state senator the opportunity to receive notice under Subsection

(a)(3); and

(2)

provide appropriate notice to each representative

or senator who elects to receive notice under this section.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.